Live Updates: Mississippi State Baseball Faces Florida, Game 1

Mississippi State (25-20, 9-12) dropped last weekend's series to Missouri and is now running out of time to make a case for the NCAA postseason.

The Diamond Dawgs desperately need to pick up a few games against Florida (26-18, 8-13) to boost their RPI and improve their conference record. The Gators are coming off of a series victory against Kentucky and are trying to reach the postseason themselves. This weekend could determine which team makes it to a regional...and which one does not.

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Mississippi State Starting Lineup:

2B RJ Yeager

3B Kamren James

1B Luke Hancock

C Logan Tanner

DH Hunter Hines

LF Brad Cumbest

RF Kellum Clark

CF Jess Davis

SS Lane Forsythe

RHP Brandon Smith

Florida Starting Lineup:

LF Wyatt Langford

RF Sterlin Thompson

CF Jud Fabian

C BT Riopelle

SS Josh Rivera

DH Jan Caglianone

1B Kendrick Calilao

2B Colby Halter

3B Deric Fabian

RHP Brandon Sproat

TOP of 1: Florida batting:

Langford singled to right field

Langford advanced to second on a wild pitch

Thompson walked

J. Fabian walked, Thompson advanced to second, Langford advanced to third

Riopelle singled up the middle, J. Fabian advanced to second, Langford scored, Thompson scored

Rivera struck out swinging

Caglianone reached on fielder's choice, Riopelle out at second, J. Fabian advanced to third

Calilao grounded out to 2b

BOTTOM of 1: Mississippi State batting

Yeager lined out to 1b

James grounded out to shortstop

Hancock grounded out to pitcher

End of 1: Florida 2, Mississippi State 0

TOP of 2: Florida batting

Halter flied out to left field

D. Fabian struck out looking

Lanford homered to center field

Thompson walked

J. Fabian singled to 3b, Thompson advanced to second

Riopelle homered to right field, Fabian scored, Thompson scored

Rivera lined out to right field

BOTTOM of 2: Mississippi State batting

Tanner popped up to 1b

Hines flied out to left field

Cumbest struck out swinging

End of 2: Florida 6, Mississippi State 0

TOP of 3: Florida batting

Caglianone flied out to left field

Calilao grounded out to 3b

Halter struck out swinging

BOTTOM of 3: Mississippi State batting

Clark struck out swinging

Davis struck out swinging

Forsythe walked

Yeager grounded out to 3b

End of 3: Florida 6, Mississippi State 0

TOP of 4: Florida batting

D. Fabian popped up to 1b

Langford walked

Thompson walked

J. Fabian grounded into double play, Thompson out at second

BOTTOM of 4: Mississippi State batting

James grounded out to shortstop

Hancock singled up the middle

Tanner flied out to center field

Hines struck out looking

End of 4: Florida 6, Mississippi State 0

TOP of 5: Florida batting

Riopelle singled up the middle

Rivera flied out to right field

Caglianone grounded out to pitcher

Mikey Tepper in to pitch for B. Smith

Calilao singled to center field, Riopelle scored

Halter grounded out to 2b

BOTTOM of 5: Mississippi State batting

Cumbest singled to left field

Clark singled up the middle, Cumbest advanced to third

Clark advanced to second on a pickoff attempt at third

Davis struck out looking

Forsythe singled to right field, Clark advanced to third, Cumbest scored

Yeager sacrifice fly to left field, Clark scored

James popped up to 1b

End of 5: Florida 7, Mississippi State 2

TOP of 6: Florida batting

D. Fabian struck out swinging

Langford singled through the right side

Thompson walked, Langford advanced to second

Langford advanced to third on a wild pitch

J. Fabian popped up to 1b

Riopelle doubled down the right-field line, Langford scored, Thompson advanced to third

Rivera struck out swinging

BOTTOM of 6: Mississippi State batting

Hancock singled through the left side

Tanner singled up the middle, Hancock advanced to second

Hines popped up to shortstop

Cumbest grounded out to 2b, Tanner advanced to second, Hancock advanced to third

Clark grounded out to pitcher

End of 6: Florida 8, Mississippi State 2

TOP of 7: Florida batting

Caglianone struck out swinging

Calilao grounded out to 3b

Halter walked

D. Fabian struck out looking

BOTTOM of 7: Mississippi State batting

Blake Purnell in to pitch for Sproat

Aaron Downs in to pinch hit for Davis

Downs singled up the middle

Forsythe singled through the right side, Downs advanced to second

Yeager reached first on a fielding error by shortstop, Forsythe advanced to second, Downs advanced to third

James reached on fielder's choice, Yeager out at second, Forsythe advanced to third, Downs scored

James stole second

Hancock grounded out to 3b, James advanced to third, Forsythe scored

Tanner singled up the middle, James scored

Philip Abner in to pitch for Purnell

Hines struck out looking

End of 7: Florida 8, Mississippi State 5

TOP of 8: Florida batting

Jackson Fristoe in to pitch for Tepper

Downs in at left field, Cumbest moves to center field

Langford grounded out to 3b

Thompson reached on a fielding error by 3b

J. Fabian struck out swinging

Thompson stole second

Thompson advanced to third on a passed ball

Riopelle walked

Rivera reached on fielder's choice, Riopelle out at second

BOTTOM of 8: Mississippi State batting

Nick Ficarrotta in to pitch for Abner

Cumbest singled to 3b

Clark grounded out to pitcher, Cumbest advanced to second

Ryan Slater in to pitch for Facarrotta

Downs walked

Forsythe walked

Yeager grounded out to shortstop, Cumbest scored, Downs advanced to third, Forsythe advanced to second

James popped up to right field

End of 8: Florida 8, Mississippi State 6

TOP of 9: Florida batting

Caglianone struck out swinging

Calilao struck out swinging

Halter struck out swinging

BOTTOM of 9: Mississippi State batting

Hancock flied out to right field

Tanner popped up to 2b

Hines singled to right-center

Cumbest grounded out to 1b

FINAL SCORE: FLORIDA 8, MISSISSIPPI STATE 6

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