Starting 9 1) The Missouri State Bears (17-21, 6-9 Missouri Valley Conference) make the return trip to Columbia this week for the second meeting with in-state rival Missouri (18-23, 6-12 SEC) on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The Tigers took the first matchup by a 6-2 final on April 16 in Springfield. 2) The Bears have homered in 31 of 38 games this season and 93 of the last 112, including streaks of 29 and 21 games, and rank 15th nationally with 267 long balls since the beginning of the 2022 season. The Bears lead the MVC and rank 24th nationally…