Tallahassee: Last chance for Noles

By Michael McGuffee - June 03, 2007

The Bulldogs strung together three straight singles to load the bases on FSU's Fairel in the bottom of the eighth and right fielder Mitch Moreland kept it going with a two RBI single of his own to give Mississippi State a five-run cushion heading into the ninth.

Fairel was replaced by right hander Jimmy Marshall after throwing career-highs with 4 and 2/3 innings and six strikeouts. Marshall struck out the last two batters of the innings and the Noles have one more shot at a come back.

MSU's Aaron Weatherford shut down the Seminoles in the eighth, throwing two K's and fielding a chopper to first, but the Dogs will make another change to send right fielder Mitch Moreland to the mound for the ninth.

The Noles are just one inning away from elimination now and will need nothing short of a miracle to pull it out. Brandon Reichert will bat first in the nine hole.