What Mississippi State baseball achieved vs South Carolina beyond sweep
Mississippi State baseball achieved its first SEC sweep since March 29, and the stats revealed certain strengths.
After being swept in consecutive SEC series, Mississippi State baseball finally got one of its own. On April 19 against South Carolina (19-22, 5-13), the No. 16 Bulldogs won 4-3 in 11 innings to complete their first conference sweep since March 27-29, when they beat Ole Miss.
Mississippi State (30-10, 10-8), which had been swept by George and Tennessee, hit four home runs in the opener and won 5-3. It cruised 9-0 in Game 2, with starting pitcher Duke Stone picking up his seventh win of the season. The series finale proved to be the challenge, with the Bulldogs blowing their 3-1 lead in the eighth.
Pinch hitter Kevin Milewski scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly to center field. Mississippi State's offense can become the best in SEC The Bulldogs put up 18 runs in this series, and the 36 hits, seven home runs and 17 RBIs should be sufficient to challenge an SEC opponent, though South Carolina is a sub-. 500 team.
They are second in the conference in batting average (. 317) and hits (431) and fourth in on-base percentage (. 417).