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10 Notes to Know: vs. VCU
June 05, 2021 | Baseball
State enters Saturday on an eight game NCAA Regional winning streak
STARKVILLE - The No. 3 Mississippi State baseball program will enter its Saturday (June 5) matchup with VCU on an eight-game NCAA Regional winning streak. Below are 10 quick notes to look at before the Diamond Dawgs take on the Rams in the winner's bracket game at 7 p.m. on Dudy Noble Field.
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- Mississippi State pushed its NCAA Regional winning streak to eight games with a victory over Samford on Friday afternoon. State won the final four games of the 2018 Tallahassee Regional, swept the 2019 Starkville Regional and captured its opener in 2021.
 - In home postseason games, Mississippi State has won six straight postseason games at home after going 5-0 during the 2019 postseason and winning the opener over Samford in 2021.
 - With a matchup with VCU on the docket for Saturday's winners bracket game, Mississippi State will add its 90th different opponent to its all-time NCAA Tournament ledger. The Maroon and White own a winning record against 53 and are even in 10 other postseason series.
 - The Diamond Dawg pitching staff is closing in on 700 strikeouts for the second time in program history. The 2019 staff fanned a school-record 718 batters and the 2021 edition sits No. 2 on the single-season list with 683 punchouts. State fanned 10 batters in its NCAA Tournament opener to make it 44 of 56 games in 2021 with double-digit strikeouts. That includes a program-record streak of 21 games from March 21-May 1.
 - Will Bednar struck out eight batters on Friday to move his total to 109 strikeouts on the season. In his first full season of college baseball, Bednar has tied Eric DuBose (109; 1995) for the most punchouts in a freshman season. With Christian MacLeod just six punchouts away from 100, he can join Bednar at the century mark in 2021 and give Mississippi State its fifth season with a100-strikeout tandem in program history.
- On Friday against Samford, Tanner Allen was 2-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI. It was the 21st time this season Allen has posted at least one hit, one run scored and one RBI in the same game.
 - Rowdey Jordan posted a three-hit day at the plate for MSU to push his career total to 20 hits in NCAA Regional play (nine games). He is now 20-for-40 in his NCAA Regional career (.500) with 12 runs scored, six doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs.
 - VCU enters on a nation's best 22 game winning streak after Friday night's 19-4 win over Campbell in its NCAA Regional opener. The streak began on April 13 agaisnt William & Mary, includes a pair of wins over Virginia and three four-game series sweeps of Atlantic 10 opponents.
 - The Rams are no stranger to postseason success, as the 2015 team won the Dallas Regional - defeating Dallas Baptist (twice) and Oregon State - on its way to the Coral Gables Super Regional.
 - VCU's Hunter Vay, the Atlantic 10 Championship Most Outstanding Player, has hit five home runs in the past four games, after hitting two against Campbell. He now has nine home runs on the season.
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