Louisiana Tech (32-20, 15-12 CUSA) will hit the road Tuesday night for its final midweek game of the season against Mississippi State (42-10, 18-9 SEC).
Series Info:
Game Times: Tuesday 6:30 p.m.
Where: Dudy Noble Field at Polk-DeMent Stadium
TV: SEC Network +
Radio: KNBB 97.7FM
RPI Watch:
Tech | 51
Mississippi State | 3
Tech Starting Pitcher Probable:
Tuesday: LHP Logan Robbins (4-3, 4.80 ERA, 60 IP, 67 hits allowed, 26 BB, and 47 K)
Robbins Putting Together Quality Outings:
Logan Robbins was demoted from the Louisiana Tech weekend rotation on April 30th. The left-hander has responded in grand fashion by allowing 0 earned runs in 12.2 innings pitched in his last two times out. Robbins shut down #15 LSU last week and will get a shot one up that outing at #5 Mississippi State tonight.
Scouting the Bulldogs:
Chris Lemonis is in his first season as the head coach at Mississippi State. The Starkville Bulldogs went to the College World Series a season ago and have followed that up with a 42-10 overall record in 2019. State enters tonight’s game as winners of 10 of their last 11 games.
Pitching Probable:
Tuesday: RHP Brandon Smith (2-0, 3.45 ERA, 28.2 IP, 30 hits allowed, 4 BB, and 24 K)
Key Relievers:
RHP Jared Liebelt (1-0, 2.45 ERA, 40.1 IP, 38 hits allowed, 6 BB, and 27 K)
RHP Colby White (2-1, 3.74 ERA, 21.2 IP, 15 hits allowed, 5 BB, and 39 K)
RHP Cole Gordon (4-0, 4.94 ERA, 27.1 IP, 24 hits allowed, 15 BB, and 41 K)
Mangum Wrapping up Historic Career:
Jake Mangum will go down in history as one of the best players in the history of college baseball. The speedy centerfielder is enjoying an exceptional senior season atop the State lineup hitting .401 with 1 home runs, 37 RBI, and 20 stolen bases. Mangum is hitting .367 in his career with 368 career hits, which is an SEC record.
Statistical Comparison (Tech | Mississippi State):
Batting Average: .284 | .317
Slugging Percentage: .437 | .482
On-Base Percentage: .375 | .399
Home Runs: 51 | 52
Runs per Game: 6.3 | 8.2
ERA: 4.42 | 3.44
WHIP: 1.39 | 1.18
Strikeout to Walk Ratio: 2.60 | 3.39
Fielding Percentage: .974 | .972
SB per Game: 1.1 | 0.9
Louisiana Tech and Mississippi State last squared off in 2017 when Tech beat State 3-2 in Starkville.
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