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Mississippi Valley MVSU 11-27
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Winner Alabama St. ALST 22-19
Mississippi Valley MVSU
11-27
9
Final
11
Alabama St. ALST
22-19
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Mississippi Valley MVSU 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 12 3
Alabama St. ALST 2 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 X 11 13 0

W: Jorhan LaBoy (6-4) L: Valencia, Lucas (1-5) S: Zane Baltz (3)

3/27/26
Mississippi State Athletics

Game Recap: Baseball | | MVSU Communications

Comeback Bid Ends With Tying Run On First

Box Score

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Mississippi Valley State University baseball program came one swing away from erasing a five-run, ninth inning deficit, scoring three times and bringing the go-ahead run to the plate before running out of steam as Alabama State eked out an 11-9 decision.

The Basics:

  • Score
    • Alabama State – 11
    • Mississippi Valley – 9

  • Records
    • Mississippi Valley (11-27, 7-13 SWAC)
    • Alabama State (22-19, 12-8 SWAC)

  • Series History (Since 2006)
    • Hornets Lead 69-24 (25.8%)

  • Winning Streak (Since 2006)
    • Hornets (W2) / Diamond Devils' Last Win: April 19, 2025 (8-5)

Diamond Devils' Top Performers:

  • Eric Williams reached in four of five plate appearances as he doubled and singled in addition to two walks with a trio of RBIs and two scores also to his credit.

  • Jaxon Haynes tied for the team's home run lead thanks to his fourth blast of 2026, connecting on a solo dinger while scoring two times.

  • Cody Leming contributed two hits including a two-bagger plus a pair of ribbies and a free pass whereas Chris Soeder brought home two teammates via a run-scoring double and a sac fly.

  • Camden Farmer logged a perfect 1-2-3 sixth frame with a whiff thrown into the fray and Angel Escobar also tallied a clean inning (eighth) plus a K.

Next:

  

  • Coach Bilbrey's troops will try to make Sunday a fun day with the series finale against the Hornets set for 1 p.m. in Montgomery.

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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play MVSU ALST
MVSU TOP 1st Chris Soeder flied out to rf, sacrifice fly, RBI (0-1 F); Kendall Brookins out at third 1b to 3b; Cody Leming scored. 1 0
ALST BOT 1st Trey Callaway singled to right center, RBI (1-1 BF); Niguel Jenkins advanced to third; Breydon Divine scored. 1 1
ALST BOT 1st Trey Callaway advanced to second on a wild pitch; Niguel Jenkins scored on a wild pitch. 1 2
MVSU TOP 2nd Jaxon Haynes homered to left field, RBI (3-2 BBSSB). 2 2
MVSU TOP 2nd Eric Williams doubled to left center, RBI (2-1 SBB); Isreal Ramos scored. 3 2
MVSU TOP 2nd Tanner Aoki singled to left field, RBI (0-1 K); Gabe Huelsing advanced to second; Eric Williams scored. 4 2
ALST BOT 2nd Miguel Oropeza homered to left field, 3 RBI (3-2 FFBBB); Devin Chandler scored; Cale Clark scored. 4 5
ALST BOT 3rd Fabian Santana singled to shortstop, RBI (1-2 BFF); Alex Espaillat advanced to third; Jackson Williams scored. 4 6
ALST BOT 3rd Devin Chandler flied out to lf, sacrifice fly, RBI (2-1 FBB); Alex Espaillat scored. 4 7
MVSU TOP 6th Cody Leming doubled to left field, 2 RBI (2-2 FBFBFF); Eric Williams scored; Isreal Ramos scored. 6 7
ALST BOT 6th Breydon Divine reached first on a throwing error by p, SAC, bunt, advanced to third on the error (2-1 BBK); Devin Chandler scored on the error. 6 8
ALST BOT 6th Breydon Divine scored on a balk, unearned. 6 9
ALST BOT 6th Niguel Jenkins doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-2 FFFFB); Miguel Oropeza scored. 6 10
ALST BOT 7th Fabian Santana scored on a passed ball. 6 11
MVSU TOP 9th Chris Soeder doubled to right field, RBI (0-0); Ethan Fuller scored. 7 11
MVSU TOP 9th Eric Williams singled down the rf line, 2 RBI (1-1 BK); Johnny Escobalez jr. advanced to third; Jaxon Haynes scored; Chris Soeder scored. 9 11

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