Joey Lucchesi is presenting problems for the Mississippi State baseball team and he hasn’t even thrown a pitch yet. One of the reasons the times were changed for the games on Friday was because of the distinct possibility the Bulldogs could lose Friday.
If you look at the roster for the Southeast Missouri Redhawks, you’ll see the team has a potent offense. It has a good pitching staff that gets a big statistical boost from their ace Joey Lucchesi.
Many people who have followed the 2016 Mississippi State baseball season assumed the Bulldogs would pitch either Konnor Pilkington, Zac Houston, or some other pitcher in their first game.