Mississippi State
14-11, 2-5
Arkansas
18-4, 7-0
Hogs Top Dogs 20-9, To Play DH Sunday
March 28, 2009 | Baseball
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Mississippi State surrendered a seven-run third inning and a six-run fifth inning in a 20-9 defeat to the Arkansas Razorbacks in the opening game of its Southeastern Conference series Saturday at Baum Stadium.
The Bulldogs and Razorbacks actually began play Friday night. UA led 10-3 in the filth inning when the contest was halted by heavy rains. Despite consistent snow flurries, play resumed Saturday with the Razorbacks putting the contest away, thanks to the six-run fifth inning.
The second contest of Saturday's doubleheader was postponed due to the deteriorating weather situation. The teams will now play a doubleheader Sunday, beginning at 12:05 p.m. Both games of that twinbill will be seven innings long.
The ninth-ranked Razorbacks continued their best conference start in school history, improving to 18-4 overall and 7-0 in league play. Meanwhile, MSU lost its fifth straight in league play, falling to 14-11 and 2-5.
In the Arkansas third inning, Travis Sample hit a two-run home run. Ryan Cisterna later followed with a three-run home run.The fifth inning included a two-run single by Scott Lyons and a two-run double by Andy Wilkins.
The Bulldogs rallied with six runs in the ninth inning. In that at-bat, the first six Bulldogs to bat, reached and scored. Luke Adkins hit a solo home run, Grant Hogue had a two-run single and Connor Powers ripped a three-run home run in that inning.
Each team finished with 14 hits, but MSU was undone by six errors. Frank Rawdow had his first three-hit game with the Maroon and White, while Cody Freeman also had three hits.
Starting pitcher Devin Jones (0-2) lasted just 2-1/3 innings and took the loss.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Keuchel (4-0)
L: Jones, Devin (0-2)
S: Wells (2)
Batting:
2B: Sneed, Russ 1 ; Butler, Jet 1
HR: Powers, Connor 1 ; Adkins, Luke 1
RBI: Hogue, Grant 2 ; Powers, Connor 4 ; DeLoach, Scott 1 ; Hardy, Nick 1 ; Adkins, Luke 1
SH: Butler, Jet 1
SF: Powers, Connor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hogue, Grant 2 ; Freeman, Cody 1 ; Powers, Connor 1 ; Sneed, Russ 1 ; Butler, Jet 1 ; Adkins, Luke 1 ; Brownlee, Brent 1 ; Rawdow, Frank 1
CS: Freeman, Cody 1
HBP: Butler, Jet 1
Batting:
2B: Wilkins 1
HR: Lyons 1 ; Sample 1 ; Cisterna 1
RBI: Lyons 4 ; Tschepikow 1 ; Sample 4 ; Wilkins 4 ; Carver 1 ; Cisterna 3
SF: Lyons 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Leavitt 1 ; Darr 1 ; Lyons 3 ; Tschepikow 3 ; Sample 3 ; Wilkins 1 ; Kuhn 2 ; Eibner 1 ; Carver 3 ; Cisterna 2
SB: Tschepikow 1 ; Sample 1 ; Kuhn 1
HBP: Sample 1 ; Wilkins 1 ; McKinney 1 ; Carver 1
