Hattiesburg to Omaha: Southern Miss baseball live scores and updates
The Southern Miss postseason rolls back into Hattiesburg where the Sun Belt regular season and tournament champion is hosting a regional for the second year in a row.
The No. 9 national seed Golden Eagles are hoping to reach Super Regionals for the fourth time in program history where they’d be matched up with the winner of the Gainesville Regional.
Hattiesburg Regional
Friday
Game 1: Little Rock 7, Southern Miss 4
Southern Miss opened the Hattiesburg Regional with a loss to the four-seed for the second straight year after a four-run ninth inning by Little Rock resulted in a stunning loss for the Golden Eagles.
The top-seeded hosts held a 4-3 lead when the Trojans strung together four hits, including a double and a home run, to steal the afternoon and hand USM its first loss in 33 games this season when leading after eight innings.
Game 2: Jacksonville State 15, Virginia 7
Jacksonville State put crooked numbers on the line score five different times to send Virginia on a Saturday afternoon date with Southern Miss in the losers bracket.
This is the second straight season the top two seeds in Hattiesburg each lost their opening game. The Cavaliers put seven pitchers on the mound and five for at least 25 pitches.
The Gamecocks got home runs from Cooper Blauser and Caleb Johnson. Jax State opened up a 9-0 lead with a 5-run fifth inning and held off a late Cavalier rally.
Virginia got seven hits, four doubles and a home run out of the top three spots in its order.
Saturday
Game 3: Southern Miss vs G2 loser at 3 p.m.
Game 4: Little Rock vs G2 winner at 8 p.m.
Sunday
Game 5: G3 winner vs G4 loser at 3 p.m.
Game 6: G4 winner vs G5 winner at 8 p.m.
Monday
Game 7 (If necessary): to be determined
Gainesville Regional
Friday
Game 1: Florida 8, Rider 7
After seven dominating innings, the top-seeded Florida Gators needed two late rallies to survive in the opener of the Gainesville Regional, defeating four-seed Rider.
Brendan Lawson connected for a game-winning home run for the Gators after Rider had taken a 6-4 lead with a 6-run 8th inning and tied the game in the top of the 9th.
Caden McDonald and Cade Kurland both homered in the 8th after the Florida relief corps fell apart in the top half of the frame.
The Gators used their No. 3 starting pitcher, Russell Sandefer, in the game, leaving their top two arms available for later in the regional.
Game 2: Miami vs. Troy
Saturday
Game 3: Rider vs G2 loser at noon
Game 4: Florida vs G2 winner at 5 p.m.
Sunday
Game 5: G3 winner vs G4 loser at 11 a.m.
Game 6: G4 winner vs G5 winner at 4 p.m.
Monday
Game 7 (If necessary): to be determined
This story was originally published May 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM.
