Diamond Dogs Top UALR 6-3 For Series Split

Wednesday, March 5

Starkville

4:00 p.m.

Mississippi State

5-4

Arkansas-Little Rock

2-8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Arkansas-Little Rock	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	10	0
Mississippi State	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	6	10	2

Diamond Dogs Top UALR 6-3 For Series Split

March 05, 2008 | Baseball

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By: hailstate.com

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STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State pounded out 10 hits and pitched by committee in a 6-3 baseball win over Arkansas-Little Rock Wednesday afternoon at Dudy Noble Field.

The victory gave the Bulldogs (5-4) and a split of their midweek series with the Trojans (2-8).

The Bulldogs opened the scoring Wednesday afternoon with three runs in the second inning. Andy Rice started things with a two-out single. Ryan Duffy followed with a single down the right field line. Ryan Collins opened the scoring with an RBI single. Mark Goforth capped the big inning lacing a two-run double down the left field line.

UALR answered with a single run in the third inning before the hosts scored twice more in the fifth inning. Tyler Moore had an RBI single in that at-bat with the other run coming home on a wild pitch.

The Trojans scored twice in the sixth inning, to cut the deficit to 5-3 and loaded the bases in the eighth before senior right-hander John Lalor entered the game retired the two batters he faced to snuff out the threat . State bunched three singles in the bottom of the inning, including an RBI hit by Russ Sneed, to plate an insurance run and close out the game's scoring.

Rice led MSU's 10-hit attack with a pair of singles. Also for the Bulldogs, Sneed and Nappi extended their season-opening hit streaks to nine games apiece. Hogue has now hit safely in seven consecutive games for the Bulldogs.

Jesse Carver (1-0) pitched the first three innings to earn the win.

Carver allowed three hits and one run (earned) with no walks and two strikeouts. Michael Busby allowed three hits and no runs in two innings of relief work. Lee Swindle, Greg Houston, Jared Wesson and John Lalor completed the mound duties for the Bulldogs. Lalor retired five of the six batters he faced to record his first save.

Starting pitcher Clay Rominger (0-1) worked two innings and took the loss for UALR. Nathan Parker, Steve Gilgenbach and Gavin Gray also each hurled two innings in relief.

MSU resumes its 14-game homestand by hosting the Cadence Bank Classic this weekend. The Bulldogs host 11th-ranked Baylor (8-1) in a three-game series at Dudy Noble Field. Game times are 4 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Southeastern Conference play begins the following weekend with MSU hosting in-state rival and second-ranked Mississippi.