No. 23 Baseball Clashes With Mississippi State In Annual Governor’s Cup

OXFORD, Miss. – (Release) No. 23 Ole Miss baseball and in-state rival Mississippi State will face off in the Governor’s Cup game Tuesday night at Trustmark Park. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. in Pearl.

LEADING OFF

• Ole Miss took one of three games against South Carolina over the weekend, dropping their second-straight conference series.
• The Rebels have now surpassed their win total from 2024 with 28 wins on the season, their most since 2022.
• Their three SEC series wins also matches their total from 2024 and they are one series win away from matching their combined total from the past two seasons.
• Ole Miss is ranked in all five polls this week coming in at No. 23 in the D1Baseball poll, No. 18 in both the USA Today and Perfect Game polls, No. 19 in the NCBWA poll, and No. 22 in the Baseball America poll.
• Luke Hill is currently riding a 24-game on base streak, reaching base in every game since the beginning of conference play.
• Austin Fawley has hit a home run in five of his last six games, including a grand slam on Saturday against the Gamecocks.
• The Rebels now lead the SEC in total walks drawn as a team with 254 free passes so far this season.
• The Rebels have stolen 58 bases in 2025, their highest total since 2019
• Ole Miss has hit 78 home runs this season, eighth-most in the NCAA and fourth-most in the SEC. They are ninth in the nation in home runs per game, averaging 1.95 home runs per game.
• They are top 10 in the SEC in batting average, hits, on base percentage, runs scored, slugging percentage, and stolen bases.
• Ole Miss leads the SEC in strikeouts during conference play, punching out 166 batters over their first five series
• Ole Miss’ pitching staff is ranked seventh in the NCAA in K/9 (11.4) and 10th in K:BB at 2.83.

PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUP

RHP Cade Townsend (1-0, 7.13 ERA) vs. RHP Noah Sullivan (0-0, 1.50 ERA)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Tuesday’s game will be streamed live on SEC Network+ with Bryan Eubank (PxP) and Seth Smith (analyst) on the call.

Fans can listen to all games, home and away, on the Ole Miss Radio Network with David Kellum (PxP) and Brad Henderson (analyst) on the call.

SCOUTING REPORT

Chris Lemonis is in his seventh season at the helm of the Mississippi State baseball program.

The Bulldogs are currently 24-16 overall and 6-12 in SEC play. Mississippi State is coming off a 14-8 win over Florida.

MSU leads the overall series over Ole Miss, 258-216-5. The last meeting between the in-state foes was May 1, 2024 where MSU beat Ole Miss 5-1 in Pearl. Tuesday’s game will be the 480th all time meeting between the two programs.

SWIPE!

Ole Miss has stolen 58 bases so far in 2025, already reaching their highest season total since 2019 when they stole 93 bases. The Rebels have only reached the 50 steals mark once in the previous five seasons (2024, 50).

The Rebels stole eight bases in their win over Tennessee, three shy of the single-game record of 11 set in 1966. Hayden Federico stole four bases in the game, one shy of the individual single-game record. Luke Hill leads the team with 13 swipes while Federico and Mitchell Sanford each have 11.

SO HOT RIGHT NOW

Luke Hill is currently riding a 24-game on base streak, reaching base in every game since the beginning of conference play. He has reached base in all but two of his 39 games played this season.

-Courtesy of Ole Miss Athletics