Blake Brown returns to the dugout after being tagged out at second. The Tigers struggled on offense before scoring their first run in the seventh inning.

Phil Joens has a special place in his collection for this season’s Big 12 baseballs. The baseballs are all the more valuable with Missouri’s move to the SEC next season.

Phil Joens stands watch in the stands at a recent game. The freshman journalism student often wears his high school T-shirt and a baseball cap to look younger and get more tosses from players and coaches.

With the bases loaded for Arkansas, Jake Walsh threw a key strikeout to end the sixth inning with the score knotted at four.

Blake Holovach was the starting pitcher for Missouri in their series closing game against High Point Saturday, Mar. 17.

No, this reaction wasn’t from one of the Tigers’ home runs. Instead players celebrate after Dane Opel (47) rolled the winning ball in a makeshift bowling game during the rain delay.

Blake Brown is called safe after sliding back toward first base Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Brown would later steal second on the way to scoring his only run of the game.

One of the Monarchs' players places a baseball by Jackie Robinson's grave at Cypress Hill Cemetery. (MLB.com)