WXXV News 25
June 30, 2021
In the race to win game three of the College World Series final, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt are also in a race to 50 wins.
First to do that takes home a national championship. Commodores looking for their second in a row and third all-time, Bulldogs looking for their first ever.
This is what Omaha is all about, best on best, OmaDawgs and Vandy with nine innings to settle the score and crown the first national champion since 2019.
OmaDawgs win this one 9 to nothing. You can’t tell the story of this one without Will Bednar going six no-hit innings, just three walks, and four strikeouts. You can’t write it any better than this.
Starkville, the wait is over: Your Bulldogs are national champions.
Mississippi State bulldozed Vanderbilt in Game 3 of the College World Series Final on Wednesday, winning 9-0 behind a lights-out pitching performance and top-to-bottom contributions from the lineup.
Facing Vanderbilt s Kumar Rocker, widely considered to be among the top picks in next month s MLB draft, the Bulldogs struck for three runs through two innings thanks to some Vanderbilt miscues. Rocker walked two batters and made an error in the first two frames.
The Bulldogs blew the game open in the fifth, as four of the first five hitters singled to make the score 5-0 and knock Rocker out of the game. Mississippi State scored four more times in the seventh inning on a solo home run by Logan Tanner and a three-run blast by Kellum Clark to increase the lead to 9-0.
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Recap
Leggett s game-winning single ruined what had been a masterful performance by Texas Cole Quintanilla in relief of starter Tristan Stevens.
Despite Longhorns third baseman Cam Williams launching a two-run homer in the second inning and center fielder Mike Antico doubling in a third run in the fifth inning, the Bulldogs continued to get runners on base, tagging Stevens for three runs on nine hits and one walk over five innings.
Miss. State s Tanner Allen kicked things off with an RBI single in the first inning while Lane Forsythe and Logan Tanner each added RBI doubles to knot things at three. It was Tanner s double in the sixth inning that ended Stevens day as Quintanilla took over with runners on second and third with no outs.
i told myself, i ain t going to cry, but [ applause ] i can t say tlaurchank you enou. there s so many things i can say about you for putting me here. i m thankful for having you guys in my corner. i love you guys. [ applause ] 11-time nba champ. the iconic bill russell received the lifetime achievement award last night. he was joined on stage by several fellow big men including shaquille o neal, kareem abdul-jabb abdul-jabbar, and the 83-year-old didn t miss the opportunity to talk a little trash. i would kick your [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] [ applause ] great moment there. now it s an all-sec college