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Mississippi State played with fire in Thursday’s series opener with Missouri as the Bulldogs couldn’t put together a big inning offensively but got enough pitching to get the win. The first three innings followed a similar script as State and Mizzou were tied at 1-1, but the Bulldog bats came alive. State scored six runs total in the fourth and fifth innings and got another great start from Jurrangelo Cijntje as the Bulldogs took the series with an 8-2 victory on Friday. “It’s huge to be able to play some freer baseball,” head coach Chris Lemonis said. “I just thought we strung a lot of bats t…