Dawgs Win 12-Inning Thriller Over No. 2 Arkansas

Sunday, April 3

Fayetteville, Ark.

2:00 PM

Mississippi State

17-12, 4-5

#2 Arkansas

21-5, 7-2

Mississippi State

Arkansas

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Dawgs Win 12-Inning Thriller Over No. 2 Arkansas

April 03, 2022 | Baseball

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Luke Hancock had the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 12th

By: Anna Claire Thomas, Associate Director/Communications

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Mississippi State (17-12, 4-5 SEC) came out on top over No. 2 Arkansas (21-5, 7-2 SEC) by a score of 5-3 in a 12-inning battle on Sunday afternoon (April 3) at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville.

Luke Hancock made a game-saving double play in the bottom of the 11^th that prevented the Razorbacks from walking it off, while he followed up with the eventual game-winning RBI single in the top of the 12^th to give State a 4-3 lead. Logan Tanner followed up with an RBI single of his own to give MSU an insurance run before closing it out in the bottom half of the 12^th inning.

Jackson Fristoe (3-2) earned the win after holding the Hogs scoreless over the final 3.2 innings and striking out four over that span. Cade Smith started for MSU and allowed two runs – both earned – on three hits with six strikeouts over five innings. Brooks Auger came on to start the sixth and held Arkansas to a run on three hits with three strikeouts in 3.1 innings.

Hancock ended the game 3-for-6 with a home run and two RBIs, while Tanner was 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a walk and two runs driven in on the afternoon. State out-hit Arkansas, 9-8, on Sunday in Fayetteville.

State took a 1-0 lead in the first on a solo home run to rightfield by Luke Hancock, his second long ball of the weekend. Two innings later, RJ Yeager added to MSU's lead with a solo home run of his own to leftfield to make it a 2-0 ballgame.

Arkansas responded in the bottom of the third with a solo shot to left by Zack Gregory, who made it a one-run game between the Razorbacks and Diamond Dawgs.

The Hogs tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth on another solo home run, this one off the bat of centerfielder Braydon Webb.

Logan Tanner gave State the lead once again in sixth on a solo home run to left, but the back-and-forth continued as Arkansas tied the game at 3-3 with a sacrifice fly in the bottom half.

ON DECK

The Diamond Dawgs will open a 9-game homestand on Tuesday, April 5, versus UT Martin. Mississippi State will host No. 11 LSU in a three-game set on April 8-10 at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville.

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