Things seemed to be looking up for Mississippi State baseball.
The Bulldogs had risen to No. 15 in the rankings after a three-game sweep of Oregon over the weekend and appeared poised for their fifth consecutive victory Tuesday night.
MSU held a seemingly comfortable 12-6 lead over Eastern Kentucky in the eighth inning which provoked coach John Cohen to begin emptying the bench.
The move backfired as The Colonels scored six runs in the frame off MSU relievers Ethan Small and Vance Tatum which would later force the game into extra innings.