The Ole Miss baseball team will continue its late-season gauntlet with a midweek game against Mississippi State at Trustmark Park in Pearl, the winner of which will claim bragging rights and the Governor’s Cup.
The annual midweek matchup began in 1980 when it was known as the Mayor’s Trophy. Ole Miss had the slight advantage with 14 Mayor’s Trophy wins to Mississippi State’s 13. The most anticipated game in Mississippi baseball moved from Jackson to Pearl and was renamed the Governor’s Cup in 2007. The Bulldogs have won the Governor’s Cup each of the last three years and dominate the series with eight wins to Ole Miss’s four.