Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Texas A&M

by: Greg Campbell, Assistant Director/Communications

STARKVILLE – The No. 6 Mississippi State baseball program continues a stretch of games against ranked opponents with a trip to No. 15 Texas A&M. The Diamond Dawgs and Aggies will begin a three-game series on Thursday, May 2 at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

The series opener will go off at 6 p.m. on the SEC Network, before the Friday, May 3 contest will be available online. The finale on Saturday, May 4 will again air on the SEC Network, with All three games available via the Mississippi State Radio Network.

Mississippi State (36-9, 13-8 SEC) is coming off of a three-game sweep of then-No. 3 Georgia last weekend, while Texas A&M (31-15-1, 11-9-1 SEC) was swept last weekend at Ole Miss. The Bulldogs didn't have a midweek contest due to finals. The Aggies got back in the win column with a 15-5 victory over Sam Houston State on Tuesday.

Senior Jake Mangum earned his first-career SEC Player of the Week honor after breaking the SEC career hits record with his 353rd hit in the middle game of the series with Georgia. He finished the weekend ranked tied for No. 12 in NCAA history with 355 career hits.

Gameday Info
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Probable Starters
MSU: Keegan James, RHP, R-Jr.
TAMU: John Doxakis, LHP, Jr.

TV: SEC Network
Live Video: https://hailst.at/2PFGoAz
Live Audio: https://hailst.at/audio
Live Stats: https://hailst.at/2PHj1Xw

Friday, May 3, 2019
Probable Starters
MSU: Ethan Small, LHP, R-Jr.
TAMU: Asa Lacy, LHP, So.

Live Video: https://hailst.at/2PHjNDU
Live Audio: https://hailst.at/audio
Live Stats: https://hailst.at/2PHjQzA

Saturday, May 4, 2019
Probable Starters
MSU: JT Ginn, RHP, Fr.
TAMU: Christian Roa, RHP, So.

TV: SEC Network
Live Video: https://hailst.at/2PHjqcu
Live Audio: https://hailst.at/audio
Live Stats: https://hailst.at/2PHjUPQ

Along with the audio stream all weekend, each game will be carried on the Mississippi State Baseball Radio Network and WKBB 96.1 in Starkville. Sunday's contest will air locally on 96.1 FM.

Quick Hitters

Senior Jake Mangum earned his first-career SEC Player of the Week award after breaking the SEC career hits record in a series sweep of then-No. 3 Georgia. MORE ON PAGE 14
Senior Jake Mangum passed LSU's Eddie Furniss as the Southeastern Conference's career hits leader. His 355 career hits lead all active Division I student-athletes. MORE ON PAGE 6-7
In 30 previous meetings, Mississippi State owns a slim two-game edge over Texas A&M, 16-14, on the all-time ledger. The Aggies, however, own a 9-5 record in College Station. MORE ON PAGE 5
The 2019 edition of the Diamond Dawgs were the fastest to 30 wins in program history, doing so in 36 games. MORE ON PAGE 8
Mississippi State claimed its fourth-straight Governor's Cup with an 8-1 victory over Ole Miss on April 23 at Trustmark Park.
Fans have flooded the gates at Dudy Noble Field thus far in 2019, with six crowds of 10,000-plus through 29 home dates, which is already tied for the second-most in program history. MORE ON PAGE 8
Redshirt-junior Ethan Small ranks No. 2 nationally in strikeouts and enters week 12 atop the SEC charts with 114 Ks in 66 innings of work. MORE ON PAGE 9, 11 & 27
Head coach Chris Lemonis won his first four games as Mississippi State skipper. Lemonis is one of nine MSU head coaches to win his first career game and one of three to start 4-0 or better.
BIO ON PAGE 3, MORE ON PAGE 10

Series Notes
Texas A&M

Mississippi State and Texas A&M have met 30 times prior to this weekend's three-game series in College Station, with Mississippi State owning a 16-14 edge on the all-time ledger.
The first meeting came between the two programs in 1907, with the teams splitting a two-game series in Starkville.
Mississippi State has the longest winning streak of the series at seven games (1998-2014).
Texas A&M's longest winning streak has been five games, claiming those five games between 2015-17.
In the series history, Mississippi State has won three of the four three-game series in College Station, including two out of three since A&M joined the SEC in 2013 (2013 and 2017)
Over the last 10 games, Mississippi State is 3-7 against Texas A&M.

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Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Texas A&M

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Players Mentioned

JT Ginn

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Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Texas A&M

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Players Mentioned

JT Ginn

Keegan James

Jake Mangum

Ethan Small

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