Missouri baseball’s season ends with loss to Vanderbilt at SEC tourney

Missouri’s baseball season ended Tuesday with a 7-0 opening-round loss to Vanderbilt at the Southeastern Conference tournament in Hoover, Ala.

The sixth-seeded Commodores improved to 14-0 all-time against the 11th-seeded Tigers, who finished the season 26-30.

Sophomore ace Tanner Houck kept Vandy in check for five innings, but he allowed four runs in the sixth, in part because of a leaky defense.

After Houck issued a leadoff walk and a single, Commodores junior Bryan Reynolds’ two-run double was the big blow. The damage could have been limited after Houck, who struck out six while allowing five hits and a walk in six innings, retired the next two batters. Instead, Reynolds stole third and scored when freshman third baseman Brian Sharp couldn’t handle the throw from sophomore catcher Brett Bond. A fielding error by Sharp allowed a second unearned run to score.

Vanderbilt, 42-15, tacked on three more eighth-inning runs against Missouri reliever Austin Tribby, but that was inconsequential because the Tiger offense only managed four hits and three walks.

After the game, a report surfaced that Mizzou coach Tim Jamieson, who signed a three-year contract extension last June, would retire. Sources within the Tigers’ athletic department refuted the report.

Jamieson will meet with Mizzou athletic director Mack Rhoades and executive associate athletic director Tim Hickman in the coming weeks to discuss his future. No decision will be made until those conversations take place.

This story was originally published May 24, 2016 at 1:52 PM with the headline "Missouri baseball’s season ends with loss to Vanderbilt at SEC tourney."