Gray Outslugs Maroon For 9-5 Victory
September 20, 2015 | Baseball
Rooker finished Sunday 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Through the first week of scrimmages, the Germantown, Tennessee, native is 7 for 12 (.583) with seven RBIs, five runs, three doubles and two home runs.
Also collecting multiple hits for Gray were senior outfielder Mike Smith (2 for 4, run, RBI), sophomore infielder Ryan Gridley (2 for 4, 2 runs, RBI) and redshirt freshman first baseman Cole Gordon (2 for 2, run, 2 RBIs, run, walk).
For Maroon, both junior outfielder Reid Humphreys (2 for 4, run, RBI) and junior transfer Nathaniel Lowe (2 for 2, 2 RBIs, walk) had multiple hits. True freshman infielder Hunter Stovall also had two RBIs, hitting a two-run home run to left in the fourth.
A 26th-round draft pick by the Chicago Cubs this past summer, Gray starter Jared Padgett made his MSU fall debut Sunday, going 2 2/3 innings with one run allowed on three hits. Redshirt junior right-hander Cole Barlow picked up the win, finishing the game with 1 2/3 shutout stanzas.
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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 – Tuesday, Sept. 22 - 4:30 p.m.
Scrimmage 6 – Friday, Sept. 25
Scrimmage 7 – Saturday, Sept. 26 (First pitch around 10:30 a.m.)
Scrimmage 8 – Sunday, Sept. 27
Scrimmage 9 – Wednesday, Sept. 30
Scrimmage 10 – Sunday, Oct. 4
Scrimmage 11 – Monday, Oct. 5
Scrimmage 12 – Tuesday, Oct. 6
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.
