Game 2 on the plains

[parabrave]

Hey Hines gets a hit and a HR at that. 4-0 top of the 1st.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Good start for sure.

[StateDawg44]

Hit a couple of 1st inning dingers to jump out to a lead. Wonder if we will go cold now offensively, make a couple of errors and let them back in this slowly until they just take it at the end.

Feel like I?ve seen this story before.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

4-0 lead after 2 innings. Siary only has 25 pitches. We are already in their pen. That’s a great start.

[parabrave]

4-0 lead after 2 innings. Siary only has 25 pitches. We are already in their pen. That’s a great start.

Well we still have to get to our pen<

[Coach34]

This guy is doing a good job of changing speeds with his funky delivery. We got to battle harder at the plate and stop trying to jerk it

[Coach34]

Siary knows how to pitch- he's just limited on talent

[bigbub50]

We have to lead the nation in 1st inning runs scored.

[Coach34]

Good job Trout

[Coach34]

6-1 now after the Frei double and Reeves single

[Coach34]

Reese single...RBI 7-1 in the 4th

[Coach34]

Auburn calling the pen for pitcher #4 on the evening

[Coach34]

Sully walks to load the bases. Hines up with bases juiced

[Coach34]

Hines RBI- 8-1 2 outs

[Coach34]

Idiot walks- Trout back up with bases juiced

[Coach34]

Trout gets his 3rd hit and drives in 2 more. 10-1 Dawgs

[parabrave]

If he blows this don't even let him on the bus/

[R2Dawg]

Siary knows how to pitch- he's just limited on talent

Siary is sneaky good.

[R2Dawg]

If our bullpen don't crap the bed, we should run rule Aub this game.

[Coach34]

Siary with 4 good innings tonight

[Coach34]

Frei is a hitting machine. 2-4 with 2 doubles and 1 of his outs he was robbed

[Coach34]

Reeves single. 1st and 3rd 1 out

[StateDawg44]

Anyone else just see the Lemonis gets the Squeeze sign? Lol

[Dawgface]

Can the doggies hold on?����*♂️

[Coach34]

Siary best start of the season for him. 10-2 State thru 5

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Well we still have to get to our pen<

We?ve already had 5 Auburn pitchers on the mound. And Siary has given us 5 innings. You want to deplete their pen for tomorrow,

[Activated Alpha]

Think the boys are pissed off after last night? I know I would be. Just now have to see if we can smash again tomorrow

[Coach34]

Trying to steal outs now with Siary in the 6th

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Trying to steal outs now with Siary in the 6th

With an 8 run lead I’m good with it. And stretching Siary may help him in the future. He’s only at 73 pitches through 5.2 innings

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Helluva job by Siary.

[Coach34]

Good outing by Siary. Bring on McPh and let him pitch in a lower pressure sit

[CaptainObvious]

So Simmons gives up a long HR to a .255 hitter. How long will He go tonight before it is too late to change.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Got to close out at least we get 1 small hope but keeps the chances alive

[Coach34]

damn Simmons

[Activated Alpha]

Is this how we blow our lead? Death by a thousand HRs?

[Thick]

Simmons serving up gopher balls!

[CaptainObvious]

He gets the swing and miss on the sharp breakers but wants to throw that 90 mph heater with two strikes and they leave the yard at 105 mph! SMDH And it's like he throws his fast ball when they are looking fast ball. The batboys could hit those out!

[Coach34]

at least hit a corner- he's throwing it dead red

[Coach34]

attaboy Sully

[Thick]

Sully 💥

[Cowbell]

It's says a lot about our leadership when HH is a senior leader and he never runs out the play.

[Cowbell]

I am not comfortable with this lead.

[StateDawg44]

I am not comfortable with this lead.

None of us should be with this team.

[CaptainObvious]

Lemonis WANTS to be fired! He WANTS that Buyout!

[Coach34]

our bullpen is trash. This is Parker's guys letting u down

[R2Dawg]

Welp in Miss St. fashion we shitting the bed.

[Cowbell]

our bullpen is trash. This is Parker's guys letting u down

Shut up with this BS - you touted them preseason as our strength. This is all on Lemonis

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Huge double play

[Coach34]

Shut up with this BS - you touted them preseason as our strength. This is all on Lemonis

Lemon doesnt coach pitchers- Parker does. And they are trash

[R2Dawg]

This ump is Aub homer

[Coach34]

oh- and yeah I touted them preseason. We'll have about 4-5 pitchers drafted in July

[Coach34]

Dawgs score another- 12-7

[Coach34]

Boom. Win G2. Tomorrow is for the series

[Activated Alpha]

I stopped watching once they got it to 11-7. Glad to see them hang on.

[Coach34]

We are 3-0 the last 3 Sundays

[CaptainObvious]

Can State score 8 or more tomorrow? Probably gonna need to.

[Cowbell]

Lemon doesnt coach pitchers- Parker does. And they are trash

So Lemonis isn't responsible for hitters or pitchers. Got it. Or base-running.

[DawgFromOxford]

Had to have it.

Got 10 left to get at least 6.

[Turfdawg67]

So you’re saying there’s a chance.

3431

[Coach34]

So Lemonis isn't responsible for hitters or pitchers. Got it. Or base-running.

He is 100% responsible at the end of the day. But Parker has total control over the pitching. So when it sux- it’s all on Parker. Asst coaches get head coaches fired every season.

[Coach34]

Got 10 left to get at least 6.

We will get 3 at Mizzou. So basically 3-4 the rest of the way will do it. We can still get to 15 SEC wins if we can get things right. Win tomorrow and win both the Kentucky and Mississippi series

[DownwardDawg]

We will get 3 at Mizzou. So basically 3-4 the rest of the way will do it. We can still get to 15 SEC wins if we can get things right. Win tomorrow and win both the Kentucky and Mississippi series

Man, that would be awesome. Trying not to get my hopes up.

[Coach34]

Man, that would be awesome. Trying not to get my hopes up.

This is what kills me about our fans. Win tomorrow and we will move from last 4 out back into the field of 64. People trying to act like we are having some awful season with no hope of postseason. Our postseason chances are very high- we just have to deliver like we did tonight.

[msstate7]

Very nice win

[StarkVegasSteve]

Very nice win

I will be honest, I did not watch a second of the game. Heck, judging by Twitter I thought we lost.

[PGHBulldogBG]

This is what kills me about our fans. Win tomorrow and we will move from last 4 out back into the field of 64. People trying to act like we are having some awful season with no hope of postseason. Our postseason chances are very high- we just have to deliver like we did tonight.

We aren?t winning tomorrow but winning 2-1 the next 3 series is realistic. Still only puts us at 13 and then even though we win the Mizzou series we will lose 1 and that will hurt us so we have to make noise in hoover

[Coach34]

We aren?t winning tomorrow

We are 3-0 the last 3 Sundays and are pitching the guy that has the best stuff on the staff. Tomorrow is 50/50

[DawgFromOxford]

This is what kills me about our fans. Win tomorrow and we will move from last 4 out back into the field of 64. People trying to act like we are having some awful season with no hope of postseason. Our postseason chances are very high- we just have to deliver like we did tonight.

Calling our post season chances very high is a stretch. 1 bad loss down the stretch would be killer. The fact that we are even having to discuss post season ?chances? is sorry.

By MSU standards, this has been an awful season. I mean we are talking about needing to go .600 in the last 10 sec games to make the tournament, forget hosting. The fact that our backs are against the wall to be a top 64 team is pitiful

[SPMT]

We will get 3 at Mizzou. So basically 3-4 the rest of the way will do it. We can still get to 15 SEC wins if we can get things right. Win tomorrow and win both the Kentucky and Mississippi series

Is it wrong that I have a bit of hope that we won?t make post season, so we can move on from this crsp?

[Todd4State]

We will get 3 at Mizzou. So basically 3-4 the rest of the way will do it. We can still get to 15 SEC wins if we can get things right. Win tomorrow and win both the Kentucky and Mississippi series

I wouldn't put it past us to screw up at least one of those on the road especially.

[Todd4State]

Calling our post season chances very high is a stretch. 1 bad loss down the stretch would be killer. The fact that we are even having to discuss post season ?chances? is sorry.

By MSU standards, this has been an awful season. I mean we are talking about needing to go .600 in the last 10 sec games to make the tournament, forget hosting. The fact that our backs are against the wall to be a top 64 team is pitiful

I think the reality of it is even if we make the postseason we are massively underachieving. This is a team that talent wise should be hosting. Not barely getting in as a three seed.

And basically every issue we have goes straight back to coaching whether it's poor pitching decisions, poor lineup decisions, poor baserunning, or poor fundamentals.

[Coach34]

By MSU standards, this has been an awful season.

MSU standards changed in 2022 with the portal and NIL. Tenn is a powerhouse program now because of the portal and NIL. It's a new age of college baseball. Tenn bought Mississippi's 2 best players by doubling their NIL that Mississippi offered them. This is college baseball 2025.

Now should we expect to make a Regional? 100%. But regardless of all that- here is where we are right now in 2025 and let's get behind winning some games to finish this season.

[Coach34]

I think the reality of it is even if we make the postseason we are massively underachieving. This is a team that talent wise should be hosting. Not barely getting in as a three seed.

And basically every issue we have goes straight back to coaching whether it's poor pitching decisions, poor lineup decisions, poor baserunning, or poor fundamentals.

Making a Regional wont guarantee Lemon's return. There will be some serious meetings when this season ends

[Todd4State]

Is it wrong that I have a bit of hope that we won?t make post season, so we can move on from this crsp?

Maybe. Because we can make the postseason and still fire Lemonis. I don't think it's we make a regional and he is automatically safe.

Also, I'm not sure if winning outside of getting white hot and winning almost every game is good enough either. Our RPI sits at 45 and we only have four more games against current Q1 teams including tomorrow. If we do get in it's going to be with 14 wins and as a three seed somewhere like Kansas. Basically we can't afford to lose any more series and we have to sweep Mizzou because it's possible that 14 SEC wins with a loss to Mizzou could tank our RPI down to the point where we don't get picked.

And if we do make a regional we're probably going to have to win it for Lemonis to come back. I don't think 2-2 is going to be good enough.

The fact of the matter is Lemonis has pissed off the wrong people and losing the Governor's Cup isn't going to keep Keenum in his corner either. When that happens it's hard to turn it around.

Let me put it this way- the players are expecting some major changes next year so no one is oblivious to the situation.

[Todd4State]

Making a Regional wont guarantee Lemon's return. There will be some serious meetings when this season ends

From what I have heard some of those meetings have taken place at least informally. And maybe not with MSU officials but definitely people that have the power to make changes.

[BuckyIsAB****]

This is what kills me about our fans. Win tomorrow and we will move from last 4 out back into the field of 64. People trying to act like we are having some awful season with no hope of postseason. Our postseason chances are very high- we just have to deliver like we did tonight.

We have made the postseason once in 4 years and are well on our way to missing it again. We are a so called blue blood elite program and we have fans that are hoping and praying for a 4 seed at a UC Irvine regional. And some claiming that a mythical regional final was something to be proud of. We haven?t had an awful season, we have had an awful 4 years. Go find me Lemons SEC record since the natty

[Todd4State]

MSU standards changed in 2022 with the portal and NIL. Tenn is a powerhouse program now because of the portal and NIL. It's a new age of college baseball. Tenn bought Mississippi's 2 best players by doubling their NIL that Mississippi offered them. This is college baseball 2025.

Now should we expect to make a Regional? 100%. But regardless of all that- here is where we are right now in 2025 and let's get behind winning some games to finish this season.

Tennessee does a much better job of identifying team needs- which is the real magic of Vitello. We have money. We don't have a coach that can identify all of the team needs.

Case in point- Lemonis talking about how we only really have two catchers. I guarantee you that comment is never going to come out of Vitello's mouth.

Our standards don't change because we have a coach that can't maximize what he is given.

[Coach34]

We have made the postseason once in 4 years and are well on our way to missing it again.

Please post correct information. We made made postseason 2 of the last 4 seasons- finishing in the Top 5 of the SEC last season. We won the Natty 4 seasons ago. Our only one in school history. This season is still ongoing and we do not have the results yet

[maroonmania]

We will get 3 at Mizzou. So basically 3-4 the rest of the way will do it. We can still get to 15 SEC wins if we can get things right. Win tomorrow and win both the Kentucky and Mississippi series

Still don't see 13-17 getting us in but we will see I guess if we can get to that record. Tonight was still just our 6th win against Q1/Q2 teams. Three Mizzou wins will all be Q3 as well. Too bad u don't get credit for close losses. If you did we would be.a shoe in.

[Coach34]

Lemon's biggest problem is remaining loyal to players like Idiot, Trout, Downs, Chester...etc. We should have portaled better players onto the rosters this season.

[DawgFromOxford]

finishing in the Top 5 of the SEC last season.

This is a meaningless stat. We won 0 hardware last year. We didn?t host. We didn?t advance out of a regional. Who cares where we finished in the SEC

[Coach34]

Still don't see 13-17 getting us in but we will see I guess if we can get to that record. .

Because you are looking at history instead of realizing the conference realignment has changed things. There is only a P4 now- not a P5. Thats why a SEC basketball team got into the basketball tourney at 6-12 in the SEC

[Coach34]

Who cares where we finished in the SEC

The people that pay the bills and millions for players

[DawgFromOxford]

The people that pay the bills and millions for players

Yeah I?m sure they are bragging to all their buddies about how we could of hosted last season but Lemonis underperformed by losing too many non con games, but hey he salvaged the season by finishing 5th in the SEC with nothing to show for it. Money well spent

[Todd4State]

Lemon's biggest problem is remaining loyal to players like Idiot, Trout, Downs, Chester...etc. We should have portaled better players onto the rosters this season.

No. His biggest problem is he sucks as a game manager.

It's so bad it's mind blowing. Everyone else in the ballpark can see our pitchers hyperventilating and their command going south. Everyone assumes we're going to take the pitcher out. Lemonis is like "Let's see if we can get one more inning out of the guy." And when it never works then it just kills the pitcher's confidence going forward because they don't think about the 2 innings where they did their job. They think about the last inning where they shouldn't have even been on the mound in the first place and gave up three runs to blow the game.

And it's not just that. How many times has he put defensive replacements in while taking out a guy that is like 3-4 on the day? And then when our bullpen blows it we have to leave it up to our guy hitting below the Mendoza line to be the hero. How many times have we run ourselves out of a big inning unnecessarily?

I don't think it's loyalty- I think it's lack of accountability. Our defensive fundamentals are always bad at the beginning of the year. He never holds Cheese accountable for sending runners home at ridiculous times. And that shit we have seen from Hines where he pretends that he has to be Palmeiro every game- most coaches would have stopped that shit after it happened the first OOC weekend. It's not just one player- it's everyone.

[Quaoarsking]

Which one of our players is "Idiot" ?

[BuckyIsAB****]

Please post correct information. We made made postseason 2 of the last 4 seasons- finishing in the Top 5 of the SEC last season. We won the Natty 4 seasons ago. Our only one in school history. This season is still ongoing and we do not have the results yet

We have made the NCAA tournament once since 2021. Our SEC record since the natty cant be better than 14th in a 16 team league. The only post season we will make this year is Hoover and that?s bc everyone gets to go. And if by some miracle we make the postseason, no one should be any means be satisfied. If you are you just need to admit this is not a real sport we should invest in and move on anyway. I dont know why you choose to die on the hills you die on, but Lemon Hill and the Yacht club have made you eat so much foot you prolly have athletes teeth

[BuckyIsAB****]

Yeah I?m sure they are bragging to all their buddies about how we could of hosted last season but Lemonis underperformed by losing too many non con games, but hey he salvaged the season by finishing 5th in the SEC with nothing to show for it. Money well spent

Exactly. They are beating their chests over that regional final. I heard we were gonna hang a banner for it but couldnt find a paper towel it was worth writing on

[maroonmania]

Because you are looking at history instead of realizing the conference realignment has changed things. There is only a P4 now- not a P5. Thats why a SEC basketball team got into the basketball tourney at 6-12 in the SEC

Apples and oranges. All the SEC basketball teams had really good wins out of conference. Outside of USM we have no good wins out of conference in baseball. Thats why the Gov cup loss was such a killer. There are a lot of non-P4 baseball teams with way more quality wins than we have. Last year Florida snuck into the tournament but their RPI was significantly higher than ours currently. Where our RPI ends up will be key even if we get to 13 SEC wins.

[Coach34]

We have made the NCAA tournament once since 2021. Our SEC record since the natty cant be better than 14th in a 16 team league. The only post season we will make this year is Hoover and that?s bc everyone gets to go. And if by some miracle we make the postseason, no one should be any means be satisfied. If you are you just need to admit this is not a real sport we should invest in and move on anyway. I dont know why you choose to die on the hills you die on, but Lemon Hill and the Yacht club have made you eat so much foot you prolly have athletes teeth

aGAIN- I’m going off what you posted. You said once in the last 4 years- that is 2021/2022/2023/2024. Those are the last 4 years. We have made it twice in that time frame with a Natty. I corrected you to once in the last 3 years.

Not sure what hill I’m dying on. This season has been disappointing to this point but it’s not over. A win today would be huge and have us back in the field of 64 heading into next weekend vs Kentucky. That is reality right now.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Here is what it comes down to:

1. You can support Mississippi State and realize that us getting hot and making a run is beneficial for everyone in this situation.

2. You can actively root against Mississippi State.


Look do I think a change is going to be made? Yes. I THINK it. I have no inside knowledge of that other than rumblings here and there. I still think we need to find a way to make the NCAAT. We would be a lot more attractive as a landing spot for a new HC coming off a tournament appearance rather than bottoming out and finishing 9-21 or 10-20

[BuckyIsAB****]

aGAIN- I’m going off what you posted. You said once in the last 4 years- that is 2021/2022/2023/2024. Those are the last 4 years. We have made it twice in that time frame with a Natty. I corrected you to once in the last 3 years.

Not sure what hill I’m dying on. This season has been disappointing to this point but it’s not over. A win today would be huge and have us back in the field of 64 heading into next weekend vs Kentucky. That is reality right now.

I guess if you do long division and mental gymnastics you can say we have made it twice in 4 years. But if you count the shit show of 2025 our current year, it?s once. But keep on

[PGHBulldogBG]

I think today and the Ole Miss series are actually most important. It would be better if we get to 13-17 by taking those series because that shows some more quality wins and that is what we lack most

[Coach34]

I guess if you do long division and mental gymnastics you can say we have made it twice in 4 years. But if you count the shit show of 2025 our current year, it?s once. But keep on

Well this season is yet TBD. So no- cant count it until the season ends and we know the outcome. Same with the NCAA basketball tourney. Get in and make something happen.
Mississippi was the last team in and won a title in 22. Fla was the last team in last year and made it to the Final Four in Omaha