Mississippi State
24-16, 6-12
Florida
27-15, 6-12
Diamond Dawgs Top Florida On Easter Sunday
April 20, 2025 | Baseball
The Diamond Dawgs (24-16, 6-12 SEC) had a pair of five-run innings in the bottom of the third and eighth to pave the way to victory.
Ace Reese led the way for the State offense going 4-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.Gehrig Frei ended the afternoon 3-for-5 with two solo homers. Bryce Chance and Joe Powell had two hits and drove in three runs apiece. All of Powell's RBIs came on a third-inning homer that gave the Diamond Dawgs a commanding 7-2 lead.
Karson Ligon drew the Sunday start on the mound for State. He put in five innings of work with four strikeouts, earning the win to even his record at 4-4. Ben Davis tossed 2 1/3 innings of relief and stuck out one. Nate Williams punched out a pair through 2/3 innings. Stone Simmons hurled a scoreless ninth inning to seal the win for the Diamond Dawgs.
Florida (27-15, 6-12) finished with 13 hits with starter Luke McNeillie suffering the loss after surrendering seven runs on seven hits through 2 2/3 innings.
On Deck: Mississippi State and Ole Miss face off in the annual Governor's Cup at Trustmark Park in Pearl on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Game Notes:
- Reese's homer gives him a team-high 13 long balls, three more than the next closest on the team, Noah Sullivan.
- Sunday was Frei's second multi-homer game of the season.
Top 1st
Colby Shelton hit a two-run home run to plate Bobby Boser.
MSU 0, Florida 2
Bottom 1st
Reese hit a two-run home run to plate Sawyer Reeves.
MSU 2, Florida 2
Bottom 3rd
Reese scored off a sacrifice fly by Reed Stallman. Chance plated Noah Sullivan with a single to left field. Powell hit a three-run home run to plate Gatlin Sanders and Chance.
MSU 7, Florida 2
Top 4th
Hayden Yost scored off a ground out by Ashton Wilson.
MSU 7, Florida 3
Bottom 4th
Hunter Hines scored on a passed ball.
MSU 8, Florida 3
Top 5th
Brendan Lawson scored off an error by the shortstop. Brody Donay hit a solo home run to right field.
MSU 8, Florida 5
Bottom 5th
Frei hit a solo home run to left field.
MSU 9, Florida 5
Top 8th
Wilson plated Yost with a two-run home run. Justin Nadeau hit a solo home run.
MSU 9, Florida 8
Bottom 8th
Frei hit a solo home run to right field. Hines and Reese scored off a single from Chance. Sanders plated Stallman and Chance with a double to center field.
MSU 14, Florida 8
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ligon, Karson (4-4)
L: Luke McNeillie (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Luke Heyman 1
3B: Brendan Lawson 1
HR: Colby Shelton 1 ; Brody Donay 1 ; Ashton Wilson 1 ; Justin Nadeau 1
RBI: Colby Shelton 2 ; Brody Donay 1 ; Ashton Wilson 3 ; Justin Nadeau 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bobby Boser 1 ; Colby Shelton 1 ; Brendan Lawson 1 ; Brody Donay 1 ; Hayden Yost 2 ; Ashton Wilson 1 ; Justin Nadeau 1
SB: Hayden Yost 1
CS: Bobby Boser 1
HBP: Bobby Boser 1 ; Colby Shelton 1
Batting:
2B: Sanders, Gatlin 1
HR: Frei, Gehrig 2 ; Reese, Ace 1 ; Powell, Joe 1
RBI: Frei, Gehrig 2 ; Reese, Ace 2 ; Stallman, Reed 1 ; Chance, Bryce 3 ; Sanders, Gatlin 2 ; Powell, Joe 3
SF: Stallman, Reed 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Frei, Gehrig 2 ; Reeves, Sawyer 1 ; Reese, Ace 3 ; Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Hines, Hunter 2 ; Stallman, Reed 1 ; Chance, Bryce 2 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1 ; Powell, Joe 1
HBP: Stallman, Reed 1 ; Chance, Bryce 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1
