No. 13 Mississippi State faces a critical series in its final weekend of the regular season and will be sending out the same starting rotation as last weekend.

The Bulldogs’ opponent, No. 10 Texas A&M, can’t say the same thing.

Mississippi State will send Tomas Valincius to the mound first on Thursday and Duke Stone the next day. The starter for Saturday’s series finale wasn’t announced.

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If the Bulldogs repeat the same rotation as last weekend, that final starter will be Ryan McPherson.

McPherson made his return to action after a seven-week absence last Sunday against Auburn. He threw only 34 pitches in the game before leaving after a stumble backing up home plate.…