Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Missouri

Friday, April 29

Columbia, Mo.

6:00 PM

Mississippi State

Missouri

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Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Missouri

April 28, 2022 | Baseball

MSU Game Notes (PDF)Mizzou Game Notes (PDF)

The series begins at 6 p.m. CT on Friday, April 29, at Taylor Stadium in Columbia

By: Anna Claire Thomas, Associate Director/Communications

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mississippi State will hit the road for the second straight weekend to face off against Missouri in a three-game SEC series beginning at 6 p.m. CT on Friday, April 29, at Taylor Stadium in Columbia.

All three games will be available on SEC Network+ with Sunday's series finale also set to air nationally on SEC Network. The series will also 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.

GAME COVERAGE

Friday, April 29 – 6 p.m. | Watch on SEC Network+ | Live Stats
Saturday, April 30 – 2 p.m. | Watch on SEC Network+ | Live Stats
Sunday, May 1 – 2 p.m. | SEC Network | Watch on SEC Network+ | Live Stats

THE ROTATION

Friday, April 29
- MSU: Brandon Smith, RHP, Jr. (2-3, 3.77 ERA, 15-4 APP-GS, 43.0 IP, 42 SO, 6 BB)
- MIZ: Tony Neubeck, LHP, Fr. (3-1, 4.46 ERA, 11-5 APP-GS, 40.1 IP, 43 SO, 20 BB)
Saturday, April 30
- MSU: Preston Johnson, RHP, So. (3-2, 4.47 ERA, 10-9 APP-GS, 56.1 IP, 87 SO, 27 BB)
- MIZ: Spencer Miles, RHP, Jr. (2-4, 6.50 ERA, 9-9 APP-GS, 45.2 IP, 41 SO, 16 BB)
Sunday, May 1
- MSU: Cade Smith, RHP, So. (4-2, 3.74 ERA, 10-10 APP-GS, 55.1 IP, 53 SO, 27 BB)
- MIZ: TBA

DAWG BITES

Mississippi State and Missouri will meet for the 15th time in a series that dates back to 2003. The Diamond Dawgs own a 10-4 edge in the all-time series. The first meeting came in the 2003 NCAA Starkville Regional and resulted in a 10-5 Mississippi State victory.

MSU swept Mizzou in Columbia in 2014 before dropping two of three to the Tigers on the road in 2018. The longest winning streak in the series came from 2003-2016 when MSU won the first eight meetings over the Tigers.

In 2021, Missouri traveled to Starkville and won two of three over the Diamond Dawgs in that series. State won the opener, 5-4, before dropping games two and three by scores of 7-6 and 16-8.

State is 4-2 all-time in road games at Missouri, including a series sweep during the 2014 season.

Mississippi State's Logan Tanner is in the midst of an 11-game reached base streak, his second-longest of the season. Tanner has reached base in every game dating back to State's home game versus LSU on April 8. Tanner is 6-for-14 at the plate with five walks, four runs scored and a .600 on-base percentage in over the last five games.

MSU's Hunter Hines enters the weekend with a team-high 13 home runs on the season, which ranks as the second-most in the nation among freshmen this season.

State outfielder Brad Cumbest leads the team with a .331 batting average through 42 games. Cumbest was named the SEC Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .538 with two home runs and two doubles to help lead the Diamond Dawgs to a 3-1 record last week. He capped off the week by hitting the game-winning home run in the top of the 11th inning to clinch a series win over Ole Miss in Saturday's finale in Oxford.

THE COMPETITION

Opponent: Missouri Tigers
Record: 22-16, 5-13 SEC

Missouri enters the weekend looking to snap a four-game losing streak after a midweek loss at Missouri State and getting swept last weekend at LSU.

The Tigers have two series wins in SEC play this season, both of which came at home. Mizzou took two of three from South Carolina (April 1-3) before doing the same thing to Kentucky two weeks later (April 14-16).

Mizzou enters the weekend with a 13-5 record at home, which includes a 5-4 record in SEC games at Taylor Stadium.

The Tigers have five players hitting over .300 this season, led by Torin Montgomery who is batting .336 with 10 doubles, four home runs and 34 RBIs. Luke Mann and Mike Coletta lead Mizzou with 10 home runs each on the year.

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