Dawgs Use Seventh-Inning Home Run To Down Grambling

Tuesday, March 1

Starkville

4:00 PM

Mississippi State

5-3

Grambling

2-5

Grambling

Mississippi State

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder Kamren James (#6) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Catcher Logan Tanner (#19) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder/Outfielder Aaron Downs (#5) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Jack Walker (#18) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Outfielder Brad Cumbest (#33) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Assistant Coach Scott Foxhall during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder Luke Hancock (#20) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Parker Stinnett (#32) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Preston Johnson (#35) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Head Coach Chris Lemonis during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Pico Kohn (#9) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Cam Tullar (#45) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Mikey Tepper (#39) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Stone Simmons (#17) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder RJ Yeager (#4) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Assistant Coach Jake Gautreau during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher KC Hunt (#2) and Pitcher Mikey Tepper (#39) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder/Outfielder Hunter Hines (#44) and Pitcher Mikey Tepper (#39) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder/Outfielder Hunter Hines (#44) and Pitcher Preston Johnson (#35) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher KC Hunt (#2) and Pitcher Cade Smith (#15) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Stone Simmons (#17) and Pitcher Drew Talley (#47) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Stone Simmons (#17), Manager Luke Freeman, Pitcher Drew Talley (#47), Pitcher Preston Johnson (#35), and Outfielder Drew McGowan (#8) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder Slate Alford (#24) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder/Outfielder Hunter Hines (#44) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Outfielder Jess Davis (#3) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Brooks Auger (#48) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Outfielder Revy Higgins III (#10) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Baseball Camps Coordinator/Volunteer Assistant Kyle Cheesebrough during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder Slate Alford (#24) and Pitcher KC Hunt (#2)during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Baseball Camps Coordinator/Volunteer Assistant Kyle Cheesebrough and Infielder/Outfielder Aaron Downs (#5) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Outfielder Brad Cumbest (#33) and Infielder/Outfielder Aaron Downs (#5) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder Lane Forsythe (#43) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Infielder/Outfielder Matt Corder (#14) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Baseball Camps Coordinator/Volunteer Assistant Kyle Cheesebrough and Outfielder Jess Davis (#3) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Mississippi State Pitcher Parker Stinnett (#32) and Pitcher Jack Walker (#18) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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STARKVILLE, MS - March 01, 2022 - Fan and Infielder/Outfielder Matt Corder (#14) during the game between the Grambling Tigers and the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium in Starkville, MS. Photo By Sloane Bush

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Dawgs Use Seventh-Inning Home Run To Down Grambling

March 01, 2022 | Baseball

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MSU will travel Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss. on Wednesday to face Southern Miss

By: Anna Claire Thomas, Associate Director/Communications

STARKVILLE – No. 9 Mississippi State (5-3) used a seventh-inning home run by Brad Cumbest, while pitchers Jack Walker and Parker Stinnett combined for 16 strikeouts as the Diamond Dawgs defeated Grambling (2-5) by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday (March 1) at Dudy Noble Field.

Grambling took a one-run lead in the second before State answered back in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Lane Forsythe. The score remained deadlocked at 1-1 until the seventh when Cumbest launched his third home run in as many games that was the eventual game winner for the Dawgs.

Freshman right-hander Jack Walker pitched five innings and received a no-decision after striking out eight and allowed one run on just three hits in 5.0 innings. Parker Stinnett (1-0) came on in the sixth and pitched four scoreless innings while striking out eight to earn his first win of the season.

Grambling starter Jacorey Boudreaux (0-1) was charged with the loss after the lefty allowed two runs – both earned – on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts in 6.0 innings. Malik Abdul came on in the seventh and struck out two while not allowing a hit in the final two innings for the Tigers.

Offensively, both teams tallied five hits on the night, while the Dawgs received another multi-hit performance by freshman outfielder Aaron Downs, who was 2-for-3 with a double and run scored. Cumbest was 1-for-2 with his seventh-inning long ball, while he also drew a walk in the contest. Slate Alford was also 1-for-2 on the evening, while Logan Tanner went 1-for-4 at the plate.

SCORING SUMMARY

Top Second

Grambling took a 1-0 lead in the second when first baseman Aries Gardner and designated hitter Keylon Mack recorded back-to-back singles, followed by a wild pitch that allowed the Tigers to get on the board first.

Mississippi State 0, Grambling 1

Bottom Fifth

The Dawgs answered back in the fifth with back-to-back singles by freshmen Aaron Downs and Slate Alford, following by a Lane Forsythe sacrifice fly to knotted the game at one.

Mississippi State 1, Grambling 1

Bottom Seventh

The Dawgs took their first lead of the game in the bottom half of the seventh when Brad Cumbest launched his third home run in as many games, a solo shot to left field, to put MSU ahead, 2-1, over the Tigers.

Mississippi State 2, Grambling 1

ON DECK

MSU will hit the road for the first time this season to face off against Southern Miss on Wednesday, March 2, at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Mississippi. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. between the Diamond Dawgs and Golden Eagles.

The contest between Mississippi State and Southern Miss will be carried on the Mississippi State Sports Network powered by Learfield along with a live audio stream via HailState.com/plus. Click HERE for a full list of the 2022 MSU Baseball Radio Affiliates.

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