Mangum Breaks Career Hits Record in Victory at Tennessee

Friday, April 5

Knoxville, Tenn.

5:30 PM

Mississippi State

26-5, 6-4

Tennessee

22-9, 3-7

Mississippi State

Tennessee

Mangum Breaks Career Hits Record in Victory at Tennessee

April 05, 2019 | Baseball

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Mangum moves past Jeffrey Rea with four-hit night to move career hits total to 337 hits

by: Greg Campbell, Assistant Director/Communications

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After collecting just one run over the first seven innings, the No. 5 Mississippi State baseball program got a single run in the eighth to knot the and tallied four runs in the 11th inning to claim a 6-3 series-opening victory over Tennessee at Lindsey Nelson Field on Friday (April 5) evening.

The Diamond Dawgs (26-5, 6-4 SEC) got a single run in the first inning, before the Volunteers (22-9, 3-7 SEC) tallied two in the bottom of the first. State got a run in the eighth on a bases loaded walk to senior Elijah MacNamee, before the Maroon and White tallied four runs in the top of the 11th inning. Tennessee scratched across a single run in the 11th to account for the 6-4 final.

Senior Jake Mangum posted his fourth-straight multi-hit game and moved his name atop the Mississippi State all-time hits chart, passing Jeffrey Rea (335; 2004-07) with his third hit of the game. His four-hit game moved his total to 337 hits and jump him into the top five in Southeastern Conference history, passing Taylor Dugas (334; 2009-12) of Alabama and Rea to push his name into the No. 4 spot on the conference's all-time ledger.

With five total bases, Mangum moved his career total to 436 and passed Will Clark (433; 1983-85) for No. 8 on the total bases list. He also collected his 51st stolen base to push him into No. 6 all-time at State, tying Pete White (1980-83).

Redshirt-junior Ethan Small tossed seven innings and struck out 11 batters for this sixth double-digit strikeout game of the season. He did not issue a walk in pushing his SEC-leading strikeout total to 78 on the season in the no decision.

Senior Jared Liebelt threw two scoreless frames allowing just one hit, while redshirt-junior Trysten Barlow (2-1) fired a scoreless 10th inning to earn his second win of the season. Graduate student Cole Gordon entered in the 11th inning and allowed one run on two hits to close out the victory.

Quotable
Head Coach Chris Lemonis
On how his team was able to get the win
"They just keep fighting. You have to tip your cap to the Tennessee pitching staff. They have one of the best staffs in the country, so you are going to have to compete. We let [Garrett Stallings] off the hook early, but he settled in and jammed for about four or five innings. We were able to run up the pitch count [on Garrett Crochet] and get to him late."

Quick Hitters
Mississippi State
Jake Mangum – Went 3-for-5 to take over the top spot on Mississippi State's all-time hits chart, passing Jeffrey Rea with his third hit of the night. Scored two runs and stole one base. Drove in two RBIs in the 11th inning.
Ethan Small – Fanned 10 hitters for his sixth double-digit strikeout game of the season. Threw a season-high tying seven innings and allowed two runs on seven hits in the no decision. He didn't walk a batter.
Elijah MacNamee – Moved his reached base streak to 26 games and his hitting streak to seven games with a 2-for-3 night, including a pair of walks. Plated the first two RBIs for State and scored a run in the 11th inning.
Tanner Allen – Drove in the eventual game winning run with a single in the 11th inning.

Tennessee
Garrett Stallings – Allowed two runs on six hits in 7 2/3 innings in the no decision. Walked two and struck out seven in the game.
Andre Lipcius – Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored.

Scoring Recap
Top First
The first pitch of the game was taken into the left-center field by Jake Mangum for a double and Elijah MacNamee brought him in to score with a double to right-center field with two outs.
Mississippi State 1, Tennessee 0

Bottom First
Four hits led to a pair of runs for the Vols, as a one-out single from Jay Charleston was followed by a double from Andre Lipius to put runners on second and third. A base-hit bunt by Alerick Soularie plated the first Tennessee run, before a two-out infield hit from Ricky Martinez scored the second run.
Tennessee 2, Mississippi State 1

Top Eighth
After the first two batters struck out, Mangum collected his No. 335 to tie Jeffrey Rea atop MSU all-time hits list and get a rally started. Rowdey Jordan followed with a base hit and Jordan Westburg walked to load the bases. After a pitching change for Tennessee, MacNamee worked the bases loaded walk to tie the game.
Mississippi State 2, Tennessee 2

Top Eleventh
Nine Bulldogs came to the plate in the frame, with four runs scoring on four hits. With one out, MacNamee walked and Justin Foscue singled to put runners on the corners. A wild pitch scored the third run of the game, before Tanner Allen's two-out single plated the fourth run of the game. After a walk to Marshall Gilbert loaded the bases, Mangum delivered a two-RBI single to cap MSU's scoring.
Mississippi State 6, Tennessee 2

Bottom Eleventh
Pete Derkay drove in a run in the 11th inning against MSU reliever Cole Gordon, but the Bulldogs closed out the game to earn the series-opening victory.
Mississippi State 6, Tennessee 3

Up Next
Game two will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, before the series finishes up with a 1 p.m. CT first pitch on Sunday, April 7.