SEASONFEBRUARY SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2012 17 Washington State ...... W, 6-2 Norris 3x4; Stratton 4 IP, win in relief 19 Washington State ...... L, 5-6 (13 inn.) Porter 3x3, HR; Reed 6.1 IP, car. hi 9 Ks 19 Washington State ...... W, 5-4 Bradford 3x4; Graveman QS (6.1 IP/2ER) MISSISSIPPI STATE 24 Kansas ...... W, 1-0 Rea GWRBI 2B in 9th; Stratton 6 IP, 6K, W #2 25 Mississippi Valley State ...... W, 13-5 Rea 3 hits, Bradford 3 RBI ; Fitts earns 1st win BASEBALL 25 Kansas ...... W, 3-1 MSU scores 3 late; Reed earns 1st save 26 Mississippi Valley State ...... W, 5-1 Frosh Cox debuts w/8 Ks in 7 IP for 1st win Week 16 • NCAA TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL 29 Memphis ...... L, 6-7 UM scores in 9th to snap MSU win streaks June 1-4 • Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, Fla. MARCH 2 Connecticut ...... W, 5-4 Dogs rally w/2 in 9th; Stratton 3rd W in relief MSU BEGINS 32nd NCAA POSTSEASON IN TALLAHASSEE 3 Lipscomb ...... W, 6-4 Career-hi 3 hits/4 RBI for Hunter Renfroe Mississippi State (39-22) sets sail on its 32nd NCAA postseason journey with this 3 Connecticut ...... W, 3-1 Quality start (6 IP/1 UER), 1st win for Routt weekend’s competition in the 2012 NCAA Tallahassee Regional. The Bulldogs posted a 5-1 4 Lipscomb ...... W, 16-6 Season-hi 16-R/19-H; Bradford 4x6/6 RBI mark in capturing its seventh SEC Tournament title last week in Hoover, Ala., earning the 6 Penn State ...... W, 7-3 Gaines’ 1st car. win; Norris hit strk 8 gms league’s automatic qualifying berth in the 64-team fi eld of the 2012 NCAA Tournament. 7 Penn State ...... W, 10-6 7th comeback win; Bradford, Norris injured MSU enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed, opening the double-elimination event 9 Mercer ...... W, 5-3 Stratton 4th W, Reed 4th save; 7th cons. win Friday (11 a.m. CDT) against No. 3 seed Samford (39-21). No. 4 seed UAB (32-28) meets No. 10 Mercer ...... L, 1-6 MU: 14 hits, 2 HR; halts MSU win streak 1 seed (No. 3 national seed) tournament host Florida State (43-15) Friday at 5 p.m. (CDT). 11 Mercer ...... W, 3-1 Graveman: car-hi 8.1 IP/8Ks; Cohen’s 100th W Game times (all CDT) are 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday 13 at Southeastern Louisiana ...... L, 3-4 Casey 2-R HR (1st hit); Fr. Fullerton in OF and, if necessary, 5 p.m. Monday. ESPN3 is providing live online video coverage, with Nick 14 at Southeastern Louisiana ...... L, 1-5 12 H, 13 LOB; Fullerton 4 hits in 2nd GP Belmonte and Adam Amin describing the action. 16 at LSU (Cox Sports-TV) ...... L, 2-3 (10 inn.) 17 Ks, 8.2 IP in 1st start (ND) for Stratton

17 at LSU (CSS-TV) ...... L, 3-4 MSU leads in hits 10-4; 4 LSU DPs THIRD NCAA VISIT TO DICK HOWSER STADIUM 18 at LSU ...... W, 7-1 Graveman gets CG win; Rea hits HR #2 The Diamond Dogs are making their third NCAA tourney visit to Florida State’s 6,700- seat Dick Howser Stadium, where it’s been a feast or famine situation in the past for State. 21 Alabama A&M ...... Rainout Makeup/replacement date TBA 23 Arkansas ...... W, 11-2 Renfroe hits 1st 2 career HRs; Stratton 5th W MSU went 2&Q in the 1993 NCAA East Regional, bowing to Notre Dame 15-1 and dropping 24 Arkansas ...... L, 0-8 Ends MSU’s 54-game scoring run; Routt 8 Ks a disputed 2-1 decision to Long Beach State. State feasted in its 2007 visit to Tallahassee, 25 Arkansas (SportSouth-TV) . L, 5-8 (10 inn.) Frost 3-hit game; MSU’s 3rd extra-inn. loss topping Stetson 6-3 and host Florida State 3-0 and 9-4. MSU went on to host and sweep 27 Alcorn State ...... W, 6-2 Frost, Rea multi-hit games; Cox 2nd W another ACC foe, Clemson, in Super Regional competition at Dudy Noble Field and advance 30 at Auburn ...... W, 5-3 Porter 4th MH/MR gm; Stratton W 6, Reed Sv-6 to the program’s eighth appearance in the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb. 31 at Auburn ...... L, 6-10 Frazier on base 5 times; most runs allowed DOGS GRIND OUT 5-1 MARK TO WIN 7th SECT TITLE APRIL The Diamond Dogs picked up their 33rd NCAA postseason berth the old fashioned 1 at Auburn ...... L, 2-8 Frost’s 3rd MH gm; relief stint for Bracewell way --- they earned it. As the No. 7 seed, State played six midday games in six consecutive 3 Mississippi Valley State ...... Rainout Rescheduled as May 8 DH (7 inn. games) games, opening with wins over Arkansas (9-1) and LSU (3-2) before bowing to Kentucky 6 Vanderbilt ...... W, 7-4 Stratton 7th W; Reed 7th S; MS wins opener (1-5). MSU then reeled off wins in a pair of elimination games, topping LSU (4-3 in 10 innings) 7 Vanderbilt ...... L, 3-4 (12 inn.) Dogs drop 4th extra inn. gm, 3rd SEC gm and Kentucky (2-1) before claiming the title with the team’s sixth shutout of the season in the 8 Vanderbilt ...... W, 8-7 1st SEC series win; Norris’ walkoff double fi nale against Vanderbilt (3-0). 10 South Alabama ...... W, 2-0 (12 inn.) MSU wins 1st extra-inn. gm on Rea HR KINGS OF THE HILL 13 at South Carolina ...... L, 6-7 Bradford HR, 3B, Rea HR; Stratton 11 Ks Eleven Mississippi State pitchers combined for a remarkable 1.96 earned run average 14 at South Carolina ...... L, 3-5 Frazier 17th multi-hit gm; Porter HR No. 5 over six games (55 innings) in the SEC Tournament. Here are a few notable performances 15 at South Carolina ...... L, 4-6 100th car. hit for Bradford; Mitchell’s 1st start from the Bulldog moundsmen: 17 + vs. Ole Miss (Comcast-TV) ...... L, 3-6 Season-best 5.1 inn. of relief for Pollorena Freshman Brandon Woodruff (1-2, 2.65) --- drew starts in two of MSU’s six games, regis- 19 Tennessee (ESPNU-TV) ... W, 2-1 (11 inn.) 3rd cons. walk-off home win; 2nd EI win tering his fi rst career win in State’s tourney-opening 9-1 win over the 16th-ranked Arkansas 20 Tennessee ...... W, 7-1 2nd CG for Graveman in series-clincher Razorbacks. In two games (8.0 IP) he did not allow a run and scattered three hits. 21 Tennessee ...... W, 3-2 (14 inn.) Britton 1st multi hit/multi RBI gm; 3rd EI W Freshman Ross Mitchell (2-0, 1.02) --- Piled up a staff-most 9.2 scoreless innings, all in 24 + vs. Southern Miss ...... W, 5-0 Slauter, Renfroe belt 2R HRs; 3rd shutout relief, with seven strikeouts, to earn “iron man” status on the weekend among MSU’s hurlers. 27 Ole Miss (SportSouth-TV) ...... W, 4-0 2nd career CG for Stratton; 4th shutout Freshman Jonathan Holder (2-0, 0.00, 9 saves) --- Recorded three saves (vs. Arkansas, 28 Ole Miss (SportSouth-TV) ...... L, 2-6 Slauter belts 3rd HR; QS for Graveman LSU and Kentucky) and a win (vs LSU) in four relief appearances (4.2 IP). The SEC All- 29 Ole Miss (CSS-TV) ...... W, 4-2 Pollorena gets win in 1st SEC start; Reed Sv-8 Tournament Team selection extended his career-best streak of consecutive scoreless innings MAY pitched to a school-record 27.1. 4 at Alabama ...... W, 3-1 Stratton (9-0) reaches 100-K for season Junior Chris Stratton (11-1, 2.21) --- Notched his SEC-leading 11th win and fanned eight in 5 at Alabama ...... W, 3-2 4th series win; Holder earns 2nd series save a 3-2 win over LSU and registered the fi nal out in the Sunday championship game to earn his 6 at Alabama ...... L, 7-8 Porter’s 2nd 4-hit game; Casey 2x2, 3 RBI fi rst career save. 8 Mississippi Valley State ...... W, 6-3 Career-hi 4- hits for Frazier; Mitchell’s 1st win Senior Caleb Reed (1-5, 2.56) --- Also made four relief appearances, allowing one run in 6.2 11 at Florida ...... L, 1-4 1st loss for Stratton; 2nd 3-hit gm for Renfroe innings of relief in his 87th, 88th, 89th and 90th career relief appearances. 12 at Florida ...... W, 2-0 Graveman, Holder combine for 3-hit shutout 13 at Florida ...... L, 1-2 Dogs strand 13 for 2nd cons. game SECOND HALF TURNAROUND A three-game series sweep of Tennessee (Apr. 19-21) launched a second-half turn- 15 Central Arkansas ...... L, 0-2 2nd MSU shutout; Frazier’s 3rd 3-hit game around that propelled Mississippi State to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. 17 Kentucky ...... W, 3-1 Stratton SEC’s 1st 10-gm winner After a 5-10 start to the 2012 SEC campaign, the Bulldogs won four of their fi nal fi ve 18 Kentucky (SportSouth-TV) ...... W, 4-3 Norris 3-R HR; Holder Sv #6 in series-clincher league series to tie Arkansas for second place in the SEC West (16-14 SEC). State claimed 19 Kentucky ...... W, 11-3 SEC season-hi 14 hits; Lindgren 5.1 IP wins in 18 of its fi nal 24 games. The MSU pitching corps, backed by a defense that fi elded at Southeastern Conference Tournament • Regions Park • Hoover, Ala. a .977 clip and turned 25 double plays, fashioned a 1.58 ERA. 22 vs. No. 6 Arkansas ...... W, 9-1 Rea hits 3-R HR; Woodruff’s 1st career win 23 vs. No. 1 LSU ...... W, 3-2 Stratton earns 11th W; Holder 8th save Sophomore lead-off hitter Adam Frazier tallied 37 hits and hit at a .425 clip down the 24 vs. No. 4 Kentucky ...... L, 1-5 Renfroe’s 13th multi-hit gm; 3-1 vs. UK stretch to spark the run offensively. 25 vs. No. 1 LSU ...... W, 4-3 (10 inn.) Britton’s GWRBI hit caps comeback win POSSIBLE WEEKEND STARTING PITCHERS 26 vs. No. 4 Kentucky ...... W, 2-1 Routt gets win in relief, Holder 9th save MSU’s weekend rotation was not fi nalized early in game week, but here, listed alpha- 27 vs. No. 3 Vanderbilt ...... W, 3-0 6th shutout win; Stratton’s 1st career save betically, are the likely MSU candidates for game-opening mound stints: June Jr. RHP Kendall Graveman (4-4 • 2.92 • 15 GP/15 GS • 86.1 IP • 19 BB • 54 K • .250 OBA) 1-4 NCAA Tallahassee Regional ...... (#1-Florida State, #2-MSU, #3-Samford, #4-UAB) Jr. LHP Luis Pollorena (4-0 • 1.85 • 16 GP/4 GS • 34.0 IP • 6 BB • 24 K • .207 OBA) 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals ...... Campus sites TBA Jr. LHP Nick Routt (3-5 • 3.85 • 17 GP/7 GS • 44.2 IP • 14 BB • 39 K • .331 OBA) 16-27 College World Series ...... TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, Neb. Jr. RHP Chris Stratton (11-1 • 2.21 • 16 GP/11 GS • 102.0 IP • 21 BB • 123 K • .211 OBA) + --- Trustmark Park (Pearl, Miss.) • All game times Central Fr. RHP Brandon Woodruff ( 1-2 • 2.65 • 12 GP/6 GS • 34.0 IP • 19 BB • 54 K • .250 OBA) www.HailState.com 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

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TheyThey havehave 1990: MILB draft - 22nd round (Minnesota Twins) iingng thethe Bulldogs’Bulldogs’ returnreturn toto nationalnational prominenceprominence onon ttwowo ddaughtersaughters – JordanJordan BakerBaker aandnd AAveryvery LLawson.awson. COACHING BACKGROUND CCOACHOACH JJOHNOHN CCOHENOHEN YYEAREAR BBYY YYEAREAR YYearear S Schoolchool P Positiono sition R Recorde cord C Conf.onf. R Record ecord - - T Teameam h honorsonors 1992-94: Missouri (graduate assistant coach) 11992992 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 34-2234-22 11993993 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 30-1930-19 1995-97: Missouri (assistant coach) 11994994 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 32-2632-26 11995995 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 19-3419-34 1998-2001: Northwestern State (head coach) 11996996 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 39-1939-19 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 11997997 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 31-2731-27 2002-03: University of Florida (assistant coach) 11998998 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState h headead coachcoach 40-2040-20 SouthlandSouthland ConferenceConference championschampions 11999999 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState h headead coachcoach 38-2138-21 2004-08: University of Kentucky (head coach) 22000000 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState h headead coachcoach 30-2630-26 2009 —: Mississippi State University (head coach) 22001001 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState h headead coachcoach 38-1738-17 SouthlandSouthland ConferenceConference championschampions 22002002 FloridaFlorida asst.asst. coachcoach 37-21-137-21-1 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional COACHING HONORS 22003003 FloridaFlorida asst.asst. coachcoach 46-1946-19 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 22004004 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 24-3024-30 7-237-23 1998: Southland Conference Coach of the Year 22005005 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 29-2729-27 7-227-22 22006006 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 44-1744-17 20-1020-10 SECSEC TournamentTournament ((champions)/NCAAchampions)/NCAA RRegionalegional 2001: Southland Conference Coach of the Year 22007007 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 34-19-134-19-1 13-16-113-16-1 22008008 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 44-1944-19 16-1416-14 SECSEC TournamentTournament /NCAA/NCAA RegionalRegional 2005: USA Baseball National Team 22009009 MississippiMississippi StateState headhead coachcoach 25-2925-29 9-209-20 22010010 MississippiMississippi StateState headhead coachcoach 23-3323-33 6-246-24 2006: SEC/ABCA South Region Coach of the Year 22011011 MississippiMississippi StateState headhead coachcoach 38-2538-25 14-1614-16 SECSEC Tourn./NCAATourn./NCAA RRegional/Superegional/Super RRegionalegional 2006: National Coach of the Year 22012012 MississippiMississippi StateState headhead coachcoach 39-2239-22 16-1416-14 SECSEC TTournament/NCAAournament/NCAA RRegionalegional MMississippiississippi StateState recordrecord ((4th4th sseason)eason) 1 125-11025-110 46-7446-74 HHeadead ccoachingoaching recordrecord ((13th13th sseason)eason) 4446-305-146-305-1 109-159-1109-159-1 OOverallverall coachingcoaching recordrecord ((21st21st season)season) 7714-492-214-492-2 ((thruthru ggamesames ooff MMayay 227)7) 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

MSU’s MISSISIPPI STATE QUICK FACTS ABOUT MISSISSIPPI STATE 2011 TEAM INFORMATION record LOCATION: Starkville, Miss. (estimated population: 25,000) 2011 OVERALL RECORD: 38-25 FOUNDED: 1878 ENROLLMENT: 20,424 (statewide, fall 2011) (Home: 22-12, Away: 12-11, Neutral: 4-2) when... PRESIDENT: Dr. Mark. E Keenum (Mississippi State, 1983) 2011 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE RECORD: 14-16 (thru 61 games) FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Steve Turner (Mercer, 1975) (Home: 7-8, Away: 7-8) Playing at Dudy Noble Field: ..... 28-8 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Scott Stricklin (Mississippi State, 1992) 2011 SEC FINISH: t-6th overall (t-2nd in SEC Western Division) Playing away: ...... 5-12 SCHOOL MASCOT: Bulldog SCHOOL COLORS: Maroon & White POSTSEASON PLAY/FINAL NATIONAL RANKING: Super CONFERENCE AFFILIATION: Southeastern Conference (West) Regional fi nals/No. 15 (USA TODAY/ESPN, Collegiate Baseball), Playing at a neutral site: ...... 6-2 STADIUM: Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium (15.000) No. 17 (Baseball America), No. 19 (NCBWA); RPI: No. 18 Vs. SEC overall: ...... 16-14 BASEBALL STAFF 2012 TEAM INFORMATION Vs. SEC at home: ...... 11-4 HEAD COACH: John Cohen (Mississippi State University, 1990) 2011 LETTERMEN RETURNING: 15 (OF-C.T. Bradford, Vs. SEC away: ...... 5-10 OVERALL RECORD: 446-305-1 (.594/13th year) OF-Brent Brownlee, RHP-Andrew Busby, INF-Adam Frazier, In SEC Tournament: ...... 5-1 MSU OVERALL/SEC RECORD: 125-109 (.534/4th year) / SEC: 45-74 (.378) INF-Sam Frost, LHP-Chad Girodo, RHP-Kendall Graveman, In NCAA Tournament: ...... NCAA TOURN. APPEARANCES: 4 (2006, 2008, 2011, 2012) / 8-6 RHP-Evan Mitchell, INF/RHP-Daryl Norris, LHP-Luis Pol- Vs. Non-conference: ...... 23-8 ASST. COACH: Butch Thompson, 4th year (Birmingham-Sou., ‘92) lorena, RHP-Caleb Reed, C/RHP-Hunter Renfroe, LHP-Nick ASST. COACH: Lane Burroughs, 4th year (Miss. College, ‘95) Routt, INF/RHP-Taylor Stark, RHP-Chris Stratton) Vs. Non-conference at home: 17-4 CAMPS COORD: Nick Mingione, 4th year (Embry-Riddle, ‘00) 2011 LETTERMEN NOT RETURNING: 10 (OF-Ryan Collins, C- Vs. Non-conference away: ...... 0-2 DIR./BB OPERATIONS: Tyler Bratton, 4th year (MSU, ‘07) Cody Freeman, OF-Trey Johnson, RHP-Devin Jones, INF-Jona- Vs. Non-conference neutral: .... 6-2 STUDENT ASSISTANT: Brad Corley than Ogden, INF-Jarrod Parks, OF-Jaron Shepherd, RHP-Tim Playing a day game: ...... 21-14 STRENGTH COACH: Brian Neal (Bridgewater College, 2005) Statz, C-Wes Thigpen, INF-Nick Vickerson) Playing a night game: ...... 18-8 ASSISTANT STRENGTH COACH: Greg Drye (Southern Miss, 1996) 2011 POSITION STARTERS RETURNING: 2 (LF-Brent Brown- In one-run games: ...... 11-9 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jason Wire (St. Cloud State University, 2006) lee, CF-C.T. Bradford) GRADUATE ASSISTANT TRAINER: Andy Bowersox In two-run games: ...... 11-3 2011 POSITION STARTERS/DH NOT RETURNING: 6+DH STUDENT MANAGERS: Sam Cockroft, Will Coggin, G.T. Mc- (C-Wes Thigpen, 1B-Ryan Collins, 2B-Nick Vickerson, In five+-run games: ...... 8-3 Cullough, Scott Ming, Davis Parker, Ronald Sims SS-Jonathan Ogden, 3B-Jarrod Parks, DH-Cody Freeman, In extra-inning games ...... 4-4 RF-Jaron Shepherd) In shutouts: ...... 5-1 2012 NEWCOMERS: 13 (C-Nick Ammirati, INF-Matthew Britton, In doubleheaders: ...... 5-1 Baseball Media Relations (Joe Dier) RHP-Preston Brown, INF-Phillip Casey, RHP-Will Cox, RHP- (662) 418-3821• JBDier @ athletics.msstate.edu Trevor Fitts, INF-Nick Flair, OF-Tyler Fullerton, RHP-Jonathan When scoring first: ...... 27-5 Team headquarters: Holder, LHP-Jacob Lindgren, 1B-Trey Porter, C-Mitch Slauter, When opponent scores first: ... 12-17 DoubleTree by Hilton • Tallahassee, Fla. RHP-Brandon Woodruff) When scoring 10 or more runs: ... 4-0 (850) 224-5000 When allowing 10 or more runs: . 0-1 When scoring 5 runs or less: ... 24-18 FRAZIER ON 2012 USA BASEBALL USA Baseball. That group includes the likes of eventual Ma- When allowing 5 runs or less: . 36-10 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE TEAM jor League performers Will Clark (1984), Carlton Loewer When hitting at least 1 HR: ...... 9-9 Sophomore shortstop Adam Frazier has never trav- (1993), Matt Ginter (1998) and Eric DuBose (1995-96). When allowing at least 1 HR: ...... 4-8 eled outside the United States. That’s likely to change in the The National Collegiate Team begins its preseason When out-hitting an opponent: .. 25-5 months ahead. training camp June 24 in Cary, N.C. When out-hit by an opponent: . 13-15 The Bulldog infi elder from Bishop, Ga., has been When matching opponents’ hits: .. 1-2 named to the 2012 USA Baseball National Collegiate When facing starting LHP: ...... 18-7 Team, coached by Tennessee head coach Dave Serrano. LUIS POLLORENA NAMED TO 2012 When facing starting RHP: ...... 21-15 The team’s 30-day, 20-game summer schedule includes a SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM When leading after 7th inning: . 33-1 fi ve-game series against the Cuban national team in Ha- Junior pitcher Luis Pollorena of Laredo, Texas, has When trailing after 7th inning: ... 2-18 vana, Cuba, and participation in the 26th annual Haarlem been named to the 2012 SEC Baseball Community Ser- When tied after 7th inning: ...... 4-3 Baseball Week in the Netherlands. vice Team. Games decided in final at-bat: ..... 8-7 “It’s a real honor and like a dream come true to be Pollorena, who fashioned a 4-0 record and a 1.50 Walk-off wins ...... 6-0 competing on a team wearing a jersey with USA on the earned run average during the regular season, has been Walk-off losses ...... 0-2 front,” he said. “I was speechless when Coach Cohen told active in numerous community service events and activities When not committing an error: .. 13-6 me about it,” he said. in the Starkville area and at home in Texas. When committing 2+ errors: .... 13-12 Frazier, the only Bulldog to have started all 61 games He’s participated in the Breakfast of Champions Vs. top 25-ranked opponents: .. 13-14 this year, ranks third in the SEC with 88 hits and a .376 campaign at both Sudduth Elemntary school and Hender- Vs. teams ranked in the top 10: ... 8-9 batting average. He leads the SEC with 211 assists and 48 son/Ward-Stewart Elementary School, promoting the impor- On Sunday: ...... 8-6 walks, ranks second with a .484 on-base percentage, sixth tance of morning nutrition among area youth. At Starkville On Monday: ...... with 76 hits and second with 40 double plays fi elded. High School he’s served as a motivational speaker with the On Tuesday: ...... 6-3 “Adam has worked hard to put himself in a position school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter. On Wednesday: ...... 2-2 for an honor like this, and he is most deserving of it,” said Pollorena participated in the MCT2 Rally, encouraging On Thursday: ...... 3-1 Mississippi State head baseball coach John Cohen “And it local third graders to perform at a high level on their state On Friday: ...... 12-3 really is an honor, especially when you consider the huge tests. On Saturday: ...... 9-7 pool of talented college players they have to choose from. He’s also worked with numerous MSU M-Club spon- This is an experience of a lifetime and we are really proud of In February: ...... 6-2 sored events, including the organization’s annual Thanks- his being selected to the USA team.” giving Food Drive and Bully’s Book Blitz, a program of In March: ...... 12-8 Frazier becomes the latest addition to the list of Mis- encouragement for young readers in the Starkville schools. In April: ...... 9-7 sissippi State players selected in years past to compete for In May: ...... 12-5 In June: ...... 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

Cavalcade of accolades for Chris Stratton COMPARING The honors continue to accrue for Mississippi State pitching standout Chris MSU THE STATS FSU SU UAB Stratton. 39-22/16-14 Overall/conf. record 43-15/24-6 39-21/19-11 32-28/9-15 This week the Tupelo, Miss., native was honored as the SEC Pitcher of the .252 Batting average .283 .307 .267 Year and became the fi rst Bulldog pitcher to earn that award and the fi rst to earn 8.2 (501) Hits per game 9.4 (544) 10.8 (645) 9.2 (554) fi rst-team All-Southeastern Conference honors since 2003 (current Chicago Cubs 4.5 (277) Runs per game 6.7 (387) 7.1 (425) 5.0 (297) hurler Paul Maholm). 1.5 (90) Doubles per game 2.1 (121) 2.0 (118) 1.3 (76) Also this week Stratton was listed among 30 semifi nalists for the Golden 0.1 (5) Triples per game 0.2 (10) 0.2 (14) 0.2 (14) Spikes Award. That collection of talented players will be reduced to three fi nalists 0.3 (21) Home runs per game 0.6 (36) 1.0 (62) 0.4 (23) June 5 and announced July 6 on MLB.com. .335 Slugging percentage .412 .465 .351 Closer to home, Stratton was named May 14 the recipient of the ninth C Spire/ .970 Fielding percentage .969 .960 .969 Ferriss Trophy, presented to the top collegiate baseball player in the Magnolia 1.1 (68) Double plays per game 0.9 (53) 0.7 (39) 1.0 (62) State.He bested two other fi nalists for the award, Delta State pitcher Colton Mitch- 0.7 (42) Stolen bases per game 1.0 (58) 0.8 (48) 0.9( 53) ell from Lake, Miss., and Ole Miss second baseman Alex Yarbrough of Allen, 2.58 Staff ERA 3.65 3.77 4.47 .239 Opponent batting average .249 .250 .276 Texas. 8.5 (516) Strikeouts per game 7.2 (420) 7.8 (465) 6.3 (375) The award is named in honor of former Mississippi State and Boston Red Sox Mississippi State series results pitching standout and former Delta State coaching great Dave “Boo” Ferriss, who vs. Florida State: FSU leads, 7-6 • Last meetings: MSU 3-0, 9-4 (June 2-3 • Tallahassee, Fla.) was on hand for this year’s presentation In Jackson, Miss. vs. Samford: MSU leads, 30-8 • Last meeting: MSU 7-6 (Mar. 20, 2007 • Starkville, Miss.) Stratton is one of two baseball players from the Southeastern Conference vs. UAB: MSU leads, 32-10 • Last meeting: UAB, 6-4 (Mar. 9-Apr. 13, 2011 • Birmingham, Ala.) to earn academic all-district honors and is among 88 candidates nationwide for 2012 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America team honors. The Bulldog hurler is also a semifi nalist for another high national honors, the DiamondDi d Dogs D feeling f li the th draft d ft Dick Howser Award, presented by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Associ- Nine members of the 2012 Mississippi State team (shown indented below) ation. It is named for the late Dick Howser, former Florida State player and coaching have had their name called during the Major League Baseball First-Year Player standout who went on to manage the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals. Draft over the past three years. All have opted to continue their baseball careers Season ticket sales surpass 5,500 mark again at Mississippi State. The MSU Athletic Ticket Offi ce reports the distribution of 5,493 baseball sea- Additionally, four seniors from Mississippi State’s 2011 NCAA Super Re- son tickets, surpassing last year’s total (5,448) and ranking as the fourth-most in gional team (shown fl ush left below) were drafted and signed last June. school history. State set a school record with the sale of 5,632 baseball season Nick Ammirati - 46th round, Florida Marlins (2009) tickets in 2010. Four of the top six baseball season ticket sales marks have now C.T. Bradford - 48th round, Cleveland Indians (2010) come in the past four years. MSU has eclipsed the 5,000 mark in baseball season Nick Flair - 26th round, Pittsburgh Pirates (2011) ticket sales 11 consecutive years and the 5,500 mark twice in the last four years. Demarcus Henderson - 43rd round, Houston Astros (2010) Devin Jones - 9th round, Baltimore Orioles (2011) Florida, Arkansas picked to win divisional titles Jacob Lindgren - 12th round, Chicago Cubs (2011) Defending SEC tri-champion Florida and defending SEC West winner Ar- Daryl Norris - 46th round, Texas Rangers (2010) kansas were the preseason choices of the league’s baseball coaches to capture Jarrod Parks - 24th round, Los Angeles Angels (2011)

their respective divisional titles in 2012. In the 15th annual SEC Coaches’ Pre- Hunter Renfroe - 31st round, Boston Red Sox (2010) season Poll, Florida, national runner-up to South Carolina in the 2011 NCAA Col- Jaron Shepherd - 33rd round, Colorado Rockies (2011) lege World Series in 2010, was the pick to claim this year’s SEC baseball pennant. Taylor Stark - 42nd round, Washington National (2010) Mississippi State was projected to fi nish fi fth in the SEC Western Division. Nick Vickerson - 20th round, New York Mets (2011) WESTERN DIVISION EASTERN DIVISION Team Pts. ‘11 SEC Rec/Fin. Team Pts. ‘11 SEC Rec/Fin. C.C. Watson - 29th round, Texas Rangers (2009) 1. Arkansas 64 15-15 / 1st 1. Florida 66 22-8 / t-1st 2. LSU 58 13-17 / t-5th 2. South Carolina 56 22-8 / t-1st 3. Alabama 38 14-16 / t-2nd 3. Georgia 42 16-14 / 4th 34th season for Jim Ellis, “voice of the Bulldogs” 4. Ole Miss 34 13-17 t-5th 4. Vanderbilt 40 22-8 / t-1st Veteran MSU sportscaster Jim Ellis is in his 34th season as the radio voice 5. Mississippi State 33 14-16 / t-2nd 5. Kentucky 25 8-22 / 5th of Mississippi State baseball. The West Point, Miss., native, a 1969 MSU grad, 6. Auburn 20 14-16 / t-2nd 6. Tennessee 18 7-23 / 6th began his affi liation with MSU baseball in 1979 and is largely responsible for the Opening day starters creation and growth of the MSU Baseball Radio Network, one of the nation’s Six Bulldog newcomers made their collegiate debuts on opening weekend, most established baseball radio networks. four of them (shown in bold) in State’s opening day starting lineup against Wash- The network, with more than a dozen affi liates in three states, features a ington State. Here’s how the Bulldogs’ starting lineup shook out in three opening 40-game broadcast schedule of weekend conference games and select non- weekend games: conference contests. The network broadcast schedule and most non-network FIRST BASE: Wes Rea/Wes Rea/Wes Rea broadcasts are heard locally on WKBB-FM (100.9) in nearby West Point, Miss. SECOND BASE: Adam Frazier/Adam Frazier/ Matthew Britton Since becoming the “voice of the Baseball Bulldogs” in 1979, Ellis has broad- SHORTSTOP: Matthew Britton/Matthew Britton/Adam Frazier cast all 120 of Mississippi State’s NCAA postseason games, including 93 regional THIRD BASE: Daryl Norris/Daryl Norris/Daryl Norris games, all nine of MSU’s NCAA Super Regional games and 21 of MSU’s 23 CATCHER: Mitch Slauter/Mitch Slauter/Mitch Slauter games NCAA College World Series games. LEFT FIELD: Taylor Stark/Hunter Renfroe/Hunter Renfroe In 2011 he followed recently-retired MSU broadcasting legend Jack Cristil CENTER FIELD: C.T. Bradford/C.T. Bradford/C.T. Bradford as the lead broadcaster for MSU football and basketball, and this year is joined in RIGHT FIELD: Brent Brownlee/Brent Brownlee/Brent Brownlee the baseball broadcast booth by Nanih Waiya, Miss., native and MSU grad Bart DESIGNATED HITTER: Trey Porter/Trey Porter/Trey Porter Gregory, who has been a part of the Mississippi State broadcasting team for 11 FRIDAY STARTING PITCHER: Ben Bracewell years working with football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball broadcasts. SATURDAY STARTING PITCHER: Nick Routt SUNDAY STARTING PITCHER: Kendall Graveman 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

2012 GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS (61 games) MSU Opp. Overall SEC Tickets Actual Date Opponent Score R-H-E-LOB R-H-E-LOB Inn. Rec. Rec. MSU Pitcher of Record/Save GW-RBI Distrib. Attend. Time Feb. 17 Washington State 6-2 6-13-2-12 2-4-0-1 9 1-0 Chris Stratton (W, 1-0) Stark (1) 6,141 3,449 2:42 Feb. 19 Washington State 5-6 5-14-0-16 6-12-1-8 13 1-1 Caleb Reed (L, 0-1) ------4:24 Feb. 19 Washington State 5-4 5-10-1-6 4-7-1-7 9 2-1 Taylor Stark (W, 1-0 none 6,006 2,156 2:30 Feb. 24 Kansas 1-0 1-5-0-9 0-3-1-7 9 3-1 Chris Stratton (W, 2-0) Rea (1) 5,817 2,080 2:16 Feb. 25 Miss. Valley State 13-5 13-13-1-9 5-10-0-7 9 4-1 Trevor Fitts (W, 1-0) Slauter (1) ------2:32 Feb. 25 Kansas 3-1 3-6-1-10 1-8-1-7 9 5-1 Evan Mitchell (W, 1-0), Caleb Reed (Sv-1) none 6,188 3,050 2:19 Feb. 26 Miss. Valley State 5-1 5-11-1-12 1-3-1-2 9 6-1 Will Cox (W, 1-0), Jonathan Holder (Sv-1) Norris (1) 5,806 1,527 2:15 Feb. 29 Memphis 6-7 6-10-2-8 7-13-1-11 9 6-2 Caleb Reed (L, 0-2) --- 5,777 1,067 3:21 Mar. 2 Connecticut 5-4 5-7-1-8 4-8-3-6 9 7-2 Chris Stratton (W, 3-0) --- 5,635 1,036 2:34 Mar. 3 Lipscomb 6-4 6-9-2-9 4-10-0-8 9 8-2 Trevor Fitts (W, 2-0), Taylor Stark (Sv-1) Norris (2) ------2:26 Mar. 3 Connecticut 3-1 3-10-3-8 1-6-0-8 9 9-2 Nick Routt (W, 1-0), Caleb Reed (Sv-2) Bradford (1) 6,150 3,169 2:36 Mar. 4 Lipscomb 16-6 16-19-3-8 6-9-4-7 9 10-2 Jonathan Holder (W, 1-0) Rea (2) 5,949 1,749 2:51 Mar. 6 Penn State 7-3 7-7-2-10 3-5-1-7 9 11-2 Tanner Gaines (W, 1-0), Caleb Reed (Sv-3) none 5,684 1,694 2:25 Mar. 7 Penn State 10-6 10-13-3-8 6-9-1-6 9 12-2 Jacob Lindgren (W, 1-0) Slauter (2) 5,741 1,522 3:00 Mar. 9 Mercer 5-3 5-8-1-7 3-7-1-10 9 13-2 Chris Stratton (W, 4-0), Caleb Reed (Sv-4) Slauter (3) 5,706 1,211 3:03 Mar. 10 Mercer 1-6 1-7-0-6 6-14-0-10 9 13-3 Nick Routt (L, 2-1) --- 6,032 2,102 2:40 Mar. 11 Mercer 3-1 3-7-1-6 1-3-1-3 9 14-3 ` Kendall Graveman (W, 1-0), C. Reed (Sv-5) Porter (1) 5,740 1,103 2:18 Mar. 13 at SE Louisiana 3-4 3-9-2-8 4-7-1-4 9 14-4 Chad Girodo (L, 0-1) --- 1,350 1,350 3:07 Mar. 14 at SE Louisiana 1-5 1-12-1-13 5-8-0-3 9 14-5 Will Cox (L, 1-1) --- 1,580 1,580 2:43 Mar. 16 at LSU 2-3 2-5-0-4 3-7-1-7 10 14-6 0-1 Caleb Reed (L, 0-3) --- 10,830 7,072 2:54 Mar. 17 at LSU 3-4 3-10-0-9 4-4-0-8 9 14-7 0-2 Nick Routt (L, 1-2) --- 11,137 7,504 2:41 Mar. 18 at LSU 7-1 7-9-0-6 1-10-3-8 9 15-7 1-2 KENDALL GRAVEMAN (W, 2-0) Porter (2) 10,610 6,424 2:13 Mar. 23 Arkansas 11-2 11-12-0-9 2-7-2-5 9 16-7 2-2 Chris Stratton (W, 5-0) Renfroe (1) 6,289 4,007 3:04 Mar. 24 Arkansas 0-8 0-3-2-5 8-14-0-10 9 16-8 2-3 Nick Routt (L, 1-3) --- 6,783 4,554 2:51 Mar. 25 Arkansas 5-8 5-10-2-14 8-15-0-14 9 16-9 2-4 Caleb Reed (L, 0-4) --- 6,228 2,572 4:13 Mar. 27 Alcorn State 6-2 6-7-2-8 2-6-2-6 9 17-9 --- Will Cox (W, 2-1) none 5,781 1,201 2:31 Mar. 30 at Auburn 5-3 5-10-1-8 3-8-3-6 9 18-9 3-4 Chris Stratton (W, 6-0), Caleb Reed (Sv-6) none 2,656 2,656 2:31 Mar. 31 at Auburn 6-10 6-8-2-7 10-12-2-8 9 18-10 3-5 Nick Routt (L, 1-4) --- 3,522 3,522 3:05 Apr. 1 at Auburn 2-8 2-7-3-5 8-12-2-11 9 18-11 3-6 Kendall Graveman (L, 2-1) --- 3,458 3,458 2:30 Apr. 6 Vanderbilt 7-4 7-10-3-6 4-8-1-6 9 19-11 4-6 Chris Stratton (W, 7-0), Caleb Reed (Sv-7) Rea (3) 6,353 2,770 2:40 Apr. 7 Vanderbilt 3-4 3-5-3-11 4-10-0-12 12 19-12 4-7 Jacob Lindgren (L, 1-1) --- 6,248 2,647 3:51 Apr. 8 Vanderbilt 8-7 8-10-2-7 7-13-0-14 9 20-12 5-7 Luis Pollorena (W, 1-0) Norris (3) 5,820 1,447 3:15 Apr. 10 South Alabama 2-0 2-5-0-14 0-6-2-7 12 21-12 --- Trevor Fitts (3-0) Rea (4) 5,812 1,519 3:17 Apr. 13 at South Carolina 6-7 6-7-0-5 7-11-1-5 9 21-13 5-8 Caleb Reed (L, 0-4) --- 8,105 8,105 2:20 Apr. 14 at South Carolina 3-5 3-9-1-9 5-9-0-9 9 21-14 5-9 Kendall Graveman (L, 2-2) --- 8,242 8,242 2:32 Apr. 15 at South Carolina 4-6 4-8-2-5 6-11-1-9 9 21-15 5-10 Evan Mitchell (L, 1-1) --- 7,011 7,011 2:30 Apr. 17 vs. Ole Miss (Pearl, Miss.) 3-6 3-6-2-6 6-10-0-3 9 21-16 --- Brandon Woodruff (L, 0-1) --- 5,533 5,533 2:40 Apr. 19 Tennessee 2-1 2-5-0-9 1-6-1-7 11 22-16 6-10 Caleb Reed (W, 1-5) Slauter (4) 6,388 3,725 3:05 Apr. 20 Tennessee 7-1 7-7-0-7 1-3-1-5 9 23-16 7-10 KENDALL GRAVEMAN (W, 3-2) Rea (5) 7,968 6,424 2:12 Apr. 21 Tennessee 3-2 3-8-1-13 2-11-1-10 14 24-16 8-10 Luis Pollorena (W, 2-0) none 10,351 9,233 4:13 Apr. 24 vs. Southern Miss 5-0 5-5-1-7 0-6-0-9 9 25-16 --- Nick Routt (W, 2-4) Norris (4) 4,300 4,300 2:40 Apr. 27 Ole Miss 4-0 4-5-0-4 0-5-22 9 26-16 9-10 CHRIS STRATTON (W, 8-0) none 6,801 5,212 2:13 Apr. 28 Ole Miss 2-6 2-5-3-7 6-10-1-6 9 26-17 9-11 Kendall Graveman (L, 3-3) --- 6,977 5,384 2:49 Apr. 29 Ole Miss 4-2 4-2-0-7 2-8-0-8 9 27-17 10-11 Luis Pollorena (W, 3-0), Caleb Reed (Sv-8) Norris (5) 6,650 4,190 2:45 May 4 at Alabama 3-1 3-7-0-7 1-11-0-8 9 28-17 11-11 Chris Stratton (W, 9-0), J. Holder (Sv-2) Norris (6) 3,423 --- 2:35 May 5 at Alabama 3-2 3-3-0-4 2-8-1-9 9 29-17 12-11 Evan Mitchell (W, 2-1), J. Holder (Sv-3) Porter (3) 3,550 --- 2:32 May 6 at Alabama 7-8 7-11-2-8 8-9-1-6 9 29-18 12-12 Nick Routt (L, 2-5) --- 3,367 --- 2:47 May 8 Mississippi Valley St. 6-3 6-12-2-13 3-5-0-5 9 30-18 --- Ross Mitchell (W, 1-0), J. Lindgren (Sv-1) Casey (1) 5,496 746 2:29 May 11 at Florida 1-4 1-6-2-5 4-7-1-7 9 30-19 12-13 Chris Stratton (L, 9-1) --- 3,875 --- 2:19 May 12 at Florida 2-0 2-7-2-13 0-3-1-6 9 31-19 13-13 Kendall Graveman (W, 4-3), J. Holder (Sv-4) Renfroe (2) 4,593 --- 2:36 May 13 at Florida 1-2 1-3-1-13 2-3-3-6 9 31-20 13-14 Jacob Lindgren (L, 1-2) --- 3,299 --- 2:47 May 15 Central Arkansas 0-2 0-7-1-5 2-8-0-9 9 31-21 --- Brandon Woodruff (L, 0-2) --- 5,804 1,218 2:15 May 17 Kentucky 3-1 3-8-0-8 1-7-0-7 9 32-21 14-14 Chris Stratton (W, 10-1), J. Holder (Sv-5) Rea (6) 6,146 3,093 2:35 May 18 Kentucky 4-3 4-9-0-12 3-7-1-8 9 33-21 15-14 Luis Pollorena (W, 4-0), J. Holder (Sv-6) Norris (7) 6,478 4,116 3:09 May 19 Kentucky 11-3 11-14-2-7 3-8-3-6 9 34-21 16-14 Jacob Lindgren (W, 2-2) Rea (7) 6,395 3,629 3:08 May 22 vs. Arkansas 9-1 9-9-2-9 1-7-2-7 9 35-21 --- Brandon Woodruff (W, 1-2), J. Holder (Sv-7) Rea (8) 5,489 --- 3:16 May 23 vs. LSU 3-2 3-8-1-6 2-5-0-4 9 36-21 --- Chris Stratton (W, 11-1), J. Holder (Sv-8) Henderson (1) 7,019 --- 2:33 May 24 vs. Kentucky 1-5 1-4-0-6 5-12-0-10 9 36-22 --- Kendall Graveman (L, 4-4) --- 6,798 --- 2:50 May 25 vs. LSU 4-3 4-10-1-10 3-8-0-7 10 37-22 --- Jonathan Holder (W, 2-0) Britton (1) 9,076 --- 3:17 May 26 vs. Kentucky 2-1 2-8-2-9 1-9-0-9 9 38-22 --- Nick Routt (W, 3-5), J. Holder (Sv-9) Porter (4) 9,243 --- 2:52 May 27 vs. Vanderbilt 3-0 3-7-0-9 0-6-0-10 9 39-22 --- Ross Mitchell (W, 2-0), Chris Stratton (Sv-1) None 12,526 --- 2:51 HOME ACTUAL ATTENDANCE 94,602 (33 dates = 2,867) HOME TICKET DISTRIBUTION 206,920 (33 dates = 6,270) TOTAL SEASON TIME OF GAME 10,199 min. (61 games = 2:48 - includes 8 extra-inning games --- 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 14) Starting pitchers shown underlined; complete-games shown in all caps; # Trustmark Park (Pearl, Miss.)

2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES AROUND THE HORN... C - # 29 MITCH SLAUTER (6-1 • 195 • R-R • Jr. • JC • Olathe, Kans. • Olathe North HS/Barton Co. CC) 1B - #35 WES REA • Starter behind the dish in all but 2 of MSU’s 61 gms • Hits in 36 gms • (6-5 • 287 • R-R • Fr. • RS • Gulfport, Miss. • Harrison Central HS) 10 multi-hit gms & 5 multi-RBI gms • 1st multi-hit/multi-RBI gm vs USM • Starter at 1B in 60 of 61 gms • Leads club w/39 RBI • 3rd on club w/12 (4-24) • 1st career HR in series-opener at LSU (3-16) • Hits in 11 of 18 2B & 2nd w/17 multi-hit gms • Team-best 12 multi-RBI gms & 9 multi SEC gms • 4 pickoffs & 14 caught stealing through 61 gms • 4th GWRBI hit/multi RBI gms • Hit HR #5 (3-R) in SECT opener vs. Ark. • Solid with 11th-inn. sac fl y in series-opener vs. Tennessee • One of two JC defender at 1B (.992 w/5 E) with SEC-most 640 defensive chances, transfers in the lineup • Went 5x22 (.227) w/3 doubles in SECT • doubled 609 putouts and 50 double plays fi elded • All-state FB player & widely- and scored winning run in walk-off win over SEC champ LSU recruited prep OL • .250 (4x16), tam-hi 4 RBI in SECT OF - #9 TYLER FULLERTON 2B/3B - # 8 SAM FROST (5-9 • 154 • R-R • Fr. • HS • Murfreesboro, Texas • Siegel HS) (5-10 • 171 • L-R • Jr. • 2L • Hoover, Ala. • Hoover HS) • Starts in 27 of 35 gms played, team-most 23 in LF/4 in RF • One of two • Starter in 38 of 53 gms played • 27 GS at 2B, 11 at 3B • Tied for team MSU freshmen “de-redshirted” in mid-March • Called back from spring lead w/7 sac hits • Starter at 2nd & late-gm sub for Norris at 3B • Hails break trip home to Tennessee to join MSU on season-1st road trip & SEC from Hoover, Ala., who of SEC Tournament • Started all 6 gms in SECT opener • Registered hits in 1st 4 gms, including 4-hit showing in his 2nd • Hit .190 (4x21) in SECT career gm • 0x4 w/walk, HBP & 3 sac bunts in SECT 2B - #15 MATTHEW BRITTON OF - #42 BRENT BROWNLEE (5-11• 176 • L-R • Fr. • RS • Cullman, Ala. • Cullman HS) (6-0 • 198 • R-R • Sr. • 2L • Oxford, Miss • Oxford HS) • 32-gm starter in 46 games played (7 early-season starts at SS & team- • Starting outfi elder in 26 gms • Missed 16 gms after early-Mar. surgery most 21 [14 of 27 SEC gms] at 2B) • T-3rd w/6 sac bunts • Scored winning (knee cap) • 5x15, RBI, 2B & consecutive multi-hit gms vs. Wash. St. on run in 14-inn. win over UT (4-21) • 1st multi-hit & multi-RBI game • Among opening weekend • Part-time returnee to lineup during Aub series (Mar. 9 MSU players from Alabama • Late-gm def. sub at 2B • Hit .250 (2x6) in 30-31) • One of 2 seniors & team co-captain • .255 hitter in 130 career SECT • Error-free defense in SEC Tourney • Game-winning 10th inn. RBI gms played (85 GS) • Solid defender with .994 career fi elding percentage single vs. LSU (May 25), MSU’s 5th walk-off win of year • 3x13 (.231) in SECT • 7x18 (.389), 6 RBI in 2011 NCAA Tournament SS - #12 ADAM FRAZIER OF - #34 HUNTER RENFROE (5-10 • 170 • L-R • So. • 1L • Bishop, Ga. • Oconee County HS) (6-2 • 211 • R-R • So. • 1L • Crystal Springs, Miss. • Copiah Academy) • MVP of SEC Tourn (12x23, .522) • SportCenter No. 3 Play of the Day w/glove- • Starter in 57 of 58 gms played & in all 3 OF positions (LF: 15 gms, CF: fl ip double play vs. LSU • Riding 12-gm hitting streak (23x44, .523) w/8 multi-hit 30 gms, RF: 12 gms) • Bradford’s replacement in CF • 19 extra-base hits, gms • “Veteran” of MSU infi eld w/starts in all 61 gms (54 at SS & 7 at 2B) --- 79 including 15 2B • Hit 3rd HR (2R) vs. USM (4-24) & 4th at UF • 2nd w/25 career GS/ 99 career GP (114x329, .347) • Team-bests: 88 hits (3rd in SEC), 15 RBI • Hits in 21 of 30 SEC gms • 2-HR gm in series opener vs. Ark (3-34), 2B, 29 multi-hit gms (12 vs. SEC), 43 runs, .376 BA & .484 OB% (2nd in SEC) including inside-the-parker • 4-RBI vs. Lipscomb (3-3) & Arkansas (3-23) • • Leads SEC w/48 walks, 211 assists • Hits in 51 of 61 gms • Lead-off hitter in 14 multi-hit & 5 multi-RBI gms • 2010 Boston Red Sox draft (31st round) in 53 gms • .319w/hits in 23 of 30 SEC gms • 2nd in SEC in fi elding DPs (408) • 2010 • 5x21 (.238) 5 BB w/starts in all 6 2011 NCAA Tourn. gms Car-best 4-hit gm vs. MVSU (5-8) • 3x10, 4-BB vs. UF, 3rd 3-hit gm vs. Central Ark (5-15) • Named to 2012 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team coached OF - #2 DEMARCUS HENDERSON by Dave Serrano • 3x4, .750 as sub in 2 NCAA Tourney gms last year (5-11 • 170 • R-R • RFr. • RS • Waynesboro, Miss. • Wayne County HS) • Starter in 26 of 33 GP • Hitting .286 w/6 stolen bases • Named to SEC All- 3B - # 5 DARYL NORRIS Tournament Team • Hit .217 (5x23) and turned in several defensive gems (6-1 • 226 • R-R • So. • 1L • Fairhope, Ala. • Fairhope HS) in the outfi eld • 7 hits in last 7 games • Made 6 of his 7 starts in LF during • Starter in 42 games (8 as DH and 34 at 3B) • Starter at 3B prior to SEC Tournament • Also 15 starts in RF, 3 at 3B, 1 as DH • knee injury vs. Penn State (Mar. 7) • Missed 15 games before returning to lineup as DH vs. Vandy and So. Alabama • Hit .375 & ranked among DH - #32 TREY PORTER team-leaders with 21 hits, 12 RBI at time of injury • Hits in 25 of 44 gms (6-1 • 209 • L-R • Jr. • JC • Hurley, Miss. • East Central HS/Miss. Gulf Coast CC) played (4 multi-RBI hits) • Hit 1st car. HR vs. UK • 6 GW-RBI Hits in 3 of 6 • Starting DH in 47 of his 56 GS/57GP • Car-1st GS at 1B vs. MVSU • Also SECT gms • 1 IP, no other gms played in 2011 NCAA Tournament 5 starts in LF, 1 in RF & 2 at 3B • Hits in 34 gms • Shares team HR lead w/ 5 • 11 multi-hit & 6 multi-RBI gms (4 multi-multi gms) • 23 RBI • Missed 4 gms after injuring his foot on a foul ball (vs. UConn, 3-2) • Career-best 4x5, 2-RBI gm at LSU (3-17) • Also went 4x5 in series fi nale at Ala (5-6) • Began career w/6x10, 4-RBI showing in season-opening series vs. Wash. St. & hits in 8 of fi rst 9 gms before injury • Most-plunked Dog with 15 HBPs • 2x20 (.100), 2 RBI in SECT 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

(6-3 • 198 • RHP • Jr. • 2L • Tupelo, Miss. • Tupelo High School) STRIKEOUTS 28-CHRIS STRATTON PLAYER (SEASON) G AB SO YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 1. Eric DuBose (1996) 17 133.1 174 2010 5.29 5-3 14 14-1 1 0 78.1 84 54-46 42 76 9 2 9 8 7 2. B.J. Wallace (1992) 19 127.1 145 Eric DuBose (1997) 21 118.2 145 2011 5.21 5-7 17 14-0 1 0 76.0 83 52-44 27 76 10 4 7 7 5 4. Gary Rath (1994) 16 115.2 141 2012 2.21 11-1 16 11-1 1 1 102.0 78 29-25 21 123 17 1 4 6 6 5. Jeff Brantley (1985) 23 145.2 136 Total 4.04 21-11 47 39-2 3 1 256.1 245 135-115 90 275 36 7 20 21 18 6. Chris Stratton (2012) 16 102.0 123 7. Hank Thoms (1999) 18 118.1 121 • In SECT: earned win #11 win (6.0 IP, 5-H, 2-R, 2-BB, 8-K) vs. LSU & 1st career save (.1 IP) in title game vs. Vanderbilt 8. Jeff Brantley (1984) 20 132.2 115 • SEC Pitcher of the Year (MSU’s fi rst) & 1st team All-SEC • Semifi nalist for Golden Spikes Award & Dick Howser Trophy 9. Eric DuBose (1995) 18 112.2 109 • Leads SEC in wins (11) and earned run average (2.21) & 2nd in strikeouts (123) 10. Jon Harden (1992) 39 91.2 108 • Wins in 7 of 11 starts & in 11 of 16 appearances • 10 quality starts (6 or more IP/3 or less ER allowed) in 11 starts • 12th MSU pitcher to reach 100 Ks in a season • 123 Ks is 6th-most in a season at MSU Matt Ginter (1999) 19 93.2 108 B.J. Wallace (1991) 22 109.2 104 • Two-time SEC Pitcher of the Week • National pitcher/player of week after 17-K no-decision season-fi rst start at LSU (3-16) Frank Montgomery (1962) 102 • Career staff leader with 20 wins, 275 strikeouts in 3 seasons (3rd-most at MSU) • 256.1 IP Carlton Loewer (1993) 17 99.2 101 • 2nd & 3rd career 9-inn. performances vs. UT & UM • Also double-fi gure Ks at USC (11 Ks in 7.2 IP & vs. UT (10 Ks in 9.0 IP) Paul Maholm (2003) 15 107.2 101 • Received C Spire/Ferriss Trophy (Miss. college player of year) May 14 • Capital One Academic All-District VI Ken Kurtz (1979) 19 116.0 100 Matt Ginter (1998) 19 88.2 100

49-KENDALL GRAVEMAN (6-1 • 199 • RH • Jr. • 2L • Benjamin Russell HS) CAREER STRIKEOUTS PLAYER (SEASONS) G AB SO YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 1. Eric DuBose (1995-97) 56 364.2 428 2010 7.02 2-4 19 4-1 1 1 50.0 58 43-39 32 21 9 1 3 7 6 2. Jeff Brantley (1982-85) 73 427.0 364 2011 3.65 5-0 14 9-0 1 0 56.2 55 25-23 9 38 10 1 3 7 3 3. Chris Stratton (2009-11) 47 256.1 275 4. Paul Maholm (2001-03) 46 312.0 273 2012 2.92 4-4 15 15-2 0 0 86.1 83 36-28 19 54 12 1 1 2 12 5. B.J. Wallace (1990-92) 51 265.0 271 Career 4.10 11-8 48 28-3 2 1 193.0 196 104-88 60 113 31 3 7 16 21 6. Matt Ginter (1996-99) 55 225.2 269 • Leads MSU with 15 pitching starts & two complete games (tied for SEC lead in CGs) 7. Mike Proffitt (1969-72) 45 300.1 265 • ND & SECT loss (both vs. Kentucky) while battling injury in last 2 outings 8. Don Robinson (1975-78) 56 323.1 262 9. Carlton Loewer (1992-94) 53 277.1 261 • Teamed w/Jonathan Holder for 3-hit shutout at No. 1 national see Florida (7.2 IP, 3 singles, 3 Ks, 1 HBP) 10. Gary Rath (1992-94) 44 239.1 238 • Recorded SEC’s 1st CG of ‘12 in Sunday win at LSU (3-17) • 2nd CG vs. Tennessee • SEC Pitcher of Week after CG in 7-1 win vs. UT (3 hits, 2 BB, 8 Ks) when 3 of 101 pitches left the infi eld (2-1B, 1-F7) • Bumped up from Sunday to Saturday starter vs. Vandy (5.2 IP. 4H, 1 BB, 7 K, ND) • Named to SEC All-Defensive Team SAVES PLAYER (SEASON) SV 1. Scott Tanksley (1994) 13 (5-7 • 168 • LHP • Jr. • 1L • Laredo, Texas • United High School) Van Johnson (1997) 13 22-LUIS POLLORENA 3. Adam Larson (2000) 12 YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB Caleb Reed (2011) 12 2011 4.45 7-5 22 5-0 2 0 58.2 61 32-29 21 34 10 0 7 3 4 5. Jay Powell (1991) 10 2012 1.85 4-0 16 3-0 1 0 34.0 24 9-7 6 24 8 0 1 0 6 Van Johnson (1998) 10 7. Jonathan Holder (2012) 9 Career 3.50 11-5 38 9-0 3 0 92.2 85 41-36 27 58 18 0 8 3 10 8. Pete Young (1989) 8 • Last 2 outings vs. Kentucky (ND in SECT (2.0 IP) & series-clinching win (No. 4) with 2.0 IP in reg. season fi nale Pete Young (1988) 8 Jon Harden (1992) 8 • Notched April wins over Vandy (4-8), UT (4-21) & vs. UM (5.1 IP) in Sunday start Caleb Reed (2012) 8 • As pinch-runner scored winning run from 3rd in 11-inn. Thursday win vs. UT (4-19) on ESPNU • Delivered clutch game-tying 9th-inn. sac fl y vs. LSU in SECT (fi rst career RBI) • Drew starts in series fi nales against Ole Miss and at Alabama CAREER SAVES PLAYER (SEASONS) SV • Led 2011 MSU staff w/7 wins • Inked w/MSU after earning 2010 Ala. CC Conf. Player of Year honors at Marion (Ala.) Military Inst. 1. Van Johnson (1995-1998) 29 • Matched season-best with 5.1 IP in start (W) vs. Ole Miss (4-29) • Also 5.1 IP (1 ER) in relief vs. UM (4-17) 2. Scott Tanksley (1993-95) 24 • Name to 2012 SEC Baseball Community Service Team • Childhood cancer survivor 3. Caleb Reed (2009-12) 20 4. Pete Young (1987-89) 19 5. Jay Powell (1991-93) 17 (5-10 • 205 • R-R • Sr. • 3L • Cleveland, Miss. • Bayou Academy) YEAR37-CALEB ERA REEDW-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2009 9.17 2-1 11 0-0 0 0 17.2 28 19-18 15 8 4 0 3 1 0 CAREER APPEARANCES 2010 6.99 1-7 25 3-0 0 0 67.0 82 55-52 24 51 19 4 8 4 12 PLAYER (SEASONS) APP 2011 1.55 1-2 29 0-0 3 12 64.0 51 14-11 23 66 6 2 3 4 4 1. Van Johnson (1995-98) 115 2012 2.56 1-5 29 1-0 0 8 52.2 46 17-15 21 47 13 2 1 6 2 2. Jon Harden (1989-92) 110 Total 4.29 5-15 94 4-0 3 20 201.1 207 105-96 83 172 42 8 15 15 18 3. Caleb Reed (2009-12) 94 • Veteran relief man with 90 career relief appearances • 1 run allowed in last 11 appearances (12.2 IP CAREER RELIEF APPEARANCES • Ranks 3rd w/20 career saves, 90 career relief app. & 94 career app. • NCBWA Stopper of the year Award nominee P LAYER (SEASONS) RA • Notched save No. 8 in series-clinching 4-2 Sunday win vs. Ole Miss (4-29) 1. Van Johnson (1995-98) 115 • Earned win in UT series-opener w/2 IP • 5.1 innings of scoreless relief in 2 extra-inning games vs. UT (4-19/4-21) 2. Jon Harden (1989-92) 110 • 2nd-team 2011 All-SEC after leading MSU & ranking 3rd in the SEC with 12 saves & 1.55 ERA 3. Caleb Reed (2009-12) 90 • Recipient of 2012 SEC/Brad Davis Community Service Postgraduate Scholarship

(6-2 • 232 • R-R • Fr. • HS • Gulfport, Miss. • Gulfport HS) 14-JonathanYEAR ERA W-LHolder GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2012 0.00 2-0 23 0-0 2 9 27.1 14 0-0 5 28 1 0 0 1 0 • SECT All-Tourney pick (3 saves, W #2) • Set MSU record for consecutive scoreless IP (27.1) • Beginning Apr. 28, 8 saves, 1 win in last 10 relief appearances, 1 hit, 2 BB,12 Ks (10.2 IP) 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

HOME RUNS (21) GAMES WITH A HIT HR BY RBI — 1-RBI: 8, 2-RBI: 11, 3-RBI: 2, 4-RBI: 0; MULTI-RBI HITS Games Player RUNS VIA HR: 36 • HR BY OUT — 0-OUT: 4, 1-OUT: 10, 2-OUT: 7 No. Player-No. (Opp., date) Hit (RBI) 51 Adam Frazier 1. Trey Porter-1 (WSU, 2-19) HR (2 RBI) 39 Hunter Renfroe HOME: 10, AWAY: 8, NEUTRAL: 3 • VS. SEC: 11, VS. NON-SEC: 10 2. Mitch Slauter-1 (MVSU, 2-25) 2B (2 RBI) 36 Mitch Slauter No. Player (HR #) Date Opponent (pitcher) Inn. RBI Outs 3. C.T. Bradford-1 (MVSU, 2-25) 1B (2 RBI) 34 Trey Porter 1. Trey Porter (1) 2-19-12 Wash. St.-1 (Ochoa) 6th 2 0 4. Wes Rea-1 (MVSU, 2-25) 1B (2 RBI) 32 Wes Rea 2. Trey Porter (2) 2-19-12 Wash. St.-2 (Jackson) 6th 1 2 5. Daryl Norris-1 (MVSU, 2-26) 2B (2 RBI) 25 Daryl Norris 3. Wes Rea (1) 2-29-12 Memphis (Gant) 8th 2 1 6. Daryl Norris-2 (Memphis, 2-29) 2B (2 RBI) 22 C.T. Bradford 4. Trey Porter (3) 3-2-12 UConn (Fischer) 8th 2 1 5. C.T. Bradford (1) 3-4-12 Lipscomb (Hackett) 8th 2 1 7. Wes Rea-2 (Memphis, 2-29) HR (2 RBI) 22 Sam Frost 8. Trey Porter-2 (UConn, 3-2) HR (2 RBI) 16 Demarcus Henderson 6. Phillip Casey (1) 3-13-12 at Southeastern La. (Cultura) 2nd 2 0 7. Mitch Slauter (1) 3-16-12 at LSU (Goody) 10th 1 2 9. C.T. Bradford-2 (UConn, 3-3) 1B (2 RBI) 15 Matthew Britton 10. C.T. Bradford-3 (Lipscomb, 3-4) 2B (2 RBI) 15 Brent Brownlee 8. Trey Porter (4) 3-17-12 at LSU (Bonvillain) 8th 1 1 15 Tyler Fullerton 9. Wes Rea (2) 3-18-12 at LSU (McClune) 8th 1 2 11. C.T. Bradford-4 (Lipscomb, 3-4) 1B (2 RBI) 7 Taylor Stark 10. Hunter Renfroe (1) 3-23-12 Arkansas (Baxendale) 1st 2 2 12. C.T. Bradford-5 (Lipscomb, 3-4) HR (2 RBI) 5 Phillip Casey 11. Hunter Renfroe (2) 3-23-12 Arkansas (Baxendale) 3rd 2 0 13. Wes Rea-3 (Penn State, 3-6) 1B (2 RBI) 4 Brayden Jones 12. Wes Rea (3) 4-10-12 South Alabama (Huffer) 12th 2 1 14. Adam Frazier-1 (Penn State, 3-7) 2B (2 RBI) 3 Nick Ammirati 13. C.T. Bradford (2) 4-13-12 at South Carolina (Roth) 5th 1 1 15. Phillip Casey-1 (at SELU, 3-13) HR (2 RBI) 2 Brandon Woodruff 14. Wes Rea (4) 4-13-112 at South Carolina (Roth) 6th 1 1 16. Wes Rea-4 (Vanderbilt, 4-6) 1B (2 RBI) 15. Trey Porter (5) 4-14-12 at South Carolina (Montgomery) 7th 1 1 17. Sam Frost-1 (Vanderbilt, 4-6) 2B (2 RBI) GAMES WITH AN RBI 16. Mitch Slauter (2) 4-24-12 vs. Southern Miss (Myrick) 4th 2 2 18. Wes Rea-5 (Vanderbilt, 4-8) 1B (2 RBI) Games Player 17. Hunter Renfroe (3) 4-24-12 vs. Southern Miss (Myrick) 5th 2 2 19. Daryl Norris-3 (Vanderbilt, 4-8) 1B (2 RBI) 22 Wes Rea 18. Mitch Slauter (3) 4-28-12 Ole Miss (Mayers) 5th 2 0 20. Wes Rea-6 (So. Alabama, 4-10) HR (2 RBI) 17 Daryl Norris 19. Hunter Renfore (4) 5-13-12 at Florida (Whitson) 3rd 1 1 21. C.T. Bradford-6 (at USC, 4-13) 3B (2 RBI) 19 Adam Frazier 20. Daryl Norris (1) 5-18-12 Kentucky (Grundy) 4th 3 2 22. Adam Frazier-2 (Tenn, 4-20) 3B (2 RBI) 16 Trey Porter 21. Wes Rea (5) 5-22-12 vs. Arkansas (Stanek) 2nd 3 1 23. Wes Rea-6 (Tennessee, 4-20) 2B (2 RBI) 16 Mitch Slauter *— lead-off home run c — consecutive home runs 24. Matthew Britton-1 (UT, 4-21) 1B (2 RBI) 15 Hunter Renfroe 25. Mitch Slauter-2 (vs. USM, 4-24) HR (2 RBI) 12 Sam Frost OPPONENT HOME RUNS (13) 26. Hunter Renfroe-1 (vs. USM, 4-24) HR (2 RBI) 10 Brent Brownlee HR BY RBI — 1-RBI: 7, 2-RBI: 4, 3-RBI: 2, 4-RBI: 0; 27. Mitch Slauter-3 (vs. Ole Miss, 4-28) HR (2 RBI) 7 C.T. Bradford RUNS VIA HR: 21 • HR BY OUT — 0-OUT: 4, 1-OUT: 4, 2-OUT: 5 28. Phillip Casey-2 (at Alabama, 5-6) 1B (2 RBI) 7 Tyler Fullerton 29. Taylor Stark-1 (Miss. Valley, 5-8) 3B (2 RBI) 6 Matthew Britton HOME: 7, AWAY: 5, NEUTRAL: 1 • VS. SEC: 7, VS. NON-SEC: 6 No. Player (HR #) Date Opponent (pitcher) Inn. RBI Outs 30. Wes Rea-7 (Kentucky, 5-17) 1B (2 RBI) 6 Demarcus Henderson 1. Jacob Wilson (1) 2-29-12 Memphis (Girodo) 5th 2 1 31. Daryl Norris-4 (Kentucky, 5-18) HR (3 RBI) 4 Phillip Casey 2. Tom Verdi (2) 3-2-12 UConn (Stratton) 4th 3 2 32. Demarcus Henderson-1 (UK, 5-19) 1B (2 RBI) 3 Taylor Stark 3. * Travis Benn (5) 3-9-12 Mercer (Stratton) 4th 1 0 33. Wes Rea-8 (vs. Arkansas, 5-22) HR (3 RBI) 2 Nick Ammirati 4. Nick Backlund (7) 3-10-12 Mercer (Routt) 3rd 1 2 34. Sam Frost-2 (vs. Arkansas, 5-22) 1B (2 RBI) 2 Brayden Jones 5. * Logan Gaines (6) 3-10-12 Mercer (E. Mitchell) 7th 1 0 1 Luis Pollorena 6. Mason Katz (4) 3-17-12 at LSU (Routt) 1st 2 1 MULTI-RBI/MULTI-HIT GAMES 1 Brandon Woodruff 7. Blake Austin (1) 3-28-12 at Auburn (Fitts) 7th 3 2 No. Player (last vs./date) 8. Grayson Greiner (4) 4-13-12 at South Carolina (Stratton) 8th 1 2 9. Matt Snyder (10) 4-28-12 Ole Miss (Graveman) 1st 2 2 9 Wes Rea Kentucky (5-17) 10. * Zach Kirksey (11) 4-29-12 Ole Miss (Reed) 9th 1 0 4 Daryl Norris Vanderbilt (4-8) HITTING STREAKS 11. Mike Zunino (12) 5-11-12 at Florida (Stratton) 8th 2 0 4 Trey Porter Arkansas (3-23) Games Player 12. Mike Zunino (13) 5-13-12 at Florida (Lindgren) 8th 1 1 3 C.T. Bradford at South Carolina (4-13) 12 Adam Frazier 13. J.T. Riddle (5) 5-26-12 vs. Kentucky (Pollorena) 2nd 1 1 3 Adam Frazier Tennessee (4-20) 10 Demarcus Henderson *— lead-off home run c — consecutive home runs 2 Phillip Casey at Alabama (5-6) 9 Daryl Norris 2 Hunter Renfroe Arkansas (3-23) 8 D. Norris, H. Renfroe 1 Matthew Britton Tennessee (4-21) GAME WINNING RBI (28) 1 Sam Frost Vanderbilt (4-6) 7 Adam Frazier No. Date Opponent Player (#GWRBI) RBI Inn. Play 1. Feb. 17 Washington State Taylor Stark (1) 1 2nd 1B 1 Mitch Slauter vs. USM (4-24) 6 H. Renfroe, A. Frazier, Bradford • 2. Feb. 24 Kansas Wes Rea (1) 1 9th 2B 1 Taylor Stark Miss. Valley State (5-8) 5 C.T. Bradford, T. Porter, S. Frost, H. Renfroe 3. Feb. 25 MVSU Mitch Slauter (1) 2 4th 2B 1 Demarcus Henderson Kentucky (5-19) 4. Feb. 26 MVSU Daryl Norris (1) 2 1st 2B 5. Mar. 3 Lipscomb Daryl Norris (2) 1 1st 1B BATTING 6. Mar. 3 UConn C.T. Bradford (1) 2 2nd 1B BULLDOG BIG INNINGS 7. Mar. 4 Lipscomb Wes Rea (2) 1 4th 2B (five or more runs) THRU THE ORDER 8. Mar. 7 Penn State Mitch Slauter (2) 1 7th SF Runs - Opp (date/inning) Batters Opp. (date/inning) Batters 9. Mar. 9 Mercer Mitch Slauter (3) 1 5th BB 8 - Lipscomb (3-4, 4th) 12 Miss. Valley State (2-25, 4th) 9 10. Mar. 11 Mercer Trey Porter (1) 1 1st 1B 7 - Miss. Valley State (2-25, 4th) 9 11. Mar. 18 at LSU Trey Porter (2) 1 1st 1B 6 - vs. Arkansas (5-22, 9th) 9 Miss. Valley State (2-25, 5th) 12 12. Mar. 23 Arkansas Hunter Renfroe (1) 2 1st HR 5 - Miss. Valley State (2-25, 5th) 12 Memphis (2-29, 8th) 9 13. Apr. 6 Vanderbilt Wes Rea (3) 2 1st 1B 5 - Lipscomb (3-4, 2nd) 10 Lipscomb (3-3, 2nd) 9 • 14. Apr. 8 Vanderbilt Daryl Norris (3) 1 9th 2B 5 - at LSU (3-18, 1st) 9 Lipscomb (3-4, 2nd) 10 • 15. Apr. 10 South Alabama Wes Rea (4) 2 12th HR 5 - Kentucky (5-19, 5th) 9 •16 Apr. 19 Tennessee Mitch Slauter (4) 1 11th SF Opponents: 6 runs, 5 runs (2 times) Lipscomb (3-4, 4th) 12 17. Apr. 20 Tennessee Wes Rea (5) 1 4th 2B Penn State (3-7, 7th) 9 18. Apr. 24 vs. Southern Miss Daryl Norris (4) 1 3rd GrO at LSU (3-18, 1st) 9 19. Apr. 29 Ole Miss Daryl Norris (5) 1 1st BB EXTRA-BASE HITS 20. May 4 at Alabama Daryl Norris (6) 1 3rd GrO Player EBH at Auburn (3-31, 9th) 9 21. May 5 at Alabama Trey Porter (3) 1 1st 1B Hunter Renfroe 19 Vanderbilt (4-6, 3rd) 9 22. May 8 Miss. Valley State Phillips Casey (1) 1 1st FC Wes Rea 18 Ole Miss (4-29, 1st) 9 23. May 12 at Florida Hunter Renfroe (2) 1 1st 1B Adam Frazier 16 24. May 17 Kentucky Wes Rea (6) 2 4th 1B Trey Porter 14 Miss. Valley State (5-8, 7th) 9 25. May 22 vs. Arkansas Wes Rea (7) 3 2nd HR Mitch Slauter 14 Kentucky (5-19, 5th) 9 26. May 23 vs. LSU Demarcus Henderson (1) 1 6th 1B •27. May 25 vs. LSU Matthew Britton (1) 1 10th 1B Daryl Norris 8 vs. Arkansas (5-22, 9th) 9 28. May 26 vs. Kentucky Trey Porter (4) 1 3rd 1B Sam Frost 7 MSU: 14 times • walk-off GWRBI C.T. Bradford 5 Tyler Fullerton 5 Opponents: 2 (Ark, 3-24; Ark, 3-25) Brent Brownlee 3 Demarcus Henderson 3 Phillip Casey 2 Brayden Jones 1 Taylor Stark 1 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

MISSISSIPPI STATE PITCHING STARTS RECORD BY STARTERS LONGEST STARTS Date Pitcher (opp) IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC. 9.0 IP --- Kendall Graveman (at LSU, 3-18-12) Kendall Graveman ...... 4-4/15 2-17 Ben Bracewell (Wash. St.) 4.1 1 0-0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 6-2 ND Nick Routt ...... 1-4/7 9.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (Tennessee, 4-19-12) 2-19 Nick Routt (Wash. St.) 2.0 6 3-3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5-6 (13) ND 9.0 IP --- Kendall Graveman (Tenn, 4-20-12) 2-19 Kendall Graveman (WSU 6.1 3 2-2 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 5-4 ND Will Cox ...... 2-1/6 9.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (Ole Miss, 4-21-12) 2-24 Ben Bracewell (Kansas) 3.0 2 0-0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 ND Ben Bracewell ...... 0-0/3 8.2 IP --- Chris Stratton (at LSU, 3-16-12) 2-25 Kendall Graveman ((MVSU) 4.0 5 3-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13-5 ND Chris Stratton ...... 7-1/11 2-25 Nick Routt (Kansas) 4.1 6 1-1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3-1 ND 8.1 IP --- Kendall Graveman (Mercer, 3-11-12) Brandon Woodruff ...... 1-2/6 2-26 Will Cox (MVSU) 7.0 3 1-0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 5-1 W C.T. Bradford ...... 0-0/1 7.2 IP --- Kendall Graveman (at Florida, 5-12-12) 2-29 Luis Polloreno (Memphis) 2.0 3 2-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6-7 ND 7.0 IP --- Will Cox (MVSU, 2-26-12) 3-2 Ben Bracewell (UConn) 3.0 1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 ND Luis Polloreno ...... 1-0/4 7.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (Arkansas, 3-23-12) 3-3 Kendall Graveman (LU) 3.2 5 2-2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 6-4 ND Evan Mitchell ...... 0-1/4 7.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (at Auburn, 3-30-12) 3-3 Nick Routt (UConn) 6.0 1 1-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3-1 W Tanner Gaines ...... 0-0/1 3-4 Will Cox (Lipscom) 2.0 3 3-3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 16-6 ND 7.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (at Alabama.5-4-12) Jacob Lindgren ...... 0-0/2 3-6 C.T. Bradford (Penn State) 2.2 5 3-2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 7-3 ND Ross Mitchell ...... 0-0/1 7.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (at Florida, 5-11-12) 3-7 Will Cox (Penn State) 4.0 5 4-3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 10-6 ND 6.1 IP --- Kendall Graveman (Wash. St.-2, 2-19) 3-9 Ross Mitchell (Mercer) 2.0 2 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 ND Caleb Reed ...... 0-0/1 6.1 IP --- Kendall Graveman (Ole Miss, 4-28) 3-10 Nick Routt (Mercer) 4.0 9 3-2 0 6 1 0 1 1 0 1-6 L 6.1 IP --- Chris Stratton (Kentucky, 5-17-12 3-11 Kendall Graveman (Mercer) 8.1 3 1-1 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 3-1 W 3-13 Tanner Gaines (at SELU) 1.0 2 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3-4 ND 6.0 IP --- Nick Routt (UConn, 3-3) STRIKEOUTS (GAME) 3-14 Will Cox (at SELU) 3.0 6 4-4 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 1-5 L 17 Chris Stratton (at LSU, 3-16) 6.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (Vanderbilt, 4-6) 3-16 Chris Stratton (at LSU) 8.2 4 1-1 2 17 1 0 0 0 0 2-3 (10) ND 6.0 IP --- Brandon Woodruff (So. Ala., 4-10) 3-17 Nick Routt (at LSU) 3.2 2 3-3 2 3 0 0 1 0 3 3-4 L 11 Chris Stratton (at South Carolina, 4-13) 6.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (vs. LSU, 5-23) 3-18 Kendall Graveman (at LSU) 9.0 10 1-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-1 W 10 Chris Stratton (Tennessee, 4-19) 5.2 IP --- Kendall Graveman (Vanderbilt, 4-6) 3-23 Chris Stratton (Arkansas) 7.0 5 2-2 2 9 2 1 0 0 0 11-2 W 9 Caleb Reed (Wash. State-1, 2-19) 3-24 Nick Routt (Arkansas) 4.2 7 2-2 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0-8 L 9 Chris Stratton (UConn, 3-2) 5.2 IP --- Kendall Graveman (at USC, 4-14) 3-25 Kendall Graveman (Ark) 5.1 8 2-2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5-8 L 5.1 IP --- Kendall Graveman (Arkansas, 3-25) 3-27 Will Cox (Alcorn State) 3.0 0 0-0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2-6 W 9 Chris Stratton (Arkansas, 3-23) 5.1 IP --- Luis Pollorena (Ole Miss, 4-29) 3-30 Chris Stratton (at Auburn) 7.0 8 3-2 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 5-3 W 8 Evan Mitchell (Wash. State-1, 2-19) 5.0 IP --- Brandon Woodruff (Arkansas, 5-22) 3-31 Nick Routt (at Auburn) 2.0 4 5-3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 6-10 L 8 Chris Stratton (Kansas, 2-24) 4.2 IP --- Nick Routt (Arkansas, 3-24) 4-1 Kendall Graveman (at Aub) 4.2 8 7-4 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 2-8 Ll 8 Will Cox (MVSU, 2-25) 4-6 Chris Stratton (Vanderbilt) 6.0 6 4-3 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 7-4 W 8 Kendall Graveman (Mercer, 3-11) 4.1 IP --- Ben Bracewell (Wash. State, 2-17) 4-7 Kendall Graveman (Vandy) 5.2 4 3-0 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 3-4 L 4.1 IP --- Nick Routt (Kansas, 2-25) 4-8 Caleb Reed (Vanderbilt) 3.0 5 4-3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 8-7 ND 8 Nick Routt (Arkansas, 3-24) 4.1 IP --- Kendall Graveman (at Ala., 5-5) 4-10 Brandon Woodruff (So. Ala.) 6.0 0 0-0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 ND 8 Chris Stratton (at Auburn, 3-30) 4.0 IP --- Kendall Graveman (MVSU, 2-25) 4-13 Chris Stratton (at USC) 7.2 9 5-5 2 11 2 0 1 1 0 6-7 ND 8 Brandon Woodruff (So. Ala., 4-10) 4.0 IP --- Will Cox (Penn State, 3-7) 4-14 Kendall Graveman (at USC) 5.2 8 5-5 2 7 0 0 1 0 1 3-5 L 8 Kendall Graveman (Tennessee, 4-20) 4-15 Evan Mitchell (at USC) 4.1 5 4-2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 4-6 L 8 Chris Stratton (at Auburn, 3-30) 4.0 IP --- Nick Routt (Mercer, 3-10) 4-17 Brandon Woodruff (vs. UM) 3.2 7 5-5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3-6 L 4-19 Chris Stratton (vs. UT) 9.0 4 1-1 0 10 1 0 0 3 1 2-1 ND 8 Chris Stratton (Kentucky, 5-17) 4-20 Kendall Graveman (vs. UT) 9.0 3 1-1 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 7-1 W 8 Chris Stratton (vs. LSU, 5-23) RELIEF APPEARANCES 4-21 Evan Mitchell (vs. UT) 3.1 4 1-1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3-2 ND 7 Chris Stratton (Mercer, 3-9) 6.1 IP --- Caleb Reed (Wash. State-1, 2-19) 4-24 Brandon Woodruff (vs. USM) 4.0 4 0-0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5-0 ND 7 Evan Mitchell (at LSU, 3-17) 4-27 Chris Stratton (Ole Miss) 9.0 5 0-0 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 4-0 W 7 Kendall Graveman (at USC, 4-14) 6.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (Kansas, 2-24) 4-28 Kendall Graveman (Ole Miss) 6.1 6 4-3 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 2-6 L 6.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (UConn, 3-2) 4-29 Luis Pollorena (Ole Miss)`` 5.1 4 0-0 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 4-2 W 7 Chris Stratton (Ole Miss, 4-27) 5.1 IP --- Jacob Lindgren (Kentucky, 5-19) 5-4 Chris Stratton (at Alabama)7.0 7 0-0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 3-1 W 7 Luis Pollorena (Ole Miss, 4-29) 5.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (Mercer, 3-9) 5-5 Kendall Graveman (at UA) 4.2 6 1-1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3-2 ND 7 Jacob Lindgren (Kentucky, 5-19) 5.0 IP --- Ross Mitchell (Vanderbilt, 5-27) 5-6 Luis Pollorena (at Alabama) 2.2 2 101 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7-8 ND 6 Tanner Gaines (Penn State, 3-6) 5-8 Will Cox (Miss. Valley St.) 2.1 4 3-1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6-3 ND 6 Nick Routt (Mercer, 3-10) 4.2 IP --- Caleb Reed (Arkansas, 3-25) 5-11 Chris Stratton (at Fla.) 7.0 6 4-2 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1-4 L 4.1 IP --- Trevor Fitts (Lipscomb, 3-3) 5-12 Kendall Graveman (at Fla.) 7.2 3 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2-0 W 6 Brandon Woodruff (at SELU, 3-14) 4.1 IP --- Evan Mitchell (Wash. State-1, 2-19) 5-13 Evan Mitchell (at Florida) 2.2 2 1-1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1-2 ND 6 Will Cox (vs. Alcorn State, 3-27) 4.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (Wash. State, 2-17) 5-15 Brandon Woodruff (UCA) 4.0 5 1-1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0-2 L 6 Chris Stratton (Vanderbilt, 4-6) 4.0 IP --- Trevor Fitts (MVSU, 2-25) 5-17 Chris Stratton (Kentucky) 6.1 6 1-1 0 8 3 0 0 0 1 3-1 W 6 Chris Stratton (at Alabama, 5-4) 5-18 Kendall Graveman (UK) 3.2 5 2-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 4-3 ND 5-19 Evan Mitchell (Kentucky) 2.2 3 2-0 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 11-3 ND 6 Chris Stratton (at Florida, 5-11) 5-22 Brandon Woodruff (Ark) 5.0 2 0-0 1 5 1 5 1 0 0 9-1 W SAVES (19) 5-23 Chris Stratton (LSU) 6.0 5 2-2 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 3-2 W 1. 1-Caleb Reed (Kansas, 2-25) 5-24 Kendall Graveman (vs. UK) 2.1 6 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1-5 L SEC weekend starters at LSU (LLW) Stratton ND Routt Graveman W 2. 1-Jonathan Holder (MVSU, 2-26) 5-25 Jacob Lindgren (vs. LSU) 4.2 3 3-3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4-3 ND 5-26 Luis Pollorena (vs. Ark.) 2.0 3 1-1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2-1 ND ARK (WLL) Stratton W Routt Graveman 3. 1-Taylor Stark (Lipscomb, 3-3) 5-27 Brandon Woodruff (vs. VU) 3.0 1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3-0 ND at AUB (WLL) Stratton W Routt Graveman 4. 2-Caleb Reed (UConn, 3-3) Vandy (WLW) Stratton ND Graveman Reed ND 5. 3-Caleb Reed (Penn State, 3-3) at USC (LLL) Stratton ND Graveman E. Mitchell 6. 4-Caleb Reed (Mercer, 3-6) QUALITY PITCHING STARTS (19) [6 or more IP / 3 or less ER] UT (WWW) Stratton W Graveman W E. Mitchell 7. 5-Caleb Reed (Mercer, 3-11) NO. DATE OPPONENT PITCHER (DEC.) IP (H, R-ER, BB, K) UM (WLW) Stratton W Graveman Pollorena W 8. 6-Caleb Reed (at Auburn, 3-30) 1. 2-19 Washington State 1. Kendall Graveman (ND) 6.1 (3, 2-2, 1, 4) at ALA (WWL) Stratton W Graveman Pollorena ND at UF (LWL)) Stratton L Graveman W E. Mitchell ND 9. 7-Caleb Reed (Vandy, 4-6) 2. 2-26 Mississippi Valley St. 1. Will Cox (W, 1-0) 7.0 (2, 1-0, 0, 8) 3. 3-3 UConn 1. Nick Routt (W, 1-0) 6.0 (1, 1-0, 1, 3) UK (WWW) Stratton W Graveman ND E. Mitchell ND 10. 8-Caleb Reed (Ole Miss, 4-29) 4. 3-11 Mercer 2. Kendall Graveman (W, 1-0) 8.1 (3, 1-1, 1, 8) 11. 2-Jonathan Holder (at Alabama, 5-3) 5. 3-16 at LSU 1. Chris Stratton (ND) 8.2 (4, 1-1, 2, 17) 12. 3-Jonathan Holder (at Alabama, 5-4) 6. 3-18 at LSU 3. Kendall Graveman (W, 2-0) 9.0 (10, 1-1, 3, 0) 13. 1-Jacon Lindgren (MVSU, 5-8) 7. 3-23 Arkansas 2. Chris Stratton (W, 5-0) 7.0 (5, 2-2, 2, 9) 14. 4-Jonathan Holder (at Florida, 5-11) 8. 3-30 at Auburn 3. Chris Stratton (W, 6-0) 7.0 (8, 3-2, 1, 8) 9. 4-6 Vanderbilt 4. Chris Stratton (W, 7-0) 6.0 (6, 4-3, 1, 6) 15. 5-Jonathan Holder (Kentucky, 5-17) 10. 4-10 South Alabama 1. Brandon Woodruff (ND) 6.0 (0, 0-0, 1, 8) 16. 6-Jonathan Holder (Kentucky, 5-18) 11. 4-19 Tennessee 5. Chris Stratton (ND) 9.0 (4 , 1-1, 0,10) 17. 7-Jonathan Holder (Arkansas, 5-22) 12. 4-20 Tennessee 4. Kendall Graveman (W, 3-2) 9.0 (3, 1-1, 2, 8) 18. 8-Jonathan Holder (LSU, 5-23) 13. 4-27 Ole Miss 6. Chris Stratton (W, 8-0) 9.0 (5, 0-0, 1, 7) 19. 9-Jonathan Holder (Kentucky, 5-26) 14. 4-28 Ole Miss 5. Kendall Graveman (L, 3-3) 6.1 (6, 4-3, 1, 4) 15. 5-4 at Alabama 7. Chris Stratton (W, 9-0) 7.0 (7, 0-0, 0, 6) 20. 1-Chris Stratton (Vanderbilt, 5-27) 16. 5-11 at Florida 8. Chris Stratton (L, 9-1) 7.0 (6, 4-2, 2, 6) 17. 5-12 at Florida 6. Kendall Graveman (W, 4-3) 7.2 (3, 0-0, 1, 3) 18. 5-17 Kentucky 9. Chris Stratton (W, 10-1) 6.1 (6, 1-1, 0, 8) 19. 5-24 vs. LSU 10. Chris Stratton (W, 11-1) 6.0 (5, 2-2, 2, 8) 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

STARTERS BY POSITION... STARTERS BY BATTING ORDER... 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF C DH Gm Date Opponent (score) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Rea Frazier Britton Norris Stark Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 1 2-17 WASHINGTON STATE (W, 6-2) Bradford Brownle Frazier Norris Porter Stark Slauter Rea Britton

Rea Frazier Britton Norris Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 2 2-19 WASHINGTON STATE (L, 5-6 13 inn.) Bradford Brownlee Frazier Norris Porter Slauter Rea Renfroe Britton Rea Britton Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 3 2-19 WASHINGTON STATE (W, 5-4 ) Frazier Brownlee Porter Slauter Bradford Rea Norris Renfroe Britton Rea Frazier Britton Norris Stark Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 4 2-24 KANSAS (W, 1-0) Frazier Brownlee Norris Porter Slauter Bradford Rea Stark Britton Rea Frost Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Henderson Ammirati Porter 5 2-25 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. (W, 13-5) Frazier Bradford Norris Porter Rea Renfroe Henderson Frost Ammirati Rea Frazier Britton Norris Woodruff Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 6 2-25 KANSAS (W, 3-1) Frazier Brownlee Bradford Rea Porter Slauter Woodruff Norris Britton Rea Frost Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Woodruff Slauter Porter 7 2-26 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. (W, 5-1) Frazier Bradford Rea Porter Norris Slauter Woodruff Renfroe Frost Rea Frazier Britton Norris Stark Bradford Woodruff Slauter Porter 8 2-29 MEMPHIS (W, 6-7) Frazier Bradford Slauter Porter Norris Rea Woodruff Stark Britton Rea Britton Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Henderson Slauter Porter 9 3-2 CONNECTICUT (5-4) Frazier Slauter Rea Porter Norris Bradford Renfroe Britton Henderson Rea Frazier Britton Norris Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Slauter Henderson 10 3-3 LIPSCOMB (W, 6-4) Bradford Frazier Norris Rea Slauter Renfroe Henderson Britton Brownlee Rea Frost Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Henderson Slauter Stark 11 3-3 CONNECTICUT (W, 3-1) Bradford Frazier Norris Renfroe Rea Henderson Slauter Stark Frost Rea Frazier Britton Norris Renfroe Bradford Henderson Slauter Stark 12 3-4 LIPSCOMB (W, 16-6) Bradford Frazier Norris Rea Renfroe Henderson Slauter Britton Stark Rea Frost Frazier Norris Stark Renfroe Henderson Slauter Bradford 13 3-6 PENN STATE (W, 7-3) Bradford Frazier Norris Rea Renfroe Slauter Stark Frost Henderson Rea Britton Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Henderson Slauter Porter 14 3-7 PENN STATE (W, 10-6) Bradford Frazier Norris Porter Rea Renfroe Slauter Britton Henderson Rea Britton Frazier Jones Stark Renfroe Henderson Slauter Porter 15 3-9 MERCER (W, 5-3) Frazier Slauter Rea Porter Renfroe Stark Henderson Britton Jones Rea Britton Frazier Jones Henderson Renfroe Woodruff Slauter Porter 16 3-10 MERCER (L, 1-6) Frazier Henderson Porter Rea Renfroe Jones Woodruff Slauter Britton Rea Britton Frazier Casey Stark Renfroe Henderson Slauter Porter 17 3-11 MERCER (W, 3-1) Frazier Stark Porter Rea Renfroe Slauter Henderson Casey Britton Rea Britton Frazier Casey Fullerton Renfroe Henderson Slauter Porter 18 3-13 at SE Louisiana (L, 3-4) Frazier Henderson Porter Rea Slauter Renfroe Casey Fullerton Britton Rea Casey Frazier Jones Fullerton Renfroe Henderson Ammirati Porter 19 3-14 at SE Louisiana (L, 1-5) Frazier Henderson Porter Rea Renfroe Casey Fullerton Ammirati Jones

Rea Britton Frazier Casey Fullerton Renfroe Henderson Slauter Porter 20 3-16 at LSU (L, 2-3, 13 inn.) Frazier Henderson Porter Rea Renfroe Casey Fullerton Slauter Britton

Rea Britton Frazier Casey Fullerton Renfroe Henderson Slauter Porter 21 3-17 at LSU (L, 3-4.) Frazier Henderson Porter Renfroe Fullerton Rea Casey Slauter Britton Rea Britton Frazier Casey Fullerton Renfroe Henderson Slauter Porter 22 3-18 at LSU (7-1) Frazier Fullerton Porter Renfroe Slauter Henderson Casey Rea Britton Rea Britton Frazier Henderson Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Porter 23 3-23 Arkansas (W, 11-2) Frazier Bradford Porter Renfroe Fullerton Slauter Rea Britton Henderson Rea Frost Frazier Henderson Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Porter 24 3-24 Arkansas (L, 0-8) Frazier Fullerton Porter Renfroe Slauter Rea Bradford Frost Henderson

Rea Britton Frazier Jones Fullerton Renfroe Henderson Slauter Porter 25 3-25 Arkansas (L, 5-8, 13 inn.) Frazier Fullerton Porter Renfroe Slauter Rea Henderson Jones Britton Rea Frost Frazier Jones Ammirati Renfroe Henderson Slauter Porter 26 3-27 Alcorn State (W, 6-2) Frazier Jones Porter Renfroe Slauter Rea Henderson Ammirati Frost Rea Britton Frazier Frost Renfore Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 27 3-30 at Auburn (W, 5-3) Frazier Slauter Porter Renfroe Bradford Rea Britton Brownlee Frost Rea Frost Frazier Henderson Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 28 3-31 at Auburn (L, 6-10) Frazier Slauter Porter Renfroe Bradford Rea Henderson Brownlee Frost Rea Britton Frazier Frost Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Porter 29 4-1 at Auburn (L, 2-8) Frazier Fullerton Porter Slauter Bradford Renfroe Frost Rea Britton Rea Frost Frazier Jones Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Norris 30 4-6 Vanderbilt (W, 7-4) Frazier Fullerton Slauter Bradford Rea Norris Renfroe Frost Jones

Rea Casey Frazier Frost Porter Bradford Renfroe Slauter Norris 31 4-7 Vanderbilt (L, 3-4, 12 inn.) Frazier Poretr Slauter Bradford Rea Frost Noriss Casey Renfroe Rea Frost Frazier Porter Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Slauter Norris 32 4-8 Vanderbilt (W, 8-7) Frazier Slauter Porter Bradford Norris Renfroe Frost Rea Brownlee

Rea Britton Frazier Frost Porter Renfroe Fullerton Slauter Norris 33 4-10 South Alabama (W, 2-0, 12 inn.) Frazier Slauter Norris Porter Rea Renfroe Fullerton Britton Frost Rea Frost Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 34 4-13 at South Carolina (L, 6-7) Frazier Slauter Norris Rea Porter Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Frost Rea Frost Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 35 4-14 at South Carolina (L, 3-5) Frazier Norris Bradford Rea Renfroe Slauter Porter Brownlee Frost Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Porter 36 4-15 at South Carolina (4-6) Frazier Bradford Norris Porter Rea Slauter Renfroe Fullerton Frost Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Porter 37 4-17 vs. Ole Miss (L, 3-6) Bradford Frazier Norris Porter Rea Slauter Renfroe Fullerton Frost

Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Porter 38 4-19 Tennessee (W, 2-1, 11 inn.) Frazier Norris Porter Rea Bradford Slauter Renfroe Fullerton Frost Rea Britton Frazier Frost Porter Bradford Renfroe Slauter Norris 39 4-20 Tennessee (W, 7-1) Frazier Slauter Porter Norris Bradford Renfroe Rea Britton Frost

Rea Britton Frazier Frost Porter Bradford Renfroe Slauter Norris 40 4-21 Tennessee (W, 3-2, 14 inn.) Frazier Slauter Porter Norris Bradford Renfroe Rea Britton Frost Rea Britton Frazier Norris Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Porter 41 4-24 vs. Southern Miss (W, 5-0) Frazier Fullerton Porter Norris Bradford Renfroe Rea Britton Slauter Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Bradford Renfroe Slauter Porter 42 4-27 Ole Miss (W, 4-0) Frazier Slauter Porter Norris Bradford Rea Renfroe Fullerton Frost Rea Britton Frazier Norris Renfroe Bradford Brownlee Slauter Porter 43 4-28 Ole Miss (L, 2-6) Frazier Slauter Porter Norris Bradford Renfroe Brownlee Rea Britton Rea Britton Frazier Norris Fullerton Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 44 4-29 Ole Miss (W, 4-2) Frazier Slauter Porter Norris Renfroe Brownlee Fullerton Rea Britton Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 45 5-4 at Alabama (W, 3-1) Frazier Slauter Porter Norris Renfroe Rea Brownlee Fullerton Frost Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 46 5-5 at Alabama (W, 3-2) Frazier Slauter Norris Porter Renfroe Rea Brownlee Fullerton Frost Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 47 5-6 at Alabama (L, 7-8) Frazier Fullerton Slauter Porter Renfroe Rea Brownlee Norris Frost Porter Britton Frazier Frost Stark Renfroe Fullerton Slauter Casey 48 5-8 Mississippi Valley State (W, 6-3) Frazier Fullerton Porter Slauter Casey Stark Britton Renfroe Frost Rea Britton Frazier Frost Fullerton Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 49 5-11 at Florida (L, 1-4) Frazier Fullerton Porter Slauter Brownlee Renfroe Britton Rea Frost Rea Britton Frazier Frost Stark Renfroe Porter Slauter Casey 50 5-12 at Florida (W, 2-0) Frazier Stark Slauter Porter Renfroe Casey Britton Rea Frost Rea Britton Frazier Frost Stark Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 51 5-13 at Florida (L, 1-2) Frazier Stark Porter Renfroe Slauter Brownlee Britton Rea Frost Rea Britton Frazier Frost Porter Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 52 5-15 Central Arkansas (L, 0-2) Frazier Slauter Porter Renfroe Norris Brownlee Britton Rea Frost Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 53 5-17 Kentucky (W, 3-1) Frazier Fullerton Renfroe Porter Slauter Brownlee Rea Frost Norris Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 54 5-18 Kentucky (W, 4-3) Frazier Fullerton Renfroe Porter Slauter Brownlee Rea Frost Norris Rea Frost Frazier Norris Fullerton Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 55 5-19 Kentucky (W, 11-3) Frazier Brownlee Renfroe Porter Slauter Fullerton Rea Frost Norris Rea Frost Frazier Norris Henderson Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 56 5-22 vs. Arkansas (W, 9-1) Frazier Brownlee Porter Renfroe Slauter Henderson Rea Frost Norris Rea Frost Frazier Norris Henderson Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 57 5-23 vs. LSU (W, 3-2) Frazier Brownlee Porter Renfroe Slauter Henderson Rea Frost Norris Rea Frost Frazier Norris Henderson Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 58 5-24 vs. Kentucky (L, 1-5) Frazier Brownlee Renfroe Slauter Porter Henderson Rea Frost Norris Rea Frost Frazier Norris Henderosn Renfroe Fullerton Slauter Porter 59 5-25 vs. LSU (W, 4-3) Frazier Fullerton Porter Renfroe Henderson Slauter Rea Frost Norris Rea Frost Frazier Norris Henderson Renfroe Fullerton Slauter Porter 60 5-26 vs. Kentucky (W, 4-3) Frazier Fullerton Renfroe Porter Henderson Slauter Rea Frost Norris Rea Frost Frazier Norris Henderson Renfroe Brownlee Slauter Porter 61 5-27 vs. Vanderbilt (W, 3-0) Frazier Brownlee Porter Renfroe Henderson Slauter Rea Frost Norris 62 6-1 vs. Samford 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

A NEW ERA: The Bulldogs continue to sport the SEC’s DOGS 2ND IN NCAA IN DPS: Through 61 games best and the NCAA’s fourth-best staff earned run average, 2.58. MSU’s defense leads the SEC and stands second in the NCAA MSU ranks just off Missouri State’s NCAA-leading pace (2.51). with 68 double plays. Illinois fi nished its 2012 season with 69 SEC BASEBALL STANDINGS State registered its 22nd double-fi gure strikeout game in a 3-2 double plays. State tied for 10th in the SEC last season with (thru games of May 28) win over LSU in the SEC Tournament. MSU shares the SEC 40 double plays. TEAM SEC Pct. GB ALL Pct. leads and ranks tied for third in the NCAA with 516 strikeouts. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT: Seventeen LSU 19-11 .633 --- 43-16 .729 State registered a season-high 19 punchouts in the second Bulldogs have now combined for 97 HBPs through 61 games, game of the season (vs. Washington State, Feb. 19) and in 22 tops in the SEC and seventh in the NCAA. Trey Porter leads So. Carolina 18-11 .621 0.5 40-17 .702 of 61 games have reached double digit strikeout totals, most the way with 15, just ahead of sophomore fi rst baseman Wes Florida 18-12 .600 1.0 42-18 .700 recently against LSU (May 23). Oddly enough, the only game Rea (12) and junior catcher Mitch Slauter (11). Kentucky 18-12 .600 1.0 43-16 .729 in which Bulldog pitchers have failed to record a strikeout was FRAZIER LEADS HITS PARADE: Sophomore Arkansas 16-14 .533 3.0 39-19 .672 Kendall Graveman’s SEC season-fi rst complete-game gem in middle infi elder Adam Frazier piled up 12 hits in the SEC MSU 16-14 .533 3.0 39-22 .639 the series-ending 7-1 win at LSU. Graveman got 19 groundball Tournament last week and needs a dozen more to become Vanderbilt 16-14 .533 3.0 33-26 .559 outs and was aided by a season-high four double plays. the fourth MSU player all-time to reach the century mark in HOLDEN ‘EM, HOLDER: Freshman right-hander hits. Frazier stands third in the SEC with 88 safeties. He has Georgia 14-15 .483 4.5 31-26 .544 Jonathan Holder (2-0, 0.00, 9 saves) has emerged as one of hit safely in 51 of MSU’s 61 games and has reached base Ole Miss 14-16 .467 5.0 35-24 .593 the nation’s top relief men late in the season. The rookie righty with walks in four other games. His .484 on-base percentage Auburn 13-17 .433 6.0 31-28 .525 registered three saves and a win in four relief appearances ranks second in the SEC. Alabama 9-21 .300 10.0 21-34 .382 (4.2 no-hit innings) in the SEC Tournament. Along the way LINEUP VARIETY: Thanks in part to injuries, MSU he broke the school record for consecutive scoreless innings head coach John Cohen has used 38 different starting Tennessee 8-22 .267 11.0 24-31 .436 pitched (26.1), a mark set in 1988 by another Gulf Coast prod- lineups in 61 regular season games. Middle infi elder Adam SEC West teams shown indented uct, Long Beach’s Bobby Reed. Holder has now registered Frazier has started all 61 games and fi rst baseman Rea has seven saves and a win in his last eight appearances, all of those started 60 of the 61 games (missed a start in game 48 vs. Mis- SEC Teams against SEC opponents. He has not allowed a run, earned or sissippi Valley State (May 8). otherwise, in 27.2 innings of relief (22 appearances) and has Junior catcher Mitch Slaughter in the NCAA Tournament IRON MAN MITCH: Arkansas (Houston Regional) fanned 28 batters over that span while holding opponents to caught every inning of all six MSU games in last week’s SEC Prairie View, Rice, Sam Houston .159 hitting. Tournament during the midday heat in Hoover, Ala. In 55 in- #1 Florida (Gainesville Regional) MAY I ASSIST YOU: Sophomore outfi elder Hunter nings he received 832 pitches. He’s started all but two games Bethune-Cookman, College of Charleston, Georgia Tech Renfroe (.257), who enjoyed a team-best 7-for-13 (.538) se- behind the dish in 2012. Kentucky (Gary Regional) Kent State, Purdue, Valparaiso ries at Florida, registered his SEC-leading ninth outfi eld as- CHART-CLIMBER CALEB REED: Senior relief #7 LSU (Baton Rouge Regional) sist in last Wednesday’s SECT win over LSU. Renfroe’s 10 pitcher Caleb Reed continues to scale several MSU career Belmont, Oregon State, UL-Monroe assists this year include an assist in an early season game pitching charts after earning his 8th save of the year in a Sun- Mississippi State (Tallahassee Regional) while catching. day’s series-clincher against Ole Miss. He stands third at MSU Florida State, Samford, UAB MAY I ASSIST YOU 2: Bulldog sophomore shortstop with 90 relief appearances and 94 overall mound stints. His Ole Miss (College Station Regional) Adam Frazier (.376) leads the SEC with 211 assists overall eight saves gives him his second top-10 saves season and Dayton, TCU, Texas A&M and has fi elded 48 of MSU’s 68 double plays, second-most in his 20 career saves is the third-most at MSU. All 20 of Reed’s #8 South Carolina (Columbia Regional) Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Manhattan the SEC behind teammate Wes Rea (.245) with 55. saves have come over his junior and senior seasons when Vanderbilt (Raleigh Regional) INJURY BUG BITING: A ninth-inning outfi eld colli- he has compiled a 1.82 ERA with 111 strikeouts in 57 relief NC State, Sacred Heart, UNC-Wilmington sion in the Apr. 28 MSU-Ole Miss game between C.T. Brad- appearances (23 ER/113.2 IP). ford and Brent Brownlee returned Bradford to the Bulldog DL A PINCH OF PINCH-HITTING: There have been MSU 15-13 VS. NCAA FIELD: with an injured shoulder for the remainder of the season. State few successes in the pinch-hitting category for the Bulldogs in Mississippi State has played all seven other avoided the injury bug the fi rst three weeks of the season, 2012. State’s pinch-hitters are 2-for-25 (Sam Frost vs. Ark. & SEC teams that are entered playing in the but all that changed the fi rst week of March, with senior out- Phillip Casey at Ala). NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs are 15-13 fi elder Brent Brownlee (knee cap), sophomore third baseman TRIPLE (PLAY) TROUBLE: Over a 12-day span against Arkansas (2-2), Florida (1-2), Ken- Daryl Norris (knee cap), soph center fi elder C.T. Bradford in March Mississippi State hit into not one but two triple plays tucky (4-1), LSU (3-2), Ole Miss (2-2), South (shoulder) and sophomore outfi elder Taylor Stark (hamstring) --- smash line-outs to the opposing fi rst baseball who then Carolina (0-3) and Vanderbilt (3-1). None of going to the DL. Five opening day starters, including pitcher stepped on the bag at fi rst to double off one runner and then MSU’s non-conference opponents advanced Ben Bracewell, missed playing time. All have subsequently relayed on to the shortstop covering at second to double off to regional play. returned to the MSU lineup in various degrees of wellness. another runner and complete the defensive trifecta. The triple Outfi elder/infi elder Demarcus Henderson joined the Bulldog plays came in MSU’s fi rst road game of the year, a 4-3 loss at MSU’S 2013 SEC DL with a fractured hand (HBP, then scored winning run vs. Southeastern Louisiana (Mar. 13), and seven games later in BASEBALL SCHEDULE South Alabama, Apr. 10) but returned after missing 27 starts. an 11-inning 8-5 loss at home to No. 3 Arkansas (Mar. 25). March 15-17: LSU at Mississippi State SACRIFICIAL DOGS: The lost art of bunting has been WALKS IN THE PARK: Fifteen Bulldogs have been March 22-24: Mississippi State at Kentucky found in Starkville. Mississippi State enters NCAA postseason issued a combined 248 walks through 61 games, the most in March 29-31: Mississippi State at Arkansas play with a Southeastern Conference-leading 63 sacrifi ce hits. Fif- the SEC. Sophomore shortstop Adam Frazier rates as the April 5-7: Florida at Mississippi State April 12-14: Mississippi State at Texas A&M teen different Bulldogs have successfully joined the bunting game best in the SEC at drawing the free passes, having been issued April 19-21: Auburn at Mississippi State seven each by Sam Frost and Mitch Slauter. an SEC-best 48 free passes. He has drawn walks in 33 of 61 April 26-28: Mississippi State at Vanderbilt COHEN’S 100TH WIN AT MSU: State closed out games, including four vs. Alcorn State (3-27). Frazier drew May 3-5: Alabama at Mississippi State its 17-game season-opening homestand Mar. 11 with a 3-1 win three walks in 38 freshman year games played. May 10-12: Mississippi State at Ole Miss over Mercer. It was win No. 100 as MSU skipper for John Co- WALK-OFFS IN THE PARK: The Diamond Dogs May 16-18: South Carolina at Mississippi State hen. In his fourth season as MSU skipper, Cohen is 125-110. registered sixth walk-off win of the season with a 10-inning 3-2 He is 447-305-1 in 13 seasons as a collegiate head coach and win against LSU (May 23) in the SEC Tournament. 998 WINS AT DNF: Mississippi State in 21 seasons of coaching has been associated with teams is inching closer to the 1,000-win milestone in that have compiled a 714-492-2 record. Including a 148-55 games played at the site of its current Dudy mark as a player as State, Cohen has been associated with Noble Field home. Since the facility’s open- 273 Bulldog wins in his Mississippi State career. ing during the 1967 season, MSU has posted a 998-366-2 home record. 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

CAREER HIGHS MATTHEW BRITTON’S CAREER HIGHS WES REA’S CAREER HIGHS JONATHAN HOLDER’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 vs. Tennessee (4-21-12) Hits: 3 vs. MVSU (2-25-12) Innings pitched: 2.2 vs. Lipscomb (3-4-12) At-bats: 5 2x-Last: vs. Tennessee (4-21-12) At-bats: 5 2x-Last: at SELU (3-14-12) Strikeouts: 4 vs. South Alabama (4-10-12) Runs scored: 2 vs. Tennessee (4-21-12) Runs scored: 2 vs. MVSU (2-25-12) Walks: 1 (3 times) Total bases: 3 vs. Tennessee (4-21-12) Total bases: 6 at LSU (3-18-12) Hits allowed: 5 (South Alabama (4-10-12) RBI: 3 vs. Tennessee (4-21-12) RBI: 3 4x-Last: vs. Tennessee (4-20-12) Runs allowed: --- Hitting streak: 2 games (2012) Hitting streak: 4 games (2012) Earned runs allowed: --- BRENT BROWNLEE’S CAREER HIGHS HUNTER RENFROE’S CAREER HIGHS EVAN MITCHELL’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 2x-Last: at South Alabama (5-3-11) Hits: 3. vs. Lipscomb (3-3-12) Innings pitched: 8.0 vs. Austin Peay (6-4-11) At-bats: 6 2x-Last: vs. Washington St.-1 (2-19-12) At-bats: 6 vs. Tennessee (4-21-12) Strikeouts: 11 at Memphis (5-17-11) Runs scored: 2 8x-Last: vs.MVSU (2-25-12) Runs scored: 2 vs. Arkansas (3-23-12) Walks: 5 2x-Last: vs. Austin Peay (6-4-11) Total bases: 8 at South Alabama (5-3-11) Total bases: 8 vs. Arkansas (3-23-12) Hits allowed: 6 2x-Last: vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) RBI: 5 at South Alabama (5-3-11) RBI: 4 vs. Lipscomb (3-3-12) Runs allowed: 5 vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) Hitting streak: 5 games (2009) Hitting streak: 8 games (2012) Earned runs allowed: 5 vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) ADAM FRAZIER’S CAREER HIGHS MITCH SLAUTER’S CAREER HIGHS DARYL NORRIS’ CAREER HIGHS Hits: 4 vs. MVSU (5-8-12) Hits: 3 vs. Arkansas (3-23-12) Innings pitched: 5.1 vs. Auburn (3-27-11) At-bats: 6 vs. Washington State-1 (2-19-12) At-bats: 6 2x-Last: vs. Tennessee (4-21-12) Strikeouts: 5 vs. Akron (2-18-11) Runs scored: 3 2x-Last: vs. Penn State (3-6-12) Runs scored: 2 3x-Last: vs. Arkansas (3-23-12) Walks: 3 vs. Florida (4-8-11) Total bases: 6 Miss. Valley State (5-8-12) Total bases: 4 at LSU (3-16-12) Hits allowed: 4 vs. LSU (5-19-11) RBI: 3 2x-Last: vs. Tennessee (4-20-12) RBI: 2 2x-Last: vs. Penn State (3-7-12) Runs allowed: 2 2x-Last: vs. LSU (5-19-11) Hitting streak: 8 games (2012) Hitting streak: 4 games (3x-2012) Earned runs allowed: 2 2x-Last: vs. (5-19-11) SAM FROST’S CAREER HIGHS TAYLOR STARK’S CAREER HIGHS LUIS POLLORENA’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 4 2x-Last: vs. Ole Miss (5-2-10) Hits: 3 vs. Lipscomb (3-4-12) Innings pitched: 6.2 vs. Ole Miss (5-12-11) At-bats: 5 4x-Last: vs. Tennessee (4-21-12) At-bats: 5 2x-Last: vs. Lipscomb (3-4-12) Strikeouts: 7 vs. Ole Miss (4-29-12) Runs scored: 2 6x-Last: vs. MVSU (5-10-11) Runs scored: 2 3x-Last: vs. Penn State (3-7-12) Walks: 3 at Arkansas (4-17-11) Total bases: 6 vs. Mississippi Valley (3-17-10) Total bases: 4 vs. Belmont (2-27-11) Hits allowed: 11 at Tennessee (5-6-11) RBI: 5 vs. Mississippi (3-17-10) RBI: 3 vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) Runs allowed: 7 vs. LSU (5-19-11) Hitting streak: 4 games (2012) Hitting streak: 3 games (2012) Earned runs allowed: 7 vs. LSU (5-19-11) TYLER FULLERTON’S CAREER HIGHS CALEB REED’S CAREER HIGHS

Hits: 4 at SELU (3-14-12) Innings pitched: 8.0 at South Carolina (4-2-10) ANDREW BUSBY’S CAREER HIGHS At-bats: 4 2x-Last: at SELU (3-14-12) Strikeouts: 9 vs. Washington State-1 (2-19-12) Innings pitched: 2.2 vs. Iowa (3-4-11) Runs scored:2 vs. Alcorn State (3-27-12) Walks: 4 3x-Last: vs. LSU (5-21-11) Strikeouts: 3 2x-Last vs. Eastern Illinois (3-15-11) Total bases: 6 at SELU (3-14-12) Hits allowed: 9 4x-Last: vs. LSU (5-21-11) Walks: 3 vs. Iowa (3-4-11) RBI: 2x-Last: vs. Alcorn State (3-26-12) Runs allowed: 6 2x-Last: Arkansas (4-9-10) Hits allowed: 5 vs. Iowa (3-4-11) Hitting streak: 4 games (2012) Earned runs allowed: 6 2x-Last: Arkansas (4-9-10) Runs allowed: 4 vs. Florida (4-9-11) DEMARCUS HENDERSON’S CAREER HIGHS Earned runs allowed: 4 vs. Florida (4-9-11) NICK ROUTT’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 vs. UConn (3-3-12) Innings pitched: 9.0 2x-Last: at Ga. Tech (6-5-11) BEN BRACEWELL’S CAREER HIGHS At-bats: 6 vs. Arkansas (3-25-12)) Strikeouts: 12 vs. Auburn (4-4-09) Innings pitched: 4.1 vs. Washington State (2-17-12) Runs scored: 2 4x-Last: at LSU (3-18-12) Walks: 5 at Tennessee (5-7-11) Strikeouts: 5 vs. Washington State (2-17-12) Total bases: 3 2x-Last: vs. Lipscomb (3-4-12) Hits allowed: 10 at Vanderbilt (4-25-09) Walks: 4 vs. Kansas (2-24-12) RBI: 3 vs. Kentucky (5-19-12) Runs allowed: 9 at Vanderbilt (4-25-09) Hits allowed: 4 vs. Arkansas (4-11-10) Hitting streak: 10 games (2012) Earned runs allowed: 8 vs. Oklahoma (3-12-10) Runs allowed: 6 vs. Arkansas (4-11-10) DARYL NORRIS’ CAREER HIGHS Earned runs allowed: 6 vs. Arkansas (4-11-10) TAYLOR STARK’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 3x-Last: vs. Lipscomb (3-4-12) Innings pitched: 2.0 2x-Last: vs. Florida (4-8-11) TREVOR FITTS’ CAREER HIGHS At-bats: 6 vs. Washington State-1 (2-19-12) Strikeouts: 4 2x-Last: at Tennessee (5-7-11) Innings pitched: 4.1 vs. Lipscomb (3-3-12) Runs scored: 3 vs. Auburn (3-26-11) Walks: 2 vs. Florida (5-25-11) Strikeouts: 4 vs. MVSU (2-26-12) Total bases: 6 vs. Akron (2-19-11) Hits allowed: 2 vs. South Carolina (4-24-11) Walks: --- RBI: 5 vs. Akron (2-19-11) Runs allowed: 3 vs. South Carolina (4-24-11) Hits allowed: 5 vs. MVSU (2-26-12) Hitting streak: 7 (2012) Earned runs allowed: 3 vs. South Carolina (4-24-11) Runs allowed: 2 2x-Last: vs. Lipscomb (3-3-12) LUIS POLLORENA’S CAREER HIGHS Earned runs allowed: 2 vs. MVSU (2-26-12) CHRIS STRATTON’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 1 at Georgia (4-3-11) Innings pitched: 9.0 2x-Last vs. Tennessee (4-19-12) CHAD GIRODO’S CAREER HIGHS At-bats: 1 2x-Last: vs. Lipscomb (3-4-12) Strikeouts: 17 at LSU (3-16-12) Innings pitched: 9.0 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Runs scored: --- Walks: 6 at LSU (5-22-10) Strikeouts: 6 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Total bases: 1 at Georgia (4-3-11) Hits allowed: 11 at Vanderbilt (3-19-11) Walks: 6 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) RBI: 1 vs. LSU (5-25-12) Runs allowed: 8 at Alabama (4-25-10) Hits allowed: 12 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Hitting streak: 1 game (2011) Earned runs allowed: 8 at Alabama (4-25-10) Runs allowed: 9 at Southern Miss (5-18-10)

TREY PORTER’S CAREER HIGHS Earned runs allowed: 9 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) BRANDON WOODRUFF’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 4 2x-Last: at Alabama (5-6-12) Innings pitched: 6.0 South Alabama (4-10-12) KENDALL GRAVEMAN’S CAREER HIGHS At-bats: 5 4x-Last: at Auburn (3-30-12) Strikeouts: 8 South Alabama (4-10-12) Innings pitched: 9.0 2x-Last: vs. Tennessee (4-20-12) Runs scored: 2 2x-Last: vs. MVSU (2-25-12) Walks: 2 at SELU (3-14-12) Strikeouts: 8 2x-Last: vs. Tennessee (4-20-12) Total bases: 7 vs. Washington State-1 (2-19-12) Hits allowed: 7 vs. Ole Miss (4-17) Walks: 4 at Florida (3-19-10) RBI: 2 6x-Last: at Auburn (3-30-12) Runs allowed: 5 vs. Ole Miss (4-17) Hits allowed: 9 vs. Oklahoma (3-12-10) Hitting streak: 5 games (2012) Earned runs allowed: 5 vs. Ole Miss (4-17) Runs allowed: 5 4x-Last: vs. Vanderbilt (5-14-10) Earned runs allowed: 5 4x-Last: vs. Vanderbilt (5-14-10) 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

Tyler Moore becomes 48th Bulldog in the Bigs LARGEST OPENING DAY For the fourth time in four years a former Mississippi State player has made his debut in Major League Baseball. ATTENDANCE SINCE ‘01 Former Bulldog fi rst baseman Tyler Moore (2008), called up by the Washington Nationals late Apr. 28, and a day Mississippi State’s 2012 season- later became the 48th baseball player with Mississippi State ties to play or coach at professional baseball’s highest levels opener against Washington State drew when he drew a start in the Washington Nationals’ Apr. 29 game at Los Angeles. one of the biggest opening-day crowds in The Brandon, Miss., native and former Meridian (Miss.) Community College standout started in left fi eld and went years to Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent 1-for-3 with a single in his second career at-bat during his Major League debut. Moore, who hit .299 in 2008 and paced MSU Stadium. with 14 home runs and 46 RBI, had hit 84 home runs in four seasons of minor league baseball at the time of his call-up. The MSU-WSU game drew 3,449 Catcher Craig Tatum (Cincinnati, 2009), fi rst baseman Mitch Moreland (Texas, 2010) and pitcher Alan Johnson fans, the largest attendance at an MSU (Colorado, 2011) are the other former Mississippi State players who have made their MLB debuts in the last four years. home lid-lifter since 2001 when 4,258 Moore joins fi ve other former Bulldogs active on the Major League level --- pitcher Paul Maholm (Chicago Cubs), watched the Bulldogs battle Notre Dame fi rst base coach Chris Maloney (St. Louis Cardinals), fi rst baseman Mitch Moreland (Texas Rangers), pitcher Jonathan in the inaugural NBC Classic. State set a Papelbon (Philadelphia Phillies), and manager Nat Showalter (Baltimore Orioles). record for the biggest actual attendance In the off-season, pitcher Paul Maholm signed with the Chicago Cubs, relief ace Jonathan Paplebon for a season-opener at Dudy Noble Field inked with the Philadelphia Phillies and catcher Craig Tatum signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks. with 4,472 on hands to watch then-MSU Here’s a listing of the Bulldog players who suited up and played professional baseball during the 2011 senior MSU player John Cohen and season with those confi rmed with their 2012 teams shown with •. the Bulldogs open their 1990 campaign Player (MSU years) Team Organization League (level) against Birmingham-Southern. Players with confi rmed 2012 team assignments • P-Ricky Bowen (2007-09) Fort Myers (Fla.) Cincinnati Florida State (A) 1990 --- 4,472 (vs. Birmingham-Southern) 2001 --- 4,258 (vs. Notre Dame) • P-Todd Doolittle (2004-05) New Orleans (La.) Florida Pacifi c Coast (AAA) 1995 --- 3,487 (vs. Minnesota) • C-Edward Easley (2005-07) Mobile (Ala.) Arizona Southern (AA) 2012 --- 3,449 (vs. Washington State) • INF-Jeff Flagg Traverse City (Mich.) Independent Frontier League 1994 --- 3,378 (vs. Belhaven) • P-Alan Johnson (2003-05) Colorado Springs (Colo.) Colorado Pacifi c Coast (AAA) 2011 --- 3,074 (vs. Akron) • P-Paul Maholm (2001-03) Chicago Chicago National League (MLB) 2007 --- 3,023 (vs. Murray State) • 1B coach-Chris Maloney (1982-83) St. Louis St. Louis National League (MLB) 2009 --- 2,551 (vs. Northern Illinois) • 1B-Tyler Moore (2008) Washington Washington National League (MLB) 2006 --- 2508 (vs. Marist) • 1B-Mitch Moreland (2005-07) Texas Texas American League (MLB) 2010 --- 2,490 (vs. Rhode Island) 2000 --- 2,473 (vs. Southeastern Louisiana) • P-Jonathan Papelbon (2001-03) Philadelphia Philadelphia National League (MLB) • 1B-Connor Powers (2007-10) Lake Elsinore, Calif. San Diego California League (Adv. A) • Mgr.-Nat Showalter (1977) Baltimore Baltimore American League (MLB) FAN-TASTIC The Bulldogs won their seventh SEC • C-Craig Tatum (2003-04) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pa. NY Yankees International (AAA) Tournament title playing in front of their biggest • C-Wes Thigpen GCL (Fla.) Detroit Gulf Coast (rookie) audience of the year last week. The champion- • P-Jared Wesson (2009) Erie (Pa.) Detroit Eastern (AA) ship matchup with Vanderbilt drew 12,526 fans Players without 2012 assignments and showing their 2011 team designations to Regions Park in Hoover, Ala., an estimated 3B-Jet Butler (2007-10) Savannah (Ga.) New York Mets South Atlantic (A) 10,000 of them fans of the Bulldogs. It was the C-Kolby Byrd (2010) Johnson City (Tenn.) St. Louis Appalachian (rookie) fourth-largest attendance at an SEC Tourna- OF-Grant Hogue (2008-09) Lancaster (Calif.) Houston California (A) ment championship game and the eighth-larg- 3B-Jason Nappi (2008-09) Arizona Los Angeles Angels Arizona League (rookie) est SEC Tournament game attendance overall. Mississippi State averaged 6,270 in paid 3B-Jarrod Parks (2009, 2011) Orem (Utah) Los Angeles Angels Pioneer (rookie) home attendance (tickets distributed) on 33 Inland Empire (Calif.) Los Angeles Angels California (A) home dates this year and has now eclipsed the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Los Angeles Angels Midwest (A) 350,000 mark in total paid attendance. INF-Nick Vickerson Spokane (Wash.) Texas Northwest (A) OF-Jaron Shepherd (2010-11) Tri-City (Wash.) Colorado Northwest League (A) SEC TITLES: 10 Diamond Dogs who played or managed in the Major Leagues in 2012 shown in bold 1948, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989 Stratton, Graveman, Holder earn SEC honors A trio of Bulldog pitchers were among the recipients of Southeastern Conference honors announced this week in Birmingham. SEC TOURNEY TITLES: 7 Junior right-hander Chris Stratton was honored as the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 2001, 2005, 2007 Year. The Tupelo, Miss., native leads the SEC with 11 wins and a 2.21 earned run average and ranks second in the SEC with 123 strikeouts. He’s registered the most strikeouts by a Bulldog pitcher since Eric NCAA ADVANCEMENTS: 32 DuBose whiffed 145 batters in 1997. Stratton also earned fi rst-team All-SEC honors, the fi rst MSU pitcher 1949, 1953, 1965, 1966, 1970,1971, to receive fi rst-team All-SEC accolades since Paul Maholm (2203). 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, Freshman relief pitcher Jonathan Holder earned SEC All-Freshman Team, the sixth All-Freshman 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, Team pick for State since 2007, while junior pitcher Kendall Graveman became the fi rst MSU player to 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, receive SEC All-Defensive Team honors. 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, Following Sunday’s successful run in the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., sophomore shortstop 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012 Adam Frazier was named tourmament MVP and was joined by freshman outfi elder Demarcus Henderson Super Regional teams shown underlined; and rookie relief man Jonathan Holder on the all-tournament team. College World Series teams shown in bold 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

Jacob Lindgren: SEC Freshman of the Week WEEKLY SEC HONORS Pitcher Jacob Lindgren (2-2, 2.75) has become the fourth Mississippi State base- Demarcus Henderson SEC Freshman of Week ball player to earn a weekly honor by the Southeastern Conference this season. Outfi elder Demarcus Henderson (Waynesboro, Miss.) is the SEC Freshman Player This rookie lefty from Bay St. Louis, Miss., was named the Southeastern Conference of the Week for Mar. 12. Freshman of the Week Sunday after turning in a career-best pitching performance Henderson extended his personal-best and team season-best matching hitting and earning his initial SEC win in Saturday’s series sweep-clinching win over the No. streak to eight games March 11, and with seven hits on the week raised his sea- 2 Kentucky Wildcats. sonal batting average to a club-leading .412. Henderson notched his second and third The former St. Stanislaus High School standout struck out a season-high seven, multiple-hit games in helping the Bulldogs four games during the week. allowed one run and scattered three singles over 5-1/3 innings of pitching. The win The Bulldog outfi elder is the fourth MSU yearling all-time to earn the award, join- was the 16th in league play this season for Mississippi State, their most SEC victories ing pitcher Chris Stratton (2010) and two-time infi elding honorees Brandon Turner since 2001, and the 34th win overall, matching last year’s fi nal regular-season record (2007) and Daryl Norris (2011). (34-21). Henderson hit .438 with a .500 on-base percentage over a fi ve-game span as the A pair of UK runs had scored when Lindgren entered the game. He quickly reg- Bulldogs climbed to 14-3 for their best start since the 2006 campaign. istered the fi nal out of the frame to end the Kentucky rally and then held the Wildcats Chris Stratton: National, SEC Pitcher of the Week scoreless over the next fi ve frames. Lindgren ended his day’s pitching after giving up a A remarkable career-best 17-strikeout pitching performance at No. 10 LSU on SEC single to open the ninth. Senior Caleb Reed then came on to close out the game. opening night last (Mar. 16) netted Chris Stratton Louisville Slugger National Play- er of the Week, SEC Pitcher of the Week, NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week and SEBaseball.com SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week. CAREER HOME RUNS The Tupelo, Miss., product, making his fi rst start of the campaign and matched PORTER’S CAREER HOME RUNS (5) with LSU ace Kevin Gausman, held LSU to a run on four hits and .138 hitting, fanning No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score all nine LSU starters, two Tiger batters three times each and recorded a trio of three- 1. 2-19-12 2 Washington State-1 (Ochoa) H 1 5th 0 L, 5-6 (13) 2. 2-19-12 3 Washington State-2 (Jackson) H 2 2nd 2 W, 5-4 strikeout innings. At one stretch he retired 16 consecutive batters, 11 via strikeout. 3. 3-2-12 9 Connecticut (Fischer) H 2 8th 1 W, 5-4 “What a great way to start your conference year,” said MSU head coach John 4. 3-17-12 21 at LSU (Bonavillain) A 1 8th 1 L, 3-4 Cohen. “It was one of the greatest college pitching performances I’ve ever seen. To 5. 4-14-12 35 at So. Carolina (Montgomery) A 1 7th 1 L, 3-5 walk the fi rst batter of the game and then come back to pitch virtually a fl awless game REA’S CAREER HOME RUNs (5) from that point on shows Chris’ maturity and growth as a pitcher.” No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 2-29-12 8 Memphis (Gant) H 2 8th 1 L, 6-7 Both Stratton and Gausman left the game to standing ovations at Alex Box Sta- 2. 3-18-12 22 at LSU (McClune) A 1 8th 2 W, 7-1 dium after 8-2/3 innings of mound work. 3. 4-10-12 33 South Alabama (Huffer) H 2 12th 1 W, 2-0 The 17 strikeouts by Stratton ranks as the most in the SEC this season and the 4. 4-13-12 34 at South Carolina (Roth) A 1 6th 1 L, 6-7 5. 5-22-12 56 vs. Arkansas (Stanek) N 3 2nd 1 W, 9-1 most by a Bulldog pitcher since B.J. Wallace rang up 19 punchouts against Nicholls RENFROE’S CAREER HOME RUNs (4) State in the 1992 NCAA Mideast Regional held at Dudy Noble Field. No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score Stratton earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors in 2010 after tossing seven 1.(ITP)3-23-12 23 Arkansas (Baxendale) H 2 1st 2 W, 11-2 innings of three-hit, seven-strikeout ball in a season-ending win at LSU. 2. 3-23-12 22 Arkansas (Baxendale) H 2 3rd 0 W, 11-2 3. 4-24-12 41 vs. USM (Myrick) N 2 5th 2 W, 5-0 Kendall Graveman: SEC Pitcher of the Week 4. 5-13-12 51 at Florida (Whitson) A 1 6th 1 L, 1-2 A sterling complete-game pitching performance in a series-clinching win over SLAUTER’S CAREER HOME RUN (3) Tennessee garnered SEC Pitcher of the Week honors for junior pitcher Kendall No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score Graveman. 1. 3-16-12 20 at LSU (Goody) A 1 10th 2 L, 2-3 In his league-leading second route-going performance and 10th start of the sea- 2. 4-24-12 41 vs. Southern Miss N 2 W, 5-0 son, Graveman scattered three hits, walked two and matched a career-best with eight 3. 4-28-12 43 Ole Miss (Mayers) H 2 6th 0 L, 2-6 BROWNLEE’S CAREER HOME RUNS (2) strikeouts as Mississippi State clinched its Super Bulldog Weekend series against Ten- No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI In-ning Outs Score nessee (4-20) with a 7-1 win at Dudy Noble Field. He retired 13 of the last 14 batters 1. 3-29-09 27 at Arkansas (Richards) A 1 5th 2 W, 12-4 he faced and only three of his 101 pitches left the infi eld, two on singles and one on a 2. 5-1-11 43 Alabama (Wolfe) H 2 2nd 1 W, 8-5 fl y ball caught in left fi eld. BRADFORD’S CAREER HOME RUN (2) It is the fi rst career SEC weekly honor for the Alexander City, Ala., product and the No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 3-4-12 12 Lipscomb (Hackett) H 2 8th 1 W, 16-6 second for a Bulldog pitcher in 2012. 2. 4-13-12 34 at South Carolina (Roth) A 1 5th 1 L, 6-7 Chris Stratton: SEC Pitcher of the Week CASEY’S CAREER HOME RUN (1) This week and for the second time this season MSU junior Chris Stratton of Tu- No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score pelo, Miss., was honored as the SEC Pitcher of the Week. MSU junior pitcher Kendall 1. 3-13-12 18 at SELU (Cultura) A 2 2nd 0 L, 3-4 Graveman received the same honor last week. NORRIS’ CAREER HOME RUN (1) No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score Stratton (9-0, 2.19) recorded a career-fi rst complete-game shutout in a series- 1. 5-18-12 54 Kentucky (Grundy) H 3 4th 2 W, 4-3 opening 4-0 win over instate SEC rival Ole Miss. Stratton scattered fi ve hits, struck out STARK’S CAREER HOME RUN (1) seven and walked one, the fi rst batter he faced during his effi cient 104-pitch outing at No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score Dudy Noble Field. The route-going performance was the second of his career. Strat- 1. 2-27-11 8 Belmont (Harvey) H 1 8th 0 W, 14-5 ton went the distance in an 11-7 freshman year win over Tennessee. It was also the second consecutive nine-inning effort by the Bulldog right-hander, who allowed a run on four hits in a no-decision start and extra-inning MSU win over Tennessee April 19. .He joins former MSU pitching standouts Jeff Brantley (1985) and Alan John- son (2003) as the only MSU hurlers to receive the honor twice in a season. Johnson was so-honored a school-best three times in 2003. 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

DISTRICT PLAYOFF/REGIONAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS 1949 District III 1978 South Central 1990 South II Super Regional Charlotte, N.C. (1-2) Arlington, Texas (2-2 — 2nd) Starkville, Miss. (4-1 — 1st) Clemson, S.C. (0-2) Richmond ...... 2-0 W vs. Baylor ...... 0-3 L Brigham Young ...... 16-5 W at Clemson ...... 4-11 L Wake Forest ...... 3-4 L vs. Louisiana Tech ...... 6-5 W Illinois ...... 5-3 W at Clemson ...... 4-9 L Kentucky ...... 2-5 L vs. Pan American ...... 7-5 W Florida State ...... 11-8 W vs. Baylor ...... 3-6 L Florida State ...... 9-11 L 2001 Columbus Florida State ...... 4-3 W Columbus, Ohio (3-0 — 1st) 1953 District III 1979 South vs. Kent State ...... 9-8(10) W Durham, N.C. (1-2) Starkville, Miss. (4-1 — 1st) 1991 Northeast vs. Delaware ...... 4-3 W Duke ...... 3-9 L New Orleans ...... 11-13 L Orono, Maine (2-2 — 3rd) vs. Kent State ...... 14-4 W Rollins ...... 6-5 W Tulane ...... 12-4 W vs. Towson State ...... 10-4 W Duke ...... 4-5 L New Orleans ...... 13-10 W Super Regional at Maine ...... 6-5 W Fullerton, Calif. (0-2) Murray State ...... 8-6 W vs. Clemson ...... 9-10 L Murray State ...... 18-8 W at Cal State Fullerton . . . . 2-13 L 1965 District III at Maine ...... 5-8 L at Cal State Fullerton . . . . . 3-9 L Gastonia, N.C. (1-2) 1981 Atlantic 1992 Midwest Florida State ...... 6-3 W Clemson, S.C. (3-0 — 1st) 2003 Starkville Starkville, Miss. (2-2 — 3rd) Furman ...... 2-5 L vs. East Tennessee State . . 7-6 W Starkville, Miss. (2-2 — 2nd) Nicholls State ...... 1-0 W Florida State ...... 2-6 L vs. Wichita State ...... 5-1 W Middle Tennessee ...... 10-4 W Oklahoma ...... 9-6 W vs. East Tennessee State . . 6-5 W North Carolina ...... 5-10 L Oklahoma ...... 6-10 L Missouri ...... 10-5 W 1966 District III 1983 Central UCLA ...... 2-3 L North Carolina ...... 6-8 (11) L Gastonia, N.C. (1-2) Austin, Texas (3-2 — 2nd) Florida State ...... 4-3 W vs. Tulane ...... 4-2 W 1993 East 2004 Atlanta North Carolina ...... 4-5 L at Texas ...... 6-2 W Tallahassee, Fla. (0-2 — t-5th) Atlanta, Ga. (1-2 — 3rd) Florida State ...... 0-7 L vs. Pan American ...... 7-5 W vs. Notre Dame ...... 1-15 L vs. Texas Tech ...... 6-10 L at Texas ...... 0-7 L vs. Long Beach State . . . . . 1-2 L vs. Jacksonville State . . . . . 7-6 W at Texas ...... 3-12 L vs. Texas Tech ...... 7-17 L 1970 District III 1996 West Gastonia, N.C. (2-2) 1984 South II Stanford, Calif. (1-2 — 4th) 2005 Coral Gables Maryland ...... 2-3 L Starkville, Miss. (3-2 — 2nd) vs. UC Santa Barbara . . . . . 6-2 W Coral Gables, Fla. (2-2 — 2nd) East Carolina ...... 12-6 W South Carolina ...... 1-4 L at Stanford ...... 6-8 L vs. Florida Atlantic ...... 13-2 W Maryland ...... 8-4 W New Orleans ...... 11-4 W at Cal State Northridge . . 19-20 L at Miami ...... 1-4 L Florida State ...... 4-5 L Eastern Kentucky ...... 13-8 W vs. Florida Atlantic ...... 8-4 W South Carolina ...... 18-9 W 1997 Mideast at Miami ...... 4-10 L New Orleans ...... 3-6 L Starkville, Miss. (5-1 — 1st) 1971 District III Ohio State ...... 8-5 W 2006 Clemson Gastonia, N.C. (3-1 — 1st) 1985 South I Washington ...... 4-5 L Clemson, S.C. (2-2 — 2nd) Maryland ...... 2-1 W Starkville, Miss. (3-1 — 1st) Tennessee Tech...... 25-5 W vs. Elon ...... 4-5 L Miami (Fla.) ...... 7-3 W West Virginia ...... 10-1 W Georgia Tech ...... 10-2 W vs. UNC Asheville ...... 5-4 W Georgia Tech ...... 8-20 L New Orleans ...... 8-4 W Washington ...... 7-5 W vs. Elon ...... 12-3 W Georgia Tech ...... 5-2 W Michigan ...... 6-14 L Washington ...... 4-3 W at Clemson ...... 6-8 L Michigan ...... 19-8 W 1998 Central 1987 Mideast 2007 Tallahassee MSU IN NCAA College Station, Texas (4-1 — 1st) Tallahasee, Fla. (3-0 — 1st) Starkville, Miss. (1-2 — 4th) vs. Washington ...... 7-6 W vs. Stetson ...... 6-3 W N.C. State ...... 10-6 W DISTRICT III PLAYOFFS at Texas A&M ...... 3-4 L at Florida State ...... 3-0 W Texas A&M ...... 4-7 L vs. Duke 0-2 vs. Rice ...... 15-14 W at Florida State ...... 9-4 W Western Carolina ...... 1-8 L vs. East Carolina 1-0 at Texas A&M ...... 10-9 W Super Regional vs. Florida State 2-3 at Texas A&M ...... 11-5 W 1988 South Starkville, Miss. (2-0) vs. Furman 0-1 Starkville, Miss. (2-2 — 2nd) Clemson ...... 8-6 W vs. Georgia Tech 1-1 Western Carolina ...... 7-4 W 1999 Columbus Clemson ...... 8-5 W Columbus, Ohio (2-2 — 2nd) vs. Kentucky 0-1 Cal State Fullerton ...... 1-5 L vs. Nebraska ...... 18-14 W vs. Maryland 2-1 Middle Tennessee St. . . . . 12-4 W 2011 Atlanta at Ohio State ...... 3-6 L vs. Miami 1-0 Cal State Fullerton ...... 3-5 L Atlanta, Ga. (3-0 — 1st) vs. Nebraska ...... 13-7 W vs. Southern Miss ...... 3-0 W vs. North Carolina 0-1 at Ohio State ...... 7-10 L vs. Austin Peay ...... 8-3 W vs. Richmond 1-0 1989 South Starkville, Miss. (4-2 — 2nd) at Georgia Tech ...... 7-3 W vs. Rollins 1-0 Western Carolina ...... 8-0 W 2000 Starkville vs. Wake Forest 0-1 Super Regional Nicholls State ...... 11-2 W Starkville, Miss. (3-1 — 1st) Gainesville, Fla. (1-2) vs. 12 Opponents 9-11 North Carolina ...... 1-2 L South Alabama ...... 9-2 W at Florida ...... 1-11 L Indiana State ...... 11-2 W Notre Dame ...... 9-1 W at Florida ...... 4-3 W North Carolina ...... 6-0 W Notre Dame ...... 0-7 L at Floida ...... 6-8 L North Carolina ...... 1-7 L Notre Dame ...... 10-9 W MSU VS. ALL OPPONENTS IN NCAA REGIONALS & SUPER REGIONALS Austin Peay ...... 1-0 Florida ...... 1-2 Miami ...... 0-2 Notre Dame ...... 2-2 Texas ...... 1-2 Baylor ...... 0-2 Florida Atlantic . . . . . 2-0 Michigan ...... 1-1 Ohio State ...... 1-2 Texas A&M ...... 2-2 Brigham Young ...... 1-0 Florida State ...... 4-1 Middle Tennessee . . . . 2-0 Oklahoma ...... 1-1 Texas Tech ...... 0-2 Cal State Fullerton. . . . 0-4 Georgia Tech ...... 2-0 Missouri ...... 1-0 Pan American ...... 2-0 Towson State ...... 1-0 Cal State Northridge . . 0-1 Illinois...... 1-0 Murray State ...... 2-0 Rice ...... 1-0 Tulane ...... 2-0 Cal Santa Barbara . . 1-0 Indiana State ...... 1-0 Nebraska ...... 2-0 South Alabama ...... 1-0 UCLA ...... 0-1 Clemson ...... 2-4 Jacksonville State . . . 1-0 New Orleans ...... 3-2 South Carolina ...... 1-1 Washington ...... 3-1 Delaware ...... 1-0 Kent State ...... 2-0 Nicholls State ...... 2-0 Southern Miss . . . . . 1-0 Western Carolina . . . . . 2-1 Eastern Kentucky . . . . 1-0 Long Beach State . . . . 0-1 North Carolina ...... 1-4 Stanford ...... 0-1 West Virginia ...... 1-0 East Tennessee State . 2-0 Louisiana Tech ...... 1-0 UNC-Asheville ...... 1-0 Stetson ...... 1-0 Wichita State ...... 1-0 Elon ...... 1-1 Maine ...... 1-1 North Carolina St. . . . . 1-0 Tennessee Tech . . . . . 1-0 67-42 vs. 54 opponents 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES NNCAACAA RREGIONALEGIONAL TOURNAMENTTOURNAMENT RECORDSRECORDS

TEAM HITTING 4 vs. South S th Alabama Al b (5/26/00 Starkville) St k ill ) STRIKEOUTS GAMES PLAYED 4 vs. Notre Dame (5/27/00 Starkville) Game: 4, Jason Burkley vs. Delaware (5/26/01 Columbus, Ohio) Series: 6, 1989 South Series: 16, 1981 Atlantic (3 games) Series: 9, Scott Mitchell (1990 South II) AT BATS MOST STRIKEOUTS Career: 13, Tommy Raffo (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) Game: 49 vs. Nebraska (5/28/99 Columbus, OH) Game: 19 vs. Nicholls State (5/21/92 Mideast) 13, Pete Young (1987, 1988, 1989) Series: 197, 1989 South (6 games); 1979 South (5 games) Series: 61, 1997 Mideast (6 games) 13, Jody Hurst (1987, 1988, 1989) 13, Bobby Thigpen (1984, 1985) MOST RUNS FEWEST STRIKEOUTS Game: 25 vs. Tennessee Tech (5/24/97 Mideast) Game: 0 vs. Baylor (5/22/78 South Central) WALKS Series: 62, 1979 South (5 games) Series: 11, 1981 Atlantic (3 games); 1978 South Central (4 gms) Game: 4, Larry Pavlou vs Louisiana Tech (5/20/78 So. Central) Series: 8, Larry Pavlou (1979 South) FEWEST RUNS MOST WALKS Career: 15, Larry Pavlou (1978, 1979) Game: 0 vs. Texas (5/29/83, Game one, Central) Game: 11 vs. Murray State (5/20/79 South) 0 vs. Baylor (5/19/78 South Central) Series: 32, 1979 South (5 games) STOLEN BASES 0 vs. Florida State (1966 District III) Game: 3, Howie McCann vs. Pan American (5/21/78 South Central) FEWEST WALKS 0 vs. Notre Dame (5/28/00 Starkville) Series: 3, Damian Scioneaux (1998 Mideast) Game: 0 vs. Washington (5/25/98 Mideast) Series: 2, 1993 East (2 games) 3, Dan Van Cleve (1985 South I) 0 vs. UCLA (5/24/92 Mideast) 3, Tim Weishem (1979 South & 1978 South Central) MOST HITS Series: 7, 1981 Atlantic (3 games) 3, Howie McCann (1978 South Central) Game: 24 vs. Tennessee Tech (5/24/97 Mideast) MOST COMPLETE GAMES Career: 6, Tim Weisheim (1978, 1979) Series: 76, 1979 South (5 games) Series: 4, 1997 Mideast (6 games) FEWEST HITS MOST SHUTOUTS INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Game: 3 vs. Baylor (5/19/78 South Central), Series: 2, 1989 South (6 games) PITCHING APPEARANCES 3 vs. Notre Dame (5/28/00 Starkville) Series: 3, by 8 players; last: H. Thoms & Scott Polk (1998 Central) Series: 13, 1993 East (2 games) MOST SAVES Series: 3, 1998 Central (5 games) Career: 9, Jon Harden (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) DOUBLES RELIEF APPEARANCES Game: 7 vs. A&M (5/23/98 Central) Series: 3, by 7; last: Kevin Donovan (1999 Columbus, OH) Series: 18, 1997 Mideast (6 games) INDIVIDUAL HITTING GAMES PLAYED Career: 9, Jon Harden (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) TRIPLES Series: 6, by eight (1997 Mideast) GAMES STARTED Game: 2 vs. Towson State (5/23/91 Northeast) Career: 17, Burke Masters (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) Series: 2, by 13 players; last-Jeremy Jackson (1998 Central) 2 vs. Nicholls State (5/26/89 South) Career: 6, Jeff Brantley (1983, 1984, 1985) 2 vs. Murray State (5/20/79 South) AT BATS 2 vs. Notre Dame (5/27/00 Starkville) Game: 7, Mike Kelley vs. Pan American (5/21/78, South Central) WINS Series: 5, 1979 South (5 games) Series: 27, Rusty Thoms (1997 Mideast) Series: 2, Kevin Donovan (2000 Starkville, MS) Career: 69, Burke Masters (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) 2, Eric DuBose (1997 Mideast) HOME RUNS RUNS 2, Bobby Reed (1990 South II & 1989 South) Game: 6 vs. Nebraska (5/28/99 Columbus, Ohio) 2, Jeff Brantley (1985 South I) Series: 14, 1984 South II (5 games) Game: 4, by 6 players; last-Matt Brinson vs. Kent State (5/27/01 Columbus, Ohio) Career: 4, Bobby Reed (1989, 1990) HIGHEST BATTING AVERAGE Series: 11, Mike Kelley (1979 South) LOSSES Game: .476 vs Murray State [20-for-42] (5/21/79 South) Career: 19, Dan Van Cleve (1983, 1984, 1985) Series: 2, Jeff Brantley (1984 South II) Series: .400 (48 for 120), 1996 West (3 games) HITS Career: 3, Jeff Brantley (1983, 1984, 1985) MOST STRIKEOUTS Game: 6, Burke Masters vs. Florida State (5/26/90 South II) SAVES Game: 15 vs. Cal State Fullerton (5/29/88 South) Series: 14, Burke Masters (1990 South II); Mike Kelley (1979 South) Series: 2, Scott Polk (1998 Central) Series: 44, 1988 South (4 games) Career: 28, Dan Van Cleve (1983, 1984, 1985) 2, Robbin Jeter (1983 Central) FEWEST STRIKEOUTS DOUBLES Career: 2, Scott Polk (1998) Game: 1 vs. Oklahoma (5/23/92 Mideast) Game: 3, Brad Freeman vs. Texas A&M (5/23/98 Central) 2, Robbin Jeter (1983) 1 vs. Notre Dame (5/28/00 Starkville) Series: 5, Brad Freeman (1998 Central) ERA Series: 10, 2000 Starkville (4 games) Career: 8, Brad Freeman (1996, 1997, 1998) Series: (min. 6 IP): 0.00, B.J. Wallace [14.1 IP] (1992 Mideast) MOST WALKS TRIPLES 0.00, Steve Susce [6.0 IP] (1981 Atlantic) Game: 13 vs. Michigan (5/26/85) Game: 1, by many; last-Matthew Maniscalco vs. Missouri Career: (min. 12 IP) 0.45, B.J. Wallace [1ER/20.1 IP] (1990, 1991, 1992) Series: 40, 1979 South (5 games) (5/31/03 Starkville) COMPLETE GAMES FEWEST WALKS Series: 2, Mike Kelley (1979 South) Series: 2, Eric DuBose (1997 Mideast) Game: 0 vs. Texas A&M (5/24/98 Central) Career: 2, Will Clark (1983, 1984, 1985) Career: 3, Eric DuBose (1996, 1997) 0 vs. Ohio State (5/29/99 Columbus, Ohio) 2, Brad Winkler (1981, 1983) SHUTOUTS Series: 3, 1996 West (3 games) 2, Mike Kelley (1978, 1979) Series: 1, B.J. Wallace vs Nicholls State [11.0 IP] (5/21/92 Mideast) MOST STOLEN BASES HOME RUNS Career: 1, B.J. Wallace (1990, 1991, 1992) Game: 8 vs. Pan American (5/21/78 South Central) Game: 2, by 8 players; last-Brad Corley vs. Forida Atlantic (6/3/05. Coral MOST CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS INNINGS Series: 10, 1979 South (5 games); 1978 South Central (4 gms) Gables, Fla.) 14.1, B.J. Wallace (1992 Mideast) Series: 5, Rafael Palmeiro (1984 South II) Career: 8, Rafael Palmeiro (1983, 1984, 1985) INNINGS PITCHED TEAM PITCHING Game: 11.0, B.J. Wallace vs Nicholls State (5/21/92 Mideast) LOWEST ERA GRAND SLAMS Series: 18.0, Eric DuBose (1997 Mideast) Series: 2.08, 1989 South (6 games) Game: 1, Burke Masters vs. Florida State (5/26/90 South II) Career: 42.2, Jeff Brantley (1983, 1984, 1985) MOST INNINGS PITCHED 1, Bobby Thigpen vs. Michigan (5/27/85 South I) MOST HITS ALLOWED Game: 12.0 vs. Cal State Fullerton (5/29/88 South) 1, John McDonald vs. E. Kentucky (5/25/84 South II) Game: 15, Hank Thoms vs Ohio State (5/29/99 Columbus, Ohio) Series: 53.1, 1997 Mideast (6 games) RBI Series: 22, Jeff Brantley (1985 South I) MOST RUNS ALLOWED Game: 8, Richard Lee vs Cal State Northridge (5/26/96 West) Career: 47, Jeff Brantley (1983, 1984, 1985) Game: 20 vs. Cal State Northridge (5/25/96 West) Series: 10, Will Clark (1984 South II) MOST STRIKEOUTS 20 vs. Georgia Tech (1971 District III) 10, Rafael Palmeiro (1984 South II) Game: 19, B.J. Wallace vs Nicholls State (5/21/92 Mideast) Series: 41, 1979 South (5 games) 10, John McDonald (1979 South) Career: 24, Richard Lee (1996, 1997, 1998) Series: 22, B.J. Wallace (1992 Mideast) MOST HITS ALLOWED Career: 28, Jeff Brantley (1983, 1984, 1985) Game: 21 vs. Notre Dame (5/27/93 East) BATTING AVERAGE MOST WALKS Series: 62, 1998 Central (5 games) Game: 1.000 [6-for6], Burke Masters (5/26/90 South II) Series: (min. 10 AB): .727 [8-for-11], Joseph Hunter (2004 Atlanta) Game: 9, Perry Cliburn (5/20/79 South) FEWEST HITS ALLOWED Series: 9, Perry Cliburn (1979 South), 9, Ken Kurtz (1979 South) Game: 4 vs. Nicholls State [11 inn.] (5/21/92 Mideast) Series: (min. 15 AB): .647 [11-for-17], Brad Winkler (1983 Central) Series: (min. 20 AB): .636 [14-for-22], Burke Masters (1990 South II) Career: 13, Jon Harden (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) 4 vs. Western Carolina (5/25/89 South) 13, Jeff Brantley (1983, 1984, 1985) 4 vs. North Carolina (5/27/83 Central) Career: (min. 40 AB): .431 [28-for-65], Dan Van Cleve (1983, 84, 85) 4 vs. Tulane (5/26/83 Central)

1978: CF-Mike Kelley, 1B- Tim Weisheim 2003: OF-Brad Corley, P-Jamie Gant, 3B-Steve 1979: SS-Boyd Conner, OF-Mike Kelley, C-John NCAA REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM SELECTIONS Gendron, DH-Robby Goodson, SS-Matthew McDonald (MVP), UT-Larry Pavlou 1988: OF-Jody Hurst, C-Barry Winford 1997: OF-Brooks Bryan, 2B-Travis Chapman, Maniscalco, C-Craig Tatum 1981: P-Steve D’Ercole (MVP), OF-Mark 1989: OF-Tracy Echols, DH-Burke Masters, P-Eric DuBose (MVP), C-Barry Patton, 3B-Adam 2004: OF-Joseph Hunter Gillaspie, C-Terry Loe, OF-Brad Winkler 1B-Tommy Raffo, P-Bobby Reed, C-Barry Winford, Piatt, OF-Rusty Thoms 2005: OF-Jeff Butts, OF-Brad Corley 1983: OF-Brad Winkler 3B-Pete Young 1998: OF-Brooks Bryan (MVP), 1B-Richard Lee 2006: DH-Brian LaNinfa, C-Joseph McCaskill, 1984: 1B-Will Clark, OF-Bobby Lock, OF-Rafael 1990: OF-Tracy Echols, 3B-Burke Masters, 1999: SS-Travis Chapman, OF-Brian Wiese, OF-Mitch Moreland, P-Justin Pigott Palmeiro, OF-Dan Van Cleve (MVP), SS-Jon Shave, 1B-Tommy Raffo, P-Bobby 1B-Cliff Wren 2007: 3B-Russ Sneed, 2B-BrandonTurner, 1985: Jeff Brantley (MVP), 1B-Will Clark, C-Roark Reed 2000: 3B-Travis Chapman, P-Mark OF-Jeffrey Rea, P-Justin Pigott (MVP) McDonald, P-Gene Morgan, OF-Rafael Palmeiro, 1991: : 1B-Rob Norman Freed, OF-Shane Kelly, DH-Ty Martin (MVP), 2011: 2B-Nick Vickerson, 1B-Cody Freeman, 2B-Gator Thiesen, OF-Dan Van Cleve 1992: OF-Ron Brown, C-Matt Carpenter, OF-Phillip Willingham, 2B-Daron Wright OF-Brent Brownlee, OF-C.T. Bradford (MVP), 1985: 2B-Burke Masters, 1B-John Mitchell, SS-Paul Petrulis, P-B.J. Wallace (co-MVP) 2001: 1B-Matthew Brinson (MVP), 3B-Steve OF-Jaron Shepherd, P-Evan Mitchell, P-Nick Routt SS-Brad Hildreth 1996: 1B-Richard Lee Gendron, P-Paul Maholm, OF-Casey Long 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

ALPHABETICAL 2012 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name (Pos.) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B-T Cl. Exp. Hometown (high school/junior college) 17 AMMIRATI, Nick (c) 2 Demarcus Henderson inf 5-11 170 R-R RFr. RS Waynesboro, Miss. (Wayne County High School) 4 BRACEWELL, Ben (rhp) 4 Ben Bracewell rhp 6-0 192 R-R RSo. 1L Chelsea, Ala. (Briarwood Christian School) 15 BRITTON, Matthew (inf) 5 Daryl Norris inf/rhp 6-1 222 R-R So. 1L Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope High School) 42 BROWNLEE, Brent (of) 7 Taylor Stark of/rhp 6-0 185 R-R So. 1L Flowood, Miss. (Northwest Rankin High School) 31 FITTS, Trevor (rhp) 8 Sam Frost inf 5-10 165 L-R Jr. 2L Hoover, Ala. (Hoover High School) 12 FRAZIER, Adam (inf) 9 Tyler Fullerton of/inf 5-9 154 R-R Fr. HS Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegel High School) 8 FROST, Sam (inf) 12 Adam Frazier inf 5-10 170 L-R So. 1L Bishop, Ga. (Oconee County High School) 9 FULLERTON, Tyler (of/inf) 13 Brayden Jones inf 5-11 180 R-R RFr. RS Madison, Miss. (Madison Central High School) 18 GIRODO, Chad (lhp) 14 Jonathan Holder rhp 6-2 232 R-R Fr. HS Gulfport, Miss. (Gulfport High School) 49 GRAVEMAN, Kendall (rhp) 15 Matthew Britton inf 5-11 176 L-R Fr. HS Cullman, Ala. (Cullman High School) 2 HENDERSON, Demarcus (inf) 17 Nick Ammirati c 5-9 194 S-R Jr. JC Sparta, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep/Seton Hall/Panola [Texas] JC) 14 HOLDER, Jonathan (rhp) 18 Chad Girodo lhp 6-1 186 L-L Jr. 2L Hartselle, Ala. (Hartselle High School) 13 JONES, Brayden (inf) 21 Jacob Lindgren lhp 5-11 191 R-L Fr. HS Bay St. Louis, Miss. (St. Stanislaus High School) 21 LINDGREN, Jacob (lhp) 22 Luis Pollorena lhp 5-7 158 L-L Jr. 1L Laredo, Texas (United HS/Marion [Ala.] Military Institute) 51 MITCHELL, Evan (rhp) 24 Brandon Woodruff rhp/of/inf 6-2 220 L-R Fr. HS Wheeler, Miss. (Wheeler High School) 48 MITCHELL, Ross (lhp) 28 Chris Stratton rhp 6-3 190 R-R Jr. 2L Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo High School) 5 NORRIS, Daryl (inf/rhp) 29 Mitch Slauter c 6-1 195 R-R Jr. JC Olathe, Kans. (Olathe North HS/Barton County [Kans.] CC) 22 POLLORENA, Luis (lhp) 31 Trevor Fitts rhp 6-2 218 R-R Fr. HS Helena, Ala. (Pelham High School) 32 PORTER, Trey (1b) 32 Trey Porter 1b 6-1 209 L-R Jr. JC Hurley, Miss. (East Central HS/Miss. Gulf Coast CC) 35 REA, Wes (1B/rhp) 34 Hunter Renfroe c/of/rhp 6-2 205 R-R So. 1L Crystal Springs, Miss. (Copiah Academy) 37 REED, Caleb (rhp) 35 Wes Rea 1b/rhp 6-5 287 R-R RFr. RS Gulfport, Miss. (Harrison Central High School) 34 RENFROE, Hunter (c/of/rhp) 36 Nick Routt lhp 6-4 205 L-L RJr. 2L Silver Spring, Md. (St. Johns College High School) 36 ROUTT, Nick (lhp) 37 Caleb Reed rhp 5-10 205 R-R Sr. 3L Cleveland, Miss. (Bayou Academy) 29 SLAUTER, Mitch (c) 42 Brent Brownlee of 6-0 198 R-R Sr. 2L Oxford, Miss. (Oxford High School) 7 STARK, Taylor (inf/rhp) 48 Ross Mitchell lhp 6-0 171 L-L RFr. RS Smyrna, Tenn. (Blackman High School) 28 STRATTON, Chris (rhp) 49 Kendall Graveman rhp 6-1 199 R-R Jr. 2L Alexander City, Ala. (Benjamin Russell High School) 24 WOODRUFF, Brandon (rhp/of/inf) 51 Evan Mitchell rhp 6-2 178 R-R So. 1L Marietta, Ga. (Wheeler High School)

SQUAD BREAKDOWN - 27 COACHING STAFF ATHLETIC TRAINER STUDENT MANAGERS Seniors - 2 11 — John Cohen, head coach Jason Wire Will Coggin 23 — Lane Burroughs, assistant coach GRAD. ASSIST. TRAINER Sam Cockroft Juniors - 9 Andy Bowersox G.T. McCullough 30 — Butch Thompson, assistant coach Sophomores - 6 STUDENT TRAINER Scott Ming Freshmen - 10 27 — Nick Mingione, coord./baseball camps Michael Cavanah Davis Parker Tyler Bratton, dir./baseball operations Ronald Sims STRENGTH COACH Tim Statz Brad Corley, student assistant Brian Neal ASST. STRENGTH COACH Greg Drye

17-Nick AMMIRATI (am-uh-RAW-tee) 35-Wes REA (RAY) PRONUNCIATION 18-Chad GIRODO (juh-ROD-oh) 36-Nick ROUTT (rhymes with trout) 22-LUIS POLLORENA (lew-EECE poy-yo-RAIN-uh) 27-Nick MINGIONE (men-GEE-own) GUIDE 9-Mitch SLAUTER (slaw-ter) 2012 NCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Tallahassee Regional - Florida St. St. J1June 1-4,1-44, 2012 ((timestimes listed are local time at sitesite))

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Game 1 Friday, Noon June 1 ESPN3

#2 Mississippi St. (39-22) Game 4 Saturday, 7 p.m. June 2 ESPN2 #1 Florida St. (43-15)

Game 2 FridaFriday,y,y, 6 p p.m..m. June 1 ESPN3 Game 6 SdSunday, 6 p.m. ESPN3 #4 UAB ((3232-28 28)) June 3

Loser Game 4

Game 5 Game 7 Sunday, Noon Monday, 6 p.m. ESPN3 LG1Loser Game 1 June 3 ESPN3 June 4 RegionalRi lChi Champion (If necessary)necessary)

Game 3 StSaturday, d NoonN June 2 ESPN3

Loser Game 2 Loser Game 6

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