Texas BASEBALL - Sunday SEC DH v. Miss State - Game Thread (Horns win Gm 1)

ZachattheDisch · 2025-03-16T12:22:11-0500

Scheduling note - this will be the thread for Game Two as well - will note page that Gm 2 is on once it starts

GAME TWO (starts on page 8)

PITCHING MATCHUPS:

Texas RHP Jason Flores (1-0, 1.00 ERA) v. Miss State RHP Karson Ligon (2-1, 3.21 ERA)

STARTING LINEUPS:

Texas -

1	2b	5 Ethan Mendoza	R	.424
2	rf	44 Max Belyeu	L	.362
3	ss	1 Jalin Flores	R	.297
4	dh	24 Adrian Rodriguez	B	.333
5	c	6 Rylan Galvan	R	.302
6	3b	31 Casey Borba	R	.312
7	cf	8 Will Gasparino	R	.242
8	1b	10 Kimble Schuessler	R	.275
9	lf	43 Tommy Farmer IV	R	.278
10	p	4 Jason Flores	R	-

Mississippi State

1	lf	7 Stallman, Reed	L	.270
2	cf	38 Chance, Bryce	R	.304
3	3b	3 Reese, Ace	L	.320
4	dh	18 Sullivan, Noah	R	.413
5	1b	44 Hines, Hunter	L	.265
6	rf	5 Downs, Aaron	R	.357
7	2b	49 Sanders, Gatlin	L	.391
8	c	22 Highfill, Ross	R	.267
9	ss	10 Cupp, Dylan	R	.270
10	p	31 Ligon, Karson	R	-

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Due to bad weather yesterday, Texas and Mississippi State will play two games today. Both games will be 7 innings long.

The Horns of course won game one and will be looking to win their first SEC series and first road series of conference play today.

Back to the age old mantra - AWAYS WIN ON SUNDAY!

For the full weekend preview - check out the thread here - ON DECK - Miss State

#11 TEXAS LONGHORNS v. Mississippi State Bulldogs
Date: March 16
Where: Starkville, MS (Dudy Noble)
Time: Game One at 1pm; Game 2 is 40 minutes following the conclusion of Game One
TV: Game One is on SEC Network; Game Two is on SEC Network+

SERIES MATCHUP:

First Met: 1922
Last Meeting: 2021 (Horns faced Miss State four times during the 2021 season, going 1-3)
After losing to Miss State 1-2 in the opening round of the College World Series, which included reliever Landon Sims striking the Horns out 21 times, the Horns beat Tennessee and Virginia to force a must win against Miss State.
The Horns prevailed 8-5 forcing an elimination game against the Bulldogs with Ivan Melendez hitting a 3 run home run in the 9th inning to give the Horns the lead and setting up an elimination game against Miss State
In the elimination game, Miss State stars Will Bednar and Landon Sims held the Horns offense at bat and in the 9th inning got an RBI single to LF, sending Miss State to the championship series, which they won, and sending the Horns home.
Overall Series: Miss St leads 6-7
Home: 2-3
Away: 1-1
Neutral: 3-3
Last time Horns and Bulldogs met in Starkville, MS was way back in 1922

RECORDS:
Texas: 15-1 (1-0 SEC)
Mississippi State: 13-5 (0-1 SEC)

PITCHING MATCHUPS

SATURDAY – Texas LHP Luke Harrison (2-0, 1.53 ERA) v. RHP Ben Davis (1-1, 2.16 ERA)

Davis is a JUCO bandit who was two way player at Itawamba CC
He has been a bullpen arm through his first five appearances, but went 6IP in his first start against Queens this past weekend

SUNDAY – Texas TBA v. RHP Karson Ligon (2-1, 3.21 ERA)

Senior righty transferred from Miami where he pitched against Texas back in 2023, taking the loss in the Coral Gables Regional as he pitched just 2 innings. It should be noted that he was coming off an injury in that performance
Ligon is averaging just 3.5 innings across his four starts

With Dylan Volantis having pitched on Friday night, I would expect that RHP Jason Flores gets the nod in Game Two (depending upon how Game One goes)

Mississippi State Top Relievers:

Evan Siary (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 apps, 1 start, 6.1 IP)
Chase Hungate (1-0, 2 saves, 0.00 ERA, 7 apps, 8.2 IP)
Nate William (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 apps, 6 IP)

Mississippi State Offensive Leaders:

Gehrig Frei (.480 BA, 1.216 OPS, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .536 OB%, 2-2 SB)
Noah Sullivan (.412 BA, 1.245, 3 HR, 19 RBI, .559 OB%, 1-1 SB)
Aaron Downs (.400 BA, 1.536 OPS, 7 HR, 17 RBI, .450 OB%, 3-3 SB)
Nolan Stevens (.381 BA, 1.185 OPS, 4 HR, 11 RBI, .447 OB%, 2-3 SB)
Ace Reese (.349 BA, 1.178 OPS, 6 HR, 22 RBI, .432 OB%, 1-1 SB)

STARTING LINEUPS:

GAME ONE
TEXAS

1	2b	5 Ethan Mendoza	R	.421
2	rf	44 Max Belyeu	L	.369
3	ss	1 Jalin Flores	R	.311
4	dh	24 Adrian Rodriguez	B	.354
5	c	6 Rylan Galvan	R	.300
6	3b	31 Casey Borba	R	.333
7	cf	8 Will Gasparino	R	.250
8	lf	9 Easton Winfield	L	.185
9	1b	10 Kimble Schuessler	R	.273
10	p	53 Luke Harrison	L	-

MISS STATE

1	2b	49 Sanders, Gatlin	L	.429
2	cf	38 Chance, Bryce	R	.303
3	3b	3 Reese, Ace	L	.324
4	dh	18 Sullivan, Noah	R	.400
5	1b	44 Hines, Hunter	L	.262
6	lf	5 Downs, Aaron	R	.375
7	rf	36 Stevens, Nolan	L	.372
8	c	22 Highfill, Ross	R	.281
9	ss	10 Cupp, Dylan	R	.278
10	p	35 Davis, Ben	R	-

ZachattheDisch · 2025-03-16T12:23:22-0500