Virginia vs. Mississippi State Live Updates

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See below for updates from Virginia's 5-4 win over Mississippi State on Saturday night.

No. 12 Virginia (43-15) earned a walk-off 5-4 win over Mississippi State (39-22) in the winner's bracket game of the Charlottesville Regional at the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament on Saturday night at Disharoon Park. See a full play-by-play and live analysis for the game in the thread below.

Read a recap of the game here: Virginia Baseball Walks Off Mississippi State 5-4 to Advance to Regional Final

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Final: Mississippi State 4, Virginia 5

Bottom of the 9th
Harrison Didawick drives one into the gap in left-center field and it one-hops over the fence for a ground-rule double. Didawick represents the game-winning run at second base with no outs.
Henry Godbout draws a walk, giving UVA runners on first and second with no outs.
There's a meeting on the mound but Mississippi State keeps Tyson Hardin in the game.
Becker hits a chopper to second base and Larry gets the force-out at second to retire Godbout. Virginia has runners on the corners with one out for Bobby Whalen.
Bobby Whalen swings at the first pitch and sends it back up the middle. Larry can't field it cleanly behind second base and Didawick scores from third to win the game.

Virginia walks off Mississippi State 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth to advance to the regional final.

See score updates for every game in the regional round of the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament here.

Top of the 9th
Augustin opens the top of the ninth by striking out Johnny Long looking.
Make that two strikeouts in a row for Augustin, who gets Amani Larry swinging.
Augustin issues a two-out walk to David Mershon.
Dakota Jordan hits a grounder through the left side of the infield for a single and Mershon goes first to third. Brian O'Connor pulls Augustin and calls for lefty Angelo Tonas (3.97 ERA in 34.0 innings) out of the bullpen to try to get the last out of the inning to keep this a tie game.

Angelo Tonas needs just one pitch to get out of the jam, getting Hunter Hines to hit a soft grounder to second base, which Henry Godbout easily fields and throws to first to end the inning.

MSU 4, UVA 4 | Mid 9th

Bottom of the 8th
Jurrangelo Cijntje's night is done with a final statline of four earned runs on seven hits and five strikeouts in seven innings of work. He is replaced by righty Tyson Hardin (3.09 ERA).
Ethan Anderson draws a leadoff walk.
Casey Saucke fails to lay down a bunt on his first two attempts and falls behind 0-2, but then chops a grounder to short on a hit-and-run and accomplishes the same goal as the bunt, moving Anderson into scoring position with one out.
Virginia squanders the opportunity, as Ford strikes out swinging and Ference strikes out looking to end the inning. We head to the ninth with the game still tied 4-4.

MSU 4, UVA 4 | End 8th

Top of the 8th
Hunter Hines draws a leadoff walk.
Hujsak flies out to left field.
Chance flies out to right field.
Kohler gets weak contact on the payoff pitch from Augustin and dribbles it through a hole to the right of second base. Hines gets to third on the soft-hit single and the Bulldogs are threatening with runners on first and third with two outs.

Augustin catches Downs looking at a called strike three on a payoff pitch, stranding runners on second and third and keeping this a tie ball game heading to the bottom of the eighth.

MSU 4, UVA 4 | Mid 8th

Bottom of the 7th
Ference hits a liner that goes between two MSU infielders and into left-center field for a leadoff single.
Didawick hits a high chopper to shortstop and Mershon throws to second to try to get Ference, who slides in safe. MSU challenges the call on the field, but the call is upheld. UVA has runners on first and second with no outs.
Godbout lays down a successful bunt to moves the runners to second and third with one out.
The freshman Eric Becker comes through with a clutch base hit up the middle, scoring both Ference and Didawick to tie the game at 4-4.
Bobby Whalen fouls off three pitches in a row but then Cijntje catches him looking at a called strike three on his 106th pitch of the night. Two outs.
O'Ferrall hits a slow grounder in front of the plate and Cijntje throws to first in time for the out.

That ends the inning, but Virginia has pulled even behind the big two-run single from Eric Becker.

MSU 4, UVA 4 | End 7th

Top of the 7th
Aaron Downs hits a grounder through the left side of the infield for a leadoff single. That'll do it for Evan Blanco, who exits the game after 92 pitches with a statline of four runs, three of them earned, on eight hits and seven strikeouts in six innings of work. UVA brings in righty Matt Augustin (4.88 ERA in 24.0 innings pitched) to face Johnny Long and then the top of the MSU batting order with a runner on first and no outs.

Long lays down a bunt and Ford goes to second with it in time to get the lead runner.
Augustin walks Amani Larry to put runners on first and second with one out.
Augustin battles back after falling behind 3-0 to Mershon and gets him to fly out to left field for the second out of the inning.
Augustin gets Jordan swinging to end the inning. What a bounce-back from Augustin after throwing seven-straight balls, as he throws the next pitches for strikes to get out of the inning with Virginia still trailing by just two.

MSU 2, UVA 4 | Mid 7th

Bottom of the 6th
Ethan Anderson leads off the bottom of the sixth with single into center field.
Casey Saucke hits one right back to the mound and Cijntje fields it cleanly, throws to second for one and Mershon throws to first in time for the double-play. Mississippi State continues to make impressive plays in the field.

Henry Ford hits a slow grounder to third and Kohler makes the throw to first in time for the out, according to first base ump Rick Allen. UVA challenges the call and after review, the call is upheld. That one looked nearly identical to the double play from the top of the sixth that was overturned and called safe but the umps didn't see it that way.

We go to the seventh with Mississippi State still leading 4-2.

MSU 4, UVA 2 | End 6th

Top of the 6th
Hines rips a line drive into right field and Godbout was positioned well in the shift, but the ball goes in and out of his glove on his diving attempt to make the catch. It goes down as a single for Hines.
Hujsak hits a bouncer to second base and Godbout fields it and pitches to O'Ferrall at second, who quickly fires to first for the double play. It was very close and the umps call it out on the field, but MSU challenges the play. After review, the call is overturned and Hujsak is safe at first.

Chance hits a groundball to O'Ferrall and his only play is to first base as Hujsak was stealing on the play. Two outs with a runner on second.
Kohler goes down swinging, Blanco's seventh strikeout of the game. Blanco sits at 87 pitches through six innings.

MSU 4, UVA 2 | Mid 6th

Bottom of the 5th
Eric Becker hits a sharp grounder right back to the mound and Cijntje manages to knock it down and makes the easy out at first. That's a nice fielding play by Cijntje to prevent what would have been a leadoff single.
Whalen grounds out to second.
O'Ferrall hits a pop-up into foul territory and Hines makes a great catch before flipping over the fence into his own dugout. The Bulldogs are making all of the high degree of difficulty plays in the field tonight. The umps review the play, but as expected, uphold the call on the field.

MSU 4, UVA 2 | End 5th

Top of the 5th
Larry hits a pop-up into foul territory near first base and Henry Ford makes a nice catch.
Mershon grounds out to shortstop.
O'Ferrall stays busy at short, scooping up the grounder and firing to first to retire Jordan for the final out of the inning.

That was a much-needed 1-2-3 inning for Evan Blanco, who stands at 75 pitches through five inning.

MSU 4, UVA 2 | Mid 5th

Bottom of the 4th
Cijntje catches Ference looking at a called third strike for his fourth strikeout of the game.
Didawick flies out to center field.
MSU nearly turns a routine ground ball into an error but Cijntje gets over to first in time and catches the throw from Larry to secure the final out of the inning.

MSU 4, UVA 2 | End 4th

Top of the 4th
Chance hits a grounder between short and third and O'Ferrall fields it but has no chance to make a throw to first, so Chance reaches with an infield single.
Kohler hits a sharp grounder to second and Godbout makes a nice play, spinning and throwing to first for the out.
Blanco tries to pick off Chance at second but overthrows it into center field. Chance capitalizes on the opportunity and scores from second on the throwing error. MSU leads 4-2.
Aaron Downs hits a deep fly ball to straightaway center and Whalen makes the catch at the warning track.
Long strikes out swinging to end the inning, Blanco's sixth strikeout of the game, but the Bulldogs score another run on his error.

MSU 4, UVA 2 | Mid 4th

Bottom of the 3rd
Cijntje strikes O'Ferrall out swinging.
Anderson works a seven-pitch walk.
Saucke goes down on strikes, Cijntje's third strikeout of the game.
Ford hits a line drive to second base and Larry makes a great play to knock it down and throw to second in time to get the force-out.

MSU 3, UVA 2 | End 3rd

Top of the 3rd
Johnny Long grounds out to second base.
Blanco strikes out Larry swinging and Ference secures the out with a throw down to first.
Blanco gives up back-to-back singles to left field to Mershon and Jordan.
Hunter Hines swings at the first pitch he sees from Blanco and drills it over the wall in right-center field for a three-run home run. Mississippi State takes a 3-2 lead.
Blanco bounces back and picks up his fifth strikeout of the game, getting Hujsak swinging to end the inning. But the damage is done, as a three-run bomb from Hunter Hines has given the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead.

MSU 3, UVA 2 | Mid 3rd

Bottom of the 2nd
Henry Ford hits a grounder down the third baseline and Kohler makes the long throw to first to retire him.
Jacob Ference takes a couple of strikes and then sends a line drive down the left field line for a long single, Virginia's first hit of the game.
Harrison Didawick hits a pop-up into foul territory and MSU catcher Johnny Long makes the catch for the second out.
Henry Godbout hits a line drive into right field to give UVA runners on first and second with two outs.
Eric Becker gets great contact on a swing and sends a ball deep to right-center field that goes off the wall. Ference and Godbout both come around to score and Becker legs it to third for a two-run triple. Virginia leads 2-0.
Whalen grounds out to second to end the inning, but the Cavaliers are on the board on Becker's two-run triple.

MSU 0, UVA 2 | End 2nd

Top of the 2nd
Connor Hujsak hits a grounder to short and Griff O'Ferrall makes the play.
Bryce Chance turns on the first pitch and sends it into center field for a base hit.
Evan Blanco strikes out Logan Kohler swinging.
Blanco wins a long battle with Aaron Downs, catching him looking at a called strike three on the eighth pitch of the at-bat. Blanco picks up back-to-back K's to end the second frame.

MSU 0, UVA 0 | Mid1st

Bottom of the 1st
Griff O'Ferrall flies out to right field.
Ethan Anderson grounds out to third base.
Jurrangelo Cijntje catches Casey Saucke looking at a called strike three to end the inning.

MSU 0, UVA 0 | End 1st

Top of the 1st
Amani Larry flies out to left field for the first out of the game.
David Merson hits a bouncer up the middle for a single.
Evan Blanco strikes out Dakota Jordan, but Mershon steals second as Ference has the ball get away from him.
Hunter Hines hits a high fly ball to center field and Bobby Whalen makes the catch to end the inning.

MSU 0, UVA 0 | Mid 1st

Pregame Information

Tonight's game is set to start at 6pm and will be broadcast on the ACC Network.

The umpires for today's game are Mark Wagers (HP), Rick Allen (1B), Scott Cline (2B), and Danny Cricks (3B).

The winner of today's game advances to the regional final on Sunday at 6pm, while the loser will play an elimination game against St. John's on Sunday at 12pm.

Read a full preview of the Charlottesville Regional, including bracket and schedule information, scouting reports on each team, and other notes here: Virginia Baseball: Everything You Need to Know for the Charlottesville Regional

Mississippi State Starting Lineup
2B Amani Larry (.253)
SS David Mershon (.335)
RF Jordan Dakota (.336)
1B Hunter Hines (.245)
CF Connor Hujsak (.342)
LF Bryce Chance (.275)
3B Logan Kohler (.253)
DH Aaron Downs (.298)
C Johnny Long (.196)

SP Jurrangelo Cijntje - 8-2, 2.55 ERA

Virginia Starting Lineup
SS Griff O'Ferrall (.337)
DH Ethan Anderson (.329)
RF Casey Saucke (.349)
1B Henry Ford (.341)
C Jacob Ference (.361)
LF Harrison Didawick (.300)
2B Henry Godbout (.375)
3B Eric Becker (.353)
CF Bobby Whalen (.395)

SP Evan Blanco - 7-3, 3.50 ERA