2014 SEC Baseball Tournament Begins Tuesday
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Looking for its eighth championship in the event, the 17th-ranked Mississippi State baseball team (35-20, 18-12 SEC) will play Georgia (26-28-1, 11-18-1 SEC) in the final game of the opening day of the 2014 SEC Tournament Tuesday night. The game will begin shortly after the conclusion of the 4:30 p.m. contest between Alabama and Kentucky.
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Live Video and Television
Tuesday’s game will be broadcast on CSS and streamed live on ESPN3.
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Live Audio and Radio
The tournament will be available on the Mississippi State Baseball Radio Network and at HailStateTV.com. The game will also be on Sirius XM – Sirius 108 and XM 199.
Tickets and Promotions
Tickets are still available and can be purchased at online on the SEC website.
Probable Starters
Mississippi State Jr. LHP Lucas Laster (0-0, 1.52 ERA) vs. Georgia Sr. RHP Dylan Cole (1-0, 4.72 ERA)
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Social Media
Fans can follow the tourney on social media by searching for “HailStateBB” on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. All-Access coverage of the program can also be found on FanCred.
Rankings
Mississippi State – 17th in Collegiate Baseball, 18th in Baseball America, 19th in Perfect Game, 21st in NCBWA and 22nd in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll
Georgia – Unranked
Mississippi State – 30
Georgia – 55
NEED TO KNOW
- Mississippi State has won seven SEC Tournament championships, with its last title coming in 2012.
- The Maroon and White are 60-46 all-time in the SEC Tournament, including a 8-2 the last two years.
- State is 7-4 all-time against Georgia in the SEC Tournament, with its last meeting being a 10-3 win in Hoover in the 2002 tournament.
- MSU’s 18 SEC wins this year tied for the third-most in school history and were the most since the 1997 College World Series squad finished 19-11 in conference play.
- The Bulldogs have won 16-plus SEC games in three-straight seasons for just the third time in history and the first time in 24 years (1983-85, 1988-90, 2012-14).
- John Cohen’s club has won 10 of its last 11 games away from Dudy Noble Field, including a 10-game road winning streak, the longest in 20 years (1994).
- State has won 50 SEC games the last three years, the best three-year stretch since 1996-98.
- The starting rotation of Trevor Fitts, Ross Mitchell and Preston Brown have combined for a 2.28 ERA, the 10th lowest ERA of any weekend rotation in the country.
- MSU’s bullpen has allowed just four earned runs in its last 45.0 innings of relief this season.
- The last two tournaments in Hoover, the MSU bullpen is 6-1 with four saves and a 1.52 ERA in 65.0 innings pitched, including a 0.18 ERA in eight wins.
- All-American candidate Brett Pirtle has reached base in a SEC record 60-straight games against SEC opponents and a season-high 36-straight games overall.
- All-SEC candidate Seth Heck led all SEC shortstops in conference play with a .986 fielding percentage.
- Heck has hit safely in a team season-long 15-straight games and has reached base safely in a career-best 22-consecutive games overall.