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Baseball Falls in Finale to LSU
March 30, 2019 | Baseball
Mangum moves into No. 2 in career hits at Mississippi State, pushes into No. 7 on SEC career-hits list
by: Greg Campbell, Assistant Director/Communications
STARKVILLE – The No. 2 Mississippi State baseball team dropped the series finale to No. 17 LSU, 11-2, on Saturday afternoon at Dudy Noble Field. The Bulldogs collected 10 hits to the Tigers' 11, but MSU stranded nine runners on base, while LSU took advantage of six walks and three State errors to take the Southeastern Conference series.
Mississippi State (24-5, 5-4 SEC) dropped its first series of the season, as LSU (19-9, 6-3 SEC) was able to win the final two games of the weekend after MSU claimed the Thursday night meeting.
The Tigers scored a single run in the first inning on an Antoine Duplantis leadoff home run, before adding two in the fourth and one in the fifth. A four-run seven was followed by a single run in the eighth and two more in the ninth to build an 11-0 edge for LSU.
Sophomore Rowdey Jordan broke up the shutout with a two-run ninth inning home run to right field, his first home run of the season.
Senior Jake Mangum moved up two spots on the Mississippi State and SEC all-time hits charts with a pair of hits. Mangum singled and doubled to push his career total 328, moving him past Travis Chapman (327; 1997-2000) and into a tie for No. 2 all-time at MSU with Richard Lee (328; 1995-98). On the SEC list, he passed LSU's Jason Williams (327; 1993-96).
A couple of notable streaks continued on Sunday, with senior Elijah MacNamee pushing his reached base streak to 24 games with a 1-for-4 day at the plate, while junior Dustin Skelton pushed his career-long hitting streak to 10 games. Sophomore Jordan Westburg advanced his hitting streak to seven games and moved his reached base streak to 13 games.
Quotable
Head Coach Chris Lemonis
On what the focus is going into next week
"We've got to get better. We just have to get back to practice this week and get back to fundamental baseball. In our league, you're not going to win them all, so you've got to be able to bounce back and play good baseball. We need two good days of practice and then we need a good [effort] on Wednesday, and then we need to get ready for Tennessee."
Quick Hitters
Mississippi State
Jake Mangum – Moved up two spots on the MSU and SEC all-time hits charts with a pair of hits. Pushed his career total 328, moving him past Travis Chapman (327; 1997-2000) and into a tie for No. 2 all-time at MSU with Richard Lee (328; 1995-98). On the SEC list, he passed LSU's Jason Williams (327; 1993-96).
Rowdey Jordan – Plated MSU's two runs with a two-run home run, hit first of the year.
Notable Streaks – Elijah MacNamee (24 games), Dustin Skelton (13 games) and Jordan Westburg (13 games) each extended double-digit reached base streaks. Skelton also moved his career-long hitting streak to 10 games.
Top-20 Crowd – The Diamond Dawg faithful had a beautiful weekend to support MSU and turned out in huge numbers. Thursday's crowd of 9,797 was the largest Thursday night crowd in program history. On Friday, 11,262 fans attended the contest, while 11,648 fans flooded the gates on Saturday for the 20th largest crowd in program history.
LSU
Antoine Duplantis – Hit a leadoff home run and followed that with an eighth-inning home run as part of a three-hit day. Also walked and scored three runs.
Chris Reid – Reached base three times, including a hit and two walks. Scored one run and drove in two RBIs.
Scoring Recap
Top First
Antoine Duplantis led off the game with a solo home run to right field, before MSU starting pitcher Peyton Plumlee fanned the next three batters.
LSU 1, Mississippi State 0
Top Fourth
LSU added two runs on one hit in the inning against two Bulldog pitchers. Jack Eagan started his second inning of work, walking the first two batters, before the lead runner was picked off at second by Dustin Skelton. A double to right-center field by Giovanni DiGiacomo plated the first run of the frame. Keegan James entered and retired the two batters he faced, but a pair of wild pitches allowed DiGiacomo to score from second.
LSU 3, Mississippi State 0
Top Fifth
Hal Hughes reached via error to start the inning against James, before Trysten Barlow entered the game. The Tigers got a single, followed by a strikeout and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases before a 1 hour and 19 minute weather delay. Barlow came back out and gave up a sacrifice fly to Chris Reid for the fourth LSU run of the day.
LSU 4, Mississippi State 0
Top Seventh
LSU added four runs in the frame thanks to three singles, two walks and one MSU error. Hughes reached via error to start the frame, before the next five Tiger batters reached safely. A walk and a single loaded the bases, before an RBI single from Zach Watson and a bases loaded walk to Reid. Willis drove in one RBI with a base hit, before DiGiacomo plated the fourth run with a sacrifice fly.
LSU 8, Mississippi State 0
Top Eighth
Duplantis hit his second home run of the afternoon, a solo shot to right field with two outs.
LSU 9, Mississippi State 0
Top Ninth
A leadoff double from Reid was followed by a walk and a ground out, moving runners to second and third with one out. A Cade Beloso sacrifice fly brought the first run home, before a throwing error allowed the second run of the inning to score.
LSU 11, Mississippi State 0
Bottom Ninth
Justin Foscue doubled to start the inning, before a flyout accounted for the first out of the frame. Rowdey Jordan followed with his first home run of the season down the right field line.
LSU 11, Mississippi State 2
Up Next
Mississippi State will host ULM to close out an eight-game homestand on Wednesday, April 3. The Diamond Dawgs and Warhawks will square off at 6:30 p.m., with all midweek games featuring $2 tickets. Get your tickets by calling 1-800-GO-DAWGS or clicking here.
STARKVILLE – The No. 2 Mississippi State baseball team dropped the series finale to No. 17 LSU, 11-2, on Saturday afternoon at Dudy Noble Field. The Bulldogs collected 10 hits to the Tigers' 11, but MSU stranded nine runners on base, while LSU took advantage of six walks and three State errors to take the Southeastern Conference series.
Mississippi State (24-5, 5-4 SEC) dropped its first series of the season, as LSU (19-9, 6-3 SEC) was able to win the final two games of the weekend after MSU claimed the Thursday night meeting.
The Tigers scored a single run in the first inning on an Antoine Duplantis leadoff home run, before adding two in the fourth and one in the fifth. A four-run seven was followed by a single run in the eighth and two more in the ninth to build an 11-0 edge for LSU.
Sophomore Rowdey Jordan broke up the shutout with a two-run ninth inning home run to right field, his first home run of the season.
Senior Jake Mangum moved up two spots on the Mississippi State and SEC all-time hits charts with a pair of hits. Mangum singled and doubled to push his career total 328, moving him past Travis Chapman (327; 1997-2000) and into a tie for No. 2 all-time at MSU with Richard Lee (328; 1995-98). On the SEC list, he passed LSU's Jason Williams (327; 1993-96).
A couple of notable streaks continued on Sunday, with senior Elijah MacNamee pushing his reached base streak to 24 games with a 1-for-4 day at the plate, while junior Dustin Skelton pushed his career-long hitting streak to 10 games. Sophomore Jordan Westburg advanced his hitting streak to seven games and moved his reached base streak to 13 games.
Quotable
Head Coach Chris Lemonis
On what the focus is going into next week
"We've got to get better. We just have to get back to practice this week and get back to fundamental baseball. In our league, you're not going to win them all, so you've got to be able to bounce back and play good baseball. We need two good days of practice and then we need a good [effort] on Wednesday, and then we need to get ready for Tennessee."
Quick Hitters
Mississippi State
Jake Mangum – Moved up two spots on the MSU and SEC all-time hits charts with a pair of hits. Pushed his career total 328, moving him past Travis Chapman (327; 1997-2000) and into a tie for No. 2 all-time at MSU with Richard Lee (328; 1995-98). On the SEC list, he passed LSU's Jason Williams (327; 1993-96).
Rowdey Jordan – Plated MSU's two runs with a two-run home run, hit first of the year.
Notable Streaks – Elijah MacNamee (24 games), Dustin Skelton (13 games) and Jordan Westburg (13 games) each extended double-digit reached base streaks. Skelton also moved his career-long hitting streak to 10 games.
Top-20 Crowd – The Diamond Dawg faithful had a beautiful weekend to support MSU and turned out in huge numbers. Thursday's crowd of 9,797 was the largest Thursday night crowd in program history. On Friday, 11,262 fans attended the contest, while 11,648 fans flooded the gates on Saturday for the 20th largest crowd in program history.
LSU
Antoine Duplantis – Hit a leadoff home run and followed that with an eighth-inning home run as part of a three-hit day. Also walked and scored three runs.
Chris Reid – Reached base three times, including a hit and two walks. Scored one run and drove in two RBIs.
Scoring Recap
Top First
Antoine Duplantis led off the game with a solo home run to right field, before MSU starting pitcher Peyton Plumlee fanned the next three batters.
LSU 1, Mississippi State 0
Top Fourth
LSU added two runs on one hit in the inning against two Bulldog pitchers. Jack Eagan started his second inning of work, walking the first two batters, before the lead runner was picked off at second by Dustin Skelton. A double to right-center field by Giovanni DiGiacomo plated the first run of the frame. Keegan James entered and retired the two batters he faced, but a pair of wild pitches allowed DiGiacomo to score from second.
LSU 3, Mississippi State 0
Top Fifth
Hal Hughes reached via error to start the inning against James, before Trysten Barlow entered the game. The Tigers got a single, followed by a strikeout and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases before a 1 hour and 19 minute weather delay. Barlow came back out and gave up a sacrifice fly to Chris Reid for the fourth LSU run of the day.
LSU 4, Mississippi State 0
Top Seventh
LSU added four runs in the frame thanks to three singles, two walks and one MSU error. Hughes reached via error to start the frame, before the next five Tiger batters reached safely. A walk and a single loaded the bases, before an RBI single from Zach Watson and a bases loaded walk to Reid. Willis drove in one RBI with a base hit, before DiGiacomo plated the fourth run with a sacrifice fly.
LSU 8, Mississippi State 0
Top Eighth
Duplantis hit his second home run of the afternoon, a solo shot to right field with two outs.
LSU 9, Mississippi State 0
Top Ninth
A leadoff double from Reid was followed by a walk and a ground out, moving runners to second and third with one out. A Cade Beloso sacrifice fly brought the first run home, before a throwing error allowed the second run of the inning to score.
LSU 11, Mississippi State 0
Bottom Ninth
Justin Foscue doubled to start the inning, before a flyout accounted for the first out of the frame. Rowdey Jordan followed with his first home run of the season down the right field line.
LSU 11, Mississippi State 2
Up Next
Mississippi State will host ULM to close out an eight-game homestand on Wednesday, April 3. The Diamond Dawgs and Warhawks will square off at 6:30 p.m., with all midweek games featuring $2 tickets. Get your tickets by calling 1-800-GO-DAWGS or clicking here.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Eric Walker (2-1)
L: Plumlee, Peyton (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Chris Reid 1 ; Giovanni DiGiacomo 1
HR: Antoine Duplantis 2
RBI: Antoine Duplantis 2 ; Zach Watson 1 ; Chris Reid 2 ; CJ Willis 1 ; Giovanni DiGiacomo 2 ; Cade Beloso 1
SF: Chris Reid 1 ; Giovanni DiGiacomo 1 ; Cade Beloso 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Antoine Duplantis 3 ; Josh Smith 1 ; Zach Watson 1 ; Chris Reid 1 ; CJ Willis 2 ; Giovanni DiGiacomo 1 ; Hal Hughes 2
SB: Hal Hughes 1
HBP: Zach Watson 1
PO: Chris Reid 1
Batting:
2B: Mangum, Jake 1 ; Foscue, Justin 1
HR: Jordan, Rowdey 1
RBI: Jordan, Rowdey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Foscue, Justin 1 ; Jordan, Rowdey 1
CS: Skelton, Dustin 1
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