Mississippi State vs Arkansas (Mar 14, 2026)

 
Box Score
 

2026 Arkansas Baseball
#3 Mississippi State at #5 Arkansas (Game 2)
Mar 14, 2026 at Fayetteville, Ark. (Baum-Walker Stadium)

Mississippi State 3 (16-4,1-2 SEC)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Aidan Teel cf  4  0  1  1  1  0  2  0  2 
Ace Reese 3b  4  0  0  0  0  3  0  1  2 
Noah Sullivan dh  3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Reed Stallman 1b  4  0  0  0  0  2  6  1  2 
Ryder Woodson ss  3  1  0  0  1  2  2  0  1 
Chone James c  2  1  1  0  0  0  9  1  0 
   Andrew Raymond ph/c  1  0  0  0  0  1  2  1  0 
   Vytas Valincius ph  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Drew Wyers 2b  3  0  1  1  1  1  0  1  0 
Blake Bevis lf  2  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0 
   James Nunnallee rf  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Peter Mershon ph  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0 
Bryce Chance rf/lf  4  0  1  1  0  0  2  0  0 
Duke Stone p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Dane Burns p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Maddox Webb p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Charlie Foster p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0 
   Tyler Pitzer p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Chris Billingsley p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Brendan Sweeney p  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0 
Totals  33  3  6  3  3  11  24  6  7 
  

Arkansas 7 (14-6,2-1 SEC)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Damian Ruiz lf  4  1  2  0  1  1  2  0  0 
Camden Kozeal ss  4  0  0  0  1  2  0  4  0 
Ryder Helfrick c  3  0  1  2  2  1  11  0  1 
Zack Stewart dh  2  0  0  0  1  2  0  0  2 
   Landon Schaefer pr  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Carter Rutenbar ph  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3 
Kuhio Aloy rf  3  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  3 
   Carson Brumbaugh ph  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0 
   Christian Turner rf  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Maika Niu cf  4  1  2  1  0  0  0  0  0 
Reese Robinett 1b  3  1  0  0  1  1  10  0  0 
TJ Pompey 3b  4  1  1  1  0  2  1  2  0 
Nolan Souza 2b  3  2  2  0  1  1  1  4  0 
Colin Fisher p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Steele Eaves p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Parker Coil p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Jackson Kircher p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Ethan McElvain p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Totals  32  7  8  4  7  13  27  10  9  

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
Mississippi State... 030 000 000 -  3  6  2
Arkansas............ 002 010 04X -  7  8  1
-------------------------------------------
E - Reese(3); Bevis(1); Ruiz(1). LOB - MSU 7; Arkansas 9. 2B - Ruiz(3). HBP - Sullivan; Stewart. SB - Schaefer; Niu(6); Souza(3). CS - Niu(1).

Mississippi State   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Duke Stone   4.2  5  3  3  2  9  1  0  0  0  19  21  4  1  84 
Dane Burns   0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  1 
Maddox Webb   1.1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  4  4  0  2  16 
Charlie Foster   0.2  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  2  3  1  0  13 
Tyler Pitzer L,1-1  0.2  1  2  2  1  1  0  0  0  0  3  4  1  0  12 
Chris Billingsley   0.1  1  2  0  3  1  0  0  0  0  3  6  0  0  29 
Brendan Sweeney   0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  1  6 
  
Arkansas   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Colin Fisher   4.2  4  3  3  2  6  0  0  0  0  18  20  4  4  85 
Steele Eaves   2.0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  1  0  6  7  1  3  25 
Parker Coil   0.2  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  1  9 
Jackson Kircher   0.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  5 
Ethan McElvain W,3-0  1.2  1  0  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  6  7  1  2  32 

Win - McElvain (3-0). Loss - Pitzer (1-1). Save - None. WP - Stone(1). HBP - by Eaves (Sullivan); by Burns (Stewart). PB - James(5). Inherited runners/scored: Burns 2/0; Webb 3/0; Pitzer 1/0; Billingsley 1/1; Sweeney 3/0; Eaves 1/0; McElvain 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Stone 84/49; Burns 1/0; Webb 16/11; Foster 13/7; Pitzer 12/7; Billingsley 29/15; Sweeney 6/3; Fisher 85/52; Eaves 25/18; Coil 9/5; Kircher 5/4; McElvain 32/23.

Umpires - HP: Brian Hale 1B: Alex Ransom 2B: Eddie Newsom 3B: Matthew
Start: 4:45 pm Time: 3:26 Attendance: 9653
Weather: Mid 70s, gusty w/16 mph N wind
Burns faced 1 batter in the 5th.
Kircher faced 1 batter in the 8th.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 Arkansas Baseball
#3 Mississippi State at #5 Arkansas (Game 2)
Mar 14, 2026 at Fayetteville, Ark. (Baum-Walker Stadium)

Mississippi State starters: 5/cf Teel; 3/3b Reese; 18/dh Sullivan; 7/1b Stallman; 9/ss Woodson; 12/c James; 10/2b Wyers; 33/lf Bevis; 38/rf Chance; 11/p Stone;

Arkansas starters: 42/lf Ruiz; 8/ss Kozeal; 27/c Helfrick; 17/dh Stewart; 25/rf Aloy; 4/cf Niu; 18/1b Robinett; 5/3b Pompey; 3/2b Souza; 38/p Fisher;

Mississippi State 1st - Teel flied out to lf (3-1 BKBB). Reese struck out swinging (2-2 KBSBS). Sullivan grounded out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Arkansas 1st - Ruiz struck out swinging (2-2 SBBFS). Kozeal struck out swinging (1-2 BSKFS). Helfrick walked (3-2 BSBSBB). Stewart struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mississippi State 2nd - Stallman struck out looking (2-2 FBKFBK). Woodson walked (3-2 BBKSFFBB). James singled to right field (0-0); Woodson advanced to second. Wyers singled to center field, RBI (0-1 K); James advanced to second; Woodson scored. Bevis reached on a fielder's choice (3-2 BKBSBF); Wyers out at second ss to 2b; James advanced to third. Chance singled to center field, RBI (2-1 BBK); Bevis advanced to second; James scored. Teel singled to left field, RBI (3-1 BBKB); Chance advanced to second, advanced to third on a throwing error by lf; Bevis scored. Reese struck out swinging (0-2 SSS). 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Arkansas 2nd - Aloy fouled out to 1b (1-0 B). Niu flied out to rf (3-2 KBBKB). Robinett flied out to rf (2-0 BB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mississippi State 3rd - Sullivan grounded out to 3b (0-1 F). Stallman lined out to lf (2-2 KBBF). Woodson struck out looking (3-2 KBBBKK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Arkansas 3rd - Pompey struck out swinging (1-2 BKFS). Souza singled to left field, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf (1-0 B). Ruiz doubled to right field (2-0 BB); Souza advanced to third. Kozeal struck out looking (2-2 BBFSK). Helfrick struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch (1-2 KSBS); Ruiz advanced to third on a wild pitch; Souza scored on a wild pitch. Helfrick advanced to second on a passed ball; Ruiz scored on a passed ball. Stewart struck out swinging (1-2 KBKS). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Mississippi State 4th - James grounded out to ss (1-1 KB). Wyers struck out swinging (1-2 BKSS). Bevis struck out swinging (0-2 KSS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Arkansas 4th - Nunnallee to rf for Bevis. Chance to lf. Aloy struck out swinging (0-2 KSS). Niu singled to left field (2-0 BB). Robinett struck out swinging (1-2 BKFFS); Niu out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mississippi State 5th - Chance popped up to 1b (1-1 KB). Teel walked (3-2 KBBBKB). Reese flied out to rf (2-2 BKBKF). Eaves to p for Fisher. Sullivan hit by pitch (2-2 FBSB); Teel advanced to second. Stallman lined out to 3b (0-2 FK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Arkansas 5th - Pompey lined out to ss (1-0 B). Souza singled to center field (1-1 SB). Souza stole second. Ruiz grounded out to 2b (3-2 BBKBS); Souza advanced to third. Kozeal walked (3-2 KKBBBB). Helfrick singled to left field, RBI (1-1 BK); Kozeal advanced to second; Souza scored. Burns to p for Stone. Stewart hit by pitch (0-0); Helfrick advanced to second; Kozeal advanced to third. Webb to p for Burns. Aloy struck out swinging (0-2 FSS). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Mississippi State 6th - Woodson struck out swinging (0-2 KSS). Raymond pinch hit for James. Raymond struck out looking (2-2 FBFBK). Wyers grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Arkansas 6th - Raymond to c. Niu grounded out to 3b (1-2 KBF). Robinett grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1 BK). Pompey struck out swinging (3-2 BBBKKS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Mississippi State 7th - Nunnallee grounded out to 2b (0-1 K). Chance grounded out to ss (2-2 BKKBF). Coil to p for Eaves. Teel grounded out to 2b (1-1 BK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Arkansas 7th - Foster to p for Webb. Souza walked (3-2 BBBKFB). Souza out at first p to 1b, picked off. Ruiz singled to left field (1-2 BFKF). Kozeal flied out to cf (1-0 B). Pitzer to p for Foster. Helfrick lined out to cf (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Mississippi State 8th - Reese struck out looking (3-2 BBBKFK). Kircher to p for Coil. Sullivan singled to right field (1-2 KBFF). McElvain to p for Kircher. Stallman struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS). Woodson lined out to rf (0-2 KK). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Arkansas 8th - Stewart walked (3-0 BBBB). Schaefer pinch ran for Stewart. Brumbaugh pinch hit for Aloy. Brumbaugh struck out swinging (1-2 FBKS). Schaefer stole second. Niu singled to right field, RBI (0-2 KS); Schaefer scored. Billingsley to p for Pitzer. Niu stole second. Robinett walked (3-2 BKBFBB). Pompey singled to center field, RBI (0-2 KK); Robinett advanced to third; Niu scored. Pompey advanced to second. Souza struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (2-2 KBFBFFS). Ruiz walked (3-1 BBBKB). Kozeal reached on a fielding error by 3b (0-2 KK); Ruiz advanced to second; Pompey advanced to third; Robinett scored, unearned. Helfrick walked, RBI (3-1 BFBBB); Kozeal advanced to second; Ruiz advanced to third; Pompey scored, unearned. Sweeney to p for Billingsley. Rutenbar pinch hit for Schaefer. Rutenbar out at first 1b to p (3-2 BKBFB). 4 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Mississippi State 9th - Turner to rf for Brumbaugh. Valincius, V pinch hit for Raymond. Valincius, V singled to center field (3-2 BBKKFB). Wyers walked (3-2 BKBBKFB); Valincius, V advanced to second. Mershon pinch hit for Nunnallee. Mershon struck out swinging (1-2 KBKS). Chance grounded out to ss (0-2 KFFFF); Wyers advanced to second; Valincius, V advanced to third. Teel grounded out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.