Mississippi State is not waiting around to let forecasts take shape. Here a couple days ahead of the contest the Diamond Dogs and by agreement visiting Jackson State have moved up Tuesday’s game time to cope with oncoming weather.
Instead of the standard 6:00 pm starting time for home midweek games once out of February, these in-state programs square off at 4:00 pm for first pitch. That pitch will be thrown by a to-be-named hurler that Coach Brian O’Connor will name come Monday.
O’Connor and pitching Coach Justin Parker used a dozen different arms in the three games at Arkansas in greatly varying stints. This included relief work in game-three, or Saturday’s second contest, by both of the pitchers who would have been in line for a Tuesday start…