Recap - #16 Mississippi State - Arkansas Doubleheader, 3/29/14

Mississippi State and Arkansas were set to play game one of a three game series Friday, but it was postponed due to bad weather expected in the Starkville area. So, game one was game two of a doubleheader that Saturday.

Preston brown started game one for the Bulldogs and threw four strikeouts in five innings, giving up  seven hits and four earned runs. Ben Bracewell finished the job for MSU, striking out six in four innings pitched.

Mississippi State actually hit pretty well game one, accumulating ten hits, but was unable to get a run across. It was one of those strange, mystical days in which Ron Polk would say, "That's baseball." State would lose game one, 4-0, which is the Bulldogs' first shutout since UCLA's game two 8-0 in last year's College World Series finals (sorry to remind you of that).

In game two, Ross Mitchell got his third consecutive SEC start, and he had a great day. He threw a complete game, his second this year, striking out two. Mitchell gets the win and improves to 4-1 on the year.

Two words described Mississippi State's day at the plate - Derrick Armstrong. Armstrong went 3-4 in both games, with a run and an RBI in game two. Brett Pirtle went 2-4 in game two, and although Zach Randolph had only one hit in game two, it was a 2 RBI single. State scored 4 runs in the 6th en route to a 5-1 victory.

Derrick Armstrong was 3-4 in Mississippi State's 5-1 game two victory over Arkansas

The rubber game of the series is Sunday at 1:30 on HailStateTV.