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Mississippi Valley MISSISSI 11-23
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Winner Florida A&M FLORIDA 18-17
Mississippi Valley MISSISSI
11-23
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Final
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Florida A&M FLORIDA
18-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mississippi Valley MISSISSI 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 9 2
Florida A&M FLORIDA 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 0

W: Tanner Walker (3-1) L: Darnell, Logan (2-4)

3/28/26
Mississippi State Athletics

Game Recap: Baseball | | MVSU Communications

Rattlers Come Back In Ninth To Stun Diamond Devils

 
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Mississippi Valley State University baseball program came within two outs of a massive series opening triumph against the tied for first place Florida A&M Rattlers, but the home nine surged back to knock off the good guys in the bottom of the ninth, 6-5.
 
The Basics:
 
  • Score
    • Florida A&M – 6
    • Mississippi Valley – 5
 
  • Records
    • Mississippi Valley (11-23, 7-9 SWAC)
    • Florida A&M (18-17, 13-3 SWAC)
   
  • Series History (Since 2011)
    • Rattlers Lead 21-2 (8.7%)
 
  • Winning Streak (Since 2011)
    • Rattlers (W1) / Diamond Devils' Last Win: April 13, 2025 (10-6)
 
Diamond Devils' Top Performers:
 
  • Cody Leming was the engine that made the offense go in game one as both of his hits went for extra bases, a two-RBI double and a solo home run, to account for 3-of-5 (60%) runs scored.
 
  • Luke Richard received a no decision but deserved a win, surrendering only one earned run over six-and-two-thirds strong innings that saw him fan four hitters.
 
  • Ty Burns also left the ballpark via the long ball with the bases empty, tacking on the club's other ribbie courtesy of a sacrifice fly and walking one time.
 
  • Kendall Brookins put together a multi-hit affair by going 2-for-4 and Tanner Aoki reached safely twice, singling and coaxing a base on balls.
 
  • Gabe Huelsing turned on the afterburners en route to his third triple of the year before ultimately scoring while both Eric Williams as well as Johnny Escobalez Jr. collected knocks prior to touching the dish shortly thereafter.
 
Next:
  
  • With rain in the forecast for Easter weekend, the Devils and Alcorn Braves begin their three-game set Wednesday at 1 and 4 p.m. for a quick less than 24-hour turnaround.
 
 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play MISSISSI FLORIDA
MISSISSI TOP 2nd Ty Burns flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI (1-2 BSK); Gabe Huelsing scored. 1 0
MISSISSI TOP 2nd Cody Leming doubled to left field, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Tanner Aoki advanced to third; Johnny Escobalez jr. scored; Eric Williams scored. 3 0
FLORIDA BOT 2nd Alex Monile homered to right field, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Matthew Perez scored, unearned. 3 2
FLORIDA BOT 2nd William Brown homered to left field, unearned, 2 RBI (0-2 KF); Ethan Miller scored, unearned. 3 4
MISSISSI TOP 5th Cody Leming homered to left center, RBI (1-0 B). 4 4
MISSISSI TOP 6th Ty Burns homered to left field, RBI (0-0). 5 4
FLORIDA BOT 9th William Brown flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (2-1 BBS); Josue Figueroa advanced to third; Ethan Miller scored. 5 5
FLORIDA BOT 9th Caden Kresak singled to right field, RBI (0-1 K); Josue Figueroa scored. 5 6

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