Mississippi State Athletics
STARKVILLE, Miss. Mississippi State senior right fielder Tanner Allen was named the Southeastern Conference player of the year from the conference office on Monday.
The native of Theodore, Alabama, was also named first-team all-SEC.
Allen led the SEC with an overall batting average of .387 with 79 hits, 53 RBIs and 54 runs. He also led the conference with a .411 batting average, 51 hits and 34 RBIs in league play.
Allen was the only SEC student-athlete to rank among the top-10 in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs scored, RBIs, hits and total bases in the regular season. He led the SEC with 16 games with multiple hits and 12 with multiple RBIs.
Mets Daily Prospect Report, 5/23/21: A thriller in Syracuse
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SYRACUSE 9, LEHIGH VALLEY 8 (BOX)
This one was a slug fest, with the IronPigs and the Mets trading blows in the late innings before Syracuse ultimately came out on top. Thomas Szapucki started strong, allowing only an unearned run in four innings and striking out five while the Mets built a lead off home runs from David Thompson and Drew Jackson. Bradley Roney and Sam McWilliams were much less successful, however, allowing six runs in four innings between and putting the Mets in a tie game despite another home run from Drew Jackson and a solo shot from J.D. Davis. Cody Bohanek came through in the bottom of the eighth, but Corey Oswalt - making his season debut - coughed up that lead in the top of the ninth as well. The Mets got a gift in the last frame thankfully, with a walk, single, and passed ball allowing Sebastian Elizalde to scamper home with the game winning run.
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By Rick Cleveland
Apr 15, 2021 1:10 PM
Jake Mangum kisses the Governor’s Cup after Mississippi State defeated Ole Miss in 2019. Mangum helped State dominate Ole Miss in recent seasons with the Bulldogs winning 14 of the last 16. But Mangum has moved on and perhaps the most anticipated Rebel-Bulldog games in the series’ 128-year history are this weekend in Starkville..
Ole Miss and Mississippi State have played baseball for 128 years. Thatâs a lot of history. And yet, there probably has never been a more anticipated Rebel-Bulldog baseball series than the one scheduled for this weekend in Starkville.
Thatâs why seats are selling for $400 on Stubhub. Thereâs no official word, but I am told that nobody will be turned away from the Friday, Saturday and Sunday games. Crowds of more than 12,000 are entirely possible, depending on the weather. Standing room only seats are available for $80 on Stubhub, but hereâs a veteran tip: You can just go on hailstate