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MissouriGames 36-39 | MISSOURI STATE at ILLINOIS STATE - May 14-16, 2021STATE - Normal, Ill. 5 NCAA College World Series Appearances • 18 Regional Berths • 42 All-Americans • 20 Major Leaguers Ben Adamson, MSU Athletics Communications (Primary Contact) | O: (417) 836-4584 | C: (405) 742-7585 | [email protected] | MissouriStateBears.com | @MSUBearBaseball | MissouriStBears 2021 SCHEDULE SERIES INFORMATION February (4-1) Site .............................................. Normal, Ill. 23 at Oral Roberts W, 8-2 Stadium .............................. Duffy Bass Field 24 at Oral Roberts W, 14-11 Games 1 .................. Friday, May 14 (2 p.m.) 26 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 6-1 Games 2-3 .....Saturday, May 15 (1 p.m. DH) 27 CENTRAL ARKANSAS L, 2-5 28 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 12-2 Game 4 .................. Sunday, May 16 (1 p.m.) Series History ....................MSU leads 62-45 March (3-7) MISSOURI STATE ILLINOIS STATE (ESPN+) Radio .....................KBFL-FM 99.9 (Game 1) 2 #14 OKLAHOMA STATE L, 0-7 BEARS (16-19, 6-10) REDBIRDS (18-29, 8-12) 6 vs. Tarleton State@ L, 5-7 ..KBFL-FM 96.9/RadioSpringfield.com (Gms 2-4) 7 at Central Arkansas W, 15-9 Conference ........................Missouri Valley .... TuneIn / Missouri State Bears Sports Network Conference ........................Missouri Valley 9 at Arkansas State (ESPN+) L, 2-10 Head Coach ............................Keith Guttin Live Stats ........................... GoRedbirds.com Head Coach ............................ Steve Holm (ESPN+) Alma Mater ................... Missouri-St. Louis Alma Mater ........................... Oral Roberts 10 at Arkansas State L, 3-7 TV ........................................ESPNU (Friday) 16 ORAL ROBERTS (ESPN+) W, 5-1 Career Record ........ 1,304-839 (39th year) Career Record .................61-64 (3rd year) Live Video .......WatchESPN.com (All games) 17 KANSAS Canceled, Weather Record at MSU .................................same Record at ISU ...................................same 19 at Southern Miss L, 1-2 20 at Southern Miss L, 0-5 PRIME 9 21 at Southern Miss L, 1-3 Missouri State makes its final road trip of the regular season May 14-16 at Illinois State, including a national TV appear- ance Friday with a 2 p.m. first pitch on ESPNU. 23 at #18 Oklahoma State (ESPN+) W, 11-8 30 at Southeast Missouri State W, 9-8 (10) Sixth-year seniors Logan Geha and Ben Whetstone will earn Master's degrees Friday. Both with finish MBAs, while Jack April (7-4) Duffy is in his first year of that program and Logan Wiley is also working towards a graduate degree. All four players are 1 BRADLEY* (ESPN+) W, 5-4 using the additional season of eligibility granted to 2020 spring athletes. 2 BRADLEY (DH)* (ESPN3) L, 1-10 (7) Sophomore catcher Drake Baldwin enters the Illinois State series on a 16-game hit streak that began April 3 against 2 BRADLEY (DH)* (ESPN3) W, 4-3 Bradley. Baldwin is 21-for-58 (.362) during the streak, MSU's longest since Aaron Meyer hit in 20 consecutive games 3 BRADLEY* (ESPN3) L, 7-10 from March 5-April 5, 2016. Baldwin is also one game shy of Missouri State's longest on base streak of the season - 17 6 DRURY W, 9-8 by Cam Cratic from March 23-May 5. (ESPNU) 9 DALLAS BAPTIST* Postponed, COVID Missouri State's current .978 fielding percentage is on pace to break the single-season record of .976 set in 2015. The 10 DALLAS BAPTIST (DH)* Postponed, COVID Bears also fielded .978 in the shortened 2020 campaign, and have committed one error in the month of May. MSU ranks 10 DALLAS BAPTIST (DH)* Postponed, COVID 19th nationally and first in the MVC by turning 0.89 double plays per game. 11 DALLAS BAPTIST* (ESPN3) Postponed, COVID 13 at Missouri (SECN+) W, 7-5 Logan Wiley's start Friday will be the 39th of his career, moving him to eighth in school history. His 252 innings pitched 16 at Evansville* (ESPN3) W, 5-3 rank 10th. Jack Duffy enters the ISU series with 199 career hits and ranks eighth in MSU history with 216 games played. (ESPN3) 17 at Evansville (DH)* W, 3-0 (7) Missouri State is 16-4 when scoring at least three runs this season and 9-0 when scoring in the first inning. 17 at Evansville (DH)* (ESPN3) L, 2-4 18 at Evansville* (ESPN3) W, 9-5 Head coach Keith Guttin picked up his 1,300th career victory on April 13 at Missouri. Guttin's troops beat the Tigers 20 MISSOURI (ESPN+) Canceled, COVID 7-5 in Columbia, and the 39th-year coach currently ranks fourth among active coaches and 19th overall in career wins. 23 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (ESPN+) Canceled, COVID The Bears have five victories this season in their final at bat. MSU won in 10 innings on March 30 at SEMO, and has 24 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (DH) Canceled, COVID walk-off wins on April 1 against Bradley (Cam Cratic bases-loaded HBP), April 2 vs. BU (Mason Hull single), April 6 ver- 24 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (DH) Canceled, COVID sus Drury (Drake Baldwin home run) and May 7 versus Indiana State (Hull single). MSU's last four home victories have 25 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE Canceled, COVID come in the bottom of the final inning, with the last win not falling into that category happening March 16. 27 at Arkansas Canceled, COVID (ESPN+) Ben Whetstone ranks 6th nationally by drawing 1.03 walks per game. Cam Cratic is a .362 (17-for-47) hitter with runners 30 at Southern Illinois* L, 2-3 on and has reached base 15 times in 33 chances (.455) when leading off an inning this season. May (1-7) 1 at Southern Illinois (DH)* L, 5-6 (7) 1 at Southern Illinois (DH)* L, 0-4 AROUND THE HORN 2 at Southern Illinois* L, 0-5 Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS BA/OBP/SLG HR/RBI Notes 5 at Kansas (ESPN+) L, 1-3 C Drake Baldwin 6-1 210 So. L/R 34/32 .302/.426/.483 4/21 Batting .362 (21-for-58) in 16-game hit streak 7 INDIANA STATE (DH)* L, 2-7 DH Jaden Rolffs 6-2 210 Jr. R/R 34/31 .211/.263/.496 10/27 Team-high 7 multi-RBI games 7 INDIANA STATE (DH)* W, 4-3 (8) 1B Ben Whetstone 6-6 230 Gr. L/R 35/35 .274/.444/.462 5/19 165 consecutive starts at 1B; 129 DPs turned 8 INDIANA STATE (DH) L, 2-13 2B Mason Hull 6-0 190 Jr. R/R 23/17 .333/.389/.500 2/8 Three career walk-off hits 9 INDIANA STATE* (ESPN3) L, 2-5 SS Walker Jenkins 5-11 175 Sr. L/R 33/33 .210/.314/.276 1/8 7-for-9 on stolen bases 14 at Illinois State* (ESPNU) 2:00 p.m. 3B Grant Wood 5-11 195 Sr. R/R 35/35 .254/.384/.328 1/11 Started all 52 games of MSU career 15 at Illinois State (DH)* (ESPN3) 1:00 p.m. RF Dakota Kotowski 6-5 225 Jr. R/R 35/34 .213/.294/.354 4/20 Preseason all-MVC (ESPN3) CF Jack Duffy 5-10 190 Gr. L/R 28/28 .297/.378/.432 3/17 Opened season on 11-game hitting streak 15 at Illinois State (DH)* 4:00 p.m. LF Cam Cratic 6-0 190 Jr. L/L 28/27 .301/.397/.340 0/12 Reached safely in 25 of 28 games 16 at Illinois State* (ESPN3) 1:00 p.m. 2B Blake Mozley 5-10 180 So. L/R 28/17 .284/.377/.299 0/6 Reached safely in 19 of 22 games with 2+ PA 20 VALPARAISO* (ESPN+) 11:30 a.m. 21 VALPARAISO (DH)* (ESPN3) 10:00 a.m. Pos. Pitcher Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS W-L Sv IP H K/BB BAA ERA (ESPN3) 21 VALPARAISO (DH)* 1:00 p.m. RHP Logan Wiley 6-0 190 Gr. R/R 10/8 4-3 0 53.0 43 40/19 .232 3.57 22 VALPARAISO* (ESPN3) 11:30 a.m. RHP Trey Ziegenbein 6-3 165 Jr. R/R 22/0 6-0 0 44.2 43 44/17 .254 4.23 25-29 at MVC Baseball Championship# TBA RHP Matt Russell 6-2 190 Jr. R/R 11/5 2-1 0 40.1 45 34/17 .287 4.69 Home games played at Hammons Field in BOLD CAPS RHP Jared Viertel 6-3 180 Jr. R/R 9/7 0-5 0 33.1 29 30/27 .232 3.51 RHP Hayden Juenger 6-0 175 Jr. R/R 13/0 2-2 3 17.2 19 25/5 .284 4.58 *MVC game @ Conway, Ark. RHP Hayden Minton 6-3 190 So. L/R 7/6 0-4 0 29.0 28 27/22 .272 4.97 # at Itchy Jones Stadium (Carbondale, Ill.) RHP Logan Thomazin 6-2 200 Jr. R/R 10/0 0-0 0 11.1 8 16/6 .195 5.56 ESPN3/+ indicates a Valley on ESPN production available on ESPN.com/Watch and the ESPN App RHP Forrest Barnes 6-0 200 Jr. R/R 7/1 0-0 0 16.0 15 18/13 .250 6.19 LHP Peyton Carson 6-4 205 Jr. L/L 10/1 0-0 0 10.2 15 11/6 .333 7.59 LHP Ben Cruikshank 6-4 175 RSo. L/L 7/2 0-0 0 10.2 9 12/15 .237 10.12 MISSOURI STATE BASEBALL Games 36-39 | MISSOURI STATE at ILLINOIS STATE - May 14-16, 2021 - Normal, Ill. MISSOURI STATE QUICK FACTS LEADING OFF SERIES SUMMARY Founded ............................................................................................1905 The Missouri State Bears (16-19, 6-10 MVC) make their Location ...........................................................................