Mizzou's Aaron Crow struggled with his control in the first. Crow walked two and threw a pickoff attempt away and the Longhorns scored a run without a hit.

The Tigers threatened to tie immediately. Jacob Priday, who had three homers and three doubles last weekend against Texas Tech, launched another double off the wall in deep left-center to lead off the second, but Texas pitcher James Russell stranded him with a foul out and two strikeouts.

Texas got another run in the second, aided by a Mizzou error. Jordan Danks led off with a single and moved to second when catcher Trevor Coleman's pickoff attempt went wild. Preston Clark then singled Danks home. Later in the inning, Clark tried to score on a grounder, but was gunned down by a good throw from SS Gary Arndt.

Missouri tried to mount a two-out rally in the third with a single and a walk, but CF Nick Peoples made a nice running catch on the warning track, delivered a blow to the wall, and held on.

Russell's homer to lead off the third made three straight innings with a run on the board