Live Updates: Mississippi State Baseball vs. Tennessee, Game 1
Mississippi State baseball (26-27, 9-18) picked up a midweek victory over North Alabama but needs to stop its eight-game conference losing streak to close out the season at Dudy Noble Field.
The Diamond Dawgs will be challenged against Tennessee (46-7, 23-5), the top team in the country. They need to pick up a few wins and hope for some other conference teams to come up short in their weekend series if they want to make the SEC Tournament.
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Mississippi State Starting Lineup:
2B RJ Yeager
1B Luke Hancock
C Logan Tanner
DH Hunter Hines
LF Brad Cumbest
RF Kellum Clark
3B Kamren James
CF Jess Davis
SS Lane Forsythe
RHP Brandon Smith
Tennessee Starting Lineup:
LF Seth Stephenson
1B Luc Lipcius
RF Jordan Beck
CF Drew Gilbert
3B Trey Lipscomb
2B Jorel Ortega
DH Blake Burke
C Evan Russell
SS Cortland Lawson
RHP Chase Dollander
TOP of 1: Tennessee batting
Stephenson grounded out to shortstop
Lipcius homered to left field
Beck homered to left field
Gilbert homered to right field
Lipscomb singled through the right side
Ortega grounded into a double play, Lipscomb out at second base
BOTTOM of 1: Mississippi State batting
Yeager flied out to left field
Hancock flied out to shortstop
Tanner flied out to right field
End of 1: Tennessee 3, Mississippi State 0
TOP of 2: Tennessee batting
Burke singled to center field
Russell grounded into double play, Burke out at second
Lawson flied out to left field
BOTTOM of 2: Mississippi State batting
Hines flied out to center field
Cumbest popped up to 2b
Clark flied out to left field
End of 2: Tennessee 3, Mississippi State 0
TOP of 3: Tennessee batting
Stephenson singled through the left side
Stephenson stole second
Lipcius singled to left field, Stephenson advanced to third
Beck popped up to 2b
Gilbert flied out to right field, sacrifice fly, Stephenson scored
Lipscomb singled through the right side, Lipcius advanced to second
Ortega doubled down the left-field line, Lipcius scored, Lipscomb advanced to third
Burke homered to right field, Lipscomb scored, Ortega scored
Russell singled to left field
Lawson struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 3: Mississippi State batting
James popped up foul to 3b
Davis grounded out to 1b
Forsythe walked
Yeager struck out swinging
End of 3: Tennessee 8, Mississippi State 0
TOP of 4: Tennessee batting
Mikey Tepper in to pitch for Smith
Stephenson struck out swinging
Lipcius grounded out to 1b
Beck struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 4: Mississippi State batting
Hancock flied out to right field
Tanner struck out swinging
Hines flied out to right field
End of 4: Tennessee 8, Mississippi State 0
TOP of 5: Tennessee batting
Gilbert grounded out to shortstop
Lipscomb singled to left field
Ortega popped up to shortstop
Lipscomb advanced to second on a wild pitch
Burke walked
Russell doubled to left center, Burke advanced to third, Lipscomb scored
Lawson walked
Stephenson singled to center field, Lawson advanced to second, Burke scored, Russell scored
Cam Tullar in to pitch for Tepper
Lipcius struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 5: Mississippi State batting
Cumbest struck out swinging
Clark struck out swinging
James struck out looking
End of 5: Tennessee 11, Mississippi State 0
TOP of 6: Tennessee batting
Beck walked
Gilbert popped up foul to 1b
Lipscomb singled through the left side, Beck advanced to second
Ortega homered to center field, Beck scored, Lipscomb scored
Christian Moore in to pinch hit for Burke
Moore grounded out to shortstop
Russell doubled down the left-field line
Lawson flied out to center field
BOTTOM of 6: Mississippi State batting
Davis struck out swinging
Forsythe flied out to right field
Yeager flied out to right field
End of 6: Tennessee 14, Mississippi State 0
TOP of 7: Tennessee batting
Jack Walker in to pitch for Tullar
Christian Scott in to pinch hit for Stephenson
Scott walked
Lipcius homered to left field, Scott scored
Beck walked
Gilbert doubled to right field, Beck advanced to third
Gilbert advanced to third, Beck scored on a wild pitch
Lipscomb walked
Cole Cheatham in to pitch for Walker
Ortega singled through the left side, Gilbert scored, Lipscomb advanced to second
Moore struck out looking
Russell doubled to left field, Lipscomb scored, Ortega scored
Lawson grounded out to 2b, Russell advanced to third
Scott singled to right field, Russell scored
Ethan Payne in to pinch hit for Lipcius
Payne hit by pitch, Scott advanced to second
Beck struck out looking
BOTTOM of 7: Mississippi State batting
Mark McLaughlin in to pitch for Dollander
Hancock walked
Tanner singled through the right side, Hancock advanced to third
Tanner advanced to second
Hines singled through the right side, Hancock scored, Tanner out at home
Cumbest flied out to center field
Clark singled to 2b, Hines advanced to second
James walked, Clark advanced to second, Hines advanced to third
Wyatt Evans in to pitch for McLaughlin
Davis struck out swinging
End of 7: Tennessee 21, Mississippi State 1
TOP of 8: Tennessee batting
Kyle Booker in to pinch hit for Gilbert
Booker walked
Logan Steenstra in to pinch hit for Lipscomb
Steenstra struck out looking
Ortega homered to left-center field, Booker walked
Moore struck out swinging
Charlie Taylor in to pinch hit for Russell
Taylor grounded out to 3b
BOTTOM of 8: Mississippi State batting
Tanner Leggett in to pinch hit for Forsythe
Leggett homered to left field
Yeager flied out to right field
Hancock grounded out to 2b
Tanner struck out looking
End of 8: Tennessee 23, Mississippi State 2
TOP of 9: Tennessee batting
Leggett in at shortstop
Andrew Walling in to pitch for Cheatham
Lawson hit by pitch
Scott walked, Lawson advanced to second
Scott advanced to second, Lawson advanced to third on a wild pitch
Payne struck out swinging
Beck struck out swinging
Booker walked
Steenstra doubled to center field, Lawson scored, Scott scored, Booker scored
Ortega doubled to right-center field, Steenstra scored
Moore struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 9: Mississippi State batting
Zander Sechrist in to pitch for Evans
Brayland Skinner in to pinch hit for Hines
Skinner doubled down the right-field line
Aaron Downs in to pinch hit for Cumbest
Skinner stole third
Downs struck out looking
Slate Alford in to pinch hit for Clark
Alford struck out swinging
Von Seibert in to pinch hit for Clark
Seibert struck out looking