the fall guys

A fall intrasquad scrimmage may sound like a lackluster affair, and many tend to be just that. However, this was not the case at Dudy Noble Field on Tuesday. Redshirt freshman Cody Brown robbed Wes Rea of a walk-off home run with a leaping catch at the left-field wall, preserving a wild and wooly 9-8 win for the Gray over the Black. Mississippi State’s fall scrimmages continue with a Thursday afternoon game. The Bulldogs are coming off a 51-20 season that ended in the College World Series finals. … Southern Miss, coming off a 30-27 season that ended in the Conference USA title game, starts its Fall World Series on Thursday at Taylor Park. The pitching matchup is a dandy: Jay Myrick (4-0, 2.79 as a reliever in 2013) vs. Conor Fisk (4-3, 3.23 in 12 starts). … Scrimmages are ongoing at Ole Miss, with the Rebels’ Fall World Series set to begin Oct. 30 at Oxford-University Stadium. UM has 22 players back from a team that won 38 games and earned an NCAA regional bid plus a recruiting class ranked as high as No. 8 in the country.