No. 4 Georgia Clinches Road Series Over No. 5 MSU

Friday, April 3

Starkville, Miss.

7 PM ET

University of Georgia

26-6, 9-2

Mississippi State

25-6, 7-4

Georgia

Miss. State

April 03, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score Georgia-MSU Friday Box

STARKVILLE, MISS. –Fourth-ranked Georgia posted a 3-1 series-clinching win over fifth-ranked Mississippi State Friday in front of a crowd of 14,348 at Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium.

Fast Facts

Junior Ryan Wynn led off the eighth inning by smashing his second home run of the season to give Georgia a 2-1 lead after the Bulldogs had tallied just one hit through the first five innings.
MSU left-hander Tomas Valincius came in with a 6-0 record and 0.91 ERA. He had yet to allow a run in his previous three SEC starts. However, with one out in the seventh, senior Michael O'Shaughnessy blasted his seventh home run of the year, a solo shot to tie the game. It was the first run he had allowed in 26 SEC innings. Tonight, Valincius struck out 10 in 7.1 innings.
Paul Farley (3-0) came on for starter Dylan Vigue in the sixth, and he kept it a 1-0 contest as State left the bases loaded. In the seventh, State put two on with two out, and Farley came back with a strikeout to keep it 1-1. He provided two scoreless innings for a win.
Senior Matt Scott came in for Farley with one on and one out in the eighth and earned his first save as a Bulldog with 1.2 scoreless innings.
Georgia has won each of its four SEC series this year. It has won the first two games in Starkville for the first time since 2004 and clinched its first series here since 2008.
MSU took a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI-groundout by Reed Stallman. Vigue was lifted in the sixth with two on and one out. He had six walks and six strikeouts at that point yet and given up just two hits and one run.
Senior Ryan Black collected Georgia's first hit, a two-out, ground-rule double in the third.

Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson

On clinching another SEC road series…
"The atmosphere here tonight, the weather, if you're a baseball fan, you had to be excited about the game tonight. I thought our dugout stayed loose, and we knew we had too because you can't press against that guy going on the mound tonight. It was a lot of fun tonight.

On MSU starting pitcher…

"We told our hitters you have to grind it out. You're going to get your fastball, and when you do, you can't miss it. We missed a few early, He was really, really good. But then, Michael and Ryan got theirs and that was huge. This is what this league is all about. Dylan got in some trouble and then would get out of.it. Also, I thought Paul Farley and Matt Scott were lights out tonight."

Ryan Wynn | 2B | Jr.

On facing Tomas Valincius...
"It was amazing to come in here and play a great team in this atmosphere and pull out a win. It was fun. It feels good. We knew their starter was really good, and we had to patient and stick to our approach."

Up Next
Georgia (26-6, 9-2 SEC) concludes the SEC series against the MSU Bulldogs 25-6, 7-4 SEC) on Saturday with first pitch now moved up to 11 am ET due to anticipated rain moving into the area later in the day. Saturday's game will be available on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.