Live Updates: Mississippi State Baseball Takes On Ole Miss, Game 2
Mississippi State baseball dropped the first game of the series to Ole Miss, 4-2 on Thursday night in Oxford, giving the Rebels their first home win against the Bulldogs since 2015.
One can imagine that serves as extra fuel as the Bulldogs look to get back to the win column in Game 2 on Friday evening at Swayze Field. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. CT.
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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 Preston Johnson
Ole Miss Starting Lineup:
3B Justin Bench
SS Jacob Gonzalez
1B Tim Elko
DH Kemp Alderman
LF Kevin Graham
CF TJ McCants
C Hayden Dunhurst
2B Peyton Chatagnier
RF Calvin Harris
LHP Hunter Elliott
TOP of 1 (MSU batting):
Yeager grounded out to shortstop
James struck out looking
Hancock homered to right field
Tanner walked
Hines struck out looking
BOTTOM of 1 (Ole Miss batting):
Bench homered to left field
Gonzalez homered to center field
Elko homered to center field
Alderman popped up to shortstop
Graham singled to right field
McCants reached on a fielder's choice; Graham out at second, first base to shortstop
Dunhurst struck out swinging
END of 1: Ole Miss 3, MSU 1
TOP of 2 (MSU batting):
Cumbest singled to center field
Clark flied out to right field
Davis flied out to right field
Cumbest advanced to second on a wild pitch
Forsythe singled to second base; Cumbest scored
Yeager grounded out to shortstop
BOTTOM of 2 (Ole Miss batting):
Chatagnier homered to left field, RBI
Harris walked
Bench flied out to left field
Gonzalez walked; Harris advanced to second
Elko struck out swinging
Gonzalez advanced to second; Harris advanced to third on a wild pitch
Alderman struck out swinging
END of 2: Ole Miss 4, MSU 1
TOP of 3 (MSU batting):
James flied out to center field
Hancock hit by pitch
Tanner singled through the left side; Hancock advanced to second
Hines walked; Tanner advanced to second; Hancock advanced to third
Cumbest struck out looking
Clark struck out looking
BOTTOM of 3 (Ole Miss batting):
Graham struck out swinging
McCants singled to right center
McCants out at second c to shortstop, caught stealing
Dunhurst flied out to left field
END of 3: Ole Miss 4, MSU 1
TOP of 4 (MSU batting):
Davis struck out swinging
Forsythe struck out looking
Yeager flied out to right field
BOTTOM of 4 (Ole Miss batting):
Chatagnier singled, bunt
Harris flied out to right field
Bench singled to center field; Chatagnier advanced to second
Gonzalez walked; Bench advanced to second; Chatagnier advanced to third
Elko struck out looking
Alderman struck out swinging
END of 4: Ole Miss 4, MSU 1
TOP of 5 (MSU batting):
Maddox in to pitch for Elliott
James grounded out to second base
Hancock singled to right field
Tanner singled to left field; Hancock advanced to second
Hines struck out swinging
Tanner out at first c to first base, picked off
BOTTOM of 5 (Ole Miss batting):
Graham singled, bunt
McCants struck out swinging
Dunhurst struck out swinging
Chatagnier flied out to center field
END of 5: Ole Miss 4, MSU 1
TOP of 6 (MSU batting):
Cumbest doubled to left field
Clark grounded out to shortstop; Cumbest advanced to third
Davis doubled, ground-rule, RBI; Cumbest scored
Forsythe flied out to right field
Yeager singled to left center, RBI; Davis scored
James walked; Yeager advanced to second
Dougherty in to pitch for Maddox
Hancock popped up to third base
BOTTOM of 6 (Ole Miss batting):
Kohn in to pitch for Johnson
Van Cleve pinch hit for Harris
Van Cleve singled through the right side
Tolley pinch ran for Van Cleve
Bench walked; Tolley advanced to second
Gonzalez grounded into double play, shortstop to second base to first base; Bench out on the play; Tolley advanced to third
Elko intentionally walked
Alderman flied out to right field
END of 6: Ole Miss 4, MSU 3
TOP of 7 (MSU batting):
Tanner singled to left field
Hines homered to right field, 2 RBI; Tanner scored
Cumbest singled through the left side
Clark homered to right field, 2 RBI; Cumbest scored
Johnson in to pitch for Dougherty
Davis flied out to center field
Forsythe struck out swinging
Yeager walked
James singled through the left side; Yeager advanced to second
Hancock out at first first base to pitcher
BOTTOM of 7 (Ole Miss batting):
Graham struck out swinging
McCants struck out looking
Dunhurst struck out looking
END of 7: MSU 7, Ole Miss 4
TOP of 8 (MSU batting):
Tanner hit by pitch
Hines singled through the right side; Tanner advanced to third
Cumbest doubled to left field, RBI; Hines advanced to third; Tanner scored
Nichols in to pitch for Johnson
Clark lined out to shortstop
Davis grounded out to pitcher, RBI; Cumbest advanced to third; Hines scored
Forsythe doubled to left center, RBI; Cumbest scored
Yeager struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 8 (Ole Miss batting):
Hunt in to pitch for Kohn
Chatagnier flied out to right field
Leatherwood pinch hit for Tolley
Leatherwood hit by pitch
Leatherwood advanced to second on a wild pitch
Bench singled through the right side; Leatherwood advanced to third
Gonzalez singled through the right side, RBI; Bench advanced to third; Leatherwood scored
Elko struck out swinging
Alderman doubled to left field, 2 RBI; Gonzalez scored; Bench scored
Graham flied out to left field
END of 8: MSU 10, Ole Miss 7
TOP of 9 (MSU batting):
Leatherwood to right field
James popped up to third base
Hancock singled through the right side
Tanner struck out swinging
Hines flied out to left field
BOTTOM of 9 (Ole Miss batting):
McCants walked
Dunhurst flied out to center field
Chatagnier struck out swinging
Leatherwood singled through the left side; McCants advanced to second
Bench reached on a fielder's choice; Leatherwood advanced to second; McCants out at third base