Mississippi State Sports Blog

Via Media Relations
Mississippi State completed a perfect opening weekend in the 2007 NCAA Baseball Championship Sunday night, downing host Florida State, the nation’s No. 6 seed overall, 9-4 to claim the crown of the Tallahassee Regional. The victory moves MSU into NCAA Super Regional play, which will be held next weekend at eight sites across [...]

Via Media Relations
Justin Pigott and Aaron Weatherford combined for a three-hit shutout Saturday night as No. 27 Mississippi State topped No. 6 national seed Florida State 3-0 in the winner’s bracket game of the 2007 NCAA Tallahassee Regional. It was the first shutout of the season for the Bulldogs (35-20) and the first shutout and [...]

The Diamond Dawgs won the first round of regional NCAA tournament play Friday by defeating Stetson.
Mitch Moreland broke a scoreless tie with a solo home run in the fourth and Mississippi State pulled away to a 6-3 victory over Stetson in the regional opener.
The Bulldogs broke the game open with a three-run sixth on RBI [...]

Wednesday, May 23

Game 1 10:00 a.m. #7 Seed vs. #2 Seed [CSS]
Game 2 1:00 p.m. #6 Seed vs. #3 Seed [CSS]
Game 3 5:00 p.m. #8 Seed vs. #1 Seed [CSS]
Game 4 8:00 p.m. #5 Seed vs. #4 Seed [CSS]

Thursday, May 24

Game 5 10:00 a.m. Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 [CSS]
Game 6 1:00 p.m. Loser G3 [...]

Via Media Relations
Mississippi State (32-16, 14-11 SEC) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead Sunday but was unable to hold off Georgia (22-31, 10-17 SEC), which completed a Sunday doubleheader sweep and clinched the SEC weekend series with a 5-3 win at Foley Field. It was Georgia’s fifth consecutive series win over MSU and State’s [...]

Via Media Relations
No. 15 Mississippi State scored seven runs in a decisive fifth inning, roaring past No. 19 Mississippi 14-9 in the first Governor’s Cup Tuesday night at Trustmark Park. With the victory, MSU improved to 24-8 and completed its most recent abbreviated road swing with a 5-1 mark. Ole Miss fell to 25-14.
The game [...]

Super Bulldog Weekend is scheduled for March 30 - April 1. The weekend is usually packed with sporting events, class reunions, concerts and more. It can be hard deciding what to attend and when.
I have created a public Google Calendar of the weekend’s events that anyone can use to plan their weekend out. Just click [...]

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10 Former, Current Major Leaguers Returning For Baseball Alumni Weekend
Anticipation is building for the 12th Mississippi State Baseball Alumni Weekend as the number of former Bulldog baseball players and managers returning for this weekend’s event on campus continues to grow.
More than 140 Diamond Dogs representing eight decades of MSU’s tradition-rich baseball program are expected to [...]

The Commercial Dispatch is reporting that Jeffrey Rea, who was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 33rd round, will return to Starkville for his senior season with the Mississippi State baseball team.
“I am 100 percent sure that I am coming back,” Rea said in a telephone interview from his apartment in South Varmouth, [...]

MSU Diamond Dawg Jeffrey Rea has been spending the summer in Massachusetts in the Cape Cod League. He was drafted 33rd by the Boston Red Sox in the MLB Draft, but has yet to either of two offers from them.
“They gave me two good offers, but I didn’t accept,” Rea said via a telephone interview [...]

With Will Clark’s recent induction into the College Baseball Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class, many people are looking back at his career at Mississippi State and what made him one of 9 players out of tens of thousands to be selected for this inaugural induction class.
This Clarion-Ledger article features interviews with [...]

Former MSU Diamond Dawg and six-time Major League All-Star selection Will Clark was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame’s inaugural class in a ceremony last week. FoxSports has announced three July airtimes for the induction ceremony.
FOX Sports Net and FOX College Sports will show the induction ceremony July 15 (Noon, CDT), July 22 [...]

Via The Clarion-Ledger
Even after a good year turned sour, Polk has never talked of not coming back for another round. His four year contract, which started when he returned to fill the HC spot, expired officially on June 30.
“There is nothing unusual about not having an agreement signed,” MSU athletic director Larry Templeton said. “We’ve [...]

Walter Sharpe has had a tough year. First, he was kicked off the Mississippi State men’s basketball team for breaking team rules, including missing a flight to California and not joining the team at the NCAA tournament. Once he returned to Birmingham, there were several incidents that kept him in the news, including being shot [...]