Diamond Dawg Gameday: SEC Tournament

HOOVER, Ala. – Taking the No. 4 seed into the Southeastern Conference Tournament, the Mississippi State baseball program will kick off play at the event in the final game of the day on Wednesday (May 22) at Hoover Met Stadium. The Diamond Dawgs will play the winner of LSU/South Carolina, which takes place on Tuesday (May 21).

The 2019 event will mark Mississippi State's 33rd conference tournament, owning a 65-53 all-time record at the event since the double-elimination format began. The Diamond Dawgs also made eight appearances when the event was a two-team playoff, posing a 15-7 mark in those appearances.

Earlier in the week, redshirt-junior Ethan Small was tabbed the SEC Pitcher of the Year and freshman JT Ginn was named SEC Freshman of the Year. Small, along with sophomore Tanner Allen, sophomore Justin Foscue and senior Jake Mangum all earned first-team All-SEC. Mangum also earned All-Defensive Team and Ginn was named to the All-Freshman Team.

Gameday Info
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 (TBA* – SEC Network)
Probable Starters
MSU: TBA

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* - Game will begin 30 minutes following the conclusion of the 4:30 p.m. contest between No. 1 Vanderbilt and the winner of the Auburn/Tennessee game.

Every game of the 2019 SEC Baseball Tournament will feature an audio stream, with each game carried on the Mississippi State Baseball Radio Network and will locally on 100.9 FM.

Quick Hitters

Head coach Chris Lemonis became the winningest first-year head coach in Southeastern Conference history on Friday night versus South Carolina with his 45th win of the year, passing LSU's Smoke Laval (44, 2002). MORE ON PAGE 12
Mississippi State placed four student-athletes on the first-team All-SEC team, while redshirt-junior Ethan Small was tabbed as the SEC Pitcher of the Year and freshman JT Ginn earned SEC Freshman of the Year. MORE ON PAGE 4-7
Senior Jake Mangum won the Ferriss Trophy, awarded to the top baseball student-athlete in Mississippi on May 20, becoming the first two-time winner of the award, which began in 2004. MORE ON PAGE 21
Senior Jake Mangum already owns the Mississippi State and Southeastern Conference record for career hits, but the Diamond Dawgs leadoff hitter is getting ready to become the first MSU baseball student-athlete with multiple 100-plus hit seasons. MORE ON PAGE 10-11
Fans have flooded the gates at Dudy Noble Field thus far in 2019, with seven crowds of 10,000-plus through 31 home dates, which is already the second-most in program history. MORE ON PAGE 16
The Diamond Dawgs rank No. 2 nationally in doubles with 141, with senior Jake Mangum, sophomore Tanner Allen and sophomore Justin Foscue all posting 20 doubles. It is the second time in school history three Bulldogs have 20-plus doubles in the same season. MORE ON PAGE 14
Of the 11 losses in 2019 for the Diamond Dawgs, four of them have come in one-run games, with three of those against ranked opponents.
Mississippi State is 80-60 all-time in SEC postseason play, owning a 65-53 all-time mark in the double-elimination format. MORE ON PAGE 4-7
Mississippi State and LSU have met 400 times prior to this week's SEC Tournament, with MSU owning a 213-186-1 edge on the all-time ledger. MORE ON PAGE 9
Mississippi State and South Carolina have met 75 times prior to this week's SEC Tournament, with South Carolina owning a 39-36 edge on the all-time ledger. MORE ON PAGE 9

Series Notes
LSU

Mississippi State and LSU have met 400 times prior to this week's SEC Tournament, with MSU owning a 213-186-1 edge on the all-time ledger.
The first meeting between the two programs came in 1907, with LSU taking two of three games in Starkville.
Each team has four winning streaks in the series of at least seven games, with Mississippi State owning the longest winning streak at nine games (1911-1915).
A tie in 1917 was followed by two more Bulldog wins, making it a 12-game unbeaten streak.
LSU's longest winning streak has been eight games on three occasions, winning all eight games in 1975, claiming eight straight between 1991 and 1992 and running off eight-straight wins from April 24, 2016-March 29, 2018.

South Carolina

Mississippi State and South Carolina have met 75 times prior to this week's SEC Tournament, with South Carolina owning a 39-36 edge on the all-time ledger.
The first meeting came between the two programs in 1981, with South Carolina winning a 6-5 contest at the College World Series.
Mississippi State has the longest winning streak in the series of five games (2013-15).
South Carolina's longest winning has been four games, which has been accomplished four times (2000-01, 2002-03, 2007-2008, 2011-2012).
In the series history, State is 12-3 in the last 15 games when scoring five runs or more.
Over the last 10 games, Mississippi State is 7-3 against South Carolina.

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Diamond Dawg Gameday: SEC Tournament

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Players Mentioned

Tanner Allen

Justin Foscue

JT Ginn

Jake Mangum

Ethan Small

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Diamond Dawg Gameday: SEC Tournament

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Tanner Allen

Justin Foscue

JT Ginn

Jake Mangum

Ethan Small

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