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