HOOVER, Alabama – Despite Troy's four-run rally to take the lead in the top of the ninth inning, Mississippi State scored once in each of the final two innings to come away with the 9-8 victory in the 2nd Annual Hoover Classic at the Hoover Met Wednesday night.
Mississippi State (27-22) scored in the 10th when a sacrifice bunt attempt resulted in a throwing error and the winning run came across the plate. Hunter Stovall drove in a run on a sac fly in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game.
The Trojans' (32-17) relentless effort in the top of the ninth was nearly enough to pull out the win.