Just a Bulldog Minute- Khal Stephen Has Stepped into the Ace Role for Mississippi State

The transfer was forced into the role due to injury and has dominated since.

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00:00The Mississippi State Bulldogs have seen a drastic change to their baseball team

00:04this season. Their attitude and toughness has improved dramatically, however, their

00:11pitching has improved tremendously. Mississippi State head coach Chris

00:17Limones hired former South Carolina pitching coach Justin Parker this summer

00:22and Parker has made a positive impact to the staff. However, disaster truck right

00:29before SEC play began as Nate Dom started Friday night against the LSU

00:35Tigers and went down with a knee injury. At the time, Cal Stevens seemed like the

00:41best person to go in and take over for Dom. Although the Tigers roughed up

00:46Stevens as he gave up five runs and only two innings of work, since then he has

00:53been dominant and solidified himself as the ace of the team.

00:56Stevens does not beat himself on the mound as he pounds the strike zone and

01:01is fearless with his mid-90s fastball. The Bulldogs have faced some of the top

01:06lineups in the country during this stretch, but Stevens lets his

01:11defense work behind him.