Mungle, Maholm Spark State To 8-1 Win Over UKats
April 04, 2003 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Left fielder Jon Mungle had a career-high four hits and junior lefty Paul Maholm two-hit Kentucky over seven innings Friday night to lead No. 5 Mississippi State (24-4-1, 9-1 SEC) to an 8-1 win over Kentucky (11-18, 0-10 SEC) at Dudy Noble Field.
Mungle's one-out triple in the third inning off UK starter Scott Wade (1-4) ignited a three-run burst by MSU. Steve Gendron followed with a single up the middle that scored Mungle, and Matthew Brinson followed with his fifth home run of the year, a two-run shot to right.
Joseph Hunter tripled in a run during a two-run State surge in the fourth inning and doubled to open another two-run inning in the sixth, ending Wade's stint on the mound. Wade gave up seven runs on 11 hits and struck out six in 5-1/3 innings. Matt Scott replaced Wade in the sixth and held MSU to one run over the final 2-2/3 innings.
Bulldog starter Paul Maholm (5-1) two-hit the Wildcats over seven innings. But the MSU ace encountered a rare bout of control problems, walking a career-high seven batters. UK scored its lone run was unearned and scored in the fourth when Mike Breyman reached on a throwing error, advanced on a single and a sacrifice bunt and scored on Russ Rutherford's infield grounder.
Saunders Ramsey replaced Maholm in the eighth and finished the game two scoreless innings of relief work.
Six Bulldogs registered multi-hit games. In addition to Mungle's four-hit performance, Matthew Maniscalco, Steve Gendron, Craig Tatum, Thomas Berkery and Joseph Hunter had two-hit outings. Maniscalco's lead-off single in the first inning extended his hitting streak to a career-best 16 games.
The Bulldogs and the WIldcats continue their weekend series Saturday at 2 p.m. Sophomore Alan Johnson (4-0, 1.82) will start for State and left Heath Castle (1-3, 3.20) will open for the Wildcats.
MISSISSIPPI STATE 8, KENTUCKY 1
UK 000 100 000 -- 1 3 3MSU 003 202 10X -- 8 15 1
WP -- Paul Maholm (5-1). LP -- Scott Wade (1-4). HR -- Matthew Brinson (5). T -- 2:36. ATT -- 6,968 (paid), 3,392 (actual).
Paul Maholm, Saunders Ramsey (8) and Craig Tatum. Scott Wade, Matt Scott (6) and Caleb Brock.
