Baseball Drops Hard-Fought Game To No. 2 Mississippi State, 6-4

Wednesday, March 20

Birmingham, Ala.

6:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

14-6

#2 Mississippi State

20-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Mississippi State	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	11	1
Samford	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	3

Box Score (PDF)

Baseball Drops Hard-Fought Game To No. 2 Mississippi State, 6-4

3.20.19 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford baseball team jumped out to an early lead, but could not hold on as second-ranked Mississippi State came back to take a 6-4 win over Samford Wednesday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field.

The game was played in front of a crowd of 2,284 fans, the second-largest crowd in stadium history. With the loss, Samford falls to 14-6 on the season. Mississippi State improves to 20-2 with the win.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Jordan Fucci led Samford at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI.
Anthony Mulrine went 2-for-5 for Samford, while Max Pinto and Connor Burns drove in a run each.
Jack Rude (0-2), one of six pitchers used by Samford, took the loss. He tossed 2.1 innings in relief, giving up four unearned runs on four hits.
Jake Mangum and Justin Foscue each went 3-for-5 with an RBI to lead Mississippi State offensively.
Rowdey Jordan went 2-for-5 with an RBI, while Landon Jordan drove in two runs in a 1-for-5 performance.
Tyler Spring (1-0), one of six pitchers used by MSU, earned the win, tossing 2.0 innings, allowing no runs on one hit.
Cole Gordon picked up his sixth save of the season, pitching the final hitless inning for Mississippi State.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford jumped on top with four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Fucci hit a two-run home run to left-center field for the first two runs of the game. Pinto and Burns drove in a run each later in the inning to give Samford an early 4-0 lead.
Mississippi State plated a run in the fourth inning and another in the fifth to cut the lead to 4-2.
MSU took the lead for good with four runs in the top of the seventh inning to make the final score 6-4. Landon Jordan, Rowdey Jordan, Mangum and Jordan Westburg drove in a run each in the decisive inning for MSU.

LOOKING AHEAD
Samford will open Southern Conference play with a three-game series versus Furman this weekend at Joe Lee Griffin Field. The teams are scheduled to play Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.