Bulldogs Victorious on Opening Day

Friday, February 16

Starkville

4 p.m.

Mississippi State

Air Force

Photo by: Mississippi State Athletics

Bulldogs Victorious on Opening Day

February 16, 2024 | Baseball

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By: Peyton Burkhalter, Athletic Communications Student Assistant

STAKRVILLE - In front of the largest opening day crowd in Mississippi State's history (11,216), Mississippi State (1-0) shined offensively and defensively en route to an 8-4 victory over Air Force. Bryce Chance hit a two-run homer to put the Dawgs in the seventh inning giving MSU the lead that it never gave back up.

The Diamond Dawgs were led by two hit days from Dakota Jordan and Bryce Chance, who each hit a home run in the game. Jordan went 2-for-4, while scoring three runs in the game. His homer in the bottom of the fifth sparked the MSU offense.

Chance, who was 2-for-5, put the Dawgs ahead in the bottom of the seventh inning when he hit a two-run home run. This marked his second-straight opening day with a homer. Chance drove in a team-high three runs in the game.

Nate Dohm got the start on the mound. In four innings of work, he only allowed one earned run and fanned four. Tyler Davis came in during the seventh and shut the Falcons in his lone inning of work, to pick up his first win of the season. Cam Schuelke pitched two scoreless innings in his MSU debut to pick up the save.

The Bulldogs are back in action on Saturday as they play the second of three games against Air Force. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m on SECN+.

Scoring Summary

Top 1
With runners on the corners, Jack Bello singled to left field which brought Sam Kulasingam home.
Mississippi State 0, Air Force 1

Bottom 1
With runners on first and second, Bryce Chance singled to center which scored Amani Larry. The next at-bat, Logan Kohler singled to right scoring Dakota Jordan from third.
Mississippi State 2, Air Force 1

Top 4
Walker Zapp doubled to left field to score Chris Stallings from first.
Mississippi State 2, Air Force 2

Top 5
Thomason hit a solo home run to left field. Jake Greiving scored from second on a Stallings double to center.
Mississippi State 2, Air Force 4

Bottom 5
Dakota Jordan hit a solo home run to center.
Mississippi State 3, Air Force 4

Bottom 7
Chance hit a two-run home run. Connor Hujsak tripled to center which scored Nate Chester.
Mississippi State 6, Air Force 4

Bottom 8
Dylan Cupp scored from second on an Amani Larry double to right field. Hines grounded out to first, and Larry scored on the batted ball.
Mississippi State 8, Air Force 4

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