Mississippi Rebels outlast Arizona State 7‑6 in 14 innings
LINCOLN, Neb. (Interstat) — Mississippi defeated Arizona State 7-6 in 14 innings Friday at Haymarket Park in a playoff game. The Rebels pounded out 14 hits to the Sun Devils’ 10. Nu’u Contrades homered twice for Arizona State, driving in three runs. Dean Toigo added a home run and a run-scoring single. Landon Hairston scored twice for the Sun Devils. Mississippi rallied from a 6-0 deficit. Judd Utermark homered in the first. Will Furniss doubled in two runs in the third, and Truman Bissetta followed with a two-run homer to cut the lead to 6-5. The Rebels tied it in the fourth on a single by Davis Decker. After Toigo’s homer in the fifth and Contrades’ second homer in the seventh, Mississippi forced extras. In the 14th, Brady Randle singled through the right side to score Luke Romine for the walk-off win. Arizona State’s record fell to 37-20; Mississippi improved to 37-21.