Mississippi State bounced back in a big way this week, winning their fourth consecutive Governor's Cup and sweeping top-5 Georgia to get back on track after an unsuccessful weekend in Fayetteville.
In Jake Mangum's final Governor's Cup against Ole Miss in his hometown of Pearl, MS, Mississippi State hammered the Ole Miss bullpen and kept the Rebels' bats in check as they rolled to an 8-1 victory. Mangum, along with fellow 4-year player Cole Gordon, finishes his career with a 4-0 mark in Governor's Cups. The pair are now 11-2 overall against the Rebels; they'll look to add to that win total in Oxford in a couple weeks.
As the designated "away" team this year, Mississippi State wore the Gray Pinstripes in the Governor's Cup win, elevating the 2019 record in the gray pins back to .500 at 3-3. It was the first time that State had worn gray in Pearl since 2015, when the Bulldogs wore the gray script jerseys in an 11-1 loss, their most recent GC loss. State has worn a different version of the white 85s in each of their last three wins as the "home" team, and wore the maroon M over S jerseys in their 2017 win as the "road" team.
Ole Miss actually deviated from their usual Governor's Cup uniform rotation this year; they generally wear red as the "away" team and white pinstripes as the "home" team; this year they went with red as the "home" team. This gave us an exact uniform rematch of the 2017 Thursday night game in Oxford, which was also won by Mississippi State as part of a season where the Bulldogs went 4-0 against the Rebels.
In Jake Mangum's final Governor's Cup against Ole Miss in his hometown of Pearl, MS, Mississippi State hammered the Ole Miss bullpen and kept the Rebels' bats in check as they rolled to an 8-1 victory. Mangum, along with fellow 4-year player Cole Gordon, finishes his career with a 4-0 mark in Governor's Cups. The pair are now 11-2 overall against the Rebels; they'll look to add to that win total in Oxford in a couple weeks.
As the designated "away" team this year, Mississippi State wore the Gray Pinstripes in the Governor's Cup win, elevating the 2019 record in the gray pins back to .500 at 3-3. It was the first time that State had worn gray in Pearl since 2015, when the Bulldogs wore the gray script jerseys in an 11-1 loss, their most recent GC loss. State has worn a different version of the white 85s in each of their last three wins as the "home" team, and wore the maroon M over S jerseys in their 2017 win as the "road" team.
Ole Miss actually deviated from their usual Governor's Cup uniform rotation this year; they generally wear red as the "away" team and white pinstripes as the "home" team; this year they went with red as the "home" team. This gave us an exact uniform rematch of the 2017 Thursday night game in Oxford, which was also won by Mississippi State as part of a season where the Bulldogs went 4-0 against the Rebels.
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Following the Governor's Cup win over Ole Miss, Mississippi State welcomed top-5 Georgia into Dudy Noble Field. Georgia was without ace Emerson Hancock, but still had the rest of their uber-talented pitching staff to attempt and shutdown the Bulldogs. That attempt failed, as Mississippi State dominated the weekend, winning 19-3 on Friday, 9-3 on Saturday, and 6-5 on Sunday. State's bats were alive all weekend, and all three starting pitchers (Ethan Small, JT Ginn, and Peyton Plumlee) went deep and picked up wins.
The Bulldogs stuck to their usual Friday-Sunday home uniform rotation this weekend: maroon 85 over white on Friday, 50s-style white STATE on Saturday, and all-black on Sunday. Of the seven home weekends that the Bulldogs have played this season, four of them have been played Friday-Sunday, and all have featured this same rotation. However, this might be the final time we see this exact rotation this season; the South Carolina series to close the season is Thursday-Saturday, and Regionals and Super Regionals do funky things with "home" and "away" designations.
The Friday night win improved the 2019 record in the maroon 85 jerseys to 9-3 (7-2 with white pants); the Saturday win improved the 50s-style white STATE jerseys to 6-1 on the season. The all-Black look, which is still mutually inclusive to Sunday games, is now an impressive 6-0 this season; that gives all-black a 15-3 all-time record at Mississippi State.
The Bulldogs stuck to their usual Friday-Sunday home uniform rotation this weekend: maroon 85 over white on Friday, 50s-style white STATE on Saturday, and all-black on Sunday. Of the seven home weekends that the Bulldogs have played this season, four of them have been played Friday-Sunday, and all have featured this same rotation. However, this might be the final time we see this exact rotation this season; the South Carolina series to close the season is Thursday-Saturday, and Regionals and Super Regionals do funky things with "home" and "away" designations.
The Friday night win improved the 2019 record in the maroon 85 jerseys to 9-3 (7-2 with white pants); the Saturday win improved the 50s-style white STATE jerseys to 6-1 on the season. The all-Black look, which is still mutually inclusive to Sunday games, is now an impressive 6-0 this season; that gives all-black a 15-3 all-time record at Mississippi State.
This week, Mississippi State will not have a midweek game due to finals, but will play a Thursday-Saturday series at Texas A&M next weekend. In the first 3-game week since opening weekend, I would expect to see a similar uniform rotation to the series at Arkansas. The only changes that I could see happening is moving the maroon 85s away from Thursday if A&M wants to wear maroon that game.
Uniform Models for the Governor's Cup and Sweep of Georgia:
Tuesday v Ole Miss: Gray Pinstripes: #17 Justin Foscue
Friday vs Georgia: Maroon 85 over White: #44 Ethan Small
Saturday vs Georgia: 50s-style White STATE: #15 Jake Mangum
Sunday vs Georgia: Black 85 over Black: #13 Peyton Plumlee
Uniform Models for the Governor's Cup and Sweep of Georgia:
Tuesday v Ole Miss: Gray Pinstripes: #17 Justin Foscue
Friday vs Georgia: Maroon 85 over White: #44 Ethan Small
Saturday vs Georgia: 50s-style White STATE: #15 Jake Mangum
Sunday vs Georgia: Black 85 over Black: #13 Peyton Plumlee
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