Mississippi State baseball resurging with interim Justin Parker, more takeaways from Ole Miss series.
— Mississippi State baseball has won consecutive SEC series.
The Bulldogs (31-20, 12-15 SEC) took two of three games from No. 22 Ole Miss (34-17, 14-13) at Dudy Noble Field over the weekend. The Rebels won Game 1 of the doubleheader 10-4 on May 9, but MSU prevailed in the next two games, 4-1 and 6-5.MSU is 6-1 since firing coach Chris Lemonis on April 28.
Here’s what we learned from the series, with one week remaining in the regular season.
Mississippi State’s spark still lit after Chris Lemonis’ firing.
We’ve been playing better complementary baseball,” interim coach Justin Parker said. “I think that’s the biggest thing. It’s trending, yes, but we’re not as one-dimensional as maybe we were six weeks ago or a month ago. We’re able to win games in a couple different ways.”
In Game 2, the Bulldogs won behind an outstanding pitching performance by Evan Siary. They had 13 hits in Game 3. They did commit two errors in Game 3, but still had great defensive moments like Gatlin Sanders’ diving stop to produce a double play in the third inning. Mississippi State’s resurgence since Lemonis’ firing has lasted longer than a week. It started with a run-rule win versus Memphis, and then a sweep of Kentucky.
