South Carolina vs. Mississippi State baseball series: Times, TV, pitching, weather, odds, injuries, live updates

South Carolina and Mississippi State meet in Starkville, Miss., for a three-game SEC baseball series Friday through Sunday. Here’s everything you need to know, including how to watch, start times, pitching matchups, weather forecasts, betting odds, injuries, and live updates.

Entering the series, South Carolina is 18-12 overall and 1-8 in the SEC, while Mississippi State is 17-12 overall and 1-8 in the SEC.

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South Carolina vs. Mississippi State live updates

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South Carolina vs. Mississippi State Game 1

• Where: Dudy Noble Field, Starkville, Miss.
• When: Friday, April 4, at 7 p.m. EDT
• Traditional TV: None
• Streaming video: SEC Network Plus (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Sports Network, on 98.5 FM in Columbia, with Derek Scott (play-by-play) and Stuart Lake (analyst); the pregame show begins at 6:45 p.m.; see below for a list of network affiliates
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m.; partly sunny, with a high near 89; south southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph; tonight, increasing clouds, with a low around 72; south southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph
• Odds: As of Friday at 11:15 a.m., betting information has been posted
• Mississippi State: Pico Kohn (Jr. LHP) 4-1, 2.66 ERA, 40.2 IP, 7 BB, 61 SO
• South Carolina: Jake McCoy (So. LHP) 2-2, 6.59 ERA, 28.2 IP, 15 BB, 48 SO

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South Carolina vs. Mississippi State Game 2

• Where: Dudy Noble Field, Starkville, Miss.
• When: Saturday, April 5, at 3 p.m. EDT
• Traditional TV: None
• Streaming video: SEC Network Plus (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Sports Network, on 107.5 The Game in Columbia, with Derek Scott (play-by-play) and Stuart Lake (analyst); the pregame show begins at 2:45 p.m.; see below for a list of network affiliates
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: A slight chance of showers between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.; then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m.; some of the storms could be severe; partly sunny, with a high near 88; south win
• Odds: Betting info has not been posted
• Mississippi State: Evan Siary (Jr. RHP) 0-0, 2.45 ERA, 14.2 IP, 4 BB, 18 SO
• South Carolina: Jarvis Evans Jr. (Jr. LHP) 3-0, 3.62 ERA, 32.1 IP, 7 BB, 32 SO

South Carolina vs. Mississippi State Game 3

• When: Dudy Noble Field, Starkville, Miss.
• Where: Sunday, April 6, at 2 p.m. ET
• Traditional TV: None
• Streaming video: SEC Network Plus (verified TV provider required)
• Radio: Gamecock Sports Network, on 107.5 The Game in Columbia, with Derek Scott (play-by-play) and Stuart Lake (analyst); the pregame show begins at 1:45 p.m.; see below for a list of network affiliates
• Streaming audio: Learfield and the South Carolina Gamecocks app (Apple, Google)
• Weather: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8 a.m.; then a chance of showers; some of the storms could be severe; mostly cloudy, with a high near 72; south wind around 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon; winds could gust as high as 20 mph; chance of precipitation is 60%; new precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible
• Odds: Betting info has not been posted
• Mississippi State: Karson Ligon (Sr. RHP) 2-4, 7.33 ERA, 23.1 IP, 9 BB, 32 SO
• South Carolina: TBA

Injury report: South Carolina vs. Mississippi State

During the offseason, the SEC approved a policy that mandates availability reports for conference games for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and baseball. For baseball, reports are submitted the night before games and updated on game day.

Here are the players listed on Thursday’s night report:

Mississippi State

• None

South Carolina

• C #5 Talmadge LeCroy – Out
• INF #8 Nolan Nawrocki – Out
• RHP #16 Dylan Eskew – Out
• RHP #18 Eli Jerzembeck – Out
• RHP #39 Riley Goodman – Out

Scouting Mississippi State (from USC)

• The Bulldogs defeated Memphis 5-3 on Tuesday night. Ryan McPherson struck out eight in four innings of relief.
• Mississippi State has played Texas, Oklahoma, and LSU in the first three conference series. All three teams are ranked in the top 10.
• Noah Sullivan leads the MSU offense with a .358 batting average, while Ace Reese has a team-best nine home runs.
• On the mound, Pico Kohn is 4-1 with a 2.66 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 40.2 innings pitched.
• Mississippi State is hitting .301 on the season and has a team ERA of 3.94.
• Chris Lemonis is in his seventh season as head coach at Mississippi State. He led the Bulldogs to the 2021 national championship.

South Carolina vs. Mississippi State series (from USC)

• Carolina holds a 42-38 series lead on Mississippi State heading into the weekend series.
• The Gamecocks won 2-of-3 games in Starkville in the team’s last meetings in 2023.
• Ethan Petry drove in four runs and James Hicks struck out four in 2.2 innings to win the series finale, 14-5, on April 1, 2023.
• Mississippi State has a 21-18 career advantage in games in Starkville.

Gamecock Radio Network: Baseball affiliates

• Allendale, 93.5 FM, WDOG
• Camden, 98.7 FM, WCAM
• Camden, 1590 AM, WCAM
• Charleston, 98.9 FM, WTMZ
• Chesterfield, 107.3 FM, WVSZ
• Columbia, 107.5 FM, WNKT (flagship station)
• Florence, 96.3 FM, WOLH
• Florence, 1230 AM, WOLH
• Greenville, 104.9 FM, WROO
• Myrtle Beach, 100.3 FM, WSEA
• Rock Hill/Lancaster, 107.1 FM, WRHM
• Spartanburg, 98.3 FM, WSPG
• Spartanburg, 1400 AM, WSPG
• Waynesboro, 92.9 FM, WYBO

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