Last weekend did not have the best of starts. Missouri scratched their Friday starter, pitched a reliever and shut down Ole Miss at Swayze. But, Mike Bianco’s club (25-15, 9-9 SEC) didn’t quit and back-ended a series for the first time since last season. Now, all they have to do is travel south to Pearl and take on a red-hot Mississippi State team (28-14, 13-5 SEC) that’s 1st in the West Division and ranked 10th in the country by D1Baseball.
State is winners of five-straight SEC series and are led at the plate by Golden Spikes Award Candidate Brent Rooker, who leads the SEC in average (.