Diamond Dawgs Season Comes To An End In Charlottesville Regional

Sunday, June 2

Charlottesville, Va. (Disharoon Park)

11 a.m.

Mississippi State

40-22

St. John's

38-18-1

Mississippi St.

St. John's (NY)

Photo by: Mississippi State Athletics

Diamond Dawgs Season Comes To An End In Charlottesville Regional

June 02, 2024 | Baseball

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The 2024 Mississippi State baseball season came to an end on Sunday evening in the Regional Finals. In the first game of the day, the Diamond Dawgs advanced by defeating St. John's, 13-5, in an elimination game. The Dawgs came up short in the Regional Finals falling to Virginia, 9-2.

Game One
The Diamond Dawg offense made all the noise today with 19 hits, a season-high, and three going for extra bases. Mississippi State had 12 RBIs on the day to pull in the 13 runs scored.

Dakota Jordan went a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate. Jordan tallied four RBIs, scored three runs, and drove a three-run home run to lead the offense. Bryce Chance, Amani Larry, and David Mershon all went 3-for-5 at the plate against the Red Storm. Between Chance, Larry and Mershon, they had seven runs scored, five RBIs and a home run.

Brooks Auger earned the start on the mound. Auger threw 4 1/3 innings, punched out three, and walked a single St. John's batter. Cam Schuelke picked up his fifth win of the season with five strikeouts in his 4 2/3 innings of work.

The Diamond Dawgs are back in action later today to face Virginia with first pitch set for 5 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcasted on the ACC Network.

Scoring Summary
Top 3
Aaron Downs scored off an RBI single to right field from Amani Larry. David Mershon grounded into a double play to plate Joe Powell from third. Dakota Jordan scored off an RBI single by Connor Hujsak. Bryce Chance plated Hunter Hines with a single up the middle.
Mississippi State 4, St. John's 0

Top 4
Jordan plated Larry with a single to center field. Mershon scored off an RBI single to left field from Hines.
Mississippi State 6, St. John's 0

Bottom 4
Luke Orbon doubled to left center to score Jimmy Keenan. Orbon scored off an RBI single by Cristian Bernardini.
Mississippi State 6, St. John's 2

Bottom 5
Anthony Brienza scored off a throwing error by Joe Powell. Ben Beauchamp scored on a passed ball.
Mississippi State 6, St. John's 4

Top 6
Mershon hit a two-run home run to left field to plate Larry.
Mississippi State 8, St. John's 4

Top 8
Mershon scored off an RBI single from Hines. Jordan scored off a single to second base by Chance.
Mississippi State 10, St. John's 4

Bottom 8
Marty Higgins scored off a single by Orbon.
Mississippi State 10, St. John's 5

Top 9
Jordan hit a three-run home run to left center field to plate Larry and Mershon.
Mississippi State 13, St. John's 5

Game Two
In the Charlottesville Regional final, the Dawgs were eliminated by the host Virginia following a 9-2 defeat.

Four Dawgs had a pair of hits in the game, David Mershon, Dakota Jordan, Aaron Downs and Hunter Hines. Jordan hit a two-run home run in the first to give the Bulldogs the only runs of the game. Jordan and Mershon ended the day 2-for-4 at the plate while Downs and Hines went 2-for-3 on the day.

Pico Kohn grabbed the start on the mound and had a career day, punching out eight Cavaliers in seven innings of work. Gavin Black picked up 1 1/3 innings of relief work and sat three Virginia batters. Tyler Davis and Karson Ligon put together 2/3 innings pitched with Ligon striking out one.

The Diamond Dawgs end the season with a 40-23 record. The 40 wins this season are the first 40-win season since the 2021 season.

Scoring Summary
Top 1
Henry Ford singled down the third base line to score Griff O'Ferrall.
Mississippi State 0, Virginia 1

Bottom 1
Dakota Jordan hit a two-run home run to center field to plate David Mershon.
Mississippi State 2, Virginia 1

Top 3
O'Ferrall scored off a throwing error by Mershon. Bobby Whalen scored off an RBI single from Jacob Ference.
Mississippi State 2, Virginia 3

Top 9
Luke Hanson singled to left field to plate Henry Godbout and Harrison Didawick. Hanson and Ethan Anderson scored off an error. O'Ferrall scored on a wild pitch. Whalen scored on a wild pitch.
Mississippi State 2, Virginia 9

All-Tournament Team
C – Jacob Ference, Virginia
1B – Hunter Hines, Mississippi State
2B – Henry Godbout, Virginia
3B – Eric Becker, Virginia
SS – David Mershon, Mississippi State
OF – Jackson Tucker, St. John's
OF – Dakota Jordan, Mississippi State
OF – Bryce Chance, Mississippi State
DH – Paul Orbon, St. John's
P – Khal Stephen, Mississippi State
P – Jay Woolfolk, Virginia
P – Matt Augustin, Virginia
MOP – Jay Woolfolk, Virginia
*A tie in the pitcher's vote resulted in a 12-man All-Tournament team.

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