Tigers Sweep No. 9/12 Kentucky in Run-Rule Effort

LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Missouri softball (28-17, 8-9 SEC) run-ruled No. 9/12 Kentucky (30-14, 9-9 SEC) by a score of 9-1 to sweep the series on the road. Kimberly Wert crushed her second grand slam of the weekend and Brooke Wilmes drove in three runs, while Jordan Weber allowed only one run over five innings. Kentucky had not been swept since 2019 when Mizzou won all three games in Lexington during Larissa Anderson’s first season at the helm.

RECAP

Mizzou continued the offensive onslaught from the previous two games, as Brooke Wilmes put the Tigers out in front with a solo blast in the first inning. Kentucky responded with an Erin Coffel solo home run to tie it back up in the home half.

The Tigers took control in the third. Mizzou loaded the bases with nobody out before Brooke Wilmes stepped up to the plate. Wilmes delivered once again, ripping a double into right center for a 3-1 lead. Casidy Chaumont walked to load the bases for Kimberly Wert. The fifth-year senior put the game away with one swing, crushing her second grand slam of the weekend over the scoreboard in left field.

Jordan Weber went back out to the circle with a 7-1 lead in a key third inning. With two outs and two runners in scoring position, Coffel had a chance to get the Wildcats back in the game. Weber forced her to groundout to short, retiring the threat.

Kendyll Bailey put the Tigers in position for the run-rule with a two-run homer to center field in the top of the fifth. Weber then retired the side to pick up her third win of the series as the rain began to fall.

NOTES

Kimberly Wert hit four home runs in the series, including two grand slams. She drove in 13 runs over the three games, going 6-for-7 at the plate. Wert moved into eighth in Mizzou history with 153 RBI. 

Brooke Wilmes recorded her third-straight multi-hit game with a 2-for-3 night. She homered and doubled while driving in a season-high three runs.

Wilmes has hit safely and driven in a run in seven consecutive contests. The graduate student moved into a tie for first in program history with her 99th extra base hit.

Jordan Weber picked up her third win of the weekend in her second complete-game effort. She allowed just one run on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

Kendyll Bailey became the fourth Tiger to reach double-digit home runs on the season with a two-run homer in the fifth inning.

Mizzou is 6-0 against the Wildcats in the Larissa Anderson era, improving to 12-10 in the all-time series.

The Tigers’ 22-run margin in the series is the largest margin of victory in a series since 2015 vs. Arkansas.

No. 9/12 Kentucky represents the highest-ranked opponent that Mizzou has swept in a three-game series in program history.

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The Tigers will take on Saint Louis on Wednesday at 4 p.m. CT at Mizzou Softball Stadium.

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