One aspect that defined Mizzou’s last two games was exploding offensively in singular innings. Against South Dakota State on Saturday, six of the Tigers’ seven runs came in the third inning. In their next game against North Texas, eight of their 10 runs came in the first and seventh innings.
Sunday’s rematch against UNT wasn’t much different. The Tigers scored 11 runs across two innings to pick up an 11-2 run-rule victory. Laurin Krings took home the win, bringing her record to 5-0. The Tigers now sit at 10-0 on the season.
It took a couple of innings, but Mizzou’s bats didn’t take too long to roar. Alex Honnold and Julia Crenshaw broke the ice with back-to-back RBI doubles that scored a combined three runs. Two batters later, Maddie Gallagher singled to bring home Crenshaw.
The next half-inning saw Mizzou blow the game wide open. The Tigers scored seven runs off of Mackenzie Childers. Six of those runs came with two outs in the inning. With the bases loaded and one out, Honnold and Crenshaw both popped out. However, a rattled Childers proceeded to throw two five-pitch walks to make it 7-0 Mizzou.