Will there be a home run derby at the Tallahassee NCAA Regional this weekend?

Originally posted on Mississippi State Bulldogs on SI
By Taylor Hodges | Last updated May 28, 2025 3:25 PM ET

College baseball fans looking to catch a home run or watch a bunch of home runs hit should check out the Tallahassee NCAA Regional.

Two of the top 25 teams nationwide in home runs will be in Tallahassee this weekend and all four teams rank inside the top 60 of all teams. Conversely, only one team has allowed fewer than 45 home runs this season and Dick Howser Stadium’s dimension aren’t a hinderance to home runs being hit.

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The most intriguing game, from a home run perspective, is Friday’s game between No. 3-regional seed Mississippi State and No. 2 Northeastern. The Bulldogs have the most home runs of any team in the regional and Northeastern has allowed the fewest. Bethune-Cookman is in the middle, but has one of the most exciting home runs of the season.

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“On paper, it’s one of the most complete teams in the country,” Mississippi State interim coach Justin Parker said earlier this week. “They defend at an incredibly high level, they pitch and make you earn everything. It’s a deep pitching staff. This team has 10 or 11 guys and it’s really good stuff. We’re going to have our hands full with them.”

On the flip side, Mississippi State has given up the most home runs of the four teams in the regional and Northeastern has hit the fewest (but is second in the nation in stolen bases).

It’ll be tough for the Bulldogs to sustain their home run pace, but history is on their side.

“We hope history repeats itself,” Parker said about the 2018 team that won a regional in Tallahassee. “ Everybody talks about Florida State and that moment, but we have a really good Northeastern team first and we’re going to have to earn everything.”