Mississippi State baseball loses to Auburn on wild final out at home

STARKVILLE — After Cade Smith completed his sixth scoreless inning unscathed by wriggling out of a jam with runners on the corners with no outs, it appeared that Mississippi State baseball (21-16, 6-9 SEC) was on its strategy to sweeping Auburn (23-12, 7-7). 

Smith’s ultimate stat line was six innings, no earned runs, 4 hits and 5 strikeouts. And getting a pair of floor ball outs, adopted by a strikeout to shut out his ultimate inning was large. However, it wasn’t sufficient to beat the Tigers on Saturday at Dudy Noble Stadium. Auburn spoiled MSU’s bid for a sweep with an 3-2 win within the sequence finale.

MSU’s ninth-inning rally was thwarted when Auburn left fielder Bryson Ware threw out Matt Corder, who tried to attain from second on a two-out single from Brad Cumbest. Corder was pinch operating for Hunter Hines. 

The Bulldogs gave up three runs within the ultimate three innings as coach Chris Lemonis turned to his bullpen. 

Within the prime of the seventh inning, Jackson Fristoe took over and hit the second batter he confronted. Auburn’s Bailey Howell ripped a double to left discipline, and an RBI ground-ball single from Cam Hill tied the sport 2-2. 

Pico Kohn took the mound within the eighth inning and gave up an RBI double down the right-field line. 

The sport started two hours late due to a lightning delay, and Mississippi State bought an early spark from Hunter Hines and Kellum Clark, who every hit a solo dwelling run within the second inning. 

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However MSU’s bats cooled off shortly and the Bulldogs went scoreless the remainder of the sport. Auburn’s Joseph Gonzales completed with two earned runs and 7 hits in eight innings. 

Regardless of the loss, Mississippi State received its first sequence in convention play because it performed Alabama.

It is the primary SEC sequence of the yr the place the Bulldogs gave up lower than 19 runs, a welcome signal for a pitching employees that has been struggling the previous few weeks.