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Mississippi State Falls To Florida In Series Opener
April 18, 2025 | Baseball
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State carried a lead into the sixth inning on Friday night before a Florida rally turned the game around as the Bulldogs ultimately fell 13-3 in eight innings.
Gehrig Frei had a leadoff home run in the first inning for State and Pico Kohn had five solid innings of work before Florida got to the Bulldog bullpen for seven runs in the sixth inning to take control.
Joe Powell had an RBI on a fielder's choice and Reed Stallman cranked his seventh homer of the season to push the Diamond Dawgs ahead into the middle innings but MSU couldn't hold on.
Stallman finished the night 3-for-4 at the plate. Frei and Ace Reese had a pair of hits each, with Reese chipping in with a double.
Kohn drew his 10th start of the season on the mound. He tied his single-game career high with 11 strikeouts over his five frames. Chase Hungate and Kevin Mannell combined for three innings and struck out three. Stone Simmons suffered the loss for MSU.
On Deck: The weekend series against the Gators continues on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. Junior right-hander Evan Siary (0-1, 3.91 ERA) will start on the mound for the Diamond Dawgs while Florida counters with freshman righty Aidan King (4-1, 2.68 ERA).
Game Notes:
Bottom 1st
Frei hit a solo home run to right field.
MSU 1, Florida 0
Top 2nd
Brody Donay hit a solo home run.
MSU 1, Florida 1
Bottom 2nd
Bryce Chance scored on a fielder's choice to shortstop from Powell.
MSU 2, Florida 1
Bottom 4th
Stallman hit a solo home run to left field.
MSU 3, Florida 1
Top 5th
Colby Shelton scored on a wild pitch.
MSU 3, Florida 2
Top 6th
Donay scored off a double from Hayden Yost. Yost scored off a single by Justin Nadeau. Ashton Wilson scored on a double from Bobby Boser. Colby Shelton plated Nadeau with a double. Luke Heyman hit a three-run home run to plate Shelton and Boser.
MSU 3, Florida 9
Top 7th
Wilson scored off a fielder's choice. Boser scored off a sacrifice fly from Brendan Lawson.
MSU 3, Florida 11
Top 8th
Donay hit a two-run home run that plated Blake Cyr.
MSU 3, Florida 13
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Gehrig Frei had a leadoff home run in the first inning for State and Pico Kohn had five solid innings of work before Florida got to the Bulldog bullpen for seven runs in the sixth inning to take control.
Joe Powell had an RBI on a fielder's choice and Reed Stallman cranked his seventh homer of the season to push the Diamond Dawgs ahead into the middle innings but MSU couldn't hold on.
Stallman finished the night 3-for-4 at the plate. Frei and Ace Reese had a pair of hits each, with Reese chipping in with a double.
Kohn drew his 10th start of the season on the mound. He tied his single-game career high with 11 strikeouts over his five frames. Chase Hungate and Kevin Mannell combined for three innings and struck out three. Stone Simmons suffered the loss for MSU.
On Deck: The weekend series against the Gators continues on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. Junior right-hander Evan Siary (0-1, 3.91 ERA) will start on the mound for the Diamond Dawgs while Florida counters with freshman righty Aidan King (4-1, 2.68 ERA).
Game Notes:
- All three of Frei's home runs this season have led off the first inning.
- Kohn punched out 11 to tie his single-game career high.
- The crowd of 11,925 fans marked MSU's third-highest total at Dudy Noble Field this season.
Bottom 1st
Frei hit a solo home run to right field.
MSU 1, Florida 0
Top 2nd
Brody Donay hit a solo home run.
MSU 1, Florida 1
Bottom 2nd
Bryce Chance scored on a fielder's choice to shortstop from Powell.
MSU 2, Florida 1
Bottom 4th
Stallman hit a solo home run to left field.
MSU 3, Florida 1
Top 5th
Colby Shelton scored on a wild pitch.
MSU 3, Florida 2
Top 6th
Donay scored off a double from Hayden Yost. Yost scored off a single by Justin Nadeau. Ashton Wilson scored on a double from Bobby Boser. Colby Shelton plated Nadeau with a double. Luke Heyman hit a three-run home run to plate Shelton and Boser.
MSU 3, Florida 9
Top 7th
Wilson scored off a fielder's choice. Boser scored off a sacrifice fly from Brendan Lawson.
MSU 3, Florida 11
Top 8th
Donay hit a two-run home run that plated Blake Cyr.
MSU 3, Florida 13
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Liam Peterson (6-2)
L: Simmons, Stone (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Bobby Boser 1 ; Colby Shelton 1 ; Brendan Lawson 1 ; Hayden Yost 1 ; Ashton Wilson 1
HR: Luke Heyman 1 ; Brody Donay 2
RBI: Bobby Boser 2 ; Colby Shelton 1 ; Brendan Lawson 1 ; Luke Heyman 3 ; Brody Donay 3 ; Hayden Yost 1 ; Justin Nadeau 1
SF: Brendan Lawson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bobby Boser 2 ; Colby Shelton 2 ; Luke Heyman 1 ; Blake Cyr 1 ; Brody Donay 3 ; Hayden Yost 1 ; Ashton Wilson 2 ; Justin Nadeau 1
SB: Bobby Boser 1 ; Hayden Yost 1 ; Ashton Wilson 1
Batting:
2B: Reese, Ace 1
HR: Frei, Gehrig 1 ; Stallman, Reed 1
RBI: Frei, Gehrig 1 ; Stallman, Reed 1 ; Powell, Joe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Frei, Gehrig 1 ; Chance, Bryce 1 ; Stallman, Reed 1
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