The 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) season has come to a close with two former Mississippi State players earning rings.
Nathaniel Lowe and Chris Stratton were part of this year’s world-champion Texas Rangers team. The Rangers ousted the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games to win the franchise’s first-ever title.
𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘄𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀!
Congrats @nathaniel_lowe and @cstratton35!#StateToTheShow | #HailState🐶 pic.twitter.com/7tiGx8EivH
— Mississippi State Baseball (@HailStateBB) November 2, 2023
Lowe, the team’s starting first baseman who played for the Bulldogs in 2016, had hits in three games, including a Game 3 double. He finished the season with a .262 batting average with 17 home runs and 82 runs batted in.
Stratton, a pitcher with Mississippi State from 2010-11, entered two games in relief against the Diamondbacks, allowing two hits and two runs on 1.1 innings of work. The Tupelo native finished his first season with the Rangers with a 3.92 earned run average and 81 strikeouts.
As for Arizona, who fell short of winning their second title and first since 2001, no Mississippi players were listed on their World Series roster.
