Mississippi State
26-30, 0
#1 Tennessee
49-7, 0
State Drops Season Finale To No. 1 Tennessee
May 21, 2022 | Baseball
Mississippi State dropped the series finale to No. 1 Tennessee by a score of 10-5 on Saturday
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State (26-30, 9-21 SEC) dropped the series finale to No. 1 Tennessee (49-7, 25-5 SEC) by a score of 10-5 on Saturday, May 21, in front of 10,774 at Dudy Noble Field.
The Bulldogs scored first after RJ Yeager hit a lead-off home run, but Tennessee gained the lead in the second and continued to score in the next four innings to secure the win over the Bulldogs.
Kirby Connell (3-0) received the win for the Volunteers after entering the game in the fourth and throwing 2 2/3 shutout innings on the mound. Cade Smith (4-4) started and was charged with the loss for MSU after allowing three runs on one hit before Pico Kohn entered in the second and was followed by Jackson Fristoe, Cam Tullar, Drew Talley and KC Hunt.
Kohn walked four batters and gave up three runs during his 2 2/3 innings on the mound followed by Fristoe, who pitched 3 1/3 innings and allowed four runs on four hits. Tullar and Talley navigated through the eighth inning. Hunt came in for the ninth inning and concluded State's season with a perfect frame.
Offensively, three Dawgs collected multi-hit games including Yeager, Kellum Clark and Kamren James. Yeager went 2-for-5 including a lead-off home run in the first to give the Bulldogs an early lead. Clark collected his 14th home run of the season and went 3-for-4 on the day. James reached base three times and collected two hits and one RBI.
Bottom 1
RJ Yeager led off with a solo homer to left-center.
Tennessee 0, Mississippi State 1
Top 2
Drew Gilbert reached via catcher's interference then scored on a Trey Lipscomb home run. Jorel Ortega reached on a walk and advanced to second after Blake Burke reached first on a dropped fly where the left fielder and shortstop collided. Cortland Lawson walked to load the bases. Seth Stephenson hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Ortega.
Tennessee 3, Mississippi State 1
Bottom 2
Kellum Clark singled up the middle then stole second. Kamren James singled to right-center to score Clark.
Tennessee 3, Mississippi State 2
Top 3
Gilbert singled then scored on a home run from Ortega.
Tennessee 5, Mississippi State 2
Top 4
Stephenson drew a walk and advanced to third after Luc Lipcius singled down the first base side. Stephenson scored on a throwing error by the first baseman.
Tennessee 6, Mississippi State 2
Top 5
Evan Russell hit a home run to left center.
Tennessee 7, Mississippi State 2
Top 6
Lipcius singled to left field followed by a Beck double and a Gilbert double down the right field line which scored Lipcius and Beck. On a ground out to shortstop by Ortega, Gilbert scored.
Tennessee 10, Mississippi State 2
Bottom 7
James singled up the middle followed by a Brayland Skinner single through the right side before Tanner Leggett singled to left field which scored James. Luke Hancock had an RBI single to first base that scored Skinner.
Tennessee 10, Mississippi State 4
Bottom 8
Jess Davis singled down the left field line followed by a Clark two-run home run to left center.
Tennessee 10, Mississippi State 5
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Kirby Connell (3-0)
L: Smith, Cade (4-4)
Batting:
2B: Jordan Beck 1 ; Drew Gilbert 1
HR: Trey Lipscomb 1 ; Jorel Ortega 1 ; Evan Russell 1
RBI: Seth Stephenson 1 ; Drew Gilbert 2 ; Trey Lipscomb 2 ; Jorel Ortega 3 ; Evan Russell 1
SF: Seth Stephenson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Seth Stephenson 1 ; Luc Lipcius 1 ; Jordan Beck 1 ; Drew Gilbert 3 ; Trey Lipscomb 1 ; Jorel Ortega 2 ; Evan Russell 1
SB: Luc Lipcius 1 ; Cortland Lawson 1
Batting:
HR: Yeager, RJ 1 ; Clark, Kellum 1
RBI: Yeager, RJ 1 ; Hancock, Luke 1 ; Clark, Kellum 1 ; James, Kamren 1 ; Leggett, Tanner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Yeager, RJ 1 ; Clark, Kellum 2 ; James, Kamren 1 ; Skinner, Brayland 1
SB: Clark, Kellum 1 ; James, Kamren 1
CS: James, Kamren 1
HBP: Hancock, Luke 1 ; James, Kamren 1
