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College baseball: Mississippi State ends SEC losing streak; USM’s Hall throws a gem – The Vicksburg Post
Faculty baseball: Mississippi State ends SEC dropping streak; USM’s Corridor throws a gem
Revealed 11:15 pm Friday, March 31, 2023
- Mississippi State gamers rejoice throughout a 13-3 win over South Carolina on Friday. The victory snapped the Bulldogs’ school-record 18-game SEC dropping streak. (Mississippi State Athletics)
STARKVILLE — The streak. Is. Over.
Mississippi State took out 11 months of frustration on South Carolina on Friday by blasting 4 house runs — together with one by Dakota Jordan that traveled 487 ft — and beat the Gamecocks 13-3.
Mississippi State ended a school-record 18-game Southeastern Convention dropping streak that prolonged to April 29, 2022.
“We’ve had a monkey on our again for some time,” Mississippi State coach Chris Lemonis mentioned. “He was getting actually heavy the final couple of weeks.”
Slate Alford hit two of the Bulldogs’ 4 homers, and completed 4-for-4 with three RBIs. Hunter Hines additionally went deep, and was 4-for-4 with 4 RBIs.
The defining second of the sport, nonetheless, may need been Jordan’s solo blast that banged off a balcony of the condo constructing past the left subject bleachers. It put the Bulldogs forward 4-1 within the third inning. Jordan completed 3-for-3 with three RBIs.
Mississippi State (16-12, 1-7 SEC) completed with 18 hits. Seven of its 9 starters had a minimum of one, and 7 gamers additionally scored a run.
“We begin the 12 months and Dakota and Slate are two of our greatest gamers, they usually struggled,” Lemonis mentioned. “It’s a part of it, however they labored. They’ve gotten again on the market. When we’ve two of our greatest gamers play the way in which they did (Friday) … these are good items for us to get again and get us sizzling and provides us some extra flexibility.”
Texas A&M 8, Ole Miss 6
Jace Laviolette hit a grand slam within the seventh inning that gave Texas A&M the lead for good, and it held off a late rally by Ole Miss to win their SEC sequence opener on Friday.
Laviolette’s slam put Texas A&M forward 7-4, and was one in every of 4 house runs that the Aggies (16-10, 2-5 SEC) hit. Brett Minnich hit two, and Trevor Werner hit a solo shot.
Kemp Alderman, Anthony Calarco and Jacob Gonzalez all homered for Ole Miss (15-10, 0-7). Alderman’s two-run homer within the high of the ninth bought the Rebels to inside 8-6, however Calarco adopted with a strikeout to finish the sport.
The groups will play once more Saturday at 7 p.m. The sport might be televised on the SEC Community.
Southern Miss 4, Troy 1
Tanner Corridor allowed one run in an entire recreation victory, and Slade Wilks backed him up by hitting a three-run house run as Southern Miss beat Troy.
Corridor (5-2), the reigning Ferriss Trophy winner as Mississippi’s high school baseball participant and a first-team All-American in 2022, scattered six hits and two walks whereas placing out six. He pitched the primary full recreation of his profession and gained his third consecutive begin.
Southern Miss (15-9, 4-3 Solar Belt Convention) scored an unearned run within the second inning, after which Wilks’ three-run homer within the high of the eighth made it 4-0.
William Sullivan hit a solo house run within the backside of the eighth for Troy (19-8, 3-4). Former Warren Central star Shane Lewis, who’s among the many nationwide leaders in house runs and RBIs, went 0-for-3.
Troy pitcher Brady Fuller went 7 2/3 innings. He retired 14 in a row at one level, and completed with six strikeouts.
Southern Miss and Troy play recreation two of their three-game sequence Saturday at 3 p.m.