Mississippi State starters:

34/2b/Frei,Gehrig; 03/3b/Reese,Ace; 18/dh/Sullivan,Noah; 07/1b/Stallman,Reed; 09/ss/Woodson,Ryder; 19/c/Raymond,Andrew; 02/rf/Parker,Jacob; 06/lf/Nunnallee,James; 38/cf/Chance,Bryce; 37/p/Sweeney,Brendan;

Southern Miss starters:

7/rf/Higdon,Ben; 1/cf/Urban,Joey; 19/1b/Russo,Matthew; 11/lf/Gillespie,Davis; 15/3b/Barrett,Drey; 17/2b/Morrison,Kyle; 36/c/Stockman,Tucker; 3/ss/Smith,Seth; 2/dh/Stelly,Caleb; 21/p/Causey,Dylan;

1st Inning

Top of 1st - MSU batting

Frei,Gehrig lined out to lf (1-1 BF).

Reese,Ace grounded out, 2b to 1b (0-2 KF).

Sullivan,Noah struck out swinging (1-2 FBFS).

Bottom of 1st - USM batting

Higdon,Ben doubled to left field (0-0).

Urban,Joey grounded out, 1b to p (2-2 BKBF); Higdon,Ben advanced to third base.

Russo,Matthew struck out swinging (2-2 BFBFS).

Gillespie,Davis walked (3-1 BBBKB).

Barrett,Drey homered to deep left field (450 ft), 2nd of season, 3RBI (1-1 SB); Higdon,Ben scored; Gillespie,Davis scored from first base.

Morrison,Kyle doubled to right center (1-0 B).

Mound visit (MSU)

Stockman,Tucker struck out swinging (2-2 KKFBFFFFBS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	0	0	0	0
USM	3	3	0	1

2nd Inning

Top of 2nd - MSU batting

USM pitching change: Farr,Kevin replaces Causey,Dylan.

Stallman,Reed struck out swinging (0-2 FKS).

Woodson,Ryder flied out to rf (1-0 B).

Raymond,Andrew singled to center field (0-0).

Parker,Jacob struck out swinging (2-2 BSSBS).

Bottom of 2nd - USM batting

Smith,Seth flied out to cf (0-2 SK).

Stelly,Caleb grounded out, 2b to 1b (1-0 B).

Higdon,Ben walked (3-2 BSBBFB).

Urban,Joey reached on a fielding error fielding by ss by Woodson,Ryder (E6) (1-2 SBF); Higdon,Ben scored from first base, unearned.

MSU pitching change: Gleason,Jack replaces Sweeney,Brendan.

Russo,Matthew struck out swinging (1-2 KFFBFS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	0	1	0	1
USM	1	0	1	1

3rd Inning

Top of 3rd - MSU batting

USM pitching change: Littleton,Bruce replaces Farr,Kevin.

Nunnallee,James flied out to rf (0-1 K).

Chance,Bryce walked (3-1 BBKBB).

Frei,Gehrig struck out swinging (3-2 BFFBBFS).

Reese,Ace struck out swinging (1-2 SKBS).

Bottom of 3rd - USM batting

Gillespie,Davis struck out swinging (0-2 KKFS).

Barrett,Drey struck out swinging (2-2 FBBSS).

Morrison,Kyle struck out looking (1-2 KBFFK).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	0	0	0	1
USM	0	0	0	0

4th Inning

Top of 4th - MSU batting

USM pitching change: Mitchell,Sam replaces Littleton,Bruce.

Sullivan,Noah walked (3-2 BKBKBB).

Stallman,Reed singled to right center (3-1 KBBB); Sullivan,Noah advanced from first base to third base.

USM pitching change: Armistead,JW replaces Mitchell,Sam.

Woodson,Ryder struck out swinging (0-2 KKS).

Raymond,Andrew struck out swinging (0-2 FSS).

Parker,Jacob flied out to cf (1-1 BF).

Bottom of 4th - USM batting

Stockman,Tucker struck out swinging (3-2 KSBBBS).

Smith,Seth homered to right field (373 ft), 1st of season, RBI (2-0 BB).

Stelly,Caleb singled to right field (1-2 KKB).

MSU pitching change: Foster,Charlie replaces Gleason,Jack.

Higdon,Ben reached on a fielder's choice hit to first base (3-2 BSBBK); Stelly,Caleb out at second base, 1b to ss.

Urban,Joey walked (3-1 BSBBB); Higdon,Ben advanced to second base.

Mound visit (MSU)

Russo,Matthew struck out swinging (2-2 BBKFS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	0	1	0	2
USM	1	2	0	2

5th Inning

Top of 5th - MSU batting

USM pitching change: Broadhead,Teague replaces Armistead,JW.

Nunnallee,James grounded out, p to 1b (0-0).

Chance,Bryce grounded out, p to 1b (1-1 BK).

Frei,Gehrig infield singled to short (0-2 SK).

Frei,Gehrig stole second base.

Reese,Ace walked (3-2 KBSBBB).

Sullivan,Noah doubled to right field, 2RBI (3-2 BSFBFB); Frei,Gehrig scored from second base; Reese,Ace scored from first base.

Stallman,Reed singled to right field, RBI (0-1 K); Sullivan,Noah scored from second base; Stallman,Reed out at second base, rf to ss.

Bottom of 5th - USM batting

MSU pitching change: Rhodes,Parker replaces Foster,Charlie.

Gillespie,Davis grounded out, ss to 1b (1-1 BK).

Barrett,Drey grounded out, 3b to 1b (0-2 SS).

Morrison,Kyle walked (3-2 SBSBBB).

Stockman,Tucker flied out to rf (1-0 B).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	3	3	0	0
USM	0	0	0	1

6th Inning

Top of 6th - MSU batting

USM pitching change: Sivley,Kros replaces Broadhead,Teague.

Woodson,Ryder grounded out, ss to 1b (0-2 FS).

Raymond,Andrew grounded out, ss to 1b (1-1 FB).

Parker,Jacob grounded out, 2b to 1b (1-1 BF).

Bottom of 6th - USM batting

Smith,Seth grounded out, ss to 1b (0-0).

Stelly,Caleb flied out to rf (0-2 FF).

Higdon,Ben walked (3-0 BBBB).

Mound visit (MSU)

Urban,Joey reached on a fielder's choice hit to short (0-0); Higdon,Ben out at second base, ss to 2b.

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	0	0	0	0
USM	0	0	0	1

7th Inning

Top of 7th - MSU batting

Nunnallee,James singled up the middle (0-2 KS).

Chance,Bryce hit by pitch (0-0 B); Nunnallee,James advanced to second base.

Frei,Gehrig popped up to p, bunt (0-0).

Reese,Ace singled down the left field line (0-1 K); Nunnallee,James advanced to third base; Chance,Bryce advanced to second base.

USM pitching change: Och,Josh replaces Sivley,Kros.

Sullivan,Noah struck out swinging (1-2 KBKS).

Stallman,Reed singled to left field, 2RBI (1-2 FKB); Nunnallee,James scored; Chance,Bryce scored from second base; Reese,Ace advanced to second base.

Woodson,Ryder singled up the middle, RBI (2-0 BB); Reese,Ace scored from second base; Stallman,Reed advanced to second base.

Mound visit (USM)

Raymond,Andrew grounded out, ss to 1b (2-0 BB).

Bottom of 7th - USM batting

MSU pitching change: Miller,Maddox replaces Rhodes,Parker.

Russo,Matthew singled up the middle (2-0 BB).

Gillespie,Davis flied out to lf (1-2 FBS).

Barrett,Drey doubled to right field (1-2 KBK); Russo,Matthew advanced from first base to third base.

Morrison,Kyle struck out on a dropped third strike and reached on a wild pitch (1-3 BSSS); Russo,Matthew scored; Barrett,Drey advanced to third base.

Stockman,Tucker struck out swinging (2-2 KBBFS); Barrett,Drey scored on a wild pitch; Morrison,Kyle advanced to second base on a wild pitch.

MSU pitching change: Burns,Dane replaces Miller,Maddox.

Smith,Seth struck out swinging (0-2 FKS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	3	4	0	2
USM	2	2	0	1

8th Inning

Top of 8th - MSU batting

Parker,Jacob hit by pitch (0-1 SB).

Nunnallee,James flied out to rf (0-2 FK).

Chance,Bryce popped up in behind home plate foul territory putout by c (2-0 BB).

Parker,Jacob stole second base.

Frei,Gehrig struck out looking (3-2 SFFFBFBBK).

Bottom of 8th - USM batting

Stelly,Caleb walked (3-2 FKBBFBB).

USM substitution: Long,Ty pinch running for Stelly,Caleb.

MSU pitching change: Webb,Maddox replaces Burns,Dane.

Higdon,Ben sacrifice bunt, 3b to 1b (0-0); Long,Ty advanced to second base.

Urban,Joey struck out swinging (1-2 KSBS).

Russo,Matthew struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	0	0	0	1
USM	0	0	0	1

9th Inning

Top of 9th - MSU batting

USM position change: Long,Ty remains in the game at dh

USM pitching change: Clark,Camden replaces Och,Josh.

Reese,Ace flied out to rf (0-0).

Sullivan,Noah flied out to ss (2-2 BFSBFF).

Stallman,Reed walked (3-2 BKFBBB).

MSU substitution: Sanders,Gatlin pinch running for Stallman,Reed.

Woodson,Ryder struck out swinging (1-2 KBFFS).

This Inning	R	H	E	L
MSU	0	0	0	1

Mississippi State starters:

Southern Miss starters:

7/rf/Higdon,Ben; 1/cf/Urban,Joey; 19/1b/Russo,Matthew; 11/lf/Gillespie,Davis; 15/3b/Barrett,Drey; 17/2b/Morrison,Kyle; 36/c/Stockman,Tucker; 3/ss/Smith,Seth; 2/dh/Stelly,Caleb; 21/p/Causey,Dylan;

Bottom of 1st - USM batting

Higdon,Ben doubled to left field (0-0).

Urban,Joey grounded out, 1b to p (2-2 BKBF); Higdon,Ben advanced to third base.

Russo,Matthew struck out swinging (2-2 BFBFS).

Gillespie,Davis walked (3-1 BBBKB).

Barrett,Drey homered to deep left field (450 ft), 2nd of season, 3RBI (1-1 SB); Higdon,Ben scored; Gillespie,Davis scored from first base.

Morrison,Kyle doubled to right center (1-0 B).

Mound visit (MSU)

Stockman,Tucker struck out swinging (2-2 KKFBFFFFBS).

3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

Bottom of 2nd - USM batting

Smith,Seth flied out to cf (0-2 SK).

Stelly,Caleb grounded out, 2b to 1b (1-0 B).

Higdon,Ben walked (3-2 BSBBFB).

Urban,Joey reached on a fielding error fielding by ss by Woodson,Ryder (E6) (1-2 SBF); Higdon,Ben scored from first base, unearned.

MSU pitching change: Gleason,Jack replaces Sweeney,Brendan.

Russo,Matthew struck out swinging (1-2 KFFBFS).

1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.

Bottom of 4th - USM batting

Stockman,Tucker struck out swinging (3-2 KSBBBS).

Smith,Seth homered to right field (373 ft), 1st of season, RBI (2-0 BB).

Stelly,Caleb singled to right field (1-2 KKB).

MSU pitching change: Foster,Charlie replaces Gleason,Jack.

Higdon,Ben reached on a fielder's choice hit to first base (3-2 BSBBK); Stelly,Caleb out at second base, 1b to ss.

Urban,Joey walked (3-1 BSBBB); Higdon,Ben advanced to second base.

Mound visit (MSU)

Russo,Matthew struck out swinging (2-2 BBKFS).

1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.

Top of 5th - MSU batting

USM pitching change: Broadhead,Teague replaces Armistead,JW.

Nunnallee,James grounded out, p to 1b (0-0).

Chance,Bryce grounded out, p to 1b (1-1 BK).

Frei,Gehrig infield singled to short (0-2 SK).

Frei,Gehrig stole second base.

Reese,Ace walked (3-2 KBSBBB).

Sullivan,Noah doubled to right field, 2RBI (3-2 BSFBFB); Frei,Gehrig scored from second base; Reese,Ace scored from first base.

Stallman,Reed singled to right field, RBI (0-1 K); Sullivan,Noah scored from second base; Stallman,Reed out at second base, rf to ss.

3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.

Top of 7th - MSU batting

Nunnallee,James singled up the middle (0-2 KS).

Chance,Bryce hit by pitch (0-0 B); Nunnallee,James advanced to second base.

Frei,Gehrig popped up to p, bunt (0-0).

Reese,Ace singled down the left field line (0-1 K); Nunnallee,James advanced to third base; Chance,Bryce advanced to second base.

USM pitching change: Och,Josh replaces Sivley,Kros.

Sullivan,Noah struck out swinging (1-2 KBKS).

Stallman,Reed singled to left field, 2RBI (1-2 FKB); Nunnallee,James scored; Chance,Bryce scored from second base; Reese,Ace advanced to second base.

Woodson,Ryder singled up the middle, RBI (2-0 BB); Reese,Ace scored from second base; Stallman,Reed advanced to second base.

Mound visit (USM)

Raymond,Andrew grounded out, ss to 1b (2-0 BB).

3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.

Bottom of 7th - USM batting

MSU pitching change: Miller,Maddox replaces Rhodes,Parker.

Russo,Matthew singled up the middle (2-0 BB).

Gillespie,Davis flied out to lf (1-2 FBS).

Barrett,Drey doubled to right field (1-2 KBK); Russo,Matthew advanced from first base to third base.

Morrison,Kyle struck out on a dropped third strike and reached on a wild pitch (1-3 BSSS); Russo,Matthew scored; Barrett,Drey advanced to third base.

Stockman,Tucker struck out swinging (2-2 KBBFS); Barrett,Drey scored on a wild pitch; Morrison,Kyle advanced to second base on a wild pitch.

MSU pitching change: Burns,Dane replaces Miller,Maddox.

Smith,Seth struck out swinging (0-2 FKS).

2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.

Mississippi State at Southern Miss
03/03/2026 at Pete Taylor Park-Hill Denson Field (Hattiesburg, Miss.)

Score by Innings	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Mississippi State	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0		6	9	1	8
Southern Miss	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X		7	7	0	8

Mississippi State Scorecard

#	Player	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	AB	R	H	RBI
1	#34 Frei, Gehrig	2b	* L7		* K		1B 6 SB2		* P1	* KL		5	1	1	0
2	#03 Reese, Ace	3b	* G4-3		* K		BB		1B 7		* F9	4	2	1	0
3	#18 Sullivan, Noah	dh	* K			BB	2B 9		* K		* F6	4	1	1	2
4	#49 Sanders, Gatlin #07 Stallman, Reed	PR		* K		1B 5	1B 6 1RBI		1B 7		BB	0 4	0 0	0 3	0 3
5	#09 Woodson, Ryder	ss		* F9		* K		* G6-3	1B MI 1RBI		* K	5	0	1	1
6	#19 Raymond, Andrew	c		1B 8		* K		* G6-3	* G6-3			4	0	1	0
7	#02 Parker, Jacob	rf		* K		* F8		* G4-3		HBP SB2		3	0	0	0
8	#06 Nunnallee, James	lf			* F9		* G1-3		1B MI	* F9		4	1	1	0
9	#38 Chance, Bryce	cf			BB		* G1-3		HBP	* P2		2	1	0	0
Totals												35	6	9	6
Runs			0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0				6
Hits			0	1	0	1	3	0	4	0	0				9
Errors			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
LOB			0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	1				8

MSU	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	bf	ab	np	st
37 Sweeney,Brendan	1.2	3	4	3	2	2	11	9	46	28
42 Gleason,Jack (2.2)	1.2	2	1	1	0	5	7	7	33	23
08 Foster,Charlie (4.1)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	16	7
17 Rhodes,Parker (5)	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	8	6	23	13
20 Miller,Maddox (L) (7)	0.2	2	2	2	0	2	5	5	20	13
45 Burns,Dane (7.2)	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	10	6
29 Webb,Maddox (8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	9	7
Totals	8.0	7	7	6	6	13	39	32	157	97

WP: Miller 2 [3]. Inher. Rnrs: Foster 0/2; Webb 0/1; Gleason 0/1; Burns 0/1.

GO-FO: Sweeney 2-1; Gleason 0-0; Foster 1-0; Rhodes 4-2; Miller 0-1; Burns 0-0; Webb 0-0.

Mississippi State at Southern Miss
03/03/2026 at Pete Taylor Park-Hill Denson Field (Hattiesburg, Miss.)

Score by Innings	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Mississippi State	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0		6	9	1	8
Southern Miss	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	X		7	7	0	8

Southern Miss Scorecard

#	Player	Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	AB	R	H	RBI
1	#7 Higdon, Ben	rf	2B 7	BB		FC3-6		* BB OUT		* SH5-3	2	2	1	0
2	#1 Urban, Joey	cf	* G3-1	6		BB		FC6-4		* K	4	0	0	0
3	#19 Russo, Matthew	1b	* K	* K		* K			1B MI	* K	5	1	1	0
4	#11 Gillespie, Davis	lf	BB		* K		* G6-3		* F7		3	1	0	0
5	#15 Barrett, Drey	3b	HR 7		* K		* G5-3		2B 5 WP		4	2	2	3
6	#17 Morrison, Kyle	2b	2B 9		* KL		BB		WP WP		3	0	1	0
7	#36 Stockman, Tucker	c	* K			* K	* F9		* K		4	0	0	0
8	#3 Smith, Seth	ss		* F8		HR 9 1RBI		* G6-3	* K		4	1	1	1
9	#5 Long, Ty #2 Stelly, Caleb	dh		* G4-3		* 1B 9 OUT		* F9		BB	0 3	0 0	0 1	0 0
Totals											32	7	7	4
Runs			3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0			7
Hits			3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0			7
Errors			0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			1
LOB			1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1			8

USM	ip	h	r	er	bb	k	bf	ab	np	st
21 Causey,Dylan	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	10	8
28 Farr,Kevin (2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	11	8
43 Littleton,Bruce (3)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	18	10
29 Mitchell,Sam (4)	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	11	4
39 Armistead,JW (4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	9	8
41 Broadhead,Teague (5)	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	6	5	22	14
12 Sivley,Kros (6)	1.1	2	3	3	0	0	7	6	16	13
32 Och,Josh (W) (7.1)	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	8	7	31	19
20 Clark,Camden (S) (9)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	19	12
Totals	9.0	9	6	6	4	10	41	35	147	96

HB: Sivley [2]; Och [2]. Inher. Rnrs: Armistead 0/2; Och 3/3.

GO-FO: Causey 1-1; Farr 0-1; Littleton 0-1; Mitchell 0-0; Armistead 0-1; Broadhead 2-0; Sivley 3-1; Och 1-2; Clark 0-2.