Mississippi State ends Northeastern's 27-game win streak in NCAA Regional Game

Parker’s decision to start Davis gives him several starting pitcher options for Saturday’s second round game against regional-host Florida State.

The Seminoles defeated Bethune-Cookman 6-2 in a weather-delayed game Friday, but didn’t use its best pitcher.

That likely sets up a showdown between Mississippi State’s Pico Kohn (5-3, 4.13 ERA) and Florida State’s Jamie Arnold (7-2, 3.04 ERA), who will hear his name called early in the first round the upcoming MLB Draft.

Northeastern struck first in Friday’s game with a run in the first inning, but Mississippi State took the lead for good in the next half inning.

Joe Powell hit an RBI double for the Bulldogs’ first run and then Gatlin Sanders drove in two more runs with a right field single.

The Huskies answered back in the bottom half of the inning with one, but it wasn’t enough to keep pace with the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs scored four runs in the third inning and added another in the eighth to account for the 8-2 final score.

Mississippi State will face No. 9-national seed Florida State in a second round regional game at 5 p.m. Saturday.

The winner of that game will need just one more win (at 5 p.m. Sunday) to win the regional.

The loser will have to win an 11 a.m. game Sunday against the winner of Bethune-Cookman-Northeastern earlier Saturday.

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