FSU baseball vs. Mississippi State: Live coverage of the Tallahassee Regional
FSU baseball vs. Mississippi State: Live coverage of the Tallahassee Regional
The FSU Seminoles are 1-0 in the Tallahassee Regional, and it is time for their second game of the tournament. The Seminoles are set to play the Mississippi State Bulldogs Saturday at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.
The Seminoles (39-14) beat the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 6-2 on Friday in the first game of the Tallahassee Regional. FSU got great work from its bullpen as the trio of Peyton Prescott, Chris Knier, and John Abraham pitched six shutout innings after a weather delay chased starter Joey Volini after three innings.
FSU's offense showcased its power as it hit three homers in the victory, including solo shots from Chase and Max Williams to take an early lead. Myles Bailey had the biggest swing of the game, hitting a two-run shot to retake the lead and fire up the fans. It is the freshman's fourth homer in the past three games.
The all-time series between FSU and Mississippi State is tied 7-7, but the Bulldogs have won the last three meetings, all of which were in Tallahassee. The Seminoles will be looking to avenge their loss in 2018, when Mississippi State won the Tallahassee Regional with a three-run, walk-off homer against them.
Follow along for live updates and highlights for the game between FSU and Mississippi State.
Arnold has not missed a beat after giving up a solo homer in the second and struckout the side in the third inning. He is up to seven strikeouts on the day. He has been efficient as well, with 30 of his 47 pitches going for strikes.
FSU's offense was unable to take advantage of a two-out walk and an error by Mississippi State as Faurot struckout to strand two runners.
The Bulldogs wasted no time answering as Noah Sullivan led off the bottom of the inning with a solo home run off the scoreboard in left, making it a 2-1 FSU lead. Arnold allowed a soft one-out single but got a strikeout and groundout to end the inning. FSU's ace has four strikeouts on 31 pitches through two innings.
Cal Fisher started the second inning with a ground-rule double before Drew Faurot opened the scoring with a two-run homer to right center. It was his 15th homer of the season and travelled 397 feet. Brody DeLamielleure singled off the right field fence but was stranded at second.
The Seminoles got a leadoff single by Gage Harrelson in the top of the inning, but that was all as Alex Lodise struck out before Max Williams and Myles Bailey both grounded out.
Jamie Arnold retired the side in the bottom of the inning, getting a flyout to center to start the game before back-to-back strikeouts. He needed just 12 pitches in the inning.
What channel is FSU vs Mississippi State on today? Time, TV schedule
Time: 6 p.m. ET
6 p.m. ET TV: ESPN2
ESPN2 Streaming: ESPN+
The game between the Seminoles and Bulldogs is set to start at 6 p.m. ET from Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Florda. The Seminoles are 25-7 at home this season.
The pitching matchup for FSU vs Mississippi State
MSU: LHP Pico Kohn (5-3, 4.13 ERA)
LHP Pico Kohn (5-3, 4.13 ERA) FSU: LHP Jamie Arnold (7-2, 3.04 ERA)
The Seminoles opted not to pitch ace Jamie Arnold against the No. 4 seed Bethune-Cookman, and the decision paid off as they will now get one to use of the top pitchers in the country against the Bulldogs.
Mississippi State did not use one of its regular starters and is turning to Pico Kohn, who leads them in innings pitched (76.1), strikeouts (107), and opponent batting average (.220). He has given up 31 extra-base hits on the season, including 11 home runs.
How to listen to the game between FSU and Mississippi State
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