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Two-Hit Shutout Lifts State To Series Win
April 06, 2025 | Baseball
STARKVILLE – South Carolina's first batter had a hit and its last batter had a hit which bookended a stellar day on the mound for Mississippi State.
Karson Ligon and Stone Simmons combined for a two-hit shutout in a 6-0 victory on Sunday to clinch the Diamond Dawgs' first Southeastern Conference series of the season.
Ligon punched out eight through six scoreless innings of work to collect his first SEC win of the season to improve to 3-4. Stone Simmons picked up his second-straight save by firing the final three frames and fanning five.
MSU (19-13, 3-9) erupted for five runs in the bottom of the fifth ignited by a solo home run from Noah Sullivan. Sullivan led the Bulldogs' 11-hit attack by going 3-for-4 with two singles to go along with his solo shot. Dylan Cupp finished 2-for-3 at the dish with two singles and an RBI while Bryce Chance and Gatlin Sanders were both 2-for-4. Chance collected a pair of RBI doubles while Sanders also provided a double as did Hunter Hines.
With the loss, South Carolina dropped to 19-14 overall and 2-10 in league play.
On Deck: Mississippi State heads across the state line to take on UAB on Tuesday at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
Game Notes:
Bottom 4th
Sullivan hit a solo home run to left field. Hines scored off a ground out by Nolan Stevens. Sanders plated Chance with a single to shallow center field. Cupp plated Sanders with a single to center field. A sacrifice fly by Reed Stallman scored Joe Powell.
MSU 5, South Carolina 0
Bottom 5th
Sullivan scored off a double from Chance. Stevens plated Chance with a ground out.
MSU 6, South Carolina 0
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Karson Ligon and Stone Simmons combined for a two-hit shutout in a 6-0 victory on Sunday to clinch the Diamond Dawgs' first Southeastern Conference series of the season.
Ligon punched out eight through six scoreless innings of work to collect his first SEC win of the season to improve to 3-4. Stone Simmons picked up his second-straight save by firing the final three frames and fanning five.
MSU (19-13, 3-9) erupted for five runs in the bottom of the fifth ignited by a solo home run from Noah Sullivan. Sullivan led the Bulldogs' 11-hit attack by going 3-for-4 with two singles to go along with his solo shot. Dylan Cupp finished 2-for-3 at the dish with two singles and an RBI while Bryce Chance and Gatlin Sanders were both 2-for-4. Chance collected a pair of RBI doubles while Sanders also provided a double as did Hunter Hines.
With the loss, South Carolina dropped to 19-14 overall and 2-10 in league play.
On Deck: Mississippi State heads across the state line to take on UAB on Tuesday at 6 p.m. on ESPN+.
Game Notes:
- Hines extended his hitting streak to 12 games with his ninth double of the season.
- Ligon punched out eight to set a SEC season-high.
- It was the first SEC shutout for the Diamond Dawgs since blanking Ole Miss 8-0 on the road on April 12, 2024.
- State's pitching staff has thrown two two-hitters this season with the first coming against Missouri State on Feb. 23.
Bottom 4th
Sullivan hit a solo home run to left field. Hines scored off a ground out by Nolan Stevens. Sanders plated Chance with a single to shallow center field. Cupp plated Sanders with a single to center field. A sacrifice fly by Reed Stallman scored Joe Powell.
MSU 5, South Carolina 0
Bottom 5th
Sullivan scored off a double from Chance. Stevens plated Chance with a ground out.
MSU 6, South Carolina 0
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ligon, Karson (3-4)
L: Brandon Stone (1-4)
S: Simmons, Stone (2)
Batting:
2B: Blake Jackson 1
Base Running:
HBP: Henry Kaczmar 1
Batting:
2B: Hines, Hunter 1 ; Chance, Bryce 2 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1
HR: Sullivan, Noah 1
RBI: Stallman, Reed 1 ; Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Chance, Bryce 1 ; Stevens, Nolan 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1 ; Cupp, Dylan 1
SF: Stallman, Reed 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sullivan, Noah 2 ; Hines, Hunter 1 ; Chance, Bryce 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1 ; Powell, Joe 1
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