After falling out of the rankings earlier this month, the Mississippi State baseball team has jumped back into the Top 25 with an undefeated week on the diamond.
The latest rankings from Baseball America have the Bulldogs (29-15, 12-9 SEC) at No. 23 while D1Baseball moved Chris Lemonis’ squad all the way up to No. 16. Mississippi State took two of three from the Commodores with a Sunday go-ahead to cap off a week that also included a midweek win over Memphis.
“Mississippi State picked up a series win at Vanderbilt in dramatic fashion and returned to the Top 25 for the first time in three weeks, having won seven of its last eight games,” Teddy Cahill and Peter Flaherty of Baseball America wrote. “The Bulldogs were trailing, 7-6, with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday when Hunter Hines connected for a two-run, go-ahead home run, lifting them to their first road series win of the year.”
Chris Lemonis’ squad will now head into a big week that includes the Governor’s Cup against Ole Miss on Wednesday. The Bulldogs will look to get redemption after losing a series to the struggling Rebels for the first time since 2015 a couple of weekends ago. After the rivalry game, Mississippi State will host Alabama in a critical SEC west showdown with that series beginning on Friday.
