“It’s a game that can go back and forth, and Mississippi State got the best of us tonight.
Hatcher, who hadn’t been in a game since May 27, inexplicably stopped at third when he could have scored easily.
“I knew they weren’t going to throw me a fastball,” Allen said, “so I was looking for a slider I could do some damage with.
The senior right-hander again had good command of his fastball, working both sides of the plate and up in the strike zone, and he effectively mixed in his breaking ball and changeup.