Tuesday, March 7
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Jacob Billingsley recorded a career-high seven strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched.
MSU Drops Midweek Contest To No. 24 Louisiana Tech
March 07, 2017 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A strong pitching start by junior right-hander Jacob Billingsley was not enough for the Mississippi State baseball team Tuesday night at Dudy Noble Field.
Leading by two runs in the eighth inning, the Bulldogs bullpen was touched for three runs to drop a 3-2 decision to No. 24 Louisiana Tech at Dudy Noble Field.
The Bulldogs (7-6) have now been involved in one-run games in each of their last five contests.
"We have to find a way to win these kinds of games," head coach Andy Cannizaro said. "This sometimes happens when you have a young team. We were certainly in a position to win this game and we have to find a way to get that done."
Billingsley matched a career high with five innings pitched. He allowed four hits and no runs, with a career-high seven strikeouts. From there, the Bulldogs pieced it together with six pitchers taking the mound.
Louisiana Tech (12-1) rallied with a two-out, two-run double by Sean Ullrich in the eighth inning. In the ninth inning, Tech scored the go-ahead run on a potential inning-ending dropped third strike. An errant throw hit the runner on that play, scoring the go-ahead run.
Ryan Rigby (0-1) was the next-to-last pitcher thrown and took the loss. Spencer Price got the final two outs for the Bulldogs.
"Our starting pitching has gotten better," Cannizaro said. "We have to find some answers on the back end. We really navigated the game well for the first seven innings against a very good offensive team. What I do know is this team will come out Wednesday and have a great practice. We will get better at the fundamentals of the game and look forward to playing again Friday."
Brant Blaylock homered for the Bulldogs in the third inning. Cody Brown did the same in the fifth inning. The Diamond Dawgs only had four hits as a team and stranded no base runners.
Louisiana Tech finished with nine hits and stranded 12 base runners. Raphael Gladu and Jonathan Washam had multiple hits, to go along with Ullrich. Starting pitcher Casey Sutton threw seven innings for Tech. Austin Harrison (1-0) pitched the eighth inning to get the win, while Nate Harris earned his sixth save. Tech pitching retired the final 14 Bulldogs in the contest.
State will reset before opening another four-game weekend over three days at Dudy Noble, starting Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT vs. South Alabama.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE (All times Central)
Friday, March 10, 2017
G1 – 2 p.m. – South Alabama vs. Columbia (originally scheduled for 3 p.m.)
G2 – 6:30 p.m. – South Alabama vs. Mississippi State
Saturday, March 11, 2017
G3 - 1 p.m. – Columbia vs. Mississippi State
G4 – 40 Minutes After G3 – South Alabama vs. Mississippi State
Sunday, March 12, 2017
G5 - 11 a.m. – Columbia vs. South Alabama
G6 - 2 p.m. – Columbia vs. Mississippi State
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Leading by two runs in the eighth inning, the Bulldogs bullpen was touched for three runs to drop a 3-2 decision to No. 24 Louisiana Tech at Dudy Noble Field.
The Bulldogs (7-6) have now been involved in one-run games in each of their last five contests.
"We have to find a way to win these kinds of games," head coach Andy Cannizaro said. "This sometimes happens when you have a young team. We were certainly in a position to win this game and we have to find a way to get that done."
Billingsley matched a career high with five innings pitched. He allowed four hits and no runs, with a career-high seven strikeouts. From there, the Bulldogs pieced it together with six pitchers taking the mound.
Louisiana Tech (12-1) rallied with a two-out, two-run double by Sean Ullrich in the eighth inning. In the ninth inning, Tech scored the go-ahead run on a potential inning-ending dropped third strike. An errant throw hit the runner on that play, scoring the go-ahead run.
Ryan Rigby (0-1) was the next-to-last pitcher thrown and took the loss. Spencer Price got the final two outs for the Bulldogs.
"Our starting pitching has gotten better," Cannizaro said. "We have to find some answers on the back end. We really navigated the game well for the first seven innings against a very good offensive team. What I do know is this team will come out Wednesday and have a great practice. We will get better at the fundamentals of the game and look forward to playing again Friday."
Brant Blaylock homered for the Bulldogs in the third inning. Cody Brown did the same in the fifth inning. The Diamond Dawgs only had four hits as a team and stranded no base runners.
Louisiana Tech finished with nine hits and stranded 12 base runners. Raphael Gladu and Jonathan Washam had multiple hits, to go along with Ullrich. Starting pitcher Casey Sutton threw seven innings for Tech. Austin Harrison (1-0) pitched the eighth inning to get the win, while Nate Harris earned his sixth save. Tech pitching retired the final 14 Bulldogs in the contest.
State will reset before opening another four-game weekend over three days at Dudy Noble, starting Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT vs. South Alabama.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE (All times Central)
Friday, March 10, 2017
G1 – 2 p.m. – South Alabama vs. Columbia (originally scheduled for 3 p.m.)
G2 – 6:30 p.m. – South Alabama vs. Mississippi State
Saturday, March 11, 2017
G3 - 1 p.m. – Columbia vs. Mississippi State
G4 – 40 Minutes After G3 – South Alabama vs. Mississippi State
Sunday, March 12, 2017
G5 - 11 a.m. – Columbia vs. South Alabama
G6 - 2 p.m. – Columbia vs. Mississippi State
* Home Team Listed Second
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Austin Harrison (1-0)
L: Rigby, Ryan (0-1)
S: Nate Harris (6)
Batting:
2B: Sean Ullrich 1
RBI: Sean Ullrich 2
SH: Marshall Boggs 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Raphael Gladu 1 ; Jonathan Washam 1 ; Marshall Boggs 1
CS: Marshall Boggs 1
HBP: Brent Diaz 2 ; Cody Daigle 1 ; Sean Ullrich 1
Batting:
HR: Brown, Cody 1 ; Blaylock, Brant 1
RBI: Brown, Cody 1 ; Blaylock, Brant 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Cody 1 ; Blaylock, Brant 1
PO: Mangum, Jake 1
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