Live Updates: Mississippi State Baseball vs. Tennessee, Game 2
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.
Mississippi State baseball (26-28, 9-19) dropped its first game of the weekend series against Tennessee by a score of 27-2 on Thursday night.
The Diamond Dawgs will look to right the ship against the surging Volunteers (47-7, 23-5). Although the postseason is out of reach, the team can finish out the year with some huge wins and plenty of momentum heading into next season.
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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 Brayland Skinner
SS Lane Forsythe
RHP Preston Johnson
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 Burns
TOP of 1: Tennessee batting
Stephenson struck out swinging
Lipcius singled through the left side
Beck struck out swinging
Gilbert doubled down the left-field line, ground rule double, Lipcius advanced to third
Lipscomb grounded out to 3b
BOTTOM of 1: Mississippi State batting
Yeager flied out to left-center field
Hancock lined out to right field
Tanner popped up to 3b
End of 1: Mississippi State 0, Tennessee 0
TOP of 2: Tennessee batting
Ortega flied out to shortstop
Burke grounded out to 1b
Russell struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 2: Mississippi State batting
Hines homered to center field
Cumbest struck out swinging
Clark grounded out to 2b
James struck out looking
End of 2: Mississippi State 1, Tennessee 0
TOP of 3: Tennessee batting
Lawson struck out swinging
Stephenson flied out to center field
Lipcius walked
Beck flied out to right field
BOTTOM of 3: Mississippi State batting
Skinner singled to right field
Skinner picked off at first base
Forsythe struck out swinging
Yeager struck out swinging
End of 3: Mississippi State 1, Tennessee 0
TOP of 4: Tennessee batting
Gilbert struck out swinging
Lipscomb grounded out to shortstop
Ortega struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 4: Mississippi State batting
Hancock singled down the first-base line
Tanner struck out swinging
Hines singled to right field, Hancock advanced to second
Cumbest grounded into a double play, Hines out at second base
End of 4: Mississippi State 1, Tennessee 0
TOP of 5: Tennessee batting
Burke grounded out to shortstop
Russell doubled to left field
Lawson grounded out to 2b
Stephenson singled to center field, Russell scored
Lipcius struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 5: Mississippi State batting
Clark grounded out to 1b
James struck out looking
Skinner singled up the middle
Skinner stole second
Skinner stole third
Forsythe flied out to 2b
End of 5: Mississippi State 1, Tennessee 1
TOP of 6: Tennessee batting
Beck grounded out to shortstop
Gilbert flied out to center field
Lipscomb struck out swinging
BOTTOM of 6: Mississippi State batting
Yeager grounded out to 3b
Hancock flied out to left field
Tanner grounded out to 3b
End of 6: Mississippi State 1, Tennessee 1
TOP of 7: Tennessee batting
Ortega struck out swinging
Burke struck out swinging
Russell grounded out to shortstop
BOTTOM of 7: Mississippi State batting
Hines doubled down the right-field line
Cumbest singled through the left side, Hines advanced to third
Cumbest stole second
Clark doubled to right-center field, Hines scored, Cumbest scored
Blade Tidwell in to pitch for Burns
James struck out swinging
Skinner struck out swinging
Forsythe struck out looking
End of 7: Mississippi State 3, Tennessee 1
TOP of 8: Tennessee batting
Russell flied out to left field
Stephenson flied out to center field
Lipcius doubled to center field
Beck singled to left field, Lipcius scored
Gilbert homered to left field, Beck scored
KC Hunt in to pitch for Johnson
Lipscomb grounded out to shortstop
BOTTOM of 8: Mississippi State batting
Yeager popped up to 1b
Hancock popped up to 2b
Tanner grounded out to 2b
TOP of 9: Tennessee batting
Ortega struck out swinging
Christian Scott in to pinch run for Burke
Russell singled through the right side, Scott advanced to second
Lawson struck out swinging
Stephenson lined out to 3b
BOTTOM of 9: Mississippi State batting
Hines struck out swinging
Cumbest popped up to 2b
Clark struck out swinging