Brown Wins Pitching Duel With Five Strikeouts In Three Innings
October 04, 2015 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Junior left-hander Daniel Brown struck out five in three innings of shutout ball Sunday afternoon, leading Gray to a 3-0 blanking of Maroon in Mississippi State's 10th scrimmage of the fall. The six-inning exhibition took place at Dudy Noble Field.
Joining Brown in the two-hit shutout of Maroon were right-handed pitchers Paul Young and Ryan Rigby. Young fanned four batters in two stanzas, before Rigby picked up the save with a scoreless frame.
For Maroon, starter Dakota Hudson struck out four batters in 2 1/3 innings, allowing an unearned run on two hits and two walks. Junior transfer Blake Smith relieved Hudson and recorded two outs, before junior right-hander Zac Houston struck out five in 2 2/3 innings.
After Houston loaded the bases with two walks and a hit by pitch, redshirt freshman southpaw Andrew Mahoney gave up a two-RBI single to freshman infielder Luke Alexander to give Gray a 3-0 lead. Freshman righty Ryan Cyr finished the pitching line for Maroon by getting a lineout to second base.
In all, eight MSU pitchers combined for 19 strikeouts.
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2015 Mississippi State Fall Scrimmage Schedule
Scrimmage 1 - Gray 3, Maroon 1 (Reynolds 3 RBIs, Rooker HR)
Scrimmage 2 – Maroon 4, Gray 3 (Hudson 1 ER in 3.0 IP, Rooker 2 for 3 with 2 R)
Scrimmage 3 – Maroon 9, Gray 6 (HR by Barfield and Rooker)
Scrimmage 4 – Gray 8, Maroon 5 (James 1 ER in 3.0 IP, HR by Stovall)
Scrimmage 5 – Maroon 5, Gray 1 (Small/Hughes: 9 K in 7 IP, 1 ER)
Scrimmage 6 – Maroon 6, Gray 2 (HR by Alexander and Gordon)
Scrimmage 7 – Gray 3, Maroon 2 (Tatum 4 IP, 0 ER; M. Smith 3 for 3, 3SB)
Scrimmage 8 – Maroon 4, Gray 3 (Robson 2 for 3, 2 2B; Kruger HR)
Scrimmage 9 – Maroon 11, Gray 3 (Stovall 3 for 3, Breaux 3 IP, 0 ER)
Scrimmage 10 – Gray 3, Maroon 0 (D. Brown 5 K in 3 IP, 0 ER)
Scrimmage 11 – Monday, Oct. 5 - 1 p.m.
Scrimmage 12 – Tuesday, Oct. 6 - 1 p.m.
Scrimmage 13 – Friday, Oct. 9
Scrimmage 14 – Saturday, Oct. 10*
Scrimmage 15 – Sunday, Oct. 11
Scrimmage 16 – Wednesday, Oct. 14
Scrimmage 17 – Friday, Oct. 16 (Game 1 of Bulldog World Series)
Scrimmage 18 – Saturday, Oct. 17* (Game 2 of Bulldog World Series)
Scrimmage 19 – Sunday, Oct. 18 (Game 3 of Bulldog World Series)
* = Will take place before or after MSU football's home game
NOTES: All dates are subject to change due to weather. All schedule changes and game times will be announced on Twitter at @HailStateBB. Admission to all scrimmages is free and open to the public.
