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Photo by: David Gray/Auburn Athletics
State Drops One-Run Decision At No. 11 Auburn
April 25, 2025 | Baseball
AUBURN, Ala. – Mississippi State dropped a tight 6-5 decision to No. 11 Auburn at Plainsman Park on Friday night.
The Diamond Dawgs moved the tying run into scoring position in the top of the ninth but were unable to push him across, falling to 24-18 overall and 6-13 in SEC play.
MSU had seven hits in the contest and scored all of its runs on a pair of homers by Noah Sullivan and Joe Powell. Sullivan started the scoring with a two-run shot in the fourth frame and Powell tied the game at five following his three-run shot in the seventh.
Pico Kohn (4-2) suffered the loss on the mound for the Bulldogs. Kohn struck out eight and only issued one walk through 6 2/3 innings.
Auburn finished with 10 hits and improved to 29-13 overall and 10-9 in conference play. Carson Myers (1-2) picked up the win in relief.
On Deck:
State continues the series in Auburn on Saturday at 6 p.m. and streaming on SEC Network+. The Diamond Dawgs plan to start junior right-hander Evan Siary (0-1, 4.00 ERA) on the mound while The Tigers counter with junior southpaw Cade Fiser (1-1, 4.71 ERA).
Game Notes:
Top 3rd
Sullivan hit a two-run home run to left field. Reese scored.
MSU 2, AU 0
Bottom 3rd
Chase Fralick singled to score Cade Belyeu.
Eric Snow scored on a sacrificed fly by Eric Guevara.
Rembert doubled to score Fralick and Cooper McMurray.
MSU 2, AU 4
Bottom 4th
Guevara singled to score Deric Fabian.
MSU 2, AU 5
Top 7th
Powell hit a three-run home run. Gatlin Sanders and Bryce Chance scored.
MSU 5, AU 5
Bottom 7th
McMurray doubled down the right-field line to score Snow.
MSU 5, AU 6
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The Diamond Dawgs moved the tying run into scoring position in the top of the ninth but were unable to push him across, falling to 24-18 overall and 6-13 in SEC play.
MSU had seven hits in the contest and scored all of its runs on a pair of homers by Noah Sullivan and Joe Powell. Sullivan started the scoring with a two-run shot in the fourth frame and Powell tied the game at five following his three-run shot in the seventh.
Pico Kohn (4-2) suffered the loss on the mound for the Bulldogs. Kohn struck out eight and only issued one walk through 6 2/3 innings.
Auburn finished with 10 hits and improved to 29-13 overall and 10-9 in conference play. Carson Myers (1-2) picked up the win in relief.
On Deck:
State continues the series in Auburn on Saturday at 6 p.m. and streaming on SEC Network+. The Diamond Dawgs plan to start junior right-hander Evan Siary (0-1, 4.00 ERA) on the mound while The Tigers counter with junior southpaw Cade Fiser (1-1, 4.71 ERA).
Game Notes:
- The game was delayed by a 3 hour and 13-minute weather delay. This marks Mississippi State's third game that started after 9 p.m. this season.
- Sullivan hit his 10th home run and collected his 50th RBI of the season.
- Powell hit his fourth home run of the year.
- Kohn recorded his longest outing of the spring after throwing a career-high 121 pitches over 6 2/3 frames.
Top 3rd
Sullivan hit a two-run home run to left field. Reese scored.
MSU 2, AU 0
Bottom 3rd
Chase Fralick singled to score Cade Belyeu.
Eric Snow scored on a sacrificed fly by Eric Guevara.
Rembert doubled to score Fralick and Cooper McMurray.
MSU 2, AU 4
Bottom 4th
Guevara singled to score Deric Fabian.
MSU 2, AU 5
Top 7th
Powell hit a three-run home run. Gatlin Sanders and Bryce Chance scored.
MSU 5, AU 5
Bottom 7th
McMurray doubled down the right-field line to score Snow.
MSU 5, AU 6
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Myers, Carson (1-2)
L: Kohn, Pico (4-2)
S: Hetzler, Ryan (5)
Batting:
HR: Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Powell, Joe 1
RBI: Sullivan, Noah 2 ; Powell, Joe 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Reese, Ace 1 ; Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Chance, Bryce 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1 ; Powell, Joe 1
HBP: Reese, Ace 1 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1
Batting:
2B: Rembert, Chris 1 ; McMurray, Cooper 1 ; Fabian, Deric 1
RBI: Rembert, Chris 2 ; McMurray, Cooper 1 ; Fralick, Chase 1 ; Guevara, Eric 2
SH: Carter, Bristol 1
SF: Guevara, Eric 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Belyeu, Cade 1 ; Snow, Eric 2 ; McMurray, Cooper 1 ; Fabian, Deric 1 ; Fralick, Chase 1
HBP: Rembert, Chris 1 ; Carter, Bristol 1 ; Snow, Eric 1
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