Mississippi State’s formula for defeat was painfully clear-cut. Take 32 official at-bats; divide by 16 strikeouts; and fall into the loser’s bracket at the Tallahassee Regional.
Bulldog batters spent most of their Saturday evening fanning at or looking at strike threes thrown by Florida State pitching. The result was a 10-3 scoreboard in favor of the host team and sending Mississippi State into a Sunday scramble for season survival.
Yet to an old Dog, this is not so new for 2025. “It doesn’t change anything,” first baseman Hunter Hines said. “We have to go out and play. It’s been like that all year.”…