Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Samford

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State will hit the road to face off against Samford in midweek action at 6 p.m. CT on Tuesday, May 10, at Hoover Met Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.

Tuesday's contest will be streamed on ESPN+. The game 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

Tuesday, May 10 – 6 p.m. | Watch on ESPN+ | Live Stats

PROBABLE STARTERS

Tuesday, May 10
- MSU: Mikey Tepper, RHP, So. (1-1, 8.35 ERA, 14-1 APP-GS, 18.1 IP, 23 SO, 18 BB)
- SAM: Will Lynch, RHP, Fr. (0-4, 11.03 ERA, 9-6 APP-GS, 23.2 IP, 15 SO, 17 BB)

DAWG BITES

Mississippi State enters the week with a 25-23 overall record through 48 games, including a 9-15 record in SEC play following last weekend's series versus Florida.

Mississippi State and Samford will meet for the 49th time on Tuesday in Hoover. The Diamond Dawgs own a 38-10 record over Samford in the all-time series.

State is currently ranked 12th in the country and fourth in the SEC with 84 home runs on the season. Hunter Hines ranks second nationally among freshmen with 14 home runs, while RJ Yeager leads the Diamond Dawgs with 16 home runs on the season, including 12 that have come in SEC games.

MSU's pitching staff enters the weekend ranked first in the SEC and fourth nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (11.2). Preston Johnson leads the team with 104 strikeouts in 12 appearances (11 GS), while he is ranked first among SEC pitchers and ninth nationally in strikeouts.

State catcher Logan Tanner leads the team with a .318 batting average through 47 games. He has eight doubles, seven home runs and 38 RBIs on the season.

In the last five games, Mississippi State shortstop Lane Forsythe is hitting .412 with seven hits, a double, triple and four runs scored, while also drawing two walks over that span.

THE COMPETITION

Opponent: Samford Bulldogs
Record: 22-23

Samford enters the midweek with a 22-23 overall record and 9-6 mark in conference play. The Bulldogs are 3-2 over their last five games and recently won the weekend series over ETSU in Birmingham.

The Bulldogs are 14-12 in home games this season with an 8-11 mark on the road. Samford is 13-17 in non-conference games.

Samford is led by Stephen Klein who is hitting .360 with seven doubles, five home runs and 30 runs driven in this season.

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Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Samford

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Players Mentioned

Lane Forsythe

Hunter Hines

Preston Johnson

Logan Tanner

Mikey Tepper

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Diamond Dawg Gameday: at Samford

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Lane Forsythe

Hunter Hines

Preston Johnson

Logan Tanner

Mikey Tepper

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