Rain delays MSU baseball tilt versus Vandy to this afternoon

There was no Mississippi State baseball Tuesday. Official word came around 3:45 p.m. that No. 6 MSU’s winners bracket matchup against No. 2 seed Vanderbilt (55-11) had been moved to today at 2 p.m. at TD Ameritrade Park.

MSU-Vanderbilt College World Series game postponed

MSU and Vanderbilt will now play Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Bulldogs staying loose before showdown with Vandy

Standing in the shallow outfield grass just beyond shortstop at the Creighton University practice facility, MSU head baseball coach Chris Lemonis shouted across the diamond at sophomore first baseman Tanner Allen.

“Tanner you better work on that range,” Lemonis barked toward Allen.

‘Living their best lives’: Gautreau boys, with Darth Vader toy in-hand, happily add to State’s luck in Omaha

It started as a ploy from Tom Gautreau.

Serving as an affront in the Starkville Regional to Central Michigan’s dugout antics — which included a Yoda mask — the uncle of MSU assistant baseball coach Jake Gautreau decided to bring the Bulldogs their own Star Wars themed prop.

Small breaks MSU single-season strikeout record

OMAHA, Neb. — Ahead of Sunday’s wild win over Auburn, redshirt junior Ethan Small received a text message.

Bulldogs earn 28th comeback win of season; move to CWS winner’s bracket

OMAHA, Neb. — Marshall Gilbert is a man of routine.

Before every game he inscribes “daWgs” — the “W” meaning “win” — into the dirt behind third base.

In each at-bat, he peers toward the left field foul pole before settling into the batter’s box.

Black magic: MSU’s wild, ninth-inning comeback gives team 10-0 record this season in ‘Nickelblack’ jerseys

Baseball is a game of superstition.

Senior center fielder Jake Mangum is chief among those players who believe in such things.

With a 9-0 record in the all-black “Nickelblack” uniforms entering the College World Series, Mangum pleaded with redshirt junior and Game 1 starter Ethan Small to don the jerseys Sunday.

Defense is key for State in TD Ameritrade’s tricky environment

Standing in right field during last season’s College World Series matchup with North Carolina, senior outfielder Elijah MacNamee charged toward the infield.

Forever a Mississippi man: Aberdeen native, former MSU assistant leads Auburn against his former team in Omaha

Butch Thompson had made up his mind.

After spending four years as an assistant baseball coach at Georgia and another three at Auburn, Thompson, an Aberdeen native, had decided to join the Division I head coaching ranks at High Point University in North Carolina ahead of the 2009 season.

MSU not looking for moral victories at CWS

Elijah MacNamee sat at the foot of his locker at TD Ameritrade Park with a somber look on his face.

Minutes earlier, Mississippi State had been eliminated from the 2018 College World Series by way of a 5-2 defeat to eventual national champion Oregon State.

Breaking down the bracket

For the second time in as many years, Mississippi State baseball team is heading to the College World Series.

After dispatching of Southern University, Central Michigan and Miami in the Starkville Regional, MSU swept Stanford in the Super Regional to reach Omaha.

Three Bulldog hitters who have suffered inconsistency this season are surging into CWS

Elijah MacNamee is no longer allowed to openly admire his super regional handiwork — at least not until his team’s run in College World Series is complete.

Small named National Pitcher of the Year

Redshirt junior Ethan Small was named the National Pitcher of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation as a number of awards were shelled out to varying Mississippi State players Wednesday.

Berry named MVP of Junior Sunbelt Classic

Mississippi State baseball commit Blayze Berry continues to shine in summer league as he anchored Team Mississippi to the Junior Sunbelt Classic Championship in McAlester, Oklahoma Wednesday night.

MSU reliever Cole Gordon relishes last chance to get a ring at CWS

As the bottom half of the ninth inning in Sunday’s Super Regional between Mississippi State and Stanford commenced, the deep melodic voice of Johnny Cash’s

Ginn named National Freshman of the Year by Perfect Game

Freshman pitcher JT Ginn was named the National Freshman of the Year by the Perfect Game college baseball publication Tuesday night.

‘The New Dude’ packs in fans during its first year

Mississippi State junior Dustin Skelton and Stanford’s Christian Robinson traded words during one of the Bulldogs’ two NCAA baseball super regional wins over Stanford over the weekend.

Questions remain about injured Ginn, Eagan

Mississippi State baseball is headed to its second-straight College World Series after downing Stanford in Sunday night’s Game 2 of the Starkville Super Regional.

MSU blisters Stanford, 8-1, to sweep Starkville Super Regional

Mississippi State’s 8-1 victory over Stanford in game two of the Starkville Super Regional Sunday read like a poem. It ended with the Bulldogs punching their ticket to the College World Series for the second year in a row. The opening stanza featured junior catcher Dustin Skelton.

A special night for Peyton Plumlee

Strolling off the mound in the seventh inning of Sunday’s 8-1 win over Stanford in game two of the Starkville Super Regional, senior starting pitcher Peyton Plumlee looked to his left and then to his right.