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The final 2026 fall exhibition opponent for @HailStateBB x.com/mgrissom/status/211240…
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Mississippi State and Western Kentucky split the sessions in their exhibition today, staged at the Jackson, TN Rockabillys Stadium. MSU took the first 5-2, WKU the second one 8-7. Here are comments from Coach Brian O’ Connor and players Will Craddock & Josiah Overbeek.
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Bottom 7th, Western Kentucky has an 8-7 lead over Mississippi State. Overbeek leads off and grounds out, Christman waves at strike three, and Hovater walks to put the tying run on.
Danza bats, wild pitch moves the runner, walk puts the winning run on. Firgens is up and walks to load the bases.
WKU changes pitchers to face Strohm with the winning run in scoring position with two out. He strikes out swinging and that’s a day. WKU takes the second session 8-7.
Weatern Kentucky 8-8-3
Mississippi State 7-6-1
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Top 7th, the final inning today, Landon Brown in to pitch for Mississippi State, which needs to hold the 8-7 Western Kentucky lead right there to have a chance in the bottom half.
Brown gets a ground ball to 2b for out one, a strikeout makes two away, but a walk gives WKU a two-out baserunner, but he’s picked off to end the half inning. Last chance coming up for State.
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Bottom 6th, Western Kentucky has taken an 8-7 lead over Mississippi State. Geertsma leads off and strikes out swinging, Mabeus strikes out, and Souders flies out to CF. We head to the final inning of the day.
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Top 6th, Mississippi State adds a run and leads Western Kentucky 7-5, with Wilson Andersen on to pitch. He gets a great snag at SS by Geertsma and tag at 1b by Overbeek to keep the leadoff batter off base. A called strikeout makes two away, then a walk gives WKU a baserunner.
An error puts runners on the corners, and State will huddle on the mound. Andersen stays in and a hot shot past SS scores a run, corners again and a single to CF makes it 7-7. Corners a third time, and a ball gets away to give WKU its first lead since the 2nd inning.
Runner in scoring position and still two out, a walk draws Head Coach Brian O’ Connor to the mound, followed by Carson Fair to pitch. He gets a fly ball to CF that finally ends the inning, but the Hilltoppers reclaim the early lead with the Bulldogs having just two innings left to overcome it. WKU 8, MSU 7.
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Bottom 5th of seven scheduled, Mississippi State looks to expand a 6-5 lead over Western Kentucky. Christman is first and is hit, then Hovater bunts him into scoring position. Danza is rung up, and Firgens follows. He singles into LCF and drives in the run, 7-5. Strohm follows and walks to put two on and two out. Hanna flies to CF to end the inning, but MSU gets a run for the first time in three innings and takes a two-run lead.
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Top 5th, Denton Lord in to pitch for Mississippi State, leading Western Kentucky 6-5. He gives up a leadoff single to LF, then gets a 6u-3 double play and a strikeout to face the minimum.
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Bottom 4th, Mississippi State looks to expand a narrow 6-5 lead over Western Kentucky, its runs all,coming in the 2nd inning.
Hanna leads off with a walk, followed by Geertsma. He strikes out and Mabeus is up. He walks and puts two on with one out.
WKU changes pitchers to face Souders, who strikes out swinging. Overbrook flies out to LF, and the Bulldogs can’t add on, still 6-5.
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Top 4th, Jack Bauer in to pitch for Mississippi State and defend the 6-4 lead over Western Kentucky. He walks the first two batters and draws a mound visit.
Two on, no out, a third walk loads the bases, and that will end Bauer’s day. Jack Gleason is brought on in relief. He gets a strikeout, then a line drive to RF is caught but drives in a run, no other advance. Another strikeout ends the inning, but WKU has cut the lead to a single run, 6-5.
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Bottom 3rd, Mississippi State 6, Weatern Kentucky 4. Hovater leads off and strikes out. Danza follows with a ground out to 3b, Firgens walks, and Strohm bats. Firgens steals 2b, but Strohm’s ground ball to 2b ends the inning at 6-4 State.
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Top 3rd, Parker Rhodes is in to pitch for Mississippi State, which used six runs in the 2nd to turn a three-run deficit into a three-run lead over Western Kentucky, 0-3 to 6-3.
He gets the leadoff batter on a strikeout, then gives up a home run to LF that bounces off the roof beyond the Blue Monster wall. Rhodes comes back for out two on a strikeout, then a single puts one on for WKU.
A caught stealing ends the half inning, but the MSU lead is cut to 6-4.
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Bottom 2nd, Western Kentucky 3, Mississippi State 0. Noah Danza leads off and reaches on a SS error. Peyton Firgens bats and walks for two on, no out.
Hunter Strohm bats and loads the bases on another SS error. Bases loaded, Michael Hanna singles to RF and drives in a pair to make it 2-3.
WKU changes pitchers to face Geertsma with runners on the corners and no outs. He doubles to LF, ties the score 3-3 and puts two more in scoring position.
Burke-Lee Mabeus hits a sac fly to RCF, both runners tag, and MSU takes a 4-3 lead. Infield in for Jake Souders, who walks to put runners on the corners with one out.
Stolen base puts two in scoring position for Josiah Overbeek. He strikes out but when a pitch bounces away twice, two runs score to make it 6-3. Christman reaches on the third error of the inning but is caught stealing for out three. It’s a good inning for State, which now leads by three.
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Top 2nd, Allen back on the mound to face Western Kentucky, which leads Mississippi State 2-0. He gives up a double down the LF line that bounces just over Noah Danna’s reach. A walk puts two on and no outs, followed by a bunt that moves two into scoring position.
A ground ball scores one, and a strikeout ends the half inning. But, the Hilltoppers tack on another run and now lead the Bulldogs 3-0.
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Bottom 1st, Mississippi State comes to bat trailing Western Kentucky 0-2. Zach Geertsma leads off and singles to LCF, Burke-Lee Mabeus follows with a bouncing ball up the middle that puts runners at the corners.
Jake Souders bats and after a stolen base strikes out. Josiah Overbeek bats and strikes out swinging, Brady Christman is next and walks on a check swing to load the bases for Harlin Hovater. He flies out to the track in LF, and the Bulldogs strand three.
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Top 1st of session two, Thomas Allen starts on the mound for Mississippi State vs Western Kentucky.
He hits the leadoff batter, who’s attended to immediately at the plate. He stays in and gets polite applause from the estimated crowd of about 2,000 today, then scores on a double down the RF line.
Ground all to SS is the first out and moves the runner to 3b. He scores on a single to CF, (begin video) the runner bunted to 2b, and a ground ball to 2b ends the top half. WKU 2, MSU coming to bat.
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