Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Ole Miss

by: Greg Campbell, Assistant Director/Communications

STARKVILLE – The final road trip of the regular season takes the No. 5 Mississippi State baseball program just up the road to Oxford for a three-game series with No. 11 Ole Miss. The two teams will kick the weekend slate off on Friday (May 10) at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.

Game times for this weekend are 6:30 on Friday (May 10), 6 p.m. on Saturday (May 11) and Noon on Sunday (May 12). All three games will be available via the Mississippi State Radio Network, while the first two games will also air on SEC Network+. The series finale will air on ESPN2 with Clay Matvick and Chris Burke on the call.

The Diamond Dawgs will face their 10th ranked opponent of the season in the Rebels, with Friday's contest marking the 22nd game – and 11th in the last 12 contests – against a program ranked in the Baseball America Top 25. Overall, State is 11-10 in games against the top 25 opponents in 2019.

The series has been tightly contested over the last six years, with each team winning nine of the 18 games played in SEC play. Overall in the last 25 meetings, State is 15-10 against Ole Miss, winning six of seven Governor's Cup games since 2013.

Gameday Info
Friday, May 10, 2019 (6:30 p.m. – SECN+)
Probable Starters
MSU: Ethan Small, LHP, R-Jr.
UM: Will Ethridge, RHP, Jr.

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Live Audio: https://hailst.at/audio
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Saturday, May 11, 2019 (6 p.m. – SECN+)
Probable Starters
MSU: JT Ginn, RHP, Fr.
UM: Doug Nikhazy, LHP, Fr.

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Sunday, May 12, 2019 (Noon – ESPN2)
Probable Starters
MSU: Peyton Plumlee, RHP, Sr.
UM: TBA

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Along with the audio stream all weekend, each game will be carried on the Mississippi State Baseball Radio Network and will air locally on 100.9 FM.

Quick Hitters

Redshirt-junior Ethan Small earned his first career SEC Player of the Week honor on May 6 after throwing seven hitless, scoreless innings at Texas A&M. MORE ON PAGE 11
Mississippi State and Ole Miss will meet for the 470th time in program his on Friday in the series opener. The two teams each own nine wins in the last 18 SEC contests, with the Bulldogs owning a 259-206-4 all-time mark versus the Rebels. MORE ON PAGE 5
Senior Jake Mangum passed LSU's Eddie Furniss as the Southeastern Conference's career hits leader. His 363 career hits lead all active Division I student-athletes and rank No. 9 on the NCAA's all-time list. MORE ON PAGE 6-7
Fans have flooded the gates at Dudy Noble Field thus far in 2019, with six crowds of 10,000-plus through 31 home dates, which is already the second-most in program history. MORE ON PAGE 10
Of the 10 losses in 2019 for the Diamond Dawgs, four of them have come in one-run games, with three of those against ranked opponents.
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
Ole Miss

Mississippi State and Ole Miss will meet for the 470th time on Friday to open the weekend's three-game series in Oxford, with Mississippi State owning a 259-206-4 edge on the all-time ledger.
The first meeting came between the two programs in 1893, with Mississippi State winning a 6-3 contest in Starkville.
Mississippi State has the longest winning streak in the series at 14 games (1932-37).
Ole Miss' longest winning streak has been nine games, claiming those games between 1972-73.
Along with playing an SEC series each season, the two programs have competed in an in-season, non-conference game each year beginning in 1980. Originally Mayor's Cup (1980-2006), the two teams now compete for the Governor's Cup in Pearl, Mississippi.
Overall, Mississippi State owns the edge in neutral site series, 22-18, with the Bulldogs winning each of the last four meetings, including an 8-1 decision earlier this season.
Over the last 10 games, Mississippi State is 9-1 against Ole Miss.
In the last six SEC series meetings between the two programs, MSU and UM have split it right down the middle, with each program winning nine of those games.

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Players Mentioned

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Jake Mangum

Peyton Plumlee

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