It was a brisk spring day in Columbia, Missouri, as the Mississippi State Bulldogs would meet Missouri again, this time as the Bulldogs went for the series sweep as they continued to build momentum heading into the SEC Tournament in Hoover. Mississippi State took both games on Thursday and Friday night, with the sweep on the horizon for the Bulldogs.

Despite it being Saturday, Mississippi State turned to their usual game-three starter in Karson Ligon. Ligon would finish his day after five complete innings, giving up three hits and one run while striking out seven Missouri batters. Ryan McPherson would take the mound in the 6th inning with an 11-run cushion to work down for the final six outs of a run-ruled shortened game.

Mississippi State would continue hitting the seams of the baseball on Saturday as the Missouri pitcher once again didn’t stand a chance against the explosive Mississippi State bats. Mississippi State jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the top half of the first inning, led by timely hitting and a home run from the man himself, Hunter Hines. Noah Sullivan would get things started in the second inning with a two-run shot to right field that scored Ace Reese to make it 8-0 Mississippi State. Missouri responded in the bottom of the second with a run to cut the lead to 8-1. Ace Reese would get in on the fun in the top half of the 4th inning with a solo shot of his own to right field to make it 9-1 Mississippi State. Mississippi State would plate three more runs in the top half of the 6th inning to make it 12-1 in favor of the Bulldogs.

Mississippi State completed the sweep of Missouri and will enter the SEC Tournament next week as one of the hottest teams in college baseball. We’ll find out the first opponent following the Alabama and Florida game this afternoon, but the Bulldogs will take a lot of momentum to Hoover. The conversation now goes from just reaching a Regional to the outside shot of making a run in Hoover and maybe sneaking their way into the final top-sixteen host, which would bring a regional back to Dudy Noble Field. A lot would have to happen for Mississippi State to host, but even if they don’t host a Regional, there’s not a one seed that wants to see a two-seed Mississippi State in their Regional; there’s just not. Since firing Coach Chris Lemonis, Mississippi State is a brand new team, playing with new life and excitement for the game of baseball.