Mississippi State
32-20, 13-15
Missouri
16-36, 3-25
State Sets Records In 25-7 Rout Of Missouri
May 15, 2025 | Baseball
The Diamond Dawgs set the single-game school record by slugging eight home runs in a 25-7 nine-inning victory over the Tigers at Taylor Stadium.
Reed Stallman, Ace Reese and Hunter Hines all hit two home runs with Hines' second blast tying him with Rafael Palmeiro (1982-85) for the most career homers in MSU history at 67. Noah Sullivan and Joe Powell also went deep for the Bulldogs in their season-high 23-hit attack.
Sullivan finished the night 3-for-5 with homer and two RBIs while Reese, Hines and Bryce Chance were 3-for-6. Reese and Hines both added doubles to their two-homer games with Reese driving in four and Hines three. Chance provided three singles and had two RBIs. Stallman went 2-for-3 with two homers and three RBIs, Gatlin Sanders went 2-for-4 wtih two singles and an RBI while Sawyer Reeves was 2-for-5 with two singles and drove in one.
Steven Spalitta added a pinch hit two-run triple and Gehrig Frei doubled as State improved to 32-20 overall and 13-15 in conference play.
Stone Simmons picked up the win in 1 1/3 innings of relief to up his record to 4-2 on the year. Nate Williams earned his first save as a Bulldog after working the final three frames.
Missouri (16-36, 3-24 SEC) had seven hits in the contest with Brady Kehlenbrink suffering the loss and falling to 0-5.
On Deck:
State continues the series with Missouri on Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m with both games streamed on SEC Network+.
The Diamond Dawgs plan to start reigning SEC Pitcher of the Week Evan Siary (2-1, 4.06 ERA), a junior right-hander. The Tigers yet to announce their pitching plans.
Game Notes:
- Stallman hit his 10th and 11th home runs of the season.
- Powell hit his sixth homer of the spring.
- Reese hit his 18th and 19th home runs of the year and extended his hitting streak to 19 games.
- Reese has had 22 multi-hit games, 20 multi-RBI games and five multi-home run games this season.
- Hines' two homers on the top of the ninth inning gives him 67 for his career, tying him with Rafael Palmeiro for the most in school history.
- The three RBIs Hines earned off his home runs puts his career total at 210, which stands alone at fourth all-time at MSU.
- State's eight home runs broke the single-game home run record that has stood since 1984.
- Williams got his first-career save.
Frei scored on a wild pitch.
Sawyer Reeves scored on an error.
Chance singled to score Hines.
MSU 3, MIZ 0
Top 2nd
Stallman hit a home run to centerfield.
MSU 4, MIZ 0
Top 4th
Powell homered to left field.
Stallman hit a home run to right. Gatlin Sanders scored.
Reese hit a home run to center.
MSU 8, MIZ 0
Top 6th
Reese hit a three-run home run to right field. Reeves and Sanders scores.
Chance hit a sacrificed fly to score Sullivan.
MSU 12, MIZ 0
Bottom 6th
Keegan Knutson singled to score Isaiah Frost.
Jackson Lovich hit a three-run home run to score Knutson and Mateo Serna.
MSU 12, MIZ 4
Bottom 7th
Serna hit a three run homer. Frost and Peyton Basler scored.
MSU 12, MIZ 7
Top 8th
Stevens singled to right field. Sullivan scored.
Sanders singled to score Hines.
Powell scored on a fielder's choice thanks to a hit from Aaron Downs.
MSU 15, MIZ 7
Top 9th
Sullivan homered to score Reese.
Hines hit a home run to right center.
Downs was hit by a pitch. Powell scored.
Reeves hit a sacrificed fly to score Stevens.
Nate Chester scored on a wild pitch.
Spalitta tripled to score Reese and Michael O'Brien.
Hines hit a two-run home run to right field. Spalitta scored.
MSU 25, MIZ 7
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Simmons, Stone (4-2)
L: Brady Kehlenbrink (0-5)
S: Williams, Nate (1)
Batting:
2B: Frei, Gehrig 1 ; Reese, Ace 1 ; Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Hines, Hunter 1
3B: Spalitta, Steven 1
HR: Stallman, Reed 2 ; Reese, Ace 2 ; Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Hines, Hunter 2 ; Powell, Joe 1
RBI: Stallman, Reed 3 ; Downs, Aaron 2 ; Reeves, Sawyer 1 ; Reese, Ace 4 ; Sullivan, Noah 2 ; Spalitta, Steven 2 ; Hines, Hunter 3 ; Chance, Bryce 2 ; Powell, Joe 1 ; Stevens, Nolan 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1
SF: Reeves, Sawyer 1 ; Chance, Bryce 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Frei, Gehrig 1 ; Stallman, Reed 2 ; O'Brien, Michael 1 ; Reeves, Sawyer 2 ; Reese, Ace 4 ; Sullivan, Noah 3 ; Spalitta, Steven 1 ; Hines, Hunter 4 ; Powell, Joe 3 ; Stevens, Nolan 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 2 ; Chester, Nate 1
HBP: Downs, Aaron 1 ; Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Stevens, Nolan 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1
Batting:
2B: Pierre Seals 1 ; Cayden Nicoletto 1
HR: Jackson Lovich 1 ; Mateo Serna 1
RBI: Jackson Lovich 3 ; Mateo Serna 3 ; Keegan Knutson 1
SH: Keegan Knutson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jackson Lovich 1 ; Peyton Basler 1 ; Isaiah Frost 2 ; Mateo Serna 2 ; Keegan Knutson 1
HBP: Peyton Basler 1
