dog daze

A lot of things went wrong for Mississippi State during a lost weekend at Dudy Noble Field. Southeastern Louisiana, which had lost nine straight games against State and never won a three-game series from an SEC school, swept the Bulldogs. Lions coach Jay Artigues, a Belhaven product and former Pearl River Community College coach, has his club off to a best-ever 7-0 start. But, of course, the bigger story was what happened to the Dogs. In Game 1, they couldn't score and lost 4-1 when the Lions scored three in the ninth. In Game 2, they made five errors and fell 8-5. And in Game 3, four pitchers were knocked around for 15 hits in a 6-5 defeat. You don't make too much of a non-conference series in February, but still ... this was a shock to the system of State fans.

P.S. Itawamba CC beat Jones County in the first game of a twinbill at Smith-Wills Stadium on Sunday, handing the Bobcats their first loss in 11 games this year and handing coach Rick Collier his 300th career win. JCJC won Game 2.