Small Tabbed for SEC and National Weekly Recognition
May 06, 2019 | Baseball
Small earns MSU’s first SEC Pitcher of the Week Award since 2016, garners fourth national honor roll award of 2019
STARKVILLE – Senior left-handed pitcher Ethan Small earned his first-career Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week honor and was named to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Weekly Honor Roll after a dominant performance in the series opener at No. 15 Texas A&M.
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The conference honor is the first pitcher of the week accolade earned by a Diamond Dawg since the 2016 season, when Dakota Hudson earned the award on three occasions. Small also earned his fourth weekly honor roll nod from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper for his efforts in College Station, Texas.
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Against the nationally-ranked Aggies, Small retired the first 19 batters he faced in the series opener on his way to seven hitless, shutout innings. The left-hander struck out the first three batters he faced on his way to an eight strikeout effort, allowing just two base runners in the contest.
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Small was perfect six innings, but after recording the first out of the seventh inning via ground ball, he lost his perfect game with a hit-by-pitch and followed that with a walk. He then got a flyout and struck out the final batter he faced in his sixth win of the season. Five of his six victories have come in SEC play.
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Of his 12 starts on the season, Small now has 11 starts with two-or-fewer runs allowed and hasn't allowed more than three runs in a start in 2019. His eight strikeouts moved his season total to 122, matching his mark from 2018, which ranks No. 7 on the MSU single season charts. He pushed his career strikeout total to 260 and sits No. 8 all-time at Mississippi State.
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Mississippi State now owns six SEC weekly honors, which equals the school-record total first established by the 2016 squad during its run to an NCAA Super Regional.
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Small was the first SEC Pitcher of the Week, while senior Elijah MacNamee (March 18), sophomore Jordan Westburg (March 25) and senior Jake Mangum (April 29) have each grabbed the Player of the Week honor. Freshman JT Ginn has earned the SEC's Co-Freshman of the Week twice, on Feb. 25 and March 4.
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Mississippi State will open the week with a non-conference tilt versus Memphis at 6:30 p.m. at Dudy Noble Field, before heading to Oxford, Mississippi to face off with No. 11 Ole Miss in a three-game series beginning on Friday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. The Saturday, May 11 contest will begin at 4 p.m., before Sunday's (May 12) series finale will air on the SEC Network at Noon with Clay Matvick and Chris Burke on the call.
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The conference honor is the first pitcher of the week accolade earned by a Diamond Dawg since the 2016 season, when Dakota Hudson earned the award on three occasions. Small also earned his fourth weekly honor roll nod from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper for his efforts in College Station, Texas.
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Against the nationally-ranked Aggies, Small retired the first 19 batters he faced in the series opener on his way to seven hitless, shutout innings. The left-hander struck out the first three batters he faced on his way to an eight strikeout effort, allowing just two base runners in the contest.
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Small was perfect six innings, but after recording the first out of the seventh inning via ground ball, he lost his perfect game with a hit-by-pitch and followed that with a walk. He then got a flyout and struck out the final batter he faced in his sixth win of the season. Five of his six victories have come in SEC play.
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Of his 12 starts on the season, Small now has 11 starts with two-or-fewer runs allowed and hasn't allowed more than three runs in a start in 2019. His eight strikeouts moved his season total to 122, matching his mark from 2018, which ranks No. 7 on the MSU single season charts. He pushed his career strikeout total to 260 and sits No. 8 all-time at Mississippi State.
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Mississippi State now owns six SEC weekly honors, which equals the school-record total first established by the 2016 squad during its run to an NCAA Super Regional.
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Small was the first SEC Pitcher of the Week, while senior Elijah MacNamee (March 18), sophomore Jordan Westburg (March 25) and senior Jake Mangum (April 29) have each grabbed the Player of the Week honor. Freshman JT Ginn has earned the SEC's Co-Freshman of the Week twice, on Feb. 25 and March 4.
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Mississippi State will open the week with a non-conference tilt versus Memphis at 6:30 p.m. at Dudy Noble Field, before heading to Oxford, Mississippi to face off with No. 11 Ole Miss in a three-game series beginning on Friday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. The Saturday, May 11 contest will begin at 4 p.m., before Sunday's (May 12) series finale will air on the SEC Network at Noon with Clay Matvick and Chris Burke on the call.
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