Mississippi State
8-4
#20 Southern Miss
9-4
MSU Run-Rules No. 20 Southern Miss, 18-3
March 05, 2025 | Baseball
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State's offense started hot in the first inning and never cooled off in an 18-3 run-rule victory over No. 20 Southern Miss on Wednesday evening.
The Diamond Dawg bats put together a 20-hit game including five home runs from Nolan Stevens (two), Bryce Chance, Noah Sullivan and Ace Reese. Sullivan led the offense going a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs and a home run. Stevens recorded the first multi-game homer of his career.
Reese went 3-for-5 on the night with a double, homer and four RBIs. His four RBIs led the team. Hunter Hines (2-for-5), Dylan Cupp (2-for-2) and Chance (2-for-4) each added a pair of hits to the offensive onslaught as MSU improved to 8-4.
Chase Hungate (1-0) earned his first win as a Bulldog, logging 2 ⅓ innings of shutout work. Hungate came on in relief of Jacob Pruitt who fanned a pair in a 3 ⅔-inning start.
Southern Miss was held to five hits and fell to 9-4 on the season.
Game Notes:
- Sullivan and Stevens' homers in the bottom of the third were the first back-to-back homers for the Diamond Dawgs this season and first since Ethan Pulliam and Joe Powell went back-to-back on May 12, 2024 at Arkansas.
- MSU's 20 hits were a season-high and the most since since another 20-hit attack against Missouri on April 29, 2022.
- Mississippi State had five home runs on the night, the most since belting five at Florida on March 30, 2024.
- The 18 runs scored by the Bulldogs were also the most this season surpassing the 17 they scored on opening day against Manhattan.
On Deck: Mississippi State is hosting Queens (2-10) for a three-game series this weekend.
The series will be broadcasted on SEC Network+. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
Scoring Summary:
Bottom 1st
Chance hit a solo home run to right field. Sullivan scored on a single by Hines.
MSU 2, USM 0
Top 2nd
Carson Paetow scored on a sacrifice fly by Tucker Stockman.
MSU 2, USM 1
Top 3rd
Joey Urban scored on a double by Paetow.
MSU 2, USM 2
Bottom 3rd
Sullivan hit a solo home run to left field. Stevens hit a solo home run to center field.
MSU 4, USM 2
Top 4th
Matthew Russo scored on a fielder's choice by Jake Cook.
MSU 4, USM 3
Bottom 4th
Gatlin Sanders and Cupp scored on a single by Reed Stallman. Reese plated Stallman on a single to second base. Chance plated another run on a single by Sullivan.
MSU 8, USM 3
Bottom 5th
Chance scored on a double to right field by Reese. Sullivan singled to left field to plate Reese. Stevens hit a two-run home run to plate Sullivan.
MSU 12, USM 3
Bottom 6th
Ross Highfill scored on a single by Sanders. Sanders scored on a wild pitch. Reese hit a two-run home run to plate Chance and Cupp. Gehrig Frei scored on a single by Hines.
MSU 18, USM 3
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hungate, Chase (1-0)
L: Best, Chandler (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Paetow, Carson 1
RBI: Paetow, Carson 1 ; Stockman, Tucker 1 ; Cook, Jake 1
SF: Stockman, Tucker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Urban, Joey 1 ; Paetow, Carson 1 ; Russo, Matthew 1
SB: Urban, Joey 1 ; Monistere, Nick 1
PO: Cook, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: Reese, Ace 1 ; Cupp, Dylan 1
HR: Chance, Bryce 1 ; Reese, Ace 1 ; Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Stevens, Nolan 2
RBI: Stallman, Reed 2 ; Chance, Bryce 1 ; Reese, Ace 4 ; Sullivan, Noah 3 ; Stevens, Nolan 3 ; Hines, Hunter 2 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stallman, Reed 1 ; Chance, Bryce 4 ; Reese, Ace 2 ; Sullivan, Noah 3 ; Frei, Gehrig 1 ; Stevens, Nolan 2 ; Highfill, Ross 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 2 ; Cupp, Dylan 2
SB: Highfill, Ross 1
