ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 75 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY MONDAY | JUNE 17, 2019 BLACK MAGIC MSU’s wild, ninth-inning comeback gives team 10-0 record this season in ‘Nickelblack’ jerseys BY BEN PORTNOY top. It had worked pretty LEFT: Mississippi State
[email protected] well. MSU is 14-4 in those senior Marshall Gilbert games. played hero Sunday night. OMAHA, Neb. — Pressured by Mang- Gilbert’s two-out, walk-off Baseball is a game of su- um and others, Small re- single sent Mississippi State into the winner’s perstition. lented. Senior center fielder bracket at the College Sunday, the shiny World Series. TOP OF Jake Mangum is chief magic of the Nickel- Mangum Small PAGE: Mississippi State among those players who black uniforms looked as celebrates its come-from- believe in such things. don the jerseys Sunday. though it had worn. For behind victory over Auburn With a 9-0 record in Small, who as starting eight innings, the Bull- in its College World the all-black “Nickel- pitcher had the honor dogs labored through Series opener Sunday. black” uniforms entering of choosing the team’s varying missed opportu- The Bulldogs won 5-4 and will play Tuesday against the College World Series, nities, trailing 4-1 headed game jerseys, was hesi- Vanderbilt. — Courtesy Mangum pleaded with tant. Traditionally a Fri- to the bottom of the ninth photos/Mississippi State redshirt junior and Game day starter, he always re- inning. Athletics. SEE 1B FOR 1 starter Ethan Small to verted to the Maroon ‘85s See MSU, 6A MORE COVERAGE.