Ole Miss and Mississippi State will meet Wednesday for the annual Governor’s Cup matchup in college baseball.
On Wednesday night in college baseball, No. 16 Mississippi State will host Ole Miss at Trustmark Park for the teams’ annual Governor’s Cup game. The Rebels come into the mid-week matchup with an overall record of 23-20 and a conference record of 7-14, which puts them in sixth place in the SEC West standings. Over the weekend, the team hosted No. 18 Alabama and dropped two of the three with the finale being a tough 10-3 loss. Eli Berch opened the scoring in the game with an RBI single, but the Crimson Tide went on to score the next eight runs before Jackson Ross stepped up and hit a two-run shot to left field. Alabama put the game out of reach by adding another two runs in the top of the ninth. Wes Mendes earned his first loss of the season after giving up four earned runs in 1.1 innings on the mound.
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Game Date: May 1, 2024
Game Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN U (G)
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The Bulldogs are on a two-game win streak after beating No. 11 Vanderbilt in the final two games of their SEC series over the weekend to improve to 29-15 overall and 12-9 in conference play. That puts them in third place in the SEC West. The series finale was a back-and-forth battle that resulted in a narrow 8-7 victory for Mississippi State. The Bulldogs opened the scoring with a five-run inning powered by a two-run double from Connor Hujsak and a three-run homer from Logan Kohler. David Mershon made it a 6-0 game with a solo home run in the fourth, but the Commodores put up six runs in the sixth to tie things up before taking a 7-6 lead in the seventh. Hunter Hines hit a two-run walk-off in the ninth to secure the win for the Bulldogs. Tyson Hardin earned the save with one inning of work on the mound.
Ole Miss and Mississippi State have already played three times this season in their SEC series, which resulted in the Rebels taking the first game in an 8-0 win, before the Bulldogs won the second and third game with scores of 10-9 and 14-2, respectively.
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