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College baseball: Mississippi State, Ole Miss get run-rule wins; Valley wins wild one against Alcorn – The Vicksburg Post
Faculty baseball: Mississippi State, Ole Miss get run-rule wins; Valley wins wild one in opposition to Alcorn
Printed 10:56 pm Tuesday, March 21, 2023
- Mississippi State’s Aaron Downs (5) hits the baseball Tuesday in opposition to Arkansas State. Downs went 1-for-3 with one RBI and three runs scored because the Bulldogs gained 16-2. (Mississippi State Athletics)
For one night time, at the least, Mississippi State had far more solutions than query marks.
The Bulldogs bashed 18 hits, together with three by Colton Ledbetter, and 5 pitchers mixed to strike out 14 batters and permit solely 5 hits as Mississippi State crushed Arkansas State 16-2 in a midweek baseball sport Tuesday at Dudy Noble Subject.
Ledbetter completed 3-for-3 with 4 RBIs and 4 runs scored. He hit an RBI single within the second inning, an RBI double within the third, and a two-run residence run within the fourth.
Mississippi State (14-8) piled up 15 runs within the first 4 innings to maintain the sport from ever being unsure.
Hunter Hines was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Kellum Clark and Dakota Jordan drove in two runs apiece, and Luke Hancock knocked in three.
Bradley Loftin (2-1) had 9 strikeouts in 5 innings to take some strain off the Bulldogs’ beleaguered pitching workers. He allowed two walks and three hits, and no runs.
4 pitchers coated the final two innings and allowed two hits and two walks.
Mississippi State entered the sport ranked tenth within the 14-team Southeastern Convention in crew ERA, and final in walks. It has allowed the fourth-most walks in all of Division I.
The Bulldogs will host No. 4 Vanderbilt in a three-game SEC collection starting Friday at 6 p.m.
Ole Miss 11, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1
Ole Miss (15-6) struggled for some time in opposition to Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8-12), then scored three runs within the fifth inning and eight within the sixth to safe a run-rule victory that was a bit more durable than it appeared.
Jacob Gonzalez broke the scoreless tie with a two-run residence run within the backside of the fifth inning, and Kemp Alderman adopted with a solo shot to make it 3-0.
The Rebels then hit three extra residence runs within the sixth inning. T.J. McCants began the barrage with a solo shot, whereas Ethan Groff and Peyton Chatagnier each hit three-run homers.
Chatagnier completed 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Alderman and Gonzalez each had two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored, whereas Groff was 2-for-3 with two walks, three RBIs and one run scored.
Ole Miss snapped a four-game shedding streak. It is going to play No. 3 Florida in an SEC collection at Swayze Subject starting Friday at 6:30 p.m.
New Orleans 6, Southern Miss 3
Anthony Herron, Jr. hit a two-run residence run within the fourth inning, and Tyler Bischke added one other two-run shot within the fifth to steer New Orleans (12-9) previous Southern Miss (12-8).
Bischke’s residence run adopted an RBI triple by Kasten Furr.
Southern Miss reduce it to 6-3 with Dustin Dickerson’s RBI single within the high of the ninth, however by no means bought the tying run to the plate. The Golden Eagles solely had 5 hits and misplaced their third sport in a row.
Southern Miss completed a five-game street swing and can return residence this weekend to play Georgia Southern in a three-game Solar Belt Convention collection. Video games are Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Mississippi Valley State 17, Alcorn State 13
Alcorn State got here all the way in which again from deficits of 5 and 7 runs, however gave up an enormous inning late and misplaced a wild sport to Mississippi Valley State (7-13).
Ty Washington hit a three-run residence run to cap a seven-run rally by Valley within the backside of the seventh inning, after Alcorn had overcome deficits of 7-0 and 10-5 to tie it within the high half of the inning.
Alcorn responded with three runs within the high of the ninth, the final coming throughout on a two-run single by Garrett Palladino, however couldn’t get nearer.
The groups mixed for 27 hits and 30 runs, and the 2 pitching staffs issued 18 walks.
Palladino completed 3-for-6 with two RBIs for Alcorn State (1-15), Kalum Banks Jr. was 2-for-5 with three RBIs, and Tyler Daniels was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Former Vicksburg Excessive star Terrance Johnson allowed two runs in one-third inning pitched for the Braves.
Valley’s Davon Mims, a former Warren Central standout,was 1-for-3 with a triple, two walks and two runs scored. He additionally stole two bases to up his NCAA Division I result in 23 on the season.
Valley’s Dylan Whitfield, a Vicksburg Excessive alum, was one of many few efficient pitchers for both aspect. He had two strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings of excellent aid.