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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A year ago, Chris Lemonis was tasked with finding a way to get Mississippi State back to reaching its heightened expectations. The Bulldogs followed up the schools’ first team National Championship by putting together two miserable seasons in a row. Consecutive years of missing out on postseason altogether called for a changing of the guard at pitching coach and Lemonis had to find a way to change it. While fans’ frustrations grew due to the length of time it took the coach to find his man, it was well worth the wait. South Carolina pitching coach Justin Parker has added...
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Although the disappointment of Mississippi State’s hosting snub is still fresh on the minds of the Diamond Dawgs this week, the team is turning the page. No matter the location, State’s hopes of making a run to the College World Series remain. A Regional at Virginia is the new challenge for a team that has been through quite a bit of adversity this season and managed to get back into postseason for the first time since the 2021 season. State (38-21) enter Friday night’s game one of the Charlottesville Regional having played good baseball down the stretch. Even some strug...
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At this point last season, Khal Stephen was finished with his sophomore season at Purdue and preparing to find a new home. Stephen had some up and down moments during the year with a 5.21 ERA 14 starts, but he found new life with Justin Parker and Mississippi State. On Friday evening at the Charlottesville Regional, Stephen will toe the rubber and start State’s postseason run against St. John’s in the NCAA Tournament. “It’s everything you could ask for. Just get the opportunity to set the tone early and go from there. I’m super pumped,” Stephen said. “It’s a big deal and we have pretty much ev...
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Mississippi State has arrived in Charlottesville, Va., as the Diamond Dawgs are hoping to have a long stay in the Northeast. Winning three games over the course of the next few days is the goal for the Bulldogs and it begins with a Friday night matchup with St. John’s at 6 p.m. Ahead of the start of Regional play, head coach Chris Lemonis spoke to the MSU contingent of media members after Thursday’s practice. Question: What do you think of this St. John’s matchup?CL: “They’re good. They do a lot of different things offensively and they have a mixed pitching staff that can do a lot of different...
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Another Major League Baseball season has arrived with more Diamond Dawgs making their names on the biggest stage. Early in the season, MSU had the most MLB players of any team in the SEC as Justin Foscue’s call up made 12 former Diamond Dawgs. Injuries have plagued several former Diamond Dawgs early this year, but they’re on the road to recovery and it should be an exciting year of baseball on the way. Kendall Graveman enters year 10 in the league as the eldest Dog still playing pro baseball but is expected to miss all of 2024 after having shoulder surgery. The same could be said for Brandon W...
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Mississippi State’s postseason coordinates are now set. Sunday brought the news that the Diamond Dawgs would be going on the road for postseason and Monday brought the locations and opponents. State is headed to the Charlottesville Regional to face off against the No. 12 overall seed Virginia as well as No. 3 seed St. John’s and No. 4 Pennsylvania. After two seasons spent at home for postseason play, the Bulldogs (38-21) return for the 40 Regional appearance in school history. State has a record of 125-90 in the NCAA Tournament dating back to 1949. State has won 17 Regionals over the course of...
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While disappointing to most that follow the maroon and white, Sunday night shouldn’t have been too much of a surprise. Word began to get around on Sunday afternoon that Mississippi State would likely not be getting a hosting spot in Starkville for the NCAA baseball tournament. State had ample opportunities to put their hosting fate in lockdown but the Bulldogs didn’t take care of their business. State lost seven games in a non-conference schedule that was ranked 132 nationally. None of those losses were particularly “good” for State. It included a game to Air Force (114 RPI) and Central Arkans...
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Speculation has been rampant for weeks now about Mississippi State’s chances of hosting a baseball Regional but that came to an end on Sunday night. The NCAA Selection Committee released its top 16 seeds on social media and Dudy Noble Field will be vacant for a third-straight June. The Bulldogs missed out on a hosting spot this season after being on and off the hosting bubble for the last month. The biggest issue that the Bulldogs had to fight in the selection process was the RPI. Despite the committee questioning the metric and adding new tools to the process this season, it appears to be som...
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A five-run fifth inning from No. 15 Mississippi State put the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers’ backs against the walls, but the Bulldogs couldn’t finish. An Amani Larry error with two outs in the seventh and a solo home run in the eighth from UT would be the difference in the game as the Vols eliminated State from the SEC Tournament, 6-5. The Bulldogs lost their second-straight game by one run and now have 12 losses on the year by that margin. State played with fire all night with the potent Volunteer offense as the SEC champions had a runner on base every inning. Starting pitcher Pico Kohn and rel...
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Jeff Lebby’s era of Mississippi State football has arrived. The Bulldogs are on their third coach in as many years as Mike Leach’s tragic passing opened the door for defensive coordinator Zach Arnett’s debut as head coach last year. That experiment failed before the year even ended for State and now it’s Lebby’s turn to take the wheel. While there is always a risk in hiring first time head coaches, Lebby brings to Starkville an exciting offensive scheme that has been productive everywhere he’s been. The coach has also brought with him some swagger that has the fanbase ready to see what’s next....
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