The Mississippi State Bulldogs travel to Baton Rouge for a three-game SEC baseball series with the LSU Tigers. 14Powers.com previews both teams and projects the winner of this series.
The Basics
Mississippi State at LSU, March 29-31
| Day |
Time |
TV |
Tickets |
| Thursday |
8 PM ET (7 CT)
| SEC NETWORK |
LINK |
| Friday |
8 PM ET (7 CT)
| SECN+ |
LINK |
| Saturday |
3 PM ET (2 CT)
| SECN+ |
LINK |
Hitting Comparison
INF Luke Alexander of Mississippi State |
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OF Beau Jordan of LSU |
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BATTING AVERAGE
0.266 -- No. 11 in SEC |
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BATTING AVERAGE
0.297 -- No. 4 in SEC |
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ON BASE PERCENTAGE
0.348 -- No. 14 in SEC |
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ON BASE PERCENTAGE
0.384 -- No. 6 in SEC |
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HOME RUNS
18 -- No. 14 in SEC |
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HOME RUNS
32 -- No. 10 in SEC |
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Mississippi State Top Hitters
| NAME | POS | AVG | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB |
| Jake Mangum | CF | 0.354 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| Hunter Stovall | 2B | 0.311 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15 |
| Josh Hatcher | 1B | 0.279 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 |
| Tanner Allen | DH | 0.278 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 18 |
| Luke Alexander | SS | 0.238 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 17 |
LSU Top Hitters
| NAME | POS | AVG | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB |
| Antoine Duplantis | RF | 0.361 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 16 |
| Zach Watson | CF | 0.342 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 10 |
| Beau Jordan | LF | 0.315 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 8 |
| Austin Bain | 2B | 0.314 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 |
| Daniel Cabrera | LF | 0.281 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 19 |
| Hunter Feduccia | C | 0.260 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 |
| Hal Hughes | SS | 0.222 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
Pitching Comparison
LHP Konnor Pilkington of Mississippi State |
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RHP Caleb Gilbert of LSU |
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ERA: 3.58 -- No. 8 in SEC |
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ERA: 3.75 -- No. 9 in SEC |
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OPP BATTING AVG
0.245 -- No. 11 in SEC |
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OPP BATTING AVG
0.232 -- No. 5 in SEC |
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STRIKEOUTS
349 -- No. 4 in SEC |
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STRIKEOUTS
346 -- No. 6 in SEC |
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Mississippi State Key Pitchers
| NAME | W | L | ERA | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
| Konnor Pilkington | 2 | 5 | 2.57 | 56.0 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 64 | 0.225 |
| Ethan Small | 3 | 3 | 2.94 | 52.0 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 69 | 0.237 |
| Jacob Billingsley | 2 | 2 | 4.08 | 39.2 | 33 | 18 | 23 | 37 | 0.228 |
LSU Key Pitchers
| NAME | W | L | ERA | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
| Ma'khail Hilliard | 7 | 2 | 1.75 | 46.1 | 33 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 0.200 |
| Zack Hess | 6 | 3 | 3.71 | 53.1 | 38 | 22 | 25 | 68 | 0.195 |
| Caleb Gilbert | 3 | 3 | 4.85 | 42.2 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 34 | 0.326 |
COMMENTS
Here are two teams in need of a series win something terrible, especially the Bulldogs. LSU should win this one.
Series Prediction
LSU 2 wins, Mississippi State 1 win
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