Tigers Fall to #RV Mississippi State, 6-4, at FedExPark

Tuesday, April 23

Memphis, Tenn.

6 P.M.

University of Memphis

18-23

Mississippi State

27-14

Mississippi State

Memphis

Brandon Chorzelewski vs. Miss. State, April 23, 2024 by Matt Smith

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Tigers Fall to #RV Mississippi State, 6-4, at FedExPark

Apr 23, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis baseball team fell to No. RV Mississippi State, 6-4, on Tuesday night at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field in front of 1,612 fans to mark the third-largest crowd in FedExPark history.

The Tigers dropped a to 18-23 overall (6-9 AAC) with the loss as the Bulldogs improved to 27-14 overall (10-8 SEC).

"Clean, back-and-forth ball game," head coach Matt Riser said. "It came down to execution at the end of the day. They executed a little better than we did. We need to do a few more things offensively to score some more runs. Kudos to their bullpen arms, but I thought our staff did a really good job of keeping us in the game."

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Bulldogs jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning. An RBI single by Dakota Jordan plated the first run and another run-scoring single by Connor Hujsak brought in the second.
• Memphis got on the board in the bottom of the second, tying the game at 2-2 with a pair of runs. An RBI triple off the top of the center-field batter's eye by Pierre Seals drove in Daunte Stuart, and on the very next pitch, Jacob Compton doubled off the left-field wall to score Seals and knotted the game at two runs apiece.
• Jordan came back to the plate for the Bulldogs and mashed his 16^th long ball of the season, a three-run shot that snuck just inside the left-field foul pole to put Mississippi State back in front, 5-2, in the top of the third.
• The Tigers clawed back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth to get back within a run of the Bulldogs. A perfectly executed hit-and-run by Will Marcy gave the Tigers runners at first and third, and a stealing Marcy pulled the shortstop from his position the next at-bat to allow Jake Curtis to single through the left side and drive in Alex Fernandes. A double steal by the Tigers later in the inning allowed Marcy to score from third to make the score 5-4, Bulldogs.
• Mississippi State added a run in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI double down the right-field line by Ethan Pulliam.
• The Tigers went down quietly in the eighth and ninth innings, and Mississippi State hung on for the 6-4 victory.

NOTABLES
• The 1,612 fans in attendance marked the third-largest crowd in FedExPark history, and the fourth-largest crowd ever on campus for a Tiger baseball game.
• Marcy went 2-for-4 from the leadoff spot and extended his hitting streak to seven games. He stole his 13^th base of the season and scored a run. He raised his season batting average to .309.
• Curtis ended the game 2-for-4 with an RBI and his 12^th stolen base of the campaign.
• Compton stayed hot with another two-hit game, recording the lone extra-base hit for the Tigers on the night with his RBI double.
• Seals ripped his second triple of the season, drove in a run and scored once.
• Daunte Stuart recorded a hit and scored once.
• Starting pitcher Logan Rushing was tagged with the loss after two innings of work (5 R, 6 H, 2 K, 2 BB).
• Jackson Lyons, Brandon Chorzelewski and Brayden Sanders combined to throw 6.2 innings of shutout baseball and allowed just one hit combined while striking out five.

UP NEXT
• The Tigers are back in action this weekend with a three-game home series with AAC leader No. 7 East Carolina (32-8) at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field, Friday through Sunday.

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