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Tyler Macon
Mizzou Athletics
13
Winner Mississippi State MSU 33-20, 14-15 SEC
3
Missouri MIZ 16-37, 3-26 SEC
Winner
Mississippi State MSU
33-20, 14-15 SEC
13
Final
3
Missouri MIZ
16-37, 3-26 SEC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mississippi State MSU 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 13 13 0
Missouri MIZ 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 5 1

W: Davis (3-2) L: Neubeck, Tony (1-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Mississippi State Claims Series with Second-Straight Win over Baseball

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mississippi State continued its offensive surge Friday in game two of its Southeastern Conference series with University of Missouri baseball, using a pair of early home runs to establish an eight-run lead en route to a 13-3 victory over the Tigers at Taylor Stadium.

After setting a program record with eight home runs in Thursday's series-opening win over Mizzou, the Bulldogs (33-20, 14-15 SEC) scored five times in the first inning of game two, highlighted by Joe Powell's two-out, three-run shot. Hunter Hines drove in the game's first run with an RBI grounder to the right side, before Bryce Chance's base hit plated the second. Powell followed by driving a 1-1 pitch from Tony Neubeck over the wall in center for a 5-0 MSU advantage.

In the second, a two-out error opened the door to another big rally for the visitors. Hines' chopper to first was misplayed for the game's only error, setting up Chance's two-run homer to left that stretched the lead to eight runs.

The Tigers (16-37, 3-26 SEC) put their first runs of the night on the board courtesy of a Cayden Nicoletto two-out, two-run double in the third. The two offenses traded fourth-inning runs, as Ace Reese delivered a solo blast to right for the third MSU home run of the game, before Jedier Hernandez's RBI-single in the home half of the inning to pull the Tigers to within 9-3.

But Hines stepped to the plate in the sixth and erased any doubt about the outcome, drilling a three-run round-tripper to right to claim sole possession of the top spot on the Bulldogs' career home run chart. Noah Sullivan added a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh to account for the final 10-run margin.

Ben Davis (3-2) earned the mound victory for Mississippi State, working 3 1/3 shutout innings of one-hit relief. He combined with starter Evan Siary to strike out 11 Tigers, while the duo permitted just five hits.

Tyler Macon led the Tigers with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate,

TIGER NOTEBOOK

  • Lovich saw his six-game hit streak come to an end with an 0-for-3 night.
  • Keegan Knutson extended his hit streak to six-straight games.  
  • Macon recorded his seventh multi-hit game of the season, while Nicoletto's two RBIs gave him four multi-RBI performances as a Tiger.
  • Mississippi State improved to 15-7 all-time against the Tigers.

UP NEXT
The Tigers and Bulldogs wrap up the series and their regular-season slates Saturday at 2 p.m. Mizzou will honor 11 student-athletes as part of Senior Day festivities, slated to begin at approximately 1:30 p.m.

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