SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State University and the University of Missouri have reached an agreement to add a third meeting to their 2018 baseball schedules with today’s announcement of their April 3 neutral-site contest at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
General admission tickets to the 6:30 p.m. non-conference game are priced at $5 and available now through the Busch Stadium box office at (314) 345-9000, or online at cardinals.com/collegebaseball.
The addition of the Bears’ first-ever game at Busch Stadium also marks the first time the two Show-Me State rivals will square off three times in a season. After their showdown in St. Louis with the Tigers, the Bears will host Mizzou at Hammons Field on April 10, before returning the date with a trip to Columbia for an April 24 game.
MSU, which has won six of the last seven meetings in the series, swept the clubs’ two-game set in 2017, claiming a 5-3 win at Simmons Field and a 5-1 victory in Springfield as part of a 43-20 campaign that culminated in the Bears’ second NCAA Regional title in three seasons.
Missouri State’s 2018 baseball schedule will feature a total of 52 games, including 24 home dates and matchups against six different 2017 NCAA Tournament teams. In all, the Bears are slated to play 22 games against 11 different opponents that rated among the NCAA’s top 125 RPI-finishers a year ago, including 12 contests against NCAA Regional qualifiers.
The Bears will open their 2018 slate Feb. 16 against Texas Southern as part of the Cardinal Classic in Beaumont, Texas.
