OKLAHOMA CITY | Not that Tim Jamison wanted Missouri to lose Friday, but once the Tigers fell to Texas Tech 4-2 in the Big 12 baseball tournament, he found a coaching moment.</p><p>&#8220;As much as we want to get to Sunday, one of the cool things about this tournament is we&#8217;re in an elimination situation right now,&#8221; Jamieson said.</p><p>What&#8217;s cool about that?</p><p>The Tigers probably will confront such situations in NCAA tournament play.</p><p>Not only that, but the chances of Missouri playing host to a regional &#8212; probably a long shot to begin with &#8212; are now reduced even more.</p><p>Staying alive in the NCAA probably means winning in somebody else&#8217;s ballpark, and today Missouri faces Oklahoma in a stadium that is 20 minutes from its campus in Norman.</p><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no doubt in my mind this is helping us get ready for next week,&#8221; Jamison said.</p><p>But there is a matter of getting to Sunday, which would have been considerably easier had the third-seeded Tigers found a way to defeat the seventh-seeded Red Raiders.</p><p>For a moment, victory looked assured.</p><p>Mizzou broke a 1-1 tie when Aaron Senne hit an RBI single past a diving shortstop with two outs in the eighth inning. The Tigers took themselves out of a lead-padding possibility when Greg Folgia, who was on first, tried to take an extra base on the play and committed the sin of making the final out at third base.</p><p>Perhaps that injected Tech with energy. The Red Raiders answered with three runs in their half of eighth. The go-ahead run scored when Folgia&#8217;s throw to the plate appeared to beat the runner, Chris Richburg, but on a sweep tag by catcher Ryan Ampleman, the ball flew from the mitt and two runs scored.</p><p>&#8220;We preach tag with two hands, but he didn&#8217;t have a chance to do that,&#8221; Jamieson said.</p><p>Wasted was an outstanding performance from Mizzou&#8217;s Ian Berger. Making his second start since April 11, Berger kept Tech hitters off-balance for six innings with off-speed strikes.</p><p>&#8220;I kept it down most of the game and worked my fastball on both sides of the plate,&#8221; said Berger, who left after six innings with the game 1-1.</p><p>Berger didn&#8217;t pitch against the Red Raiders in Mizzou&#8217;s regular-season sweep last month in Columbia, but Tech starter Nathan Karns did and wished he hadn&#8217;t.</p><p>&#8220;I was all over the place,&#8221; Karns said.</p><p>But in his six-inning stint Friday, Karns struck out seven with a fastball registering 96 mph.</p><p>Over the final three innings, Missouri went with its committee, and Brad Buehler had the toughest time of the five relievers.</p><p>At least for a day, Missouri couldn&#8217;t muster a little Oklahoma City magic.</p><p>The city has treated Mizzou athletics well. Two weeks ago, the softball team swept to its second Big 12 title at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. In March, the men&#8217;s basketball team rolled to its first conference tournament crown.</p><p>Karma this time was with the Red Raiders, who had a lousy time during and after their visit to Columbia. Missouri was the only team this season to sweep Tech, winning the three games by a combined 42-14 score.</p><p>When it was time to go home, the charter plane couldn&#8217;t reach Missouri because of weather and mechanical problems, and at 10 p.m. that night the Red Raiders started a 14-hour bus ride to Lubbock.</p><p><hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> <strong><span class="infobox-head">BIG 12 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT </span></strong><br /> &#8226;<strong>Friday&#8217;s results</strong></p><p><strong>Texas Tech 4, Missouri 2</strong></p><p>Red Raiders avenge regular-season sweep</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">TEXAS TECH 4, MISSOURI 2 </span></strong></p><p><span style="line-height:0"><br clear="all" /></span><table border="0" class="story-table"> <tr class="story-table-even-row"><td align="left">MU</td><td>000</td><td>001</td><td>010</td><td>&#8212;&#8212;</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>1</td></tr> <tr class="story-table-odd-row"><td align="left">TT</td><td>000</td><td>001</td><td>03x</td><td>&#8212;&#8212;</td><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>1</td></tr> </table> <strong>MU</strong>: Berger, Gargano (7), McCormick (7), Fick (8), Buehler (8), Clubb (8) and Ampleman. <strong>TT</strong>: Karns, Bettis (7) and Mayo. <strong>W: </strong>Bettis (6-1). <strong>L: </strong>Buehler (1-3). <strong>HR</strong>: None.</p><p><strong>Texas A&amp;M 17, Oklahoma 15</strong></p><p>Aggies&#8217; victory keeps every team alive</p><p><strong>&#8226;Today&#8217;s games</strong></p><p><strong>9 a.m.: Kansas vs. Baylor</strong></p><p>Winner can&#8217;t advance. Jayhawks get ready for NCAAs.</p><p><strong>12:30 p.m.: Kansas State vs. Texas</strong></p><p>For the pool and spot in Sunday&#8217;s title game.</p><p><strong>4 p.m.: Oklahoma vs. Missouri</strong></p><p>Nick Tepesch goes for the Tigers, who need the victory</p><p><strong>7:30 p.m.: Texas A&amp;M vs. Texas Tech</strong></p><p>Aggies were the nation&#8217;s preseason No. 1</p><p>&#8226;<strong>Sun</strong><strong>day&#8217;s game</strong></p><p><strong>1 p.m.:</strong> championship</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">NCAA projections</span></strong></p><p>Texas should be a national top eight seed, meaning it would be all but assured of playing host to a super regional. Other projected top eight seeds: California-Irvine, LSU, Cal State-Fullerton, Arizona State, North Carolina, Mississippi and Florida State.</p><p></div>