MSU vs LSU

[duckkiller]

well we go 18-0

here are some stats for you guys:

Dunn and Weatherford combine pitching with 8 strike outs, 4 walks and 6 hits, with weathorford in his 1st SEC appearence with 4 SO, 1 hit and no walks in 1 1/3 inings

Richardson, Rutledge and Butts get back to back to back HR in the second to put us up 4-0 in the 2nd. and several hits laterr the final score was
MSU 11 and LSU 1


GO DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[duckkiller]

forgot to mention that LaNinfa had a 2 run shot in the 8th

[Greenhead22]

That landed on the street behind the stadium.

I wanted to watch the game here at the hotel, but this computer decided that it would refuse to play the sample video, so I decided against it.......would've loved to have seen those 4 jacks.

[Greenhead22]

MSU Streaks to 11-1 Baseball Victory; Game 2 at 1 p.m.

Mississippi State def. LSU, 11-1
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Audio 54 Baseball vs. Mississippi State (Game 1)
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LSU's Michael Hollander

BATON ROUGE -- Top-ranked Mississippi State launched three consecutive homers as part of a four-run second inning, and left-hander Brooks Dunn limited No. 14 LSU to one run as the Tigers fell by a score of 11-1 Friday night at Alex Box Stadium.

LSU (18-6, 1-3) has lost four out of its last six games. The Bulldogs (18-0, 3-0) are off to their best start in school history and still remain as the only undefeated team in the nation.

Game 2 of the series is slated for 1 p.m. Saturday. MSU will send junior right-hander Josh Johnson (4-0, 1.42) to the mound. Head coach Smoke Laval will counter with junior southpaw Clay Dirks (3-2, 2.53). Dirks was unavailable Friday night after recovering from flu-like symptoms.

The audio broadcast, streaming video and live stats for Saturday's are available in the Geaux Zone powered by USAgencies on http://www.LSUsports.net.

Dunn (5-0) maintained his perfect record, limiting LSU to a run on five hits in 7.1 innings of work Friday. Right fielder Quinn Stewart and shortstop Michael Hollander each had two of the five hits.

"When you get a little bit of lead, you have to keep it close because it is hard to put a big inning against him," said Laval. "He throws downhill, but he's not a power pitcher. Once he gets the lead, he's very good. He can throw a 3-2 changeup in the zone and so forth."

LSU pitchers allowed a season-high 18 hits, four homers and 11 runs, which resulted in LSU's largest margin of defeat since dropping a 15-4 decision to Mississippi State in 2002.

Left-hander Daniel Forrer (1-1) took the loss after allowing six runs and all three homers in the second inning. The junior surrendered eight hits, walked two and struck out three in 6.1 innings.

Forrer benefited from a double play in the first and nearly survived the second with another twin killing, but the Bulldogs mounted a two-out rally with back-to-back-to-back homers.

Right fielder Matt Richardson connected on a two-run shot over the right field wall, scoring first baseman Brad Jones who was hit by a pitch. Two pitches later, third baseman Michael Rutledge deposited Forrer's offering off the scoreboard.

Left fielder Jeff Butts then completed the barrage with a solo blast into the left field bleachers.

The 4-0 advantage would be enough run support for Dunn, who one-hit the Tigers through five innings.

LSU finally pushed a run across in the seventh as pinch hitter Will Harris provided an RBI with a fielder's choice groundball that scored first baseman Jordan Mayer.

Aaron Weatherford spelled Dunn in the eighth, and the right-hander contributed 1.2 scoreless innings of relief.

MSU punctuated the victory with another four-run frame in the ninth, highlighted by pinch hitter Brian LaNinfa's two-run homer off reliever Nolan Cain.

Mississippi State 11, LSU 1 (Mar 24, 2006 at Baton Rouge, La.)

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Mississippi State... 040 100 204 - 11 18 0 (18-0, 3-0 SEC)
LSU...................... 000 000 100 - 1 6 0 (18-6, 1-3 SEC)
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Pitchers: Mississippi State - Dunn; Weatherford( 8 ). LSU - Forrer; Cain(7); Cahill(9).
Win-Dunn(5-0) Loss-Forrer(1-1) T-2:51 A-7798
HR MSU - LaNinfa (1); Richardson (1); Rutledge (2); Butts (3).
Actual attendance: 3,596

[duckkiller]

well Sat. game is tied at 3-3 in the mid of the 6th

[duckkiller]

bottom of the 8th Msu leads 6-5

[Greenhead22]

Dammit to hell.............btm 8th LSU 8-6.

Way to go Valentine.

[duckkiller]

well the tigers won 8-6 but the story of the game as I have said all year that was gonna come back to bite us was we left to many on base (8)


but we still got tomorrow GO DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Greenhead22]

I knew a loss was coming, might as well be to LSU. I just hope the guys come out pissed off tomorrow.

[Woodduckdawg]

Now that the team lost their first game, I hope we (fans) will understand it is a part of baseball. IF we lose 18 in a row, I will be worried. But if we keep winning a series over and over, MSU will do great. We must remember it is the SEC and there are many great teams out there. Great run Dawgs!!!!

[Greenhead22]

Now, it's time for some Hook'em Horns.

[duckkiller]

Well we all new a loss was coming b/c thats part of baseball LSU had some timely hitting and it paid off. I new we were not going to sweep LSU in BR but tomorrow is a new day and we still have a chance to win the series and thats what matters most. GO DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rebelduckaholic]

March 25, 2006

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LSU hands MSU baseball first loss

By Ian R. Rapoport
irapopor@clarionledger.com


BATON ROUGE — Mississippi State baseball coach Ron Polk promised his team would not win 56 consecutive games.

Proof came today, for the first time all season. The bullpen gave up five runs in the eighth inning and Mississippi State lost 8-6 to LSU in front of 3,333 at Alex Box Stadium.

The loss snapped MSU's school-record winning streak at 18 games.
"It was a matter of time," Polk said. "It's the nature of the game, on the road, in the Southeastern Conference. I think when we had a 6-3 lead, (players) were counting the 19th victory."

Instead, reliever Mike Valentine allowed a two-run home run to LSU's cleanup hitter Quinn Stewart to make it 6-5 State. He allowed one more base runner before giving way to closer Brett Cleveland.

When Walt Harris doubled to right center a few batters later to drive in two, the Tigers had their 8-6 lead.

That ended the dream for State.

"We knew we weren't going to go 56-and-0," said Valentine, who took the loss. "It was a dream, but it wasn't going to happen. We just got to get ready for tomorrow."

The Bulldogs (18-1, 3-1 SEC), ranked No. 1 by Baseball America, play No. 15 LSU in Game 3 Sunday at 1 p.m.

[rebelduckaholic]

It was a great run while it lasted.


Now its time to watch Memphis UCLA

[duckkiller]

well like I said last night the weekend isn't over and there is alot of baseball left to play, we had a good run but we all new that we would not go 56-0 and we played a good team today. We contiued to leave to many runners on base(8). I have said all week that if we could make it through the next 2 weekends winning 4 out of 6 we would be doing great. We have a great team probably one of the best that I have ever watched at MSU and I have been watching them for a longgggggg time. This loss was good for the team b/c now they can get all of this talk behind them. we have a great team and I believe we will make post season play but we have alot of baseball left to play so we will just have to sit back and enjoy the ride.


GO DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!