LISTEN: Mississippi State coach Chris Lemonis relives Bulldogs’ wild win over Auburn
By Adam Spencer
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The Mississippi State Bulldogs won one of the wildest games of the NCAA Baseball Tournament so far on Sunday night, rallying from a 4-1 deficit in the bottom of the ninth inning to pull off a 5-4 victory over Auburn.
Now, the Bulldogs are riding high and will take on another SEC squad — Vanderbilt — on Tuesday in the winner’s bracket of their College World Series foursome.
On Monday morning, Mississippi State coach Chris Lemonis relived the wild victory during an appearance on SiriusXM radio:
Last night was a magical ending for @HailStateBB as they staged an epic comeback against Auburn and advance to the next round of the winner's bracket.@lemo22 joined @ESPNDari & @JacobHester18 to discuss the strong start for Hail State in Omaha & much more. pic.twitter.com/flmpWwSFuv
— College Sports on SiriusXM (@SXMCollege) June 17, 2019
“We had played the whole game and couldn’t get a big hit,” he said. “We had guys on (base) all day long. You just felt like it was a brand new ball game at that point (after Auburn’s error). It’s awful because Edouard Julien is one of the best players in our league and I think he hit the farthest home run in TD Ameritrade history in the second inning. He’s a great player and you hate to see that happen to great players on this stage. But in our world, we needed it. It was a jolt for us to get us back in the game. …
“We were just talking about putting the ball in play. Make them make plays. … Our mantra in the ninth was ‘Get it to the next guy.'”
Mississippi State and Vanderbilt will play on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Eastern time on ESPN.
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.
