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State Sweeps Mizzou To Conclude Regular Season
May 17, 2025 | Baseball
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The Mississippi State bats stayed hot on Saturday as the Bulldogs earned a run-rule, 12-1 victory over Missouri to polish off a sweep of this weekend's series. MSU used a six-run first inning to set the tone for the blowout win.
Ace Reese and Noah Sullivan each had a pair of hits and both connected for home runs for the Diamond Dawgs. Hunter Hines also added a two-run homer to extend his MSU career record to 69 big flies. Bryce Chance, Nolan Stevens and Reed Stallman all recorded doubles as part of State's 11-hit attack.
Karson Ligon drew the start on the mound and earned the win to bring his record to 6-5. He struck out seven, surrendered only three hits and a run, and didn't allow a walk over five innings of work. Ryan McPherson and Charlie Foster each tossed scoreless frames to close out the triumph for MSU.
With the win, MSU now heads into the Southeastern Conference Tournament with a 34-20 overall record and 15-15 mark in SEC play.
Mizzou dropped to 16-37 overall and 3-27 in conference action to end the regular season.
On Deck:
Mississippi State travels to Hoover, Ala. for the SEC Tournament. MSU begins play at the event on Tuesday, May 20, against Texas A&M. The Aggies and Diamond Dawgs will square off in the final game of the day, likely around 8 pm CT. The game will be televised by SEC Network.
Game Notes:
Scoring Summary:
Top 1st
Hines hit a home run to right center. Sullivan scored.
Ross Highfill singled to score Chance.
Stevens doubled to left center. Stallman and Highfill scored.
Gatlin Sanders singled to score Stevens.
MSU 6, MU 0
Top 2nd
Sullivan hit a two-run home run to right to score Reese.
MSU 8, MU 0
Bottom 2nd
Brock Daniels hit a sacrifice fly to score Mateo Serna.
MSU 8, MU 1
Top 4th
Reese hit a home run to right center.
MSU 9, MU 1
Top 6th
Reese scored on a fielder's choice from Chance.
Stallman doubled to score Sullivan and Chance.
MSU 12, MU 1
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Ace Reese and Noah Sullivan each had a pair of hits and both connected for home runs for the Diamond Dawgs. Hunter Hines also added a two-run homer to extend his MSU career record to 69 big flies. Bryce Chance, Nolan Stevens and Reed Stallman all recorded doubles as part of State's 11-hit attack.
Karson Ligon drew the start on the mound and earned the win to bring his record to 6-5. He struck out seven, surrendered only three hits and a run, and didn't allow a walk over five innings of work. Ryan McPherson and Charlie Foster each tossed scoreless frames to close out the triumph for MSU.
With the win, MSU now heads into the Southeastern Conference Tournament with a 34-20 overall record and 15-15 mark in SEC play.
Mizzou dropped to 16-37 overall and 3-27 in conference action to end the regular season.
On Deck:
Mississippi State travels to Hoover, Ala. for the SEC Tournament. MSU begins play at the event on Tuesday, May 20, against Texas A&M. The Aggies and Diamond Dawgs will square off in the final game of the day, likely around 8 pm CT. The game will be televised by SEC Network.
Game Notes:
- Mississippi State's 15 home runs over the weekend were the most in a series this year.
- The Diamond Dawgs tied their team single-season home run record after Reese hit the club's 97th homer of the season. The previous record was set in 1998.
- Reese extended his hitting streak to 21 games.
- Foster made his first appearance on the mound since March 16.
Scoring Summary:
Top 1st
Hines hit a home run to right center. Sullivan scored.
Ross Highfill singled to score Chance.
Stevens doubled to left center. Stallman and Highfill scored.
Gatlin Sanders singled to score Stevens.
MSU 6, MU 0
Top 2nd
Sullivan hit a two-run home run to right to score Reese.
MSU 8, MU 0
Bottom 2nd
Brock Daniels hit a sacrifice fly to score Mateo Serna.
MSU 8, MU 1
Top 4th
Reese hit a home run to right center.
MSU 9, MU 1
Top 6th
Reese scored on a fielder's choice from Chance.
Stallman doubled to score Sullivan and Chance.
MSU 12, MU 1
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ligon, Karson (6-5)
L: Josh McDevitt (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Chance, Bryce 1 ; Stallman, Reed 1 ; Stevens, Nolan 1
HR: Reese, Ace 1 ; Sullivan, Noah 1 ; Hines, Hunter 1
RBI: Reese, Ace 1 ; Sullivan, Noah 2 ; Hines, Hunter 2 ; Chance, Bryce 1 ; Stallman, Reed 2 ; Highfill, Ross 1 ; Stevens, Nolan 2 ; Sanders, Gatlin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Reese, Ace 3 ; Sullivan, Noah 3 ; Hines, Hunter 1 ; Chance, Bryce 2 ; Stallman, Reed 1 ; Highfill, Ross 1 ; Stevens, Nolan 1
SB: Highfill, Ross 1
HBP: Sullivan, Noah 2 ; Hines, Hunter 1 ; Stallman, Reed 1
Batting:
RBI: Brock Daniels 1
SF: Brock Daniels 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mateo Serna 1
HBP: Cayden Nicoletto 1 ; Keegan Knutson 1 ; Jedier Hernandez 1
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