Live Updates: Mississippi State Baseball Faces Ole Miss, Game 1

Mississippi State baseball looks to pick up a Game 1 victory against the Ole Miss Rebels.

Mississippi State baseball (22-16, 6-9) is coming off of a huge midweek victory against Jackson State and will begin one of the biggest weekend series of the year tonight against Ole Miss.

The Bulldogs are 16-3 against the Rebels over the last few seasons and are hoping to continue that success heading into the second half of conference action. Ole Miss (21-15, 5-10) was ranked No. 1 in the nation only a few weeks ago but have now fallen to last place in the SEC West. The Rebels are looking to regain momentum in front of their home crowd.

The competition between the two teams will be fierce, especially with a chance at the postseason potentially on the line. 

Stay right here with Cowbell Corner for updates as the in-state rivals clash in Game 1 at 6 p.m. CT. BE SURE TO REFRESH YOUR BROWSER FOR THE LATEST UPDATES!

Mississippi State starting lineup:

2B RJ Yeager

CF Kamren James

1B Luke Hancock

C Logan Tanner

DH Hunter Hines

LF Brad Cumbest

RF Kellum Clark

3B Slate Alford

SS Lane Forsythe 

RHP Brandon Smith

Ole Miss starting lineup:

3B Justin Bench

SS Jacob Gonzalez

1B Tim Elko

DH Kemp Alderman

LF Kevin Graham

CF TJ McCants

RF Hayden Leatherwood

2B Peyton Chatagnier

C Hayden Dunhurst

RHP Dylan DeLucia 

TOP of 1: Mississippi State batting

Yeager grounded out to shortstop

James flied out to right field

Hancock flied out to center field

BOTTOM of 1: Ole Miss batting

Bench singled to left field

Gonzalez flied out to center field

Elko struck out swinging

Bench advanced to second on a wild pitch

Alderman reached on fielding error by second baseman, Bench advanced to third

Graham homered to right field, Bench scored, Alderman scored

McCants struck out swinging

End of 1: MSU 0, Ole Miss 3

TOP of 2: MSU Batting

Tanner singled to pitcher

Hines struck out swinging

Cumbest struck out looking

Clark struck out looking

BOTTOM of 2: Ole Miss Batting

Leatherwood struck out swinging

Chatagnier flied out to center field

Dunhurst walked

Bench struck out swinging

TOP of 3: Mississippi State Batting

Alford grounded out to shortstop

Forsythe struck out looking

Yeager flied out to right field

BOTTOM of 3: Ole Miss Batting

Gonzalez grounded out to second 

Elko struck out swinging, out at first, c to first base

Alderman grounded out to third base

END of 3: Ole Miss 3, MSU 0

TOP of 4: Mississippi State Batting

James grounded out to pitcher

Hancock grounded out to shortstop

Tanner flied out to centerfield

BOTTOM of 4: Ole Miss Batting

Graham grounded out to first base unassisted

McCants struck out swinging

Leatherwood struck out swinging

END of 4: Ole Miss 3, MSU 0

TOP of 5: MSU Batting

Hines grounded out to second base

Cumbest homered to left field, RBI

Clark singled to centerfield

Alford struck out swinging

Forsythe struck out swinging

BOTTOM of 5: Ole Miss Batting

Chatagnier struck out swinging

Dunhurst homered to right field

Bench flied out to right field

Gonzalez walked 

Elko singled up the middle, Gonzalez advance to third

Alderman flied out to second base

End of 5: Ole Miss 4, MSU 1

TOP of 6: MSU Batting

Yeager flied out to left field

James singled to left field

Hancock flied out to center field

Tanner grounded out to shortstop 

BOTTOM of 6: Ole Miss Batting

Graham flied out to center field

McCants struck out looking

Leatherwood grounded out to first base

TOP of 7: Mississippi State Batting 

Hines struck out swinging 

Cumbest flied out to left field

Clark homered to right field

Alford grounded out to third base

BOTTOM of 7: Ole Miss Batting

Drew Talley in to pitch for Smith

Chatagnier flied out to left field

Dunhurst doubled to center field

Bench walked

Cam Tullar in to pitch for Talley

Gonzalez struck out swinging

Jackson Fristoe in to pitch for Tullar 

Elko flied out to right field

End of 7: Ole Miss 4, MSU 2

TOP of 8: Mississippi State batting

Seibert struck out looking

Yeager grounded out to shortstop 

James grounded out to shortstop 

BOTTOM of 8: Ole Miss batting

Tanner Leggett in at shortstop

Alderman grounded out to third base

Graham flied out to left field

McCants walked

McCants reached second on a passed ball

Leatherwood struck out swinging

End of 8: Ole Miss 4, MSU 2

TOP of 9: Mississippi State batting

Hancock grounded out to shortstop 

Tanner flied out to center field

Hines flied out to second base

FINAL SCORE: OLE MISS 4, Mississippi State 2