No. 21 Baseball Welcomes No. 10 Oregon To Town For Three-Game Set
March 10, 2016 | Baseball
The Bulldogs begin their first true three-game series of the year Friday at 6:30 p.m., followed by a Saturday contest at 2 p.m. Due to travel restraints, Sunday's game has been moved up to 10:30 a.m.
Oregon won the only head-to-head meeting between the two programs, 6-5, in 1968.
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Live StatsRankings
Mississippi State – 21st in USA Today Coaches Poll and in Perfect Game, 20th in D1Baseball and in NCBWA, 24th in Baseball America, and 26th in Collegiate Baseball
Oregon – 10th in USA Today Coaches Poll, 7th in Perfect Game, 9th in D1Baseball, 8th in NCBWA, 11th in Baseball America, and 8th in Collegiate Baseball.
Need To Know
- Mississippi State and Oregon are playing each other for the second time in history, with the first meeting resulting in a 6-5 Ducks win March 22, 1968, in the National Collegiate Tournament in Riverside, California.
- Bulldog slugger Jack Kruger played 28 games (17 starts) as a true freshman at Oregon in 2014 before transferring to MSU after a one-year stop at Orange Coast College in California.
- Kruger leads the NCAA with nine doubles and ranks in the top-20 nationally in total bases (41, 8th), hits (23, 10th), RBIs (18, 16th) and slugging percentage (.854, 17th).
- Kruger and teammate Jacob Robson have reached base safely in all 13 games this season.
- Robson, MSU's leadoff hitter, is second in the NCAA with an SEC-leading 16 walks and is 14th nationally with eight stolen bases in as many attempts.
- The Maroon and White are a perfect 9-0 when holding a lead after the sixth inning but 0-3-1 when trailing or tied after six.
- State is 6-0 when scoring first and 4-0-1 when scoring in the first inning.
- The Diamond Dawgs have outscored their opponents 32-6 in the first two innings and 12-2 from the eighth inning on.
Forecast
Friday: High 73, Low 60 – Scattered Thunderstorms – 40 percent Chance of Rain
Saturday: High 71, Low 57 – Thunderstorms – 80 percent Chance of Rain
Sunday: High 77, Low 56 – Partly Cloudy – 20 percent Chance of Rain
Live Video and Television
All games will be broadcast on SEC Network +.
Sunday
Live Audio and Radio
All games will air live on the Mississippi State Baseball Radio Network. All three games will also be available live online at HailState.com/Plus (requires subscription)
Probable Starters
Friday – MSU RHP Dakota Hudson vs. Oregon LHP Cole Irvin
Saturday – MSU RHP Austin Sexton vs. Oregon LHP Matt Krook
Sunday – MSU TBA vs. Oregon LHP David Peterson
Tickets
Tickets are still available and can be purchased at HailState.com/tickets or at the MSU ticket office behind home plate, which opens two hours before first pitch every game.
Promotions
Students and Bully's Kids' Club members and MSU students get in free to all home games.
Friday
- Boy Scout Day: Boy Scouts in uniform report to ticket window for a FREE ticket. Boy Scouts take the field for National Anthem.
- Kids' Zone (weather permitting)
Saturday
- Girl Scout Day: Girl Scouts in uniform report to ticket window for a FREE ticket Girls Scouts take the field for National Anthem.
- FREE inflatable bats for the first 1,000 fans.
Sunday
- Kids' Day at the Park
- Bully's Kids' Zone (weather permitting)
- Kids run the bases postgame
- Sunday Family Four Pack for only $25
