WATCH: Mississippi State’s Jake Mangum sets SEC’s all-time hits record
By Adam Spencer
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The Georgia-Mississippi State series in Starkville this weekend is an important one both on the national landscape and in the SEC standings.
However, it was also a huge one for Mississippi State OF Jake Mangum, who made SEC history on Saturday afternoon.
As you can see below, Mangum collected his second hit of the day in the bottom of the second inning on a bloop single down the right-field line:
What a moment.#HailState? | @jakemangum15 pic.twitter.com/ZI0cUSeKXM
— Mississippi State Baseball (@HailStateBB) April 27, 2019
What was so significant about that hit? Well, it broke LSU legend Eddy Furniss’s conference record for most hits in a career. Mangum now has 353 hits with his two so far on Saturday.
Here was Mangum’s first hit to tie Furniss’s record in the bottom of the first inning:
Eddy's got company!#HailState? | #H15TORY pic.twitter.com/e495v2nUjw
— Mississippi State Baseball (@HailStateBB) April 27, 2019
Congrats to Mangum on the wonderful career. It’s not over yet, either, as the Bulldogs could still have a special postseason ahead of them.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
