SEASON SCHEDULE/RESULTS MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 18 Akron ...... W, 11-0 Jones career-hi 7.0 IP, Bradford 3-4 19 Lamar ...... W, 2-0 Stratton career-hi 10 Ks BULLDOG 19 Akron ...... W, 10-1 Norris 3x5, 5 RBI Week 13 • Games 49-51: May 12-14 MVSU & Ole Miss 20 Lamar ...... W, 17-2 13- 1st, Ogden 1st grand slam — Mississippi 22 Northwestern State ...... W, 6-4 Freeman 3 hits, Bradford 3 RBI DOGS CONTINUE ROAD WORK AT OLE MISS State’s late-season road run makes a stop in Oxford, Miss., with this week’s key 25 Belmont ...... L, 1-2 Jones car.-hi 8+ IP; BU-2R ITP-HR in 9th three-game SEC Western Division showdown with instate league rival Ole Miss 26 Belmont ...... W, 5-3 Stratton career-hi 13 Ks, Ogden HR #3 (27-21/11-13 SEC). The 27 Belmont ...... W, 14-5 Mitchell earns win in 1st car. start Bulldogs (30-18, 11-13), COMPARING MARCH winners of a season-best MSU THE STATS UM 1 Alcorn State ...... W, 8-1 Graveman car.-hi 7 Ks, 12 hits, all singles six consecutive games, are 30-18 Overall record 27-21 11-13 Conference 11-13 4 Iowa ...... L, 3-5 Out-scored 4-2 after 2-hr. rain delay in the middle of a stretch 5 Georgia State ...... W, 8-1 Stratton win No. 3, Bradford 3 RBI .290 Batting average .281 that sends the Diamond 6.4 Runs per game 5.6 5 Iowa ...... L, 6-7 MSU rallies to trim a 7-0 defi cit Dogs on the road for eight 9.7 Hits per game 9.6 6 Georgia State ...... W, 7-3 Frosh Mitchell fans season-hi 7, now 3-0 of nine games. .393 Slugging percentage .408 8 Mississippi Valley St...... Rainout Rescheduled as May 10 day/night DH RACE TO HOOVER .972 Fielding percentage .970 9 at UAB ...... 3-4, 6th inn., susp. To be completed at UAB April 13 @ 6 p.m. — With six league games 0.6 plays per game 0.6 11 Sacred Heart ...... W, 5-0 3rd shutout; car.-hi 7 Ks, 3rd QS for Jones remaining, Mississippi 1.5 Stolen bases per game 0.9 3.98 Staff ERA 4.27 12 Sacred Heart ...... W, 6-5 Frosh Starks & Bradford get win & State is in the thick of .259 Opponent batting average .278 13 Sacred Heart ...... L, 3-8 Most hits (14), runs (8) allowed the race for a berth and 7.9 per game 7.2 15 Eastern Illinois ...... W, 9-4 Vickerson 3 hits, Norris 4 RBI seeding in the double- Jarrod Parks (66) Hits Tanner Mathis (68) 16 at Lipscomb ...... W, 14-4 3.1 IP for Routt; Freeman’s 3rd 3- gm elimination SEC Baseball Jarrod Parks (.418) BA (.344) Season-hi 5 errors; scoring streak ends at 107 gms Tournament May 25-29 at 18 at #1 Vanderbilt ...... L, 0-10 Jonathan Ogden (34) RBI Alex Yarbrough (34) 19 at #1 Vanderbilt ...... L, 0-4 Season-lo 3 hits; 1st loss for Chris Stratton Regions Park in Hoover, Nick Vickerson (24-27) SB Blake Newalu (11-12) 20 at #1 Vanderbilt ...... W, 9-8 MSU erases 6-1 deficit; Girodo 1st win; Stark 1st save Ala. Game 1, Thursday (6:30 p.m. CDT) 25 #20 Auburn ...... W, 7-6 Freeman GWRBI in 9th; 2nd cons. 1-R SEC win The Diamond Dogs MSU: So. LHP-Luis Pollorena (6-3 • 2.61 • 38.0 IP • 25 K) 26 #20 Auburn ...... W, 15-8 MSU scores 8 in 1st, wins series; 21-hits begin the week tied (with UM: Jr. LHP-Matt Crouse (6-4 • 3.72 • 77.1 IP • 52 K) 27 #20 Auburn ...... W, 5-0 4th MSU shutout; Norris earns 1st win (5.1 IP) Auburn and Ole Miss) for Game 2, Friday (7:06 p.m. CDT) MSU: Jr. LHP-Nick Routt (1-2 • 3.66 • 32.0 IP • 29 K) 30 Alabama A&M ...... W, 18-0 Combined 2-hit shutout, season-high 18 runs seventh place in the overall league standings but just UM: Jr. RHP- David Goforth (4-6 • 4.79 • 71.1 IP • 54 K) APRIL Game 3, Saturday (7:06 p.m. CDT) 1 at Georgia ...... L, 1-4 3-run 6th, 10 Ks lift UGA in series-opener a game out of fi rst place (behind Arkansas and Ala- MSU: Sr. RHP-Chris Stratton (6-5 • 4.84 • 70.2 IP • 69 K) 2 at Georgia ...... L, 3-4 2 HRs in 6th help UGA clinch series bama) in the closely-con- UM: Jr. RHP- Austin Wright (4-4 • 4.92 • 60.1 IP • 53 K) 3 at Georgia ...... L, 1-4 UGA erases early defi cit to complete sweep Next weekend (Thursday through Saturday): tested SEC West race. The 5 + vs. #14 Southern Miss ...... W, 5-4 Pollorena gets 3rd win in relief, Reed save #4 South Carolina at Alabama, Ole Miss at Arkansas, teams with the eight best 8 #4 Florida ...... W, 7-5 Ogden homers twice, 3 RBI; Reed earns 5th save Auburn at Tennessee, Kentucky at Florida, SEC winning percentages 9 #4 Florida (Comcast-TV) ...... L, 0-18 8-run UF 2nd; MSU blanked for 3rd time in 2011 Vanderbilt at Georgia, LSU at Mississippi State advance to the tournament, 10 #4 Florida ...... L, 1-3 Parks hits in 26th gm; Routt: season-hi 5.0 IP with divisional winners earning top-two seeding. MSU, bidding to return to the SEC 13 at UAB ...... L, 4-6 UAB snaps 16-gm MSU series win streak Tournament for the fi rst time since 2007, could fi nish anywhere from fi rst in the SEC 15 at #13 Arkansas (SportSouth-TV) ...... L, 5-6 Ark. rallies in 8th; career-best 3 RBI for Thigpen West (No. 2 overall tournament seed) to a tie for 10th. 16 at #13 Arkansas (Cox Sports-TV) ...... L, 1-6 4th 3-hit game for Bradford; Ark. clinches series WEEKEND TV TIME — All three of this week’s MSU-Ole Miss games will 17 at #13 Arkansas (Cox Sports-TV) ..... W, 5-3 Pollorena (W), Reed (S-6th) blank Ark. last 7 inn. be night TV games. ESPNU will broadcast the Thursday opener (6:30 p.m.) as part 19 + vs. Ole Miss (Comcast-TV) ...... W, 6-1 MSU scores early to win 5th Governor’s Cup of the ESPNU-SEC Game of the Week series. SportSouth will air the 7:06 p.m. 22 #2 So. Carolina (ESPNU-TV) ...... L,2-8 Parks extends hit streak to 11 gms games Friday and Saturday. 23 #2 So. Carolina (FOX Sports Net-TV) ...... W, 5-3 Reed earns 7th save; MSU’s 8th win vs. top 20 LAST TIME OUT — Ryan Collins’ fi rst-inning triple gave the Bulldogs a 24 #2 So. Carolina ...... L, 4-13 USC pulls away with middle-inning surge lead they would not relinquish as State became the SEC’s seventh 30-game win- 30 Alabama (Gm. 1: SportSouth-TV) ...... L, 4-5 UA hits GW 10th inn. HR in MSU’s 1st EI game ner with a 13-3 win over Mississippi Valley State Tuesday night at Dudy Noble 30 Alabama (Gm. 2) ...... L, 4-5 Parks extends hit streak to 15 games Field. A six-run burst in the sixth sealed State’s 20th win in as many meetings with MAY the Delta Devils. SEC hitting leader Jarrod Parks (.418) extended his hitting streak 1 Alabama ...... W, 8-5 Brownlee, Freeman homer; Reed gets 8th save to a 21 games and his on-base streak to 41 games while sophomore righty Kendall 3 at South Alabama ...... W, 15-9 10-run 7th, four 3-hit Dogs spark MSU in 15-9 win Graveman (5-0) matched his season-best with 7.0 innings pitched and his career- 6 at Tennessee ...... W, 16-5 Vickerson car-hi 5 RBI; Pollorena win in 1st start high with seven strikeouts. 7 at Tennessee ...... W, 5-3 MSU clinches 1st SEC road series since ‘09 PARKS ADDS HITTING STREAK TO SEC CREDITS — Se- 8 at Tennessee (SportSouth-TV) ...... W, 5-2 Stratton, Reed combine for 14 Ks in sweep of UT nior third baseman Jarrod Parks singled in his second Tues- 10 Mississippi Valley State ...... W, 13-3 Parks extends HS to 21 as MSU wins 6th straight day night to extend his hitting streak to 21 games, now the SEC’s longest active 12 at Ole Miss (ESPNU-TV) ...... 6:36 p.m. SEC ESPNU Game of the Week hitting streak. Vanderbilt’s Jason Esposito ended his 27-game hitting streak 13 at Ole Miss (SportSouth-TV) ...... 7:06 p.m. Tuesday night. The Madison, Miss., product went 1-for-3 with two HBPs to im- 14 at Ole Miss (SportSouth-TV) ..... 7:06 p.m. prove his league-best on-base percentage to .555 and maintain his SEC-leading 17 at Memphis (AutoZone Park) ...... 6:30 p.m. batting average at .418. He has hit safely in 41 of his 47 games and paces the club with 22 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games and with nine multi-RBI hits. He is 19 #27 LSU (Comcast-TV) ...... 6:06 p.m. 20 #27 LSU ...... 6:30 p.m. Senior Salute bidding to become State’s fi rst .400 hitter since Travis Chapman’s .402 season in 1999 and the fi rst Diamond Dog to lead the SEC in hitting since 2006 (Thomas 21 #27 LSU ...... 2:00 p.m. Berkery, 383). + --- Trustmark Park • Pearl, Miss. • All game times Central 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES J Johnohn Cohen,Cohen, regardedregarded byby manymany asas oneone ofof ttabbedabbed byby hishis peerspeers forfor conferenceconference coachcoach ofof thethe tthehe mostmost innovativeinnovative coachescoaches inin America,America, JJohnohn yyearear accolades.accolades. CCohenohen iiss inin hishis thirdthird decadedecade asas a collegiatecollegiate coachcoach HeHe hhasas assembledassembled a well-respectedwell-respected andand aandnd hishis thirdthird seasonseason asas headhead baseballbaseball coachcoach atat hhighly-skilledighly-skilled staff,staff, featuringfeaturing coachescoaches well-versedwell-versed MMississippiississippi StateState University.University. HeHe waswas introducedintroduced iinn MississippiMississippi State’sState’s colorfulcolorful baseballbaseball history,history, thethe aass MSU’sMSU’s 16th16th headhead baseballbaseball coachcoach JuneJune 7,7, MMagnoliaagnolia State’sState’s highhigh schoolschool andand juniorjunior collegecollege 22008,008, exactlyexactly 1818 yearsyears toto thethe dayday afterafter leavingleaving pprograms,rograms, andand thethe highly-competitivehighly-competitive Southeast-Southeast- OOmaha,maha, Neb.,Neb., andand thethe 19901990 NCAANCAA CollegeCollege WorldWorld eernrn CConference.onference. 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TheThe BulldogBulldog skipper,skipper, anan All-SoutheasternAll-Southeastern MSU’sMSU’s baseballbaseball facilitiesfacilities havehave undergoneundergone PERSONAL BACKGROUND CConferenceonference outoutfi eelderlder duringduring hishis playingplaying careercareer nnearlyearly $2$2 millionmillion inin enhancementsenhancements duringduring Co-Co- Birth date: September 21, 1966 aatt MississippiMississippi State,State, entersenters hishis 12th12th seasonseason asas hhen’sen’s termterm asas headhead coach,coach, includingincluding thethe additionaddition Birth place: Tuscaloosa, Ala. a collegiatecollegiate headhead coachcoach withwith a 369-258-1369-258-1 careercareer ooff aann auxiliaryauxiliary outdooroutdoor practicepractice ininfi eeld,ld, a ddramaticramatic ccoachingoaching markmark (.558),(.558), 48-6248-62 inin twotwo seasonsseasons atat $$700,000700,000 makeovermakeover atat DudyDudy NobleNoble FieldField thatthat in-in- Wife: Nelle (Bashinsky) of Tuscaloosa, Ala. MMississippiississippi State.State. IncludingIncluding hishis previousprevious coachingcoaching ccludedluded all-newall-new drainagedrainage andand irrigationirrigation systemssystems Daughters: Jordan Baker and Avery Lawson aassignmentsssignments atat MMissouriissouri ((1992-97),1992-97), NNorthwest-orthwest- aandnd a completecomplete re-sodding,re-sodding, andand a refurbishingrefurbishing ofof eernrn ((La.)La.) SStatetate ((1998-2001),1998-2001), FFloridalorida ((2002-03)2002-03) tthehe stadiumstadium grandstandgrandstand thatthat includedincluded thethe installa-installa- EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND aandnd KKentuckyentucky (2004-08),(2004-08), CohenCohen hashas beenbeen as-as- ttionion ofof all-timeall-time chairbackchairback seating.seating. High School: Tuscaloosa (Ala) Academy,1985 ssociatedociated withwith teamsteams thatthat havehave piledpiled upup moremore thanthan InIn hishis fi rrstst seasonseason atat StateState thethe BaseballBaseball Bull-Bull- Undergraduate: Mississippi State University, 1990 (English) 660000 winswins whilewhile developingdeveloping moremore thanthan 100100 play-play- ddogsogs compiledcompiled a school-bestschool-best 3.313.31 teamteam gradegrade eersrs thatthat havehave beenbeen selectedselected inin thethe professionalprofessional ppoint.oint. InIn thethe lastlast twotwo yearsyears MississippiMississippi StateState hashas Graduate: Missouri, 1994 (sports management) ddraftraft andand 1515 playersplayers thatthat havehave earnedearned All-AmericaAll-America pplacedlaced 3333 playersplayers onon thethe SECSEC AcademicAcademic HonorHonor PLAYING CAREER tteameam honors.honors. RRolloll andand sixsix moremore onon thethe SECSEC FreshmanFreshman Aca-Aca- 1982-85: Tuscaloosa (Ala) Academy H Hisis prowessprowess asas oneone ofof thethe nation’snation’s toptop hittinghitting ddemicemic HonorHonor Roll.Roll. iinstructorsnstructors hashas mountedmounted throughoutthroughout hishis coach-coach- HeHe ratesrates asas oneone ofof 2222 activeactive collegecollege headhead 1986: Birmingham-Southern iingng career,career, takingtaking onon nationalnational proportionsproportions inin 20062006 ccoachesoaches toto havehave playedplayed inin thethe NCAANCAA CollegeCollege 1987-90: Mississippi State University wwhen,hen, iinn hishis thirdthird seasonseason atat Kentucky,Kentucky, hehe guidedguided WWorldorld Series.Series. CohenCohen isis alsoalso oneone ofof threethree SECSEC tthehe WildcatsWildcats toto a school-bestschool-best 44-win44-win seasonseason andand hheadead baseballbaseball coachescoaches coachingcoaching atat hishis almaalma ma-ma- 1990-91: Minnesota Twins farm system a rremarkableemarkable worst-to-worst-to-fi rrstst fi nnishish inin thethe ruggedrugged tter,er, tthehe fi ffthth MississippiMississippi StateState gradgrad toto serveserve inin thatthat PLAYING HONORS SSoutheasternoutheastern Conference.Conference. ccapacityapacity atat MSU,MSU, andand oneone ofof onlyonly coachescoaches whowho 1990: First-team All-Southeastern Conference F Foror hhisis effortsefforts CohenCohen waswas accordedaccorded nnation-ation- hhaveave wonwon anan SECSEC ttitleitle asas a coachcoach andand a player.player. aall coachcoach ofof thethe yearyear honorshonors byby bothboth thethe CollegeCollege Cohen,Cohen, 44,44, isis marriedmarried toto thethe formerformer NNelleelle 1990: MILB draft - 22nd round (Minnesota Twins) BBaseballaseball FoundationFoundation andand CollegeBaseballInsider.CollegeBaseballInsider. BBashinskyashinsky, alsoalso fromfrom Tuscaloosa,Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Ala., andand theythey COACHING BACKGROUND ccomom and,and, forfor thethe thirdthird timetime inin hishis career,career, waswas hhaveave twotwo daughtersdaughters - JJordanordan BBakeraker aandnd AAveryvery 1992-94: Missouri (graduate assistant coach) CCOACHOACH JJOHNOHN CCOHENOHEN CCOACHINGOACHING YYEAREAR BBYY YYEAREAR YYearear SchoolSchool P Position osition R Recordeco rd C Conf.onf. R Recordecord - T Teamea-m h honorsonors 1995-97: Missouri (assistant coach) 11992992 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 34-2234-22 11993993 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 30-1930-19 1998-2001: Northwestern State (head coach) 11994994 MissouriMissouri grad.grad. asst.asst. 32-2632-26 11995995 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 19-3419-34 2002-03: University of Florida (assistant coach) 11996996 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 39-1939-19 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 11997997 MissouriMissouri asst.asst. coachcoach 31-2731-27 2004-08: University of Kentucky (head coach) 11998998 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState headhead coachcoach 40-2040-20 SouthlandSouthland ConferenceConference championschampions 2009 —: Mississippi State University (head coach) 11999999 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState headhead coachcoach 38-2138-21 22000000 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState headhead coachcoach 30-2630-26 COACHING HONORS 22001001 NorthwesternNorthwestern StateState headhead coachcoach 38-1738-17 SouthlandSouthland ConferenceConference championschampions 22002002 FloridaFlorida asst.asst. coachcoach 37-21-137-21-1 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 1998: Southland Conference Coach of the Year 22003003 FloridaFlorida asst.asst. coachcoach 46-1946-19 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 22004004 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 24-3024-30 7-237-23 2001: 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 champions/NCAAchampions/NCAA RegionalRegional 2005: USA Baseball National Team 22007007 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 34-19-134-19-1 13-16-113-16-1 22008008 KentuckyKentucky headhead coachcoach 44-1944-19 16-1416-14 NCAANCAA RegionalRegional 2006: SEC/ABCA South Region Coach of the Year 22009009 MississippiMississippi StateState headhead coachcoach 25-2925-29 9-209-20 22010010 MississippiMississippi StateState headhead coachcoach 23-3323-33 6-246-24 2006: National Coach of the Year 22011011 MississippiMississippi StateState headhead coachcoach 30-1830-18 11-1311-13 OOverallverall coachingcoaching recordrecord (20th(20th season)season) 668-463-2668-463-2 HHeadead ccoachingoaching recordrecord ((12th12th sseason)eason) 399-276-1399-276-1 89-142-189-142-1 MMississippiississippi StateState recordrecord ((thirdthird sseason)eason) 78-8078-80 26-5726-57 TThruhru MMayay 1100 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES Win No. 400 next for John Cohen — The next win will be the MISSSISSIPPI STATE 400th in 12 seasons as a collegiate head coach for MSU skipper John Cohen. Cohen, 78-80 in his third season at State, has compiled a 399-276-1 worksheet BASEBALL QUICK FACTS while at Northwestern State (1998-2001), Kentucky (2004-2008) and Missis- ABOUT MISSISSIPPI STATE sippi State (2009-present). LOCATION: Starkville, Miss. (est. population 25,000) This is the Tuscaloosa native’s 20th season of coaching on the collegiate FOUNDED: 1878 level. ENROLLMENT: 19,644 (statewide fall 2010 enrollment) RPI foes — Mississippi State enters the week with a No. 26 RPI (ratings UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT: Dr. Mark. E Keenum (Mississippi State, 1983) percentage index) ranking (BoydsWorld.com). The Bulldogs get a boost in FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Steve Turner (Mercer, 1975) those ratings with a No. 21 strength of schedule (Warrennolan.com) and an ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Scott Stricklin (Mississippi State, 1992) 8-11 record against teams currently sporting top 25 RPI ratings . Ten Missis- SCHOOL MASCOT: Bulldog sippi State opponents sport top 40 RPI rankings. SCHOOL COLORS: Maroon & White NCAA/CONFERENCE AFFILIATION: Div. 1/Southeastern Conference (SEC West) (thru May 10) BASEBALL STADIUM: Dudy Noble Field, Polk-DeMent Stadium SEC Freshman Hits Leaders +59 - Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt (.339/21 RBI) CAPACITY: 15,000 (grandstand/bleacher seating: approx. 7,200) FIELD DIMENSIONS: LF-330, LC-376, CF-390, RC-374, RF-326 +57 - Dominic Ficocielli, Arkansas (.345/43 RBI) FIRST GAME: April 3, 1967 (at present fi eld location) +55 - C.T. Bradford, Mississippi State (.295/23 RBI) +55 - JaCoby Jones, LSU (.327/27 RBI) BASEBALL STAFF +50 - Austen Smith, Alabama (.296/35 RBI) HEAD COACH: John Cohen (Mississippi State University, 1990) +49 - Andrew Toles, Tennessee (.270/23 RBI) OVERALL RECORD: 369-258-1 (.588/11 seasons) MSU OVERALL/SEC RECORD: 48-62 (.436/two seasons) / 15-44 SEC +43 - J.T. Riddle, Kentucky (.303/23 RBI) NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES/RECORD: 2/4-4 +38 - Preston Overbey, Ole Miss (.235/21 RBI) ASSISTANT COACH: Butch Thompson, 3rd year (Birmingham-Southern, 1992) ASSISTANT COACH: Lane Burroughs, 3rd year (Mississippi College, 1995) SEC BASEBALL STANDINGS (thru games of May 11) BASEBALL CAMPS COORD: Nick Mingione, 3rd year (Embry-Riddle University, 2000) TEAM SEC Pct. FB ALL Pct. DIRECTOR/BASEBALL OPERATIONS: Tyler Bratton, 3rd year (Mississippi State, 2007) Vanderbilt 19-5 .792 --- 41-6 .872 ASSISTANT STRENGTH COACH: Greg Drye (Southern Miss, 1996) South Carolina 18-6 .750 1.0 39-10 .796 ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jason Wire (St. Cloud State University, 2006) STUDENT TRAINERS: Kristina Berard, Cody Pounders # Florida 18-6 .750 1.0 37-12 .755 STUDENT MANAGERS: Will Coggin, Baron Jones, G.T. McCullough, Georgia 14-10 .583 5.0 25-24 .510 Michelle Norcross, Ronald Sims Arkansas 12-12 .500 7.0 32-15 .681 BASEBALL OFFICE TELEPHONE: 662-325-3597 BASEBALL OFFICE FAX: 662-325-3600 Alabama 12-12 .500 7.0 30-20 .600 BASEBALL MAILING ADDRESS: Box 5327 • Mississippi State, MS 39762 ^ Auburn 11-13 .458 8.0 26-23 .531 BASEBALL SHIPPING ADDRESS: 110 Coliseum Circle • MSU, MS 39762 Mississippi State 11-13 .458 8.0 30-18 .625 TEAM INFORMATION Ole Miss 11-13 .458 8.0 27-21 .562 2010 OVERALL RECORD: 23-33 (Home: 19-14, Away: 4-15, Neutral: 0-4) LSU 8-16 .333 11.0 30-19 .612 2010 SEC RECORD: 6-24 (Home: 4-11, Away: 2-13) Kentucky 5-19 .217 14.0 22-27 .449 2010 SEC FINISH: 11th overall (6th in SEC Western Division) 2010 POSTSEASON PLAY/FINAL NATIONAL RANKING: NA Tennessee 5-19 .217 14.0 23-24 .489 ^ - Defending SEC West co-champions # - Defending East, overall champions 2010 LETTERMEN RETURNING: 14 (OF-Ryan Collins, C-Cody Freeman, INF-Sam Frost, SEC West teams shown flush left; SEC East teams shown indented LHP-Chad Girodo, RHP-Kendall Graveman, OF-Trey Johnson, RHP-Devin Jones, INF- Top eight advance to the SEC Baseball Tournament Jonathan Ogden, RHP-Caleb Reed, OF-Jaron Shepherd, RHP-Chris Stratton, C-Wes May 25-29 • Regions Park • Hoover, Ala. Thigpen, INF-Nick Vickerson, LHP-C.C. Watson) This weekend: 2010 LETTERMEN NOT RETURNING: 8 (OF-Luke Adkins, RHP-Ben Bracewell, INF-Jet Mississippi State at Ole Miss, Alabama at Auburn, Florida at Vanderbilt, Butler, OF-Ryan Duffy, RHP-Greg Houston, 1B-Connor Powers, INF-Russ Sneed, LHP- Georgia at Kentucky, Tennessee at LSU, Arkansas at South Carolina Tyler Whitney) 2010 POSITION STARTERS RETURNING: 5 (2B-Sam Frost, 3B-Nick Vickerson, SS- MISSISSIPPI STATE-OLE MISS SERIES SYNOPSIS Jonathan Ogden, CF-Jaron Shepherd, C-Wes Thigpen) — In the oldest and most-contested of its baseball rivalries, Mississippi State 2010 POSITION STARTERS/DH NOT RETURNING: 3+DH (1B-Connor Powers, 3B- holds a 236-194-5 all-time lead in its baseball rivalry with Ole Miss. That fi gure Russ Sneed, OF-Luke Adkins, DH-Ryan Duffy) includes a 6-1 win by the Bulldogs in the fi fth annual Governor’s Cup game 2010 PITCHERS RETURNING: 8 (LHP-Chad Girodo, RHP-Kendall Graveman, LHP- played before 7,336 fans April 19 at Trustmark Park in Pearl. Trey Johnson, RHP-Devin Jones, RHP-Caleb Reed, RHP-Chris Stratton, LHP-Nick Routt, LHP-C.C. Watson) That win halted a fi ve-game series win streak by the Rebels, who swept 2010 PITCHERS NOT RETURNING: 6 (LHP-Luke Bole, RHP-Ben Bracewell, RHP- last year’s four-game set (4-2, 12-10, 19-11 [7] in Starkville and one in Pearl Corey Collins, RHP-Greg Houston, RHP-Matt Lane, LHP-Tyler Whitney) (5-3) and own a 24-21 advantage over the past 10 years. In 2009, John Co- 2010 NON-LETTERMEN RETURNING: 4 (OF-Brent Brownlee, RHP-Michael Dixon, INF- hen’s fi rst season at the helm at State and the most recent MSU-UM meeting in Jarrod Parks, LHP-Nick Routt) Oxford, the Bulldogs took two of three games (6-5, 11-8, 1-8). The Rebels own 2010 NON-LETTERMEN NOT RETURNING: 9 (C-Kolby Byrd, RHP-Justin Bussey, LHP- a 94-90-3 all-time series lead in games played in Oxford. Luke Bole, RHP-Corey Collins, C-Dallas Hannah, LHP-Matt Lane, RHP-Jared Miller, The two teams have taken the diamond 435 times since the fi rst meeting RHP-Paxton Pace, INF-Frank Rawdow) in Starkville in 1893. Since then the teams have squared off in 12 different Mis- 2011 NEWCOMERS: 16 (OF/LHP-Cody Abraham, C/1B-Brett Bozeman, OF/LHP- sissippi cities and have met nine times in SEC postseason play in Oxford, Miss. C.T. Bradford, RHP- Andrew Busby, RHP-Victor Diaz, INF-, RHP-Tanner (1977 & 1994), Baton Rouge, La. (1993) and Hoover, Ala. (1999, 2003, 2004 Gaines, INF-Demarcus Henderson, RHP-Evan Mitchell, LHP-Ross Mitchell, INF/RHP- and 2005). Daryl Norris, LHP/OF-Luis Pollorena, 1B/RHP-Wes Rea, C/OF/RHP-, They are scheduled to meet April 27-29, 2012 in Starkville. INF/RHP-Taylor Stark, LHP-Tim Statz) BREAKDOWN BY CLASS: 32 (SENIORS-8, JUNIORS-6, SOPHOMORES-7, FRESHMEN-11) 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

33rd season for Jim Ellis, non-conference schedule with a May 17 game against the “Voice of the Diamond Dogs” University of Memphis at AutoZone Park, the home of the MSU’s Veteran MSU sportscaster Jim Ellis is in his 33rd Memphis Redbirds, St. Louis’ affi liate in the Class AAA season as the radio voice of Mississippi State baseball. Pacifi c Coast League. record The West Point, Miss., native, a 1969 MSU grad, began his 2011 Diamond Dogs in the MLB draft when... affi liation with MSU baseball in 1979 and is largely respon- Eight current members of the 2011 Mississippi State base- (thru 48 games) sible for the creation and growth of the MSU Baseball Ra- ball team have had their names called in past Major League Playing at Dudy Noble Field: ... 21-10 dio Network, one of the nation’s most established baseball Baseball drafts, and one of those is a two-time draftee. Playing away: ...... 7-8 radio networks. Jaron Shepherd, the son of former Major Leaguer Ron Playing at a neutral site: ...... 2-0 The network, with nearly two dozen affi liates in three Shepherd (Toronto, 1984-86), a second-round pick of the Vs. SEC overall: ...... 11-13 states, features a 40-game broadcast schedule of weekend Blue Jays, and younger brother of Jeremiah Shepherd, Vs. SEC at home: ...... 6-6 conference games and selected non-conference contests. a New York Yankees draft pick in 2004, has been drafted Vs. SEC away: ...... 5-7 The network broadcast schedule and most non-network twice. In SEC Tournament: ...... broadcasts are heard locally on WFCA-FM (107.9), the Here are the drafted Diamond Dogs: In NCAA Tournament: ...... 100,000-watt fl agship radio station for MSU athletics. Sr. OF Jaron Shepherd (Pittsburgh, 17th round, 2008 and Vs. Non-conference: ...... 19-5 Bulldogs play in two pro ball parks Cincinnati, 44th round, 2009) Vs. Non-conference at home: 15-4 Mississippi State plays three games this season in two Jr. RHP Devin Jones (Cleveland, 49th round, 2008) Vs. Non-conference away: ...... 2-1 minor league ball parks. So. LHP C.C. Watson (17th round, Texas, 2009). Vs. Non-conference neutral: .... 2-0 The Bulldogs take on Southern Miss (Apr. 5) and Ole Fr. C/OF Hunter Renfroe (31st round, Boston, 2010) Playing a day game: ...... 19-11 Miss (Apr. 19) at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss., the home Fr. INF Taylor Stark (42nd round, Washington, 2010) Playing a night game: ...... 11-7 of the Mississippi Braves, Atlanta’s franchise in the Class Fr. INF Demarcus Henderson (43rd round, Houston, 2010) In one-run games: ...... 4-6 AA Southern League. Fr. RHP Daryl Norris (46th round, Texas, 2010) In two-run games: ...... 7-3 A month later MSU closes out its regular season Fr. OF C.T. Bradford (48th round, Cleveland, 2010) In five+-run games: ...... 16-6 In extra-inning games ...... 0-1 In shutouts: ...... 5-3 BULLDOGS IN IN 2011 In doubleheaders: ...... 3-3 Player (MSU years) Team Organization League (level) When scoring first: ...... 24-7 P-Ricky Bowen (2007-09) Dayton Dragons Cincinnati Midwest (A) When opponent scores first: ...... 6-11 3B-Jet Butler (2007-10) Savannah Sand Gnats New York Mets South Atlantic (A) When scoring 10 or more runs: . 10-0 P-Brad Corley (2003-05) Tri-City Dust Devils Colorado Northwest (A) When allowing 10 or more runs: . 0-3 P-Todd Doolittle (2004-05) Jamestown Jammers Florida New York-Penn (A) When scoring 5 runs or less: ..... 9-17 C-Edward Easley (2005-07) Mobile BayBears Arizona Southern (AA) When allowing 5 runs or less: ... 26-9 1B-Jeff Flagg (2006-08) Brooklyn Cyclones New York Mets New York-Penn (A) When hitting at least 1 HR: ...... 6-2 OF-Grant Hogue (2008-09) Lancaster JetHawks Houston California League (A) When allowing at least 1 HR: ...... 7-8 P-Alan Johnson (2003-05) Colorado Springs Colorado Pacifi c Coast (AAA) When out-hitting an opponent: .. 23-2 P-PAUL MAHOLM (2001-03) Pittsburgh Pittsburgh National League (MLB) When out-hit by an opponent: ... 3-16 Mgr.-Chris Maloney (1982-83) Memphis Redbirds St. Louis Pacifi c Coast (AAA) When matching opponents’ hits: . 4-0 P-Brandon Medders (2000-01) San Francisco Pacifi c Coast (AAA) When facing starting LHP: ...... 10-10 1B-Tyler Moore (2008) Harrisburg Senators Washington Eastern (AA) When facing starting RHP: ...... 20-8 1B-MITCH MORELAND (2005-07) Texas Texas American League (MLB) When leading after 7th inning: . 25-3 P-JONATHAN PAPELBON (2001-03) Boston Boston American League (MLB) When trailing after 7th inning: ... 2-15 1B-Connor Powers (2007-10) Eugene Emeralds San Diego Northwest (A) When tied after 7th inning: ...... 2-0 MGR.-NAT SHOWALTER (1977) Baltimore Baltimore American League (MLB) Games decided in last at-bat: ...... 2-3 C-Craig Tatum (2003-04) Norfolk Tides Baltimore International (AAA) Walk-off wins ...... 1-0 P-Aaron Weatherford (2006-08) Tri-City Dust Devils Colorado Northwest (A) Walk-off losses ...... P-Jared Wesson (2009) Lakeland Flying Tigers Detroit Florida State (A) When not committing an error: ... 11-7 Players with Major League playing experience shown underlined • Current Major Leaguers shown in bold When committing 2+ errors: ...... 8-6 Vs. top 30-ranked opponents: ...... 8-8 Vs. teams ranked in the top 10: ... 3-6 On Sunday: ...... 8-4 MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY 2010 FALL BASEBALL SIGNEES (9) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B-T Hometown (high school/junior college) On Monday: ...... Matthew Britton SS 6-1 185 L-R Cullman, Ala. (Cullman HS) On Tuesday: ...... 7-0 Phillip Casey SS/2B 6-1 170 L-R Sugar Land, Texas (Clements HS) On Wednesday: ...... 2-1 Will Cox RHP 6-3 210 R-R Amory, Miss. (Amory HS) On Thursday: ...... Trevor Fitts RHP 6-2 205 R-R Helena, Ala. (Pelham HS) On Friday: ...... 5-6 Tyler Fullerton INF/OF 5-10 160 R-R Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Siegel HS) On Saturday: ...... 8-7 Jonathan Holder 1B/RHP 6-3 225 R-R Gulfport, Miss. (Gulfport HS) Jacob Lindgren LHP 6-0 180 R-L Bay Saint Louis, Miss. (St. Stanislaus HS) In February: ...... 7-1 Mitchell Slauter C 6-1 195 R-R Kansas City, Kans. (Olathe North HS/Barton Co. [KN] CC) In March: ...... 12-6 Brandon Woodruff OF 6-4 220 L-R Wheeler, Miss. (Wheeler HS) In April: ...... 5-11 In May: ...... 6-0 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

Baseball season ticket sales Year Total Daryl Norris fi rst SEC Freshman of Week in 2011 surpass 5,000 mark for 10th time 2010 — 5,632 It didn’t taken dual-position standout Daryl Norris long to toss his cap into Mississippi State fans established a new baseball season 2002 — 5,596 2009 — 5,559 the proverbial ring as one of college baseball’s top rookies for 2011. ticket sales mark in 2010 and in 2011 have again pushed sales 2004 — 5,477 Norris, from Fairhope, Ala., was honored Feb. 20 as the initial SEC Fresh- past the 5,000 mark for the 10th consecutive time. 2011 — 5,448 man of the Week for 2011 and following MSU’s series sweep of Auburn became The MSU Athletic Ticket Offi ce reports 5,448 baseball season 2007 — 5,364 the fi rst two-time recipient of the league honor. tickets have been distributed this year, fi fth-most in school history. 2008 — 5,357 2006 — 5,335 The 2010 Alabama Player of the Year has impressed on the mound and Two of MSU’s top three marks in baseball season ticket sales 2005 — 5,318 at the plate. En route to his fi rst honor, the right-hander fanned fi ve of the seven have been recorded in the last three years, including a record- 2003 — 5,230 batters he faced in two sterling innings of game-closing relief as State blanked breaking 5,632 registered in 2010. The previous school mark was Akron 11-0 in its 2010 season-opener. He then made his defensive debut as the 5,596 set in 2002. Bulldogs’ starting fi rst baseman a day later, legging out a double and a three-run Parks takes SEC lead with 21-game hitting streak triple in a 3-for-5 plate performance against the Zips. He capped his debut week- Bulldog senior third baseman Jarrod Parks (.418), making a bid to become end with a 2-for-3, three-RBI showing as the designated hitter in State’s weekend MSU’s fi rst .400 hitter since 1999 (Travis Chapman, .403), enters the weekend fi nale against 2010 NCAA Tournament entrant Lamar. with the SEC’s longest hitting streak. The Madison, Miss., native has hit safely in Against Auburn, Norris opened the series with two starts at fi rst base, regis- 21 consecutive games and moved into the lead when Vandy’s Jason Esposito tering a pair of multi-hit games and a .556 weekend batting average while scoring ended a 27-game hitting streak Tuesday night against Louisville. Esposito’s VU four runs. Norris then took the hill in Sunday’s series fi nale against the Tigers, teammate, Anthony Gomez, hit safely in an SEC season-best 29 games while earning his fi rst career win with a season-longest 5.1-inning relief appearance Ole Miss’ Tanner Mathis compiled the SEC’s third-longest streak (23 games). in State’s sweep-clinching 5-0 shutout of No. 20 Auburn. He allowed two singles Parks, who has hit safely in all but his fi rst SEC games (now 22 straight) is and retired 16 of the 18 batters faced to help secure State’s fourth shutout of the hitting .432 (32x74) during his ongoing hitting streak. He leads MSU with hits in 41 campaign and MSU’s fi rst against an SEC opponent in 88 league games. (of 47) games, 22 multi-hit games and with nine multi-RBI hits. More rookie power He’s also riding a 41-game on-base streak, second in the SEC behind LSU’s Mississippi State has used eight freshmen and three other program new- Mike Mahtook. comers in 2011, with the rookies combining for 106 starts (6 of them as pitchers). Five of those freshmen have drawn game-opening assignments --- 1B Daryl Gators, Tigers picked to win divisional titles Norris, OF/P C.T. Bradford, INF Adam Frazier, OF/P Taylor Stark and P Evan Defending SEC champion Florida and LSU are the preseason choices of Mitchell, and Norris has twice been honored as the SEC Freshman of the Week. the league’s baseball coaches to capture their respective divisional titles in 2011. Through 48 games, MSU has played four games with four rookies in the In their preseason poll the coaches tabbed Florida, one of two SEC teams that starting batting order and 10 more games with three freshmen as starters. advanced to the NCAA College World Series in 2010, to claim the SEC baseball pennant in 2011. Collins tied for fi fth in career triples Mississippi State was projected to fi nish sixth in the SEC Western Division. Senior outfi elder/fi rst baseman Ryan Collins laced his 10th career triple Coaches are not permitted to vote for their own team in the poll. against Mississippi Valley State (May. 10), climbing to a tie for fi fth among MSU’s career leaders in three-baggers. Collins is now tied with Rex Buckner (1990- 2011 SEC COACHES’ PRESEASON POLL 93) and Jeff Butts (2003-06). Matthew Maniscalco (2000-03) is No. 4 with 11 WESTERN DIVISION EASTERN DIVISION triples. Team Pts. ‘10 SEC Rec/Fin. Team Pts. ‘10 SEC Rec/Fin. 1. LSU 63 14-16 / 5th 1. Florida 66 22-8 / 1st In the big inning... 2. Arkansas 49 18-12 / 2nd 2. Vanderbilt 55 17-13 / 3rd Mississippi State has scored fi ve or more runs in an inning 13 times through 3. Auburn 46 20-10 / 1st 3. South Carolina 48 21-9 / 2nd 4. Ole Miss 40 16-14 / 3rd 4. Kentucky 33 13-17 / 4th 47 games in 2011, including a 13-run burst in the fi rst inning against Lamar (Feb. 5. Alabama 33 15-15 / 4th 5. Georgia 26 5-23 / 6th 20) and a 10-run seventh-inning spree at South Alabama (May 3). State has en- 6. Mississippi State 17 6-24 / 6th 6. Tennessee 17 12-18 / 5th joyed three games with two big innings each --- against Auburn (8 runs & 5 runs), Bulldogs defense among SEC leaders Alabama A&M (5 runs & 8 runs) at Tennessee (5 runs & 6 runs). Mississippi State has played solidly on defense this year. Through 47 Florida’s eight-run second inning Apr. 9 at Dudy Noble Field stands as the games, MSU has compiled a .972 fi elding percentage, now seventh-best in the most runs scored against MSU in an inning. SEC. State has turned 31 double plays, a season-high three Apr. 19 against Ole Super Crowds on Super Bulldog Weekend Miss. MSU has committed less than two errors in 33 games and against South Mississippi State’s spring homecoming celebration Super Bulldog Weekend Carolina recorded its 18th error-free game. The Dog defense had 17 error-free has helped attract some of the nation’s top all-time attendances at Dudy Noble Field. games in 56 outings in 2010. MSU has endured one fi ve-error game (SEC sea- MSU fi rst eclipsed the 10,000 mark in attendance and set the NCAA on-cam- son-opener at Vanderbilt (Mar. 18) and had its third three-error game Apr. 19 pus baseball attendance mark in 1987 when 10,382 fans watched the Bulldogs take against Ole Miss (Apr. 19). on the Florida Gators in a Super Bulldog Weekend (then known as Super Satur- Nick Vick off and running (and walking) day) doubleheader. MSU topped that a year later when 14,378 packed the Dude Senior infi elder/outfi elder and primary lead-off batter Nick Vickerson is off and for a Super Bulldog Weekend double-dip with LSU, and added to that total the next running on the basepaths in 2011. The Tuscaloosa, Ala., native registered his 24th season when the 1989 MSU-Florida twinbill drew 14,991. pilfer (in 27 attempts) Tuesday against Mississippi Valley State. He ranks third in Last year’s Super Bulldog Weekend Saturday matchup with Tennessee drew the SEC, two pilfers behind SEC leader Mikie Mahtook (LSU). Vickerson led the 11,089, the SEC’s largest actual attendance in 2010, and the 2011 SBW edition Bulldogs with 10 base thefts in 2010 and with 34 career steals is six away from against No. 4 Florida drew an actual attendance of 10,322, the 16th SBW gathering MSU career top 10 status. Teammate Ryan Collins has 32 career steals. of 10,000 or better and the 25th fi ve-digit attendance overall at MSU. This year’s paid SBW attendance of 11,201 stands as the 12th-largest Dudy Noble Field crowd. Welcome to the century club Paid attendance for the weekend was 24,794, with actual attendance at 20,501. A trio of Diamond Dogs reached the century club in career statistics in recent games. Nick Vickerson registered his 100th hit, Ryan Collins drew his 100th Walking tall walk, and pitcher Caleb Reed registered his 100th career in the Alabama MSU opened the week leading the SEC in bases on balls. Bulldog batters series. Collins scored his 100th career run Tuesday at South Alabama. Senior have drawn an SEC-high 216 walks through 48 games. Third baseman Jarrod shortstop Jonathan Ogden drew his 100th career start at Tennessee. Parks paces MSU and ranks fourth in the SEC with 34 free passes. Seniors On deck, Vickerson has played in 98 games and Collins has 95 career RBI. Nick Vickerson (29) and Ryan Collins (27) are close behind. 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

Thursday, May 12 LUIS POLLORENA’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB at Ole Miss 2011 2.61 6-3 14 0-0 1 0 38.0 35 14-11 12 25 5 0 1 3 3 Career 2.61 6-3 14 0-0 1 0 38.0 35 14-11 12 25 5 0 1 3 3 YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 17-Luis Pollorena 2011 3.86 3-2 8 1-0 0 0 18.2 25 11-8 9 9 5 0 1 2 1 5-6 • 165 • So. • LHP SEC Career 3.86 3-2 8 1-0 0 0 18.2 25 11-8 9 9 5 0 1 2 1 Laredoa, Texas Laredo United High School Marion (Ala.) Military Inst. POLLORENA’S GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES • Soph. southpaw making his 2nd Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC start as MSU’s leadoff pitcher 2-19-11 Akron 3.1 0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10-1 W (1-0) 2-22-11 Northwestern State 0.2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-4 ND Earned staff-leading 6th win in • 2-26-11 Belmont 0.2 1 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 ND debut as a starter last Friday at UT 3-4-11 Iowa 1.1 1 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-5 ND • Allowed 5 runs (11 hits) vs. Vols 3-9-11 at UAB 0.1 1 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-6 L (1-1) • 2nd lefty in MSU rotation 3-13-11 Sacred Heart 1.2 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3-8 ND • Making 18th appearance (38.0 3-16-11 at Lipscomb 4.2 4 1-1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 14-4 W (2-1) IP), 9th vs. SEC foes (18.2) 3-25-11 No. 20 Auburn 2.1 2 1-1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 7-6 ND • Season-longest 5.2 IP (relief) & 3-30-11 Alabama A&M 1.0 1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18-0 ND 3rd win vs. Southern Miss (4-5) 4-3-11 at Georgia 0.1 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-4 ND • Season-high 6 Ks, 1-H vs. USM 4-5-11 vs. No. 14 Southern Miss 5.2 1 0-0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 5-4 W (3-1) • 3-2, 3.86 in 8 SEC appearances 4-10-11 No. 4 Florida 1.2 2 2-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1-3 L (3-2) • 2010 Alabama CC Conference 4-17-11 at No. 13 Arkansas 3.0 4 1-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 W (4-2) Player of the Year at Marion 4-23-11 No. 2 South Carolina 3.0 4 1-0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 W (5-2) (Ala.) Military Institute 4-30-11 Alabama-1 3.0 1 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4-5 ND • The shortest player on the MSU 4-30-11 Alabama-2 0.0 1 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4-5 L (5-3) team and one of four 5-6 players 5-6-11 at Tennessee * 5.1 11 5-5 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 16-5 W (6-3) in the SEC (LSU infi elder Tyler 2011 SEASON TOTALS 38.0 35 14-11 12 25 5 0 1 3 3 111-69 6-3 (2.61) Hanover, Alabama pitcher Nathan Kilcrease and Vanderbilt outfi elder Tony Kemp) • 3-1 vs. ranked SEC foes • Scoreless relief in 8 games

MISSISSIPPI STATE 37-Caleb Reed 6-2 • 194 • So. • RHP • Tupelo, Miss. • Tupelo High School Junior Caleb Reed (0-0, 9 saves, 0.88 ERA) has developed into one of the league’s top relief men. He notched SINGLE SEASON his eighth save in his third weekend relief appearance against Alabama (May 1) and save No. 9 (t-3rd in SEC) last weekend at SAVES LEADERS Tennessee.(May 8). Gave up a pinch-hit 10th-inning to Alabama to absorb his lone 2011 loss. The Cleveland, Miss., 1. Scott Tanksley (1994) 13 native came out of the bullpen to retire 29 of the fi rst 32 batters he faced this season, 14 of those via strikeout, with 11.1 score- Van Johnson (1997) 13 less innings of relief (8 games) before yielding four runs (three earned) in the series-fi nale (5.0 IP) at No. 1 Vanderbilt (3-20-11). 3. Adam Larson (2000) 12 He then reeled off 18 scoreless innings of relief over his next 10 appearances, earning saves in MSU’s SEC wins against No. 4 4. Jay Powell (1991) 10 Florida, No. 13 Arkansas and No. 2 USC prior to the loss to Alabama. He delivered a season-longest 5.1 innings of one-hit, Van Johnson (1998) 10 scoreless relief last weekend against No. 13 Arkansas. Reed has made a staff-leading 22 relief appearances (41.0 IP) in 2011 6. Caleb Reed (2011) 9 with a staff-best nine saves (fi rst saves of his career) while limiting opponents to a .191 batting average. Reed has fi ve saves (4th 7. Pete Young (1989) 8 in SEC) and a 1.27 ERA in 14 SEC relief appearances (28.1 IP/32 K). He sports a 4.62 ERA in 53 career relief appearances and Pete Young (1988) 8 an overall 5.30 ERA in 58 total career appearances (125.2 IP/108 K). He made his three career starts (all Friday SEC starts) Jon Harden (1992) 8 in the middle of the 2010 season. He stands six among MSU’s single-season saves leaders and would tie Van Johnson (1998) 9. Bryan Hardwick (1979) 7 and former Major Leaguer Jay Powell (1991) for fi fth place with his 10th save. Scott Tanksley (1994) shares the single season Bobby Thigpen (1985) 7 school mark of 13 saves with Van Johnson (1997). Reed has no decisions in four career relief appearances aagainst Ole Miss Jay Powell (1993) 7 (0-0, 15.45, 5-H, 5-R, 4-ER, 5-BB, 0-K) the past two seasons. Scott Tanksley (1995) 7 Jonathan Papelbon (2003) 7 CALEB REED’S CAREER STATISTICS Aaron Weatherford (2008) 7 YEAR ERA W-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 2010 6.99 1-7 25 3-0 0 0 67.0 82 55-52 24 51 19 4 8 4 12 2011 0.88 0-1 22 0-0 2 9 41.0 27 6-4 14 49 3 1 1 2 3 Career 5.30 3-9 58 3-0 2 9 125.2 137 80-74 53 108 26 5 12 7 15

YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2009 9.45 0-0 5 0-0 0 0 6.2 12 8-7 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 2010 9.00 0-6 16 3-0 0 0 43.0 62 45-43 19 28 15 2 8 2 5 2011 1.27 0-1 14 0-0 0 5 28.1 23 5-4 13 32 3 1 1 2 3 Career 6.31 0-7 35 3-0 0 5 77.0 97 58-54 41 63 19 3 9 5 8 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

NICK ROUTT’S CAREER STATISTICS Friday, May 13 YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 2009 4.15 5-3 13 13-4 0 0 86.2 87 51-40 28 87 12 0 9 5 6 at Ole Miss 2010 7.27 1-1 6 6-0 0 0 19.1 28 20-14 6 21 4 0 1 0 2 2011 3.66 1-2 8 8-0 1 0 32.0 33 17-13 13 29 5 0 2 3 1 Career 4.37 7-6 27 27-4 1 0 138.0 148 88-67 47 137 21 0 12 8 9 36-Nick Routt YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB 6-4 • 198 • So. • LHP 2009 4.92 3-3 10 10-4 0 0 67.2 71 43-37 23 70 12 0 9 4 4 Silver Spring, Md. 2010 0.00 0-0 1 1-0 0 0 2.0 3 1-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 St. Johns College HS 2011 3.77 1-2 7 7-0 1 0 28.2 31 16-12 13 25 4 0 2 3 1 • Junior lefty set to make his ninth SEC Career 4.48 4-5 18 18-4 1 0 98.1 105 60-49 36 97 16 0 11 7 5 appearance & start of 2011 & 28th of his career (19th vs. SEC) ROUTT’S GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC • 1st win (6.0 IP, 5-H, 2-ER) in 2-21-09 North Florida-1 * 8.0 7 1-1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 7-1 W (1-0) Saturday series-clincher at UT 2-28-09 Nicholls-2 * 6.0 7 3-0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 6-3 W (2-0) • Allowed 2 runs (1 earned) with 3-6-09 at Hawaii * 5.0 2 4-2 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 4-7 ND 3-14-09 South Carolina-2 * 4.2 3 2-2 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 10-3 ND season-hi 6 Ks in ND start vs Bama 3-21-09 at Georgia * 8.0 5 4-4 2 8 2 0 2 0 0 0-4 L (2-1) • Faced 14 batters in 3.1-inn., ND 3-29-09 at Arkansas-2 * 7.0 9 4-3 3 7 1 0 1 1 0 12-4 W (3-1) start in MSU win vs. No. 2 USC 4-4-09 Auburn * 9.0 8 3-3 1 12 3 0 0 0 0 8-3 W (4-1) • Season-longest 5.0+ IP in ND 4-11-09 at Tennessee * 8.0 8 4-4 5 7 1 0 1 1 1 2-4 L (4-2) 4-18-09 Kentucky * 6.0 7 3-2 1 8 0 0 0 1 2 3-4 ND start vs. No. 4 Florida at DNF (4-10) 4-25-09 at Vanderbilt * 7.0 10 9-5 3 7 1 0 3 0 0 4-10 L (4-3) • Took loss in SEC road games at 5-2-09 Alabama * 5.0 7 3-3 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 16-17 ND Georgia and No. 13 Arkansas 5-9-09 at Ole Miss * 5.0 8 5-5 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 11-8 W (5-3) • Made injury-delayed ‘11 debut 5-15-09 LSU * 8.0 6 6-6 5 5 0 0 1 0 1 8-7 ND 2009 SEASON TOTALS 86.2 87 51-40 28 87 12 0 9 5 6 92-74 5-3 (4.15) with a no-decision start Mar. 16 at Lipscomb (3.1 IP, 2-H, 0-BB, 4-Ks) Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC 2-19-10 Rhode Island * 3.0 7 6-4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 9-8 ND • On pitch count fi rst three games 2-26-10 Southeastern La. * 8.0 6 1-1 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 1-4 ND • In 2009 became 1st MSU pitcher 3-5-10 SEMO * 3.0 5 4-1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 10-7 ND named to Freshman All-SEC Team 3-12-10 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma * 1.1 7 8-8 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 5-16 L, (0-1) Led ‘09 staff in wins (5), starts 3-17-10 Mississippi Valley * 2.0 0 0-0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16-2 W (1-1) • 3-21-10 at No. 6 Florida * 2.0 3 1-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-4 ND (13), IP (86.2) & strikeouts (87); 2010 SEASON TOTALS 19.1 28 20-14 6 21 4 0 1 0 2 42-41 1-1 (6.52) shared SEC lead with 4 CGs Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC • Made six mound appearances 3-16-11 at Lipscomb * 3.1 2 1-1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 14-4 ND before being sidelined with an arm 3--27-11 No. 20 Auburn * 3.2 2 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5-0 ND ailment March 21, 2010 4-3-11 at Georgia * 3.1 3 2-2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1-4 L (0-1) 4-10-11 No. 4 Florida * 5.0 6 1-1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 ND • 4-5, 4.48 in 18 career SEC 4-15-11 at No. 13 Arkansas * 3.0 8 6-6 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1-6 L (0-2) starts (98.1 IP/97-Ks/4 CGs) 4-23-11 No. 2 South Carolina * 3.1 2 2-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 ND • Vs. Ole Miss: Earned win 5.0 IP, 4-30-11 Alabama-2 * 4.1 5 2-1 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 4-5 ND 8-H, 5-R, 4-K) in series-clinching 5-7-11 at Tennessee * 6.0 5 3-2 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 5-3 W (1-2) 11-8 win in Oxford 2011 SEASON TOTALS 32.0 33 17-13 13 29 5 0 2 3 1 36-28 1-2 (3.66) 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

CHRIS STRATTON’S CAREER STATISTICS Saturday, May 14 YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB at Ole Miss 2010 5.29 5-3 14 14-1 1 0 78.1 84 54-46 42 76 9 2 9 8 7 2011 4.84 5-5 12 12-0 1 0 70.2 72 43-38 24 69 9 4 6 7 4 28-Chris Stratton Career 5.07 10-8 26 26-1 2 0 149.0 156 97-84 66 145 18 6 15 15 11 6-2 • 194 • So. • RHP YEAR ERA W-L GP GS-CG SH SV IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HB Tupelo, Miss. 2010 6.16 3-1 10 10-1 0 0 57.0 65 42-39 34 55 6 2 9 4 6 Tupelo High School 2011 6.85 2-5 8 8-0 0 0 43.1 56 37-33 15 37 7 3 5 6 4 • Making his 13th start of the year SEC Career 6.46 5-6 18 18-1 0 0 100.1 121 79-72 49 92 13 5 14 10 10 and 27th of his career (18th career SEC start) STRATTON’S GAME-BY-GAME APPEARANCES • Earned win No. 5 (1st since Aub, Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC Mar. 26) last Sunday at Tennessee 2-20-10 Rhode Island * 6.0 4 0-0 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 9-0 W (1-0) (5.2 IP, 6-H, 2-R, 0-BB, 9-K) 2-27-10 Southeastern Louisiana * 2.2 5 5-2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5-8 L (1-1) 3-6-10 Southeast Missouri * 7.1 5 2-2 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 3-2 W (2-1) • 10-8, 5.07 ERA, 149.0 IP, 156-H, 3-13-10 vs. No. 10 UCLA * 5.1 5 5-3 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 2-5 L (2-2) 145-K in two seasons at MSU 3-20-10 at No. 6 Florida * 6.0 4 1-1 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 4-5 ND • Career-shortest 1.2-inning stint 3-27-10 Georgia * 3.2 3 4-4 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 4-7 L (2-3) vs. No. 4 Florida & only 2nd career 4-3-10 at No. 12 South Carolina * 5.0 8 3-3 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 8-7 W (3-3) 4-10-10 No. 9 Arkansas * 6.0 7 2-1 2 5 1 0 0 2 2 5-8 ND outing without a strikeout 4-17-10 Tennessee * 9.0 8 7-6 4 7 0 2 2 1 0 11-7 W (4-3) • 4th win & 4th 2011 quality start 4-25-10 at Alabama * 3.1 9 8-8 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 8-9 ND (9th career QS) with 7.1 IP (5-hits, 5-1-10 No. 14 Ole Miss * 4.2 7 7-7 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 10-12 ND 4-runs, 4 BB, 5 K) in series-clinching 5-8-10 at No. 19 Auburn * 4.1 7 6-5 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 14-16 ND 5-15-10 No. 17 Vanderbilt * 8.0 9 4-4 5 8 2 0 1 1 2 7-13 ND Saturday win vs. Auburn (3-26-11) 5-22-10 at No. 27 LSU * 7.0 3 0-0 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 W (5-3) • Set career-high with 13 Ks over 2010 SEASON TOTALS 78.1 84 54-46 42 76 9 2 9 8 7 92-100 5-3 (5.29) 7.2 IP against Belmont Date Opponent IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC/REC • Last year became MSU’s 2nd 2-19-11 Lamar * 6.0 6 0-0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 2-0 W (1-0) consec. SEC All-Freshman pick 2-26-11 Belmont * 7.2 4 0-0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 5-3 W (2-0) 3-5-11 Georgia State * 6.2 2 1-1 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 8-1 W (3-0) • Vs. UM: ND start (4.2 IP, 7-H, 7-R, 3-12-11 Sacred Heart * 7.0 4 5-4 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 6-5 ND 5-K) in 12-10 UM win at Dudy Noble 3-19-11 at No. 1 Vanderbilt * 6.2 11 4-4 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0-4 L (3-1) • 2011 Academic All-America team 3-26-11 No. 20 Auburn * 7.1 5 4-3 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 15-8 W (4-1) nominee (3.78 GPA, kinesiology) 4-2-11 at Georgia * 6.0 7 4-4 2 7 0 0 2 1 0 3-4 L (4-2) 4-9-11 No. 4 Florida * 1.2 3 7-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-18 L (4-3) 4-15-11 at No. 13 Arkansas * 7.0 10 6-6 1 8 2 0 2 3 0 5-6 L (4-4) 4-22-11 No. 2 South Carolina * 5.0 9 7-5 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 2-8 L (4-5) 4-30-11 Alabama * 4.0 5 3-2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 4-5 ND 5-8-11 at Tennessee * 5.2 6 2-2 0 9 1 0 0 0 2 5-2 W (5-5) 2011 SEASON TOTALS 70.2 72 43-38 24 69 9 4 6 7 4 55-64 5-5 (4.84) 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES PROBABLE/POSSIBLE MISSISSIPPI STATE STARTERS

IB 38-Ryan Collins (6-1 • 195 • L/L • Sr. • Panama City, Fla.) C 31-Wes Thigpen (5-11 • 204 • R/R • Sr. • Luling, La.) • 47 GP/41 GS (11-RF, 29-1B, 1-LF) • 10th car. triple vs. MVSU (6th-most at MSU) • 35 GP/32 GS (C) • 22 gms with a hit • Leads team with 7 sac bunts • Hits in 28 gms/ RBI in team-hi 20 gms • 4 multi-RBI hits On 4-gm SEC hit & RBI strk • SEC-best 5 pickoffs, 10 CS, 3 E (.989); Hits in 12 of 18 SEC gms • Vs. SEC: 22x76 (.289) in 24 gms • In May: 7x22 (.318), 7 RBI • Vs. SEC: 17x62 (.274) in 18 gms • In May: 2x12 (.167), 3 RBI • At UT: 4x12 (.333), 4 RBI • 0x1 off the bench vs. UM Apr. 19 in Gov’s Cup • Vs. UT: 1x7 (.143)1 RBI • Late-game sub at 3B vs. MVSU • Career: .287 BA in 192 gms (165-H, 105-R, 42-EB hits, 95 RBI, 103-BB, 32-SB • 2x4 w/2B, 2-RBI vs. UM In Governor’s Cup • Among three Dogs on CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District ballot 5-Daryl Norris (6-1 • 220 • R/R • Fr. • Fairhope, Ala.) • Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week 29-Cody Freeman (6-0 • 192 • R/R • Sr. • Collinsville, Miss.) • 31 GP/27 GS (19-1B, 8-DH) • At UT: did not play • 45 GP/41 GS (DH-23, C-16) • Hits in 32 gms, RBI in 19 gms • 3 GWRBI • Hits in 16 gms/ RBI in 10 gms • 3 multi-RBI hits • Vs. SEC: 24x90 (.267) in 23 gms • In May: 7x21 (.333) 2-2B, HR #2, 4-RBI • Vs. SEC: 9x37 (.243) in 14 gms vs. SEC • In May: 0x2, 1 GP; 1-0, 0.00, 3.2 IPl • At UT: 4x10 (.400), 2B, 4-R, 3-BB, HBP • 2x4, 2-R vs. UM In Governor’s Cup • 2-0, 1-sv, 1.83 ERA in 10 app./1 GS (1.0 IP vs. USC) • Team-hi six 3-hit gms • Hits in 116 SEC gms • 1st HR vs. Florida (4/8) • Wins vs. Auburn (3/27) and at So. Alabama (3.1 IP, 0-R, 3-K (5/3) • Career: .302 BA in 161 gms (149-H, 44-EB hits, 91-RBI)

2B 12-Adam Frazier (5-10 • 168 • L/R • Fr. • Bishop, Ga.) OF 10-C.T. Bradford (5-8 • 159 • L/L • Fr. • Pace, Fla.) • 30 GP/17 GS (15-2B, 2-SS) • 1st start at SS, 3rd multi-hit gm at So. Ala. (5/2) • 48 GP/46 GS (26-CF, 10-RF, 10-LF) • Hits in 35 gms, RBI in 13 gms • At UT: 2x5 (.400) • 2nd 3-hit game at South Alabama • Among SEC freshmen hits leaders w/55 • Vs. SEC: 12x56 (.214) in 17 GP/13 GS • In May: 7x12 (538) • Hits in 13 of last 16 gms • 4 multi-RBI hits • 0x4 vs. UM in Governor’s Cup Apr. 19 • At UT: 2x9 (.222) 2B, 2-RBI • 1x4, 2-BB & 1.0 IP vs MVSU (5/10) • Hits in 4 of last 5 games (8x17) • Vs. SEC: 26x96 (.271) in 24 gms • In May: 4x23 (.174), 5-R, 3-RBI • 0-0, 7.20 ERA, 1-sv (vs. Sacred Heart) in 6 app./1 GS (4 IP in start at Vandy) 21-Nick Vickerson (5-11 • 208 • R/R • Sr. • Tuscaloosa, Ala.) • Son of former Bulldog third baseman Mike Bradford • 44 GP/42 GS (4 positions: LF-13, 3B-1, 2B-22, DH-6) • Vs. UT: 5x11 (.455), 3-2B, HR #4, 7 RBI In May: 12x22 (.545), 7-R, 5-2B, HR, 8 RBI 15-Jaron Shepherd (6-2 • 180 • L/R • Sr. • Kilgore, Texas) • Hits in 31 gms • 13 multi-hit & 4 multi-RBI gms • 6 mulit-hit gms in last 8 • 40 GP/33 GS (7-LF, 16-RF, 10-CF) • Hits in 24 gms, RBI in 16 gms • Vs. SEC: 25x77 (.325) in 21 gms • SIngle & 3-BB Tuesday vs. MVSU • Riding career-best 8-gm hitting streak (13x29); 6-game SEC streak • Leads MSU with 44 runs scored & 24 SB in 27 att. (3rd in SEC) • At UT: 3x10 (.333) HR #3, 4-RBI, 5-BB • In May: 9x21 (.429), 8-R, 3-2B, 1-HR, 6-RBI, 6-BB, 4-SB SS 3-Jonathan Ogden (5-9 • 168 • R/R • Sr. • Cypress, Texas) • Vs. SEC: 14x53 (.264), 2B, 3-HR, 11-RBI, 11-BB; 6 RBI last 5 SEC gms • 46 GP/46GS • Hits in 26 gms/ RBI in 19 gms • 8 multi-RBI gms • Two-time MLB draftee (Pirates-2008 & Reds-2009) • Vs. SEC: 19x79 (.241) in 23 gms (team-hi 16 RBI) • Son of former Major Leaguer Ron Shepherd (Blue Jays) • Leads MSU with 7 HR (No. 7 vs. USC) & 34 RBI • Vs. UT: 1x8 (.125) • In May: 1x14 (.071), 3 RBI 7-Taylor Stark (5-11 • 182 • R/R • Fr. • Flowood, Miss.) • 23 free-bases (11-BB + 12-HBP) • Involved with 14 of 31 double plays • 19 GP/8 GS (6-RF, 1-LF, 1-DH) • Also pitches (2-0, 2-Sv, 2.35, 15.1 IP) • Missed first start 5/3 at USA 5/3 after 99 straight starts at SS • Error-free defender • 3-RBI game vs. Alabama A&M (3-30) • Vs. SEC: 3x16 (.188)2B, RBI, 3-R • In May: 0x2, BB; 2.2 IP (1 SV) 3B 9-Jarrod Parks (6-2 • 192 • R/R • Sr. • Madison, Miss.) • Saves at Vandy (1.2 IP) & at Tennessee (2.2 IP, 4-K) • SEC leader in batting average (.418) and on-base % (.555) • Wins vs. Sacred Heart (1.0 IP, 3/12) and Florida (2.0 IP, 4/8) • Car.-best, SEC-longest 21-gm ht. strk (16x25, .417, 4-2B, 3-RBI, 16-R) • 22-gm SEC hitting streak & hits in all but 1st SEC game (at Vandy, 3/18) 42-Brent Brownlee (6-1 • 187 • R/R • Jr. • Oxford, Miss.) • 47 GP/47 GS (3B) • Missed series-opener at Ark • Hits in 41 of his 47 gms • 32 GP/26 GS (12-CF, 9-LF, 5-RF) • Starter in 7 of last 11 gms • At UT: 6x11 (.545) 2 RBI, 4-BB • In May: 9x18 (.500), 9-R, 2, RBI, 7-BB, 6-HBP • Came off the bench to tie MSU triples record with two at So. Ala. (5/3) • Team-high 66 hits, 3-3B, 34-BB, 16-HBP • 4 GRWBI & 9 Multi-RBI hits • 3x3 with 2 triples, double & car-hi 8 total bases, 5 RBI & 2 multi-RBI hits • Vs. SEC: 35x84 (.417), 11 RBI in 23 gms (.515 OB%) • At UT: 2x14 (.143), 2-RBI • In May: 7x22 (.318), 2B, 2-3B, HR #1, team-hi 9 RBI • Vs. SEC: 8x41, 3-R, 1-HR, 5-RBI Mississippi State hitting streaks 30 games --- Thomas Berkery (2006) 27 games --- Ron Brown (1993) 25 games --- Richie Grayum (1989) 21 games --- Jarrod Parks (2011) 19 games --- Brad Corley (2004) 18 games --- Joseph Hunter (2005) 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

MISSISSIPPI STATE PITCHING STARTS QUALITY PITCHING STARTS (11)(6 or more IP / 3 or less ER) Date Pitcher (opp) IP H R-ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP HBP SCORE DEC. NO. DATE OPPONENT PITCHER (DEC.) IP (H, R-ER, BB, K) 2-18 Devin Jones (Akron) 7.0 1 0-0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 11-0 W, 1-0 1. 2-18 Akron Devin Jones -1 (W, 1-0) 7.0 (1, 0-0, 1, 4) 2-19 Chris Stratton (Lamar) 6.0 6 0-0 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 2-0 W, 1-0 2. 2-19 Lamar Chris Stratton -1 (W, 1-0) 6.0 (6, 0-0, 1, 10) 2-19 Chad Girodo (Akron) 4.2 4 1-1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 10-1 ND 3. 2-25 Belmont Devin Jones-2 (L, 1-1) 8.0 (5, 2-2, 3, 5) 2-20 Tim Statz (Lamar) 2.2 4 2-2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 17-2 ND 4. 2-26 Belmont Chris Stratton-2 (W, 2-0) 7.2 (4, 0-0, 0, 13) 2-22 Kendall Graveman (NWS) 5.0 4 2-2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6-4 ND 2-25 Devin Jones (Belmont) 8.0 5 2-2 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 1-2 L, 1-1 5. 2-27 Belmont Evan Mitchell-1 (W, 1-0) 6.0 (5, 2-2, 1, 3) 2-26 Chris Stratton (Belmont) 7.2 4 0-0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 5-3 W, 2-0 6. 3-1 Alcorn State Kendall Graveman-1 (W, 1-0) 7.0 (3, 1-1, 0, 7) 2-27 Evan Mitchell (Belmont) 6.0 5 2-2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 14-5 W, 1-0 7. 3-5 Georgia State Chris Stratton-3 (W, 3-0) 6.2 (2, 1-1, 5, 4) 3-1 Kendall Graveman (Alcorn St.) 7.0 3 1-1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 8-1 W, 1-0 8. 3-11 Sacred Heart Devin Jones-3 (W, 2-2) 7.0 (5, 0-0, 1, 7) 3-4 Devin Jones (Iowa) 4.1 4 2-2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 3-5 L, 3-5 9. 3-26 Auburn Chris Stratton-4 (W, 3-2) 7.1 (5, 4-3, 4, 5) 3-5 Chris Stratton (Georgia State) 6.2 2 1-1 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 8-1 W, 3-0 10. 5-7 at Tennessee Nick Routt-1 (W, 1-2) 6.0 (5, 3-2, 5, 3) 3-5 Tim Statz (Iowa) 2.0 5 4-3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 6-7 L, 0-1 11. 5-10 Miss. Valley State Kendall Graveman-2 (W, 5-0) 7.0 (5, 3-2, 1, 7) 3-6 Evan Mitchell (Georgia State) 5.1 6 2-2 2 7 2 0 0 0 2 7-3 W, 3-0 3-9 Kendall Graveman (at UAB) 4.2 5 4-4 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 4-6 ND 3-11 Devin Jones (Sacred Heart) 7.0 5 0-0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 5-0 W, 2-2 SAVES (13) 3-12 Chris Stratton (Sacred Heart) 7.0 4 5-4 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 6-5 ND NO. DATE OPPONENT PITCHER (SAVE #) IP (H, R-ER, BB, K) 3-13 Evan Mitchell (Sacred Heart) 3.1 6 5-5 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 3-8 L, 3-1 1. 2-19 Lamar Caleb Reed (1) 3.0 (2, 0-0, 0, 5) 3-15 Kendall Graveman (E.Illinois) 5.0 7 3-3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 9-4 W, 2-0) 2. 2-22 Northwestern State Caleb Reed (2) 1.0 (0, 0-0, 0, 1) 3-16 Nick Routt (at Lipscomb) 3.1 2 1-1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 14-4 ND 3. 3-5 Georgia State Caleb Reed (3) 2.1 (0, 0-0, 0, 2) 3-18 Devin Jones (at Vanderbilt) 3.1 8 8-6 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0-10 L (2-3) 3-19 Chris Stratton (at Vanderbilt) 6.2 11 4-4 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0-4 L (3-1) 4. 3-6 Georgia State Daryl Norris (1) 3.2 (2, 1-1, 0, 2) 3-20 C.T. Bradford (at Vanderbilt) 1.0 4 4-4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 9-8 ND 5. 3-11 Sacred Heart C.T. Bradford (1) 0.2 (0, 0-0, 0, 1) 3-25 Devin Jones (Auburn) 3.0 3 4-4 1 4 2 1 0 2 1 7-6 ND 6. 3-20 at Vanderbilt Taylor Stark (1) 1.2 (0, 0-0, 0, 0) 3-26 Chris Stratton (Auburn) 7.1 5 4-3 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 15-8 W (4-1) 7. 4-5 vs. Southern Miss Caleb Reed (4) 1.2 (1, 0-0, 0, 1) 3-27 Nick Routt (Auburn) 3.2 2 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5-0 ND 8. 4-8 Florida Caleb Reed (5) 2.0 (1, 0-0, 0, 4) 3-30 Kendall Graveman (AA&MU) 4.0 0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 18-0 W (3-0) 9. 4-17 at Arkansas Caleb Reed (6) 5.1 (1, 0-0, 1, 2) 4-1 Devin Jones (at Georgia) 5.0 3 2-2 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1-4 L (2-4) 10. 4-23 South Carolina Caleb Reed (7) 2.2 (1, 0-0, 2, 4) 4-2 Chris Stratton (at Georgia) 6.0 7 4-4 2 7 0 0 2 1 0 3-4 L (4-2) 4-3 Nick Routt (at Georgia) 3.1 3 2-2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1-4 L (0-1) 11. 5-1 Alabama Caleb Reed (8) 0.2 (0, 0-0, 0, 1) 4-5 Andrew Busby (vs. USM) 1..0 2 3-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 ND 12. 5-7 at Tennessee Taylor Stark (2) 2.2 (0, 0-0, 1, 4) 4-8 Devin Jones (Florida) 3.0 8 4-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-5 ND 13. 5-8 at Tennessee Caleb Reed (9) 3.1 (2, 0-0, 1, 5) 4-9 Chris Stratton (Florida) 1.2 3 7-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-18 L (4-3) 4-10 Nick Routt (Florida) 5.0 6 1-1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 ND 4-15 Chris Stratton (at Arkansas) 7.0 10 6-6 1 8 2 0 2 3 0 5-6 L (4-4) 4-16 Nick Routt (at Arkansas) 3.0 8 6-6 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1-6 L (0-2) 4-17 Evan Mitchell (at Arkansas) 0.2 3 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 ND 4-19 Kendall Graveman (vs. Ole Miss) 4.0 3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-1 W (4-0) 4-22 Chris Stratton (South Carolina) 5.0 9 7-5 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 2-8 L, (2-8) 4-23 Nick Routt (South Carolina) 3.1 2 2-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 ND 4-24 Daryl Norris (South Carolina) 1.0 3 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4-13 ND 4-30a Chris Stratton (Alabama) 4.0 5 3-2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 4-5 ND 4-30b Nick Routt (Alabama) 4.1 5 2-1 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 4-5 ND 5-1 Kendall Graveman (Alabama) 4.1 7 4-4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 8-5 ND 5-3 Andrew Busby (at USA) 1.1 5 1-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9-15 ND 5-6 Luis Pollorena (at Tennessee) 5.1 11 5-5 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 16-5 W (6-3) 5-7 Nick Routt (at Tennessee) 6.0 5 3-2 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 5-3 W (1-2) 5-8 Chris Stratton (at Tennessee) 5.2 6 2-2 0 9 1 0 0 0 2 5-2 W (5-5) 5-10 Kendall Graveman (MVSU) 7.0 5 3-2 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 13-3 W (5-0) 5-12 Luis Pollorena (at Ole Miss) 5-13 Nick Routt (at Ole Miss) 5-14 Chris Stratton (at Ole Miss)

LONGEST STARTS LONGEST RELIEF APPEARANCES 8.0 IP --- Devin Jones (vs. Belmont, 2-25) 5.2 IP --- Luis Pollorena (vs. USM, 4-5) SEC weekend starters 7.2 IP --- Chris Stratton (vs. Belmont, 2-26) 5.1 IP --- Daryl Norris (vs. Auburn, 3-27) at Vandy (Jones/Stratton/Bradford) 7.1 IP --- Chris Stratton (vs. Auburn, 3-26) 5.1 IP --- Caleb Reed (at Arkansas, 4-17) Auburn (Jones/STRATTON/Routt) 7.0 IP --- Devin Jones (vs. Akron, 2-18) 5.0 IP --- Caleb Reed (at Vanderbilt, 3-20) at Georgia (Jones/Stratton/Routt) 7.0 IP --- Kendall Graveman (vs. Alcorn State, 3-1) 4.2 IP --- Luis Pollorena (vs. Lipscomb, 3-16) Florida (Jones/Stratton/Routt) 7.0 IP --- Devin Jones (vs. Sacred heart, 3-11) 4.1 IP --- Tim Statz (at Vanderbilt, 3-18) at Arkansas (Stratton/Routt/Mitchell) South Carolina (Stratton/Routt/Norris) 7.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (vs. Sacred Heart, 3-12) 4.1 IP --- Chad Girodo (at South Alabama, 5-3) Alabama (Stratton/Routt/Graveman) 7.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (at Arkansas, 4-15) at Tennessee (POLLORENA/ROUTT/STRAT- 7.0 IP --- Kendall Graveman (vs. Miss. Valley St., 5-10) RECORD/STARTS BY STARTERS TON) 6.2 IP --- Chris Stratton (vs. Georgia State, 3-5) Devin Jones 2-4/8 at Ole Miss (Pollorena/Routt/Stratton) 6.2 IP --- Chris Stratton (at Vanderbilt, 3-19) Chris Stratton 5-5/12 LSU 6.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (vs. Lamar, 2-19) Chad Girodo 0-0/1 6.0 IP --- Evan Mitchell (vs. Belmont, 2-27) Tim Statz 0-1/2 Starting pitchers of record shown underlined; 6.0 IP --- Chris Stratton (at Georgia, 4-2) Kendall Graveman 5-0/7 Winning starting pitchers of record shown in bold 6.0 IP --- Nick Routt (at Tennessee, 5-7) Evan Mitchell 2-1/4 Nick Routt 1-2/8 C.T. Bradford 0-1/1 Andrew Busby 0-0/2 Daryl Norris 0-0/1 Luis Pollorena 1-0/1 16-13/48 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES HOME RUNS (22) CAREER HOME RUNS HR BY RBI — 1-RBI: 11, 2-RBI: 8, 3-RBI: 2, 4-RBI: 1; OGDEN’S CAREER HOME RUNS (13) RUNS VIA HR: 37 • HR BY OUT — 0-OUT: 9, 1-OUT: 7, 2-OUT: 6 No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score HOME: 18, AWAY: 4, NEUTRAL: 0 • VS. SEC: 14, VS. NON-SEC: 8 1. 2-21-10 3 Rhode Island (Leaver) H 2 4th 0 W, 12-6 2. 3-28-10 22 Memphis (Barnes) H 1 7th 0 W, 7-6 No. Player (HR #) Date Opponent (pitcher) Inn. RBI Outs 3. 3-28-10 25 Georgia (Herman) H 3 8th 1 W, 11-10 1. Nick Vickerson (1) 2-18 Akron (Loftin) 1st 1 *0 4. 5-5-10 45 vs. Southern Miss (Mingo) N 1 3 0 L, 3-14 2. Jonathan Ogden (1) 2-18 Akron (Loftin) 6th 2 1 5. 5-9-10 48 at Auburn (Dayton) A 1 6th 1 L, 8-11 3. Jonathan Ogden (2) 2-20 Lamar (Tromblee) 1st 4 0 6. 5-15-10 51 Vanderbilt (Brewer) H 2 10th 1 L, 7-13 4. Jonathan Ogden (3) 2-26 Belmont (Woods) 6th 3 2 7. 2-18-11 1 Akron (Loftin) H 2 6th 1 W, 11-0 5. Jarrod Parks (1) 2-27 Belmont (Buckelew) 1st 3 0 8. 2-20-11 4 Lamar (Tromblee) H 4 1st 0 W, 17-2 6. Ryan Collins (1) 2-27 Belmont (Hamann) 7th 2 0 9. 2-26-11 7 Belmont (Woods) H 3 6th 1 W, 5-3 7. Taylor Stark (1) 2-27 Belmont (Harvey) 8th 1 0 10. 3-26-11 23 Auburn (Smith) H 2 5th 2 W, 15-8 11. 4-8-11 30 Florida (Randall) H 2 1st 2 W, 7-5 8. Nick Vickerson (2) 3-16 at Lipscomb (Nunn) 2nd 1 2 12. 4-8-11 30 Florida (Randall) H 1 3rd 1 W, 6-5 9. Jarrod Parks (2) 3-20 at Vanderbilt (Hill) 5th 2 2 13. 4-22-11 38 South Carolina (Roth) H 1 2nd 1 L, 2-8 10. Wes Thigpen (1) 3-25 Auburn (Luckie) 6th 2 2 FREEMAN’S CAREER HOME RUNS (13) 11. Jonathan Ogden (4) 3-26 Auburn (Smith) 5th 2 2 No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 12. Jonathan Ogden (5) 4-8 Florida (Randall) 1st 2 2 1. 3-11-08 13 Mississippi Valley St. (Reid) A 4 5th 1 W, 15-0 13. Jonathan Ogden (6) 4-8 Florida (Randall) 3rd 1 1 2. 3-15-08 16 Mississippi (Satterwhite) H 1 3rd 2 L, 6-11 14. Cody Freeman (1) 4-8 Florida (Randall) 2nd 1 1 3. 2-28-09 8 Nicholls (Dunnam) H 1 2nd 1 W, 6-3 15. Jonathan Ogden (7) 4-22 South Carolina (Roth) 2nd 1 1 4. 4-11-09 35 at Tennessee (Hernandez) A 1 4th 1 L, 2-4 16. Jaron Shepherd (1) 4-30a Alabama (Kilcrease) 2nd 1 1 5. 4-21-09 41 Middle Tennessee (Stoltz) H 1 8th 1 L, 6-10 17. Jaron Shepherd (2) 4-30a Alabama (Rosecrans) 8th 1 *0 6. 4-25-09 44 at Vanderbilt (Bierman) A 1 9th 0 L, 4-10 7. 5-12-09 51 at Memphis (Holland) A 2 2nd 2 W, 6-5 18. Nick Vickerson (3) 4-30b Alabama (Morgan) 6th 1 *0 8. 5-12-09 51 at Memphis (Fraser) A 1 6th 2 W, 6-5 19. Brent Brownlee (1) 5-1 Alabama (Wolfe) 2nd 2 1 9. 3-5-10 8 Southeast Missouri (Mahon) H 2 4th 2 W, 10-7 20. Cody Freeman (2) 5-1 Alabama (Rosecrans) 8th 2 1 10. 3-7-10 11 Michigan State (Holm) H 3 7th 0 W, 14-6 21. c-Nick Vickerson (4) 5-7 at Tennessee (Blount) 4th 1 *0 11. 4-20-10 37 Alcorn State (Williams) H 1 5th 2 W, 27-4 22. c-Jaron Shepherd (3) 5-7 at Tennessee (Bount) 4th 1 0 12. 4-9-11 30 Florida (Randall) H 1 2nd 2 W, 7-5 * — lead-off home run c — consecutive home runs 13. 5-1-11 43 Alabama (Rosecrans) H 2 8th 1 W, 8-5 VICKERSON’S CAREER HOME RUNS (12) No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 3-14-10 15 at TAMU-Corpus Christi (Orr) A 1 5th 1 L, 6-9 HOME RUNS ALLOWED (19) 2. 3-19-10 18 at Florida (Panteliodis) A 1 8th 1 L, 2-7 HR BY RBI — 1-RBI: 6, 2-RBI: 8; 3-RBI: 4; 4-RBI: 1; 3. 4-9-10 30 Arkansas (Smyly) H 1 4th 0 L, 3-8 RUNS VIA HR: 38 • HR BY OUT — 0-OUT: 7; 1-OUT: 8; 2-OUT: 4 4. 4-10-10 31 Arkansas (Baxendale) H 2 9th 1 L, 5-8 HOME: 11; AWAY: 8; NEUTRAL: 0 • VS. SEC: 14; VS. NON-SEC: 5 5. 4-17-10 35 Tennessee (Blount) H 3 7th 1 W, 11-7 6. 5-18-10 53 at Southern Miss (Stanley) A 1 1st 0 W, 16-9 No. Pitcher (HR #) Date Opponent (hitter) Inn. RBI Outs 7. 5-20-10 54 at LSU (Bourgeois) A 1 1st 0 L, 13-14 1. Tim Statz (1) 2-20 Lamar (Roebuck) 1st 1 2 8. 5-21-10 55 at LSU (Ross) A 1 4th *0 L, 3-17 2. Devin Jones (1) 2-25 Belmont (Craig) 9th 2 0 9. 2-18-11 1 Akron (Loftin) H 1 1st *0 W, 11-0 3. Victor Diaz (1) 2-26 Belmont (Egerton) 9th 3 2 10 3-16-11 18 at Lipscomb (Nunn) A 1 2nd 2 W, 14-4 4. Daryl Norris (1) 3-6 Georgia State (Schmitz) 9th 1 1 11. 4-30-11 42 Alabama (Morgan) H 1 6th *0 L, 4-5 5. Chris Stratton (1) 3-11 Sacred Heart (Murphy) 1st 2 1 12. 5-7-11 45 at Tennessee (Blount) A 1 4th *0 W, 5-3 6. C.T. Bradford (1) 3-20 at Vanderbilt (Westlake) 1st 2 0 COLLINS’ CAREER HOME RUNS (7) 7. Luis Pollorena (1) 3-25 Auburn (Fradejas) 7th 1 *0 No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 8. Chad Girodo (1) 4-1 at Georgia (Farmer) 6th 2 1 1. 4-6-08 31 at Kentucky (Dombrowski) A 1 5th 1 L, 8-9 9. Chris Stratton (2) 4-2 at Georgia (DeLoach) 6th 3 1 2. 4-13-08 35 Vanderbilt (Christiani) H 2 3rd 2 L, 3-4 3. 5-2-08 45 at Auburn (Dayton) A 3 7th 2 L, 4-11 10. Chris Stratton (3) 4-2 at Georgia (Hester) 6th 1 1 4. 4-19-09 40 Kentucky (Kapteyn) H 3 9th 1 L, 17-22 11. Nick Routt (1) 4-3 at Georgia (DeLoach) 4th 2 1 5. 4-22-09 42 Middle Tennessee (Mears) H 2 8th 2 W, 9-8 12. Chad Girodo (2) 4-9 Florida (Zunino) 2nd 4 2 6. 5-2-09 47 Alabama (Scott) H 2 9th 2 L, 16-17 13. Chris Stratton (4) 4-15 at Arkansas (Robinson) 4th 1 *0 7. 2-27-11 8 Belmont (Hamann) H 2 7th 0 W, 14-5 14. Chris Stratton (5) 4-15 at Arkansas (Robinson) 8th 2 0 THIGPEN’S CAREER HOME RUNS (5) 15. Nick Routt (2) 4-16 at Arkansas (Jake Wide) 3rd 3 2 No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 16. Chris Stratton (6) 4-22 South Carolina (Marzilli) 4th 2 1 1. 3-19-10 18 at Florida (Panteliodis) A 1 8th 0 L, 2-7 17. Kendall Graveman (1) 4-24 South Carolina (Walker) 9th 2 1 2. 3-21-10 20 at Florida (Randall) A 1 2nd 1 L, 1-4 18. Caleb Reed (1) 4-30 Alabama (Whitaker) 10th 1 *0 3. 4-25-10 40 at Alabama (Smart) A 1 4th *0 L, 4-6 19. Kendall Graveman (2) 5-1 Alabama (Reaves) 1st 3 0 4. 5-15-10 50 Vanderbilt (Hayes) H 1 9th 0 L, 8-13 5. 5-25-11 22 Auburn (Luckie) H 2 6th 2 W, 7-6 *— lead-off home run c — consecutive home runs SHEPHERD’S CAREER HOME RUN (3) No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 5-9-10 48 at Auburn (Dayton) A 2 3rd 1 L, 8-11 2. 4-30-11 41 Alabama (Kilcrease) H 1 2nd 1 L, 4-5 3. 4-30-11 41 Allabama (Rosecrans) H 1 8th *0 L, 4-5 4. 5-7-11 45 at Tennessee (Blount) A 1 4th 0 W, 5-3

PARKS’ CAREER HOME RUNS (2) No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 2-27-11 8 Belmont (Buckelew) H 3 1st 0 W, 14-5 2. 3-20-11 21 at Vanderbilt (Hill) A 2 5th 2 W, 9-8

BROWNLEE’S CAREER HOME RUNS (2) No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 3-29-09 27 at Arkansas (Richards) A 1 5th 2 W, 12-4 2. 5-1-11 43 Alabama (Wolfe) H 2 2nd 1 W, 8-5

STARK’S CAREER HOME RUN (1) No. Date Game No. Opponent (pitcher) Site RBI Inning Outs Score 1. 2-27-11 8 Belmont (Harvey) H 1 8th 0 W, 14-5 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

Alan Johnson becomes 47th big league Bulldog By contrast, the 2010 MSU bullpen compiled a 6.33 and Alan Johnson has become the third former Diamond Dog in as many years fi nished the year with a 14-15 record, seven saves and 202 strikeouts in 256.0 to get his fi rst call-up to the big show. innings pitched in relief. The Birmingham, Ala., native, in his seventh season in professional baseball, MSU trio nominated for Academic A-A honors was added to the ’ roster April 14 for a Sunday start against the Mississippi State placed two players (pitcher Greg Houston and infi elder Chicago Cubs. Russ Sneed) on the 2010 CoSIDA Academic All-America Team, and three cur- He became the 47th baseball player with Mississippi State ties to advance rent players have begun their run through the selection process for similar honors to the highest level of professional baseball and joins three other former Diamond this year. Dog players ---- pitchers Paul Maholm (Pittsburgh) and Jonathan Papelbon This year’s nominees include junior outfi elder Brent Brownlee of Oxford, Miss. (Boston) and fi rst baseman Mitch Moreland (Texas) to play on the Major League (3.65, kinesiology), sophomore righthander Chris Stratton of Tupelo, Miss. (3.78, ki- level in 2011. Former Diamond Dog Nat (Buck) Showalter joins that foursome in nesiology) and senior catcher Wes Thigpen of Luling, La. (3.32, kinesiology). MLB as the manager of the Baltimore Orioles.

Johnson, 27, lettered at Mississippi State from 2003 to 2005 and signed as a Mississippi State vs. ranked foes free agent with the Colorado Rockies following the 2005 campaign. He began his Mississippi State has recorded wins over seven ranked opponents this year. seventh year in professional baseball and his third season in the starting rotation MSU is 8-8 against the ranked foes, having topped No. 1 Vanderbilt 9-8 of the Class AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox April 8. (Mar. 20), No. 20 Auburn 7-6, 15-8 and 5-0 (Mar. 25-28), No. 13 Southern Miss In three seasons at Mississippi State, Johnson appeared in 44 games, draw- 5-4 (Apr. 5), No. 3 Florida 7-5 (Apr. 8), No. 13 Arkansas 5-3 (Apr. 17) and No. 2 ing 43 starts and compiling a 13-15 record with 177 strikeouts and a 4.82 career South Carolina 5-3 (Apr. 23). earned run. He was honored as the SEC Pitcher of the Week three times in The Bulldogs are 8-11 against teams currently sporting top 25 RPI ratings. 2003, twice after complete-game shutout pitching performances against Ole Miss and LSU. Johnson was 10-8 with a 5.91 ERA last year in Colorado Springs and Catcher Wes Thigpen leads SEC in pickoffs had compiled a 56-42 record with a 4.55 earned run average and 598 strikeouts Mississippi State senior catcher Wes Thigpen has picked off fi ve baserun- during his career in minor league baseball. ners through 48 games. That leads all catchers in the Southeastern Conference. Johnson worked four innings in his no-decision Sunday start Apr. 17 against The Luling, La., native and former Meridian Community College standout has Chicago. also gunned down 10 opponent runners attempting a . First baseman Mitch Moreland made his MLB debut with the Texas Rang- And the answer to an often-asked questions: No, Wes Thigpen is not re- ers last year while catcher Craig Tatum got his call-up with Cincinnati in 2009. lated to former Mississippi State and Major League pitcher Bobby Thigpen. Bully for the bullpen Heating it up in May The Bulldog bullpen has become a vital weapon for Mississippi State in MSU is on a modest six-game winning streak, having won all six games in 2011. May. The Bulldogs are hitting .329, 30 points above their seasonal average in May State’s relief staff has compiled an 14-5 record with 13 saves and a 3.00 with a .484 slugging percentage and a 3.50 team ERA. Nick Vickerson (.545), earned run average. Some 14 hurlers have combined for 49 appearances and Adam Frazier (.538) and Jarrod Parks (.500) are swinging the hot bats. 195 strikeouts in 204.1 innings of relief.

GAME WINNING RBI (28) GAMES WITH A HIT GAMES WITH RBI No. Date Opponent Player (#GWRBI) RBI Inn. Play Games Player Gms Player 41 Jarrod Parks 20 Ryan Collins 1. Feb. 18 Akron Nick Vickerson (1) 1 1st HR 35 C.T. Bradford 19 Jarrod Parks 2. Feb. 19 Lamar Nick Vickerson (2) 1 3rd 2B 32 Cody Freeman 19 Jonathan Ogden 3. Feb. 19 Akron Jarrod Parks (1) 1 1st Groundout 31 Nick Vickerson 19 Cody Freeman 4. Feb. 20 Lamar Daryl Norris (1) 1 1st 1B 28 Ryan Collins 16 Wes Thigpen 26 Jonathan Ogden 16 Jaron Shepherd 5. Feb. 22 Northwestern State C.T. Bradford (1) 1 4th FC 24 Jaron Shepherd 13 Nick Vickerson 6. Feb. 26 Belmont Ryan Collins (1) 1 2nd Groundout 22 Wes Thigpen 13 C.T. Bradford 7. Feb. 27 Belmont Jarrod Parks (2) 3 1st HR 16 Daryl Norris 10 Daryl Norris 8. Mar. 1 Alcorn State Jarrod Parks (3) 1 1st 1B 16 Brent Brownlee 9 Adam Frazier 9. Mar. 5 Georgia State C.T. Bradford (2) 1 3rd 1B 12 Adam Frazier 7 Brent Brownlee 10 Trey Johnson 6 Trey Johnson 10. Mar. 6 Georgia State Wes Thigpen (1) 1 2nd 1B 6 Taylor Stark 3 Sam Frost 11. Mar. 11 Sacred Heart Jarrod Parks (4) 1 1st 3B 5 Sam Frost 3 Taylor Stark 12. Mar. 15 Eastern Illinois Ryan Collins (2) 1 1st 2B 3 Hunter Renfroe 2 Demarcus Henderson 13. Mar. 16 at Lipscomb Jonathan Ogden (1) 1 1st Sac fly 2 Demarcus Henderson 2 Hunter Renfroe 14. Mar. 20 at Vanderbilt C.T. Bradford (1) 1 8th 1B 1 Luis Pollorena 16 players 15. Mar. 25 Auburn • Cody Freeman (1) 1 9th 1B 17 players 16. Mar. 26 Auburn Cody Freeman (2) 2 1st 1B 17. Mar. 27 Auburn Wes Thigpen (2) 1 5th 1B MULTI-RBI HITS SEASON-LONGEST 18. Mar. 30 Alabama A&M Trey Johnson (1) 1 2nd BB Gms Player 19. Apr. 5 vs. Southern Miss C.T. Bradford (2) 1 7th FC 9 Jarrod Parks HITTING STREAKS 20. Apr. 8 Florida Jonathan Ogden (2) 2 1st HR 8 Jonathan Ogden Gms Player 21. Apr. 17 at Arkansas Jaron Shepherd (1) 1 4th Sac fly 4 C.T. Bradford 21 Jarrod Parks (active) 22. Apr. 23 South Carolina Ryan Collins (3) 2 6th 1B 4 Ryan Collins 8 Jaron Shepherd (active) 23. May 1 Alabama Cody Freeman (3) 2 8th HR 4 Brent Brownlee 7 Jonathan Ogden 24. May 3 at South Alabama Brent Brownlee (1) 2 7th 2B 3 Cody Freeman 3 Daryl Norris 6 Jarrod Parks, Cody Freeman (2), C.T. 25. May 6 at Tennessee C.T. Bradford (3) 1 5th Sac fly 2 Jaron Shepherd Bradford, Wes Thigpen, Nick Vickerson 26. May 7 at Tennessee Nick Vickerson (3) 1 1st 2B 2 Wes Thigpen 27. May 8 at Tennessee Jaron Shepherd (2) 1 3rd BB 5 C.T. Bradford, Ryan Collins, Cody 2 Nick Vickerson Freeman, Nick Vickerson 28. May 10 Miss. Valley State Ryan Collins (4) 1 1st 3B 1 Tim Frazier • walk-off GWRBI 1 Trey Johnson 1 Taylor Stark (THRU MAY 10) 43 times/13 players 2011 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 Collins Frost Ogden Parks Bradford Shepherd Brownlee Thigpen Vickerson 1 2-18 AKRON (W, 11-0) Vickerson Collins Parks Brownlee Shepherd Thigpen Bradford Ogden Frost Collins Frost Ogden Parks Bradford Shepherd Brownlee Thigpen Vickerson 2 2-19 LAMAR (W, 2-0) Vickerson Collins Parks Brownlee Shepherd Thigpen Bradford Ogden Frost Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Bradford Shepherd Brownlee Freeman Stark 3 2-19 AKRON (W, 10-1) Vickerson Brownlee Parks Norris Shepherd Freeman Bradford Ogden Stark Collins Frost Ogden Parks Vickerson Brownlee Bradford Thigpen Norris 4 2-210 LAMAR (W, 17-2) Vickerson Brownlee Parks Norris Bradford Thigpen Collins Ogden Frost Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Bradford Shepherd Brownlee Freeman Norris 5 2-22 NORTHWESTERN ST. (W, 6-4) Vickerson Brownlee Parks Norris Freeman Bradford Ogden Collins Shepherd Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Bradford Brownlee Collins Thigpen Freeman 6 2-25 BELMONT (L, 1-2) Vickerson Brownlee Parks Norris Freeman Bradford Ogden Collins Thipgen Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Bradford Shepherd Bradford Freeman Norris 7 2-26 BELMONT (W, 5-3) Vickerson Bradford Parks Norris Freeman Shepherd Ogden Collins Brownlee Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Bradford Brownlee Stark Thigpen Freeman 8 2-27 BELMONT (W, 14-5) Vickerson Bradford Parks Norris Ogden Freeman Brownlee Stark Thigpen Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Shepherd Brownlee Bradford Freeman Norris 9 3-1 ALCORN STATE (W, 8-1) Vickerson Bradford Parks Norris Ogden Freeman Collins Brownlee Shepherd Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Bradford Brownlee Collins Thigpen Freeman 10 3-4 IOWA (L, 5-3) Vickerson Bradford Parks Freeman Ogden Norris Collins Brownlee Thipgen Collins Frost Ogden Parks Vickerson Shepherd Bradford Freeman Norris 11 3-5 GEORGIA STATE (W, 8-1) Vickerson Bradford Parks Freeman Norris Collins Ogden Shepherd Frost Collins Frost Ogden Parks Vickerson Shepherd Bradford Thigpen Freeman 12 3-5 IOWA (L, 6-7) Vickerson Bradford Parks Freeman Collins Ogden Shepherd Thigpen Frost Collins Frost Ogden Parks Vickerson Shepherd Bradford Thigpen Freeman 13 3-6 GEORGIA STATE (W, 7-3) Vickerson Bradford Parks Freeman Collins Ogden Shepherd Thigpen Frost Collins Frost Ogden Parks Shepherd Brownlee Bradford Thigpen Vickerson 14 3-11 SACRED HEART (W, 5-0) Vickerson Bradford Parks Collins Ogden Shepherd Brownlee Thigpen Frost Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Shepherd Brownlee Bradford Freeman Norris 15 3-12 SACRED HEART (W, 6-5) Vickerson Bradford Parks Collins Freeman Norris Ogden Brownlee Shepherd Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Stark Brownlee Bradford Thigpen Freeman 16 3-13 SACRED HEART (L, 3-8) Vickerson Bradford Parks Norris Freeman Ogden Brownlee Thigpen Stark Collins Frost Ogden Parks Vickerson Shepherd Bradford Freeman Norris 17 3-15 EASTERN ILLINOIS (W, 9-4) Vickerson Collins Parks Norris Bradford Freeman Ogden Frost Shepherd Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Bradford Brownlee Collins Thigpen Freeman 18 3-16 at Lipscomb (W, 14-4) Vickerson Freeman Parks Norris Ogden Bradford Brownlee Collins Thigpen Collins Frost Ogden Parks Vickerson Bradford Shepherd Freeman Norris 19 3-18 at Vanderbilt (L, 0-10) Vickerson Collins Parks Freeman Bradford Norris Shepherd Ogden Frost Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Brownlee Bradford Collins Thigpen Freeman 20 3-19 at Vanderbilt (0-4) Vickerson Freeman Parks Norris Ogden Collins Brownlee Bradford Thigpen Norris Frost Ogden Parks Vickerson Brownlee Collins Thigpen Bradford 21 3-20 at Vanderbilt (W, 9-8) Vickerson Bradford Parks Collins Ogden Norris Brownlee Frost Thigpen Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Shepherd Bradford Collins Thigpen Collins 22 3-25 Auburn (W, 7-6) Vickerson Freeman Parks Norris Collins Ogden Bradford Thigpen Shepherd Norris Frazier Ogden Parks Shepherd Bradford Collins Freeman Vickerson 23 3-26 Auburn (W, 15-8) Vickerson Collins Parks Freeman Bradford Norris Shepherd Ogden Frazier Collins Frazier Ogden Parks Vickerson Bradford Shepherd Thigpen Freeman 24 3-27 Auburn (W, 5-0.) Vickerson Collins Parks Freeman Bradford Ogden Frazier thigpen Shepherd Norris Frazier Ogden Parks Vickerson Vickerson Shepherd Collins Johnson 25 3-29 Alabama A&M (W, 18-0, 7 inn.) Vickerson Collins Parks Freeman Norris Ogden Frazier Johnson Shepherd Norris Frazier Ogden Parks Vickerson Bradford Collins Thigpen Freeman 26 Apr. 1 at Georgia (L, 1-4) Vickerson Collins Parks Freeman Norris Ogden Bradford Frazier Thigpen Collins Frazier Ogden Parks Vickerson Bradford Shepherd Freeman Johnson 27 Apr. 2 at Georgia (L, 3-4) Vickerson Bradford Parks Collins Freeman Frazier Johnson Ogden Shepherd Norris Frazier Ogden Parks Vickerson Bradford Stark Thigpen Freeman 28 Apr. 3 at Georgia (L, 1-4) Vickerson Freeman Parks Norris Ogden Bradford Stark Frazier Thigpen Norris Frazier Ogden Parks Shepherd Bradford Collins Freeman Vickerson 29 Apr. 5 vs. Southern Miss (W, 5-4) Vickerson Collins Parks Norris Freeman Bradford Ogden Shepherd Frazier Collins Frazier Ogden Parks Johnson Bradford Shepherd Thigpen Freeman 30 Apr. 8 Florida (W, 7-5) Bradford Freeman Parks Collins Johnson Ogden Frazier Shepherd Frazier Norris Frazier Ogden Parks Collins Bradford Stark Freeman Vickerson 31 Apr. 9 Florida (L, 0-18) Bradford Freeman Parks Norris Ogden Vickerson Collins Stark Frazier Collins Frazier Ogden Parks Johnson Bradford Shepherd Thigpen Freeman 32 Apr. 10 Florida (L, 1-3) Bradford Freeman Parks Collins Johnson Ogden Frazier Shepherd Thigpen Collins Frost Ogden Parks Shepherd Brownlee Bradford Thigpen Freeman 33 Apr. 13 at UAB (L, 4-6) Brownlee Bradford Parks Freeman Collins Ogden Shepherd Thigpen Frost Collins Frazier Ogden Vickerson Johnson Bradford Shepherd Thigpen Freeman 34 Apr. 15 at Arkansas (L, 5-6) Bradford Collins Freeman Johnson Ogden Vickerson Shepherd Thigpen Frazier Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Brownlee Bradford Stark Thigpen Freeman 35 Apr. 16 at Arkansas (L, 1-6) Bradford Freeman Parks Norris Ogden Thigpen Vickerson Stark Brownlee Collins Frazier Ogden Parks Brownlee Bradford Shepherd Thigpen Johnson 36 Apr. 17 at Arkansas (W, 5-3) Bradford Brownlee Parks Johnson Thigpen Frazier Ogden Shepherd Collins Norris Frazier Ogden Parks Vickerson Bradford Stark Thigpen Freeman 37 Apr. 19 vs. Ole Miss (W, 6-1) Bradford Vickerson Parks Freeman Thigpen Frazier Ogden Norris Stark Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Brownlee Bradford Stark Thigpen Freeman 38 Apr. 22 South Carolina (L, 2-8) Bradford Brownlee Parks Freeman Thigpen Vickerson Ogden Norris Stark Collins Frazier Ogden Parks Brownlee Bradford Frazier Thigpen Johnson 39 Apr. 23 South Carolina (W, 5-3) Bradford Brownlee Parks Johnson Thigpen Collins Ogden Frazier Shepherd Collins Frazier Ogden Parks Johnson Bradford Frazier Thigpen Freeman 40 Apr. 24 South Carolina (L, 4-13 ) Bradford Freeman Parks Johnson Thigpen Collins Ogden Frazier Shepherd Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Johnson Bradford Shepherd Thigpen Freeman 41 Apr. 30 Alabama-Gm1 (L, 4-5 10 inninga) Bradford Collins Parks Johnson Freeman Shepherd Thigpen Vickerson Ogden Norris Vickerson Ogden Parks Brownlee Bradford Collins Thigpen Freeman 42 Apr. 30 Alabama (L, 4-5) Bradford Freeman Parks Vickerson Ogden Thigpen Brownlee Collins Norris Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Brownlee Bradford Shepherd Freeman Renfroe 43 May 1 Alabama (W, 8-5) Bradford Freeman Parks Vickerson Ogden Collins Brownlee Shepherd Renfroe Collins Vickerson Frazier Parks Johnson Bradford Shepherd Thigpen Freeman 44 May 3 at South Alabama (W, 15-9) Bradford Freeman Parks Collins Vickerson Shepherd Johnson Frazier Thigpen Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Brownlee Bradford Shepherd Thigpen Freeman 45 May 6 at Tennessee (W, 16-5) Bradford Freeman Parks Vickerson Brownlee Shepherd Ogden Collins Thigpen Collins Vickerson Frazier Parks Brownlee Bradford Shepherd Freeman Renfroe 46 May 7 at Tennessee (w, 5-3) Bradford Collins Parks Freeman Vickerson Shepherd Brownlee Frazier Renfroe Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Renfroe Brownlee Shepherd Thigpen Freeman 47 May 8 at Tennessee (W, 5-2) Brownlee Freeman Parks Vickerson Renfroe Shepherd Ogden Collins Thigpen Collins Vickerson Ogden Parks Johnson Bradford Shepherd Freeman Renfroe 48 May 10 Mississippi Valley State (W, 13-3) Bradford Collins Parks Freeman Shepherd Vickerson Johnson Ogden Renfroe 49 May 12 at Ole Miss (6 p.m. --- ESPNU-TV) 50 May 13 at Ole Miss (6 p.m. --- SportSouth-TV) 51 May 14 at Ole Miss (6 p.m. --- SportSouth-TV) 52 May 17 at Memphis (6:30 p.m. --- AutoZone Park @ Memphis, Tenn.) 53 May 19 LSU (6 p.m. --- Comcast-TV) 54 May 20 LSU (6:30 p.m.) 55 May 21 LSU (2 p.m.)

MSU OPPONENTS IN 2011 Georgia (20) 225-24 Northwestern State (161) 19-29 Rank/team/RPI Overall Georgia State (106) 33-16 Sacred Heart (96) 27-21 Akron (267) 13-33 Iowa (180) 18-27 South Alabama (91) 25-23 Alabama (32) 30-20 Kentucky (120) 22-27 #3 South Carolina (7) 39-10 Alabama A&M (298) 10-35 Lamar (125) 25-23 #12 Southern Miss (10) 36-11 Alcorn State (229) 22-23 Lipscomb (206) 18-30 Tennessee (114) 23-24 #16 Arkansas (16) 32-15 LSU (26) 30-19 UAB (53) 27-22 Auburn (28) 26-23 Memphis (98) 26-21 #1 Vanderbilt (6) 41-6 Belmont (97) 28-21 Mississippi State (25) 30-18 Highest current national ranking, Boyd’sWorld.com RPI, overall records shown thru games of May 11 Eastern Illinois (228) 17-27 Mississippi Valley (270) 18-34 .

#5 Florida (2) 37-12 Ole Miss (36) 27-21 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS (48 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. 18 Akron 11-0 11-14-0-9 0-1-0-2 9 1-0 Devin Jones (W, 1-0) Vickerson (1) 5,704 3,074 2:00 Feb. 19 Lamar 2-0 2-7-0-6 0-8-0-9 9 2-0 Chris Stratton (W, 1-0), SV-Caleb Reed (1) Vickerson (2) ------2:01 Feb. 19 Akron 10-1 10-17-0-10 1-4-1-7 9 3-0 Luis Pollorena (W, 1-0 Parks (1) 6,230 4,717 2:03 Feb. 20 Lamar 17-2 17-14-0-10 2-6-4-10 9 4-0 Evan Mitchell (W, 1-0) Norris (1) 5,727 2,473 2:45 Feb. 22 Northwestern State 6-4 6-7-1-7 4-7-1-4 9 5-0 Andrew Busby (W, 1-0), SV-Caleb Reed (2) Bradford (1) 5,466 1,644 2:09 Feb. 25 Belmont 1-2 1-7-1-7 2-5-1-4 9 5-1 Devin Jones (L, 1-1) --- 5,645 2,073 2:16 Feb. 26 Belmont 5-3 5-9-0-7 3-6-3-4 9 6-1 Chris Stratton (W, 2-0) Collins (1) 5,869 2,755 2:07 Feb. 27 Belmont 14-5 14-13-1-10 5-10-2-7 9 7-1 Evan Mitchell (W, 1-0) Parks (2) 5,683 1,826 2:45 Mar. 1 Alcorn State 8-1 8-12-1-8 1-4-0-1 9 8-1 Kendall Graveman (W, 1-0) Parks (3) 5,479 1,256 2:09 Mar. 4 Iowa 3-5 3-10-0-13 5-12-0-8 9 8-2 Devin Jones (L, 1-2) --- 5,543 855 *2:28 Mar. 5 Georgia State 8-1 8-7-0-9 1-2-3-4 9 9-2 Chris Stratton (W, 3-0), SV-Caleb Reed (2) Bradford (2) ------2:33 Mar. 5 Iowa 6-7 6-10-3-10 7-12-1-13 9 9-3 Tim Statz (L, 0-1) --- 5,336 723 3:02 Mar. 6 Georgia State 7-3 7-9-0-11 3-8-1-7 9 10-3 Evan Mitchell (W, 3-0), SV-Daryl Norris (1) Thigpen (1) 5,592 1,127 2:26 +Mar. 9 at UAB 4-6 4-3-2-7 6-8-1-6 9 21-12 -- Luis Pollorena (L, 3-2) --- 614 614 2:32 Mar. 11 Sacred Heart 5-0 5-6-2-9 0-5-3-7 9 11-3 Devin Jones (W, 2-2) Parks (4) 5,599 1,143 2:36 Mar. 12 Sacred Heart 6-5 6-9-2-7 5-5-0-4 9 12-3 Taylor Stark (W, 1-0), SV-C.T. Bradford (1) None 5,739 1,527 2:22 Mar. 13 Sacred Heart 3-8 3-6-0-13 8-14-2-9 9 12-4 Evan Mitchell (L, 3-1) --- 5,725 1,551 2:46 Mar. 15 Eastern Illinois 9-4 9-11-0-8 4-10-0-9 9 13-4 Kendall Graveman (W, 2-0) Collins (1) 5,661 817 2:45 Mar. 16 at Lipscomb 14-1 14-14-1-13 4-8-2-6 9 14-4 Luis Pollorena (W, 2-0) Ogden (1) --- 725 2:56 Mar. 18 at Vanderbilt 0-10 0-4-5-9 10-10-1-6 9 14-5 0-1 Devin Jones (L, 2-3) --- 2,820 2,820 2:21 Mar. 19 at Vanderbilt 0-4 0-3-0-7 4-11-1-4 9 14-6 0-2 Chris Stratton (L, 3-1) --- 3,034 3,034 2:19 Mar. 20 at Vanderbilt 9-8 9-11-2-7 8-13-1-10 9 15-6 1-2 Chad Girodo (W, 1-0), SV-Taylor Stark (1) Bradford (1) 2,752 2,752 2:50 Mar. 25 Auburn 7-6 7-12-0-5 6-8-0-8 9 16-6 2-2 Chad Girodo (W, 2-0) Freeman (1) 6,308 3,434 2:33 Mar. 26 Auburn 15-8 15-21-3-9 8-11-1-8 9 17-6 3-2 Chris Stratton (W, 4-1) Freeman (2) 6,108 3,826 2:48 Mar. 27 Auburn 5-0 5-10-1-7 0-4-3-5 9 18-6 4-2 Daryl Norris (W, 1-0) Thigpen (2) 5,999 2,056 2:15 Mar. 30 Alabama A&M 18-0 18-12-1-6 0-2-3-4 (7) 19-6 Kendall Graveman (W, 3-0) Johnson (2) 6,048 567 2:07 Apr. 1 at Georgia 1-4 1-5-0-9 4-6-2-2 9 19-7 4-3 Devin Jones (L, 2-4) --- 2,071 2,071 2:23 Apr. 2 at Georgia 3-4 3-6-1-3 4-7-2-6 9 19-8 4-4 Chris Stratton (L, 4-1) --- 2,496 2,496 2:16 Apr. 3 at Georgia 1-4 1-8-0-8 4-9-0-10 9 19-9 4-5 Nick Routt (L, 0-1) --- 2,502 2,502 3:06 Apr. 5 vs. Southern Miss 5-4 5-8-0-10 4-6-4-3 9 20-9 Luis Pollorena (W, 3-0), SV-Caleb Reed (4) Bradford (2) 4,853 4,853 2:42 Apr. 8 Florida 7-5 7-12-2-7 5-12-0-10 9 21-9 5-5 Taylor Stark (W, 2-0), SV-Caleb Reed (5) Ogden (2) 7,140 7,123 3:12 Apr. 9 Florida 0-18 0-8-1-11 18-18-1-9 9 21-10 5-6 Chris Stratton (L, 4-3) --- 11,201 10,332 2:58 Apr. 10 Florida 1-3 1-8-2-9 3-9-2-9 9 21-11 5-7 Luis Pollorena (L, 3-1) --- 6,453 3,046 2:58 Apr. 15 at Arkansas 5-6 5-10-1-6 6-11-0-7 9 21-13 5-8 Chris Stratton (L, 4-4) --- 7,434 2,465 2:32 Apr. 16 at Arkansas 1-6 1-9-0-11 6-11-1-8 9 21-14 5-9 Nick Routt (L, 0-2) --- 11,194 10,784 2:45 Apr. 17 at Arkansas 5-3 5-7-0-11 3-8-1-7 9 22-14 6-9 Luis Pollorena (W, 4-2), SV-Reed (6) Shepherd (1) 8,373 8,023 2:58 Apr. 19 # vs. Ole Miss 6-1 6-9-3-7 1-6-3-5 9 23-14 Kendall Graveman (W, 4-0) None 7,334 7,334 2:26 Apr. 22 South Carolina 2-8 2-5-2-2 8-14-1-8 9 23-15 6-10 Chris Stratton (L, 4-5) --- 6,023 3,182 2:46 Apr. 23 South Carolina 5-3 5-8-1-9 3-7-2-11 9 24-15 7-10 Luis Pollorena (W, 5-2), SV-Reed (7) Collins (3) 5,971 2,648 2:55 Apr. 24 South Carolina 4-13 4-12-0-13 13-18-1-10 9 24-16 7-11 Devin Jones (L, 2-5) --- 5,821 1,809 3:03 Apr. 30 Alabama-Gm 1 4-5 (10) 4-15-1-10 5-12-1-12 9 24-17 7-12 Caleb Reed (L, 0-1) --- 6,500 4,251 3:04 Apr. 30 Alabama-Gm 2 4-5 4-9-3-13 5-10-1-12 9 24-18 7-13 Luis Pollorena (L, 5-3) ------3:15 May 1 Alabama 8-5 8-13-2-11 5-10-2-12 9 25-18 8-13 Evan Mitchell (W, 4-1), SV-Reed (8) Freeman (3) 5,877 1,437 3:05 May 3 at South Alabama 15-9 15-17-2-13 9-13-2-11 9 26-18 Daryl Norris (W, 2-0) Brownlee (1) 1,422 --- 3:08 May 6 at Tennessee 16-5 16-15-1-8 5-15-4-14 9 27-18 9-13 Luis Pollorena (W, 6-3) Bradford (3) 1,745 --- 3:04 May 7 at Tennessee 5-3 5-9-1-6 3-5-0-8 9 28-18 10-13 Nick Routt (W, 1-2), SV-Stark (2) Vickerson (3) 1,556 --- 2:57 May 8 at Tennessee 5-2 5-8-1-11 2-8-0-10 9 29-18 11-13 Chris Stratton (W, 5-5), SV-Reed (9) Shepherd (2) 1,498 --- 2:55 May 10 Miss. Valley State 13-3 13-8-1-10 3-5-2-6 9 30-18 Kendall Graveman (W, 5-0) Collins (4) 5,673 1,071 2:31 May 12 at Ole Miss May 13 at Ole Miss May 14 at Ole Miss May 17 at Memphis May 19 LSU May 20 LSU May 21 LSU HOME ACTUAL ATTENDANCE 75,162 (28 dates = 2,684) HOME PAID ATTENDANCE 170,075 (28 dates = 6,074) TOTAL SEASON TIME OF GAME 7,362 min. (48 gms = 2:33) Starting pitchers shown underlined; complete-games shown in all caps and bold # Trustmark Park (Pearl, Miss.) + UAB game begun Mar. 9, finished April 13 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES HITTING CAREER HIGHS C.T. BRADFORD’S CAREER HIGHS DARYL NORRIS’ CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 4x-Last at Arkansas (4-16-11) Hits: 3 2x-Last vs. Auburn (3-26-11) At-bats: 6 at South Alabama (5-3-11) At-bats: 5 2x-Last vs. Auburn (3-26-11) Runs scored: 3 vs. Belmont (2-27-11) Runs scored: 3 vs. Auburn (3-26-11) Total bases: 4 2x-Last vs. USM (4-5-11) Total bases: 6 vs. Akron (2-19-11) RBI: 3 3x-Last: vs.Georgia State-gm 1 (3-5-11) RBI: 5 vs. Akron (2-19-11) Hitting streak: 6 games Hitting streak: 4

BRENT BROWNLEE’S CAREER HIGHS JONATHAN OGDEN’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 2x-Last: at South Alabama (5-3-11) Hits: 3 4x-Last: vs. Auburn (3-27-11) At-bats: 5 2x-Last: at South Alabama (5-3-11) At-bats: 5 7x-Last: at Vanderbilt (3-26-11) Runs scored: 2 5x-Last: at South Alabama (5-3-11) Runs scored: 3 vs. Auburn (3-26-11) Total bases: 8 at South Alabama (5-3-11) Total bases: 8 vs. Florida (4-8-11) RBI: 5 at South Alabama (5-3-11) RBI: 5 vs. Auburn (3-27-11) Hitting streak: 5 games (4-18-09 to 5-9-09) Hitting streak: 7 games (2-20 to 3-4-11)

RYAN COLLINS’ CAREER HIGHS JARROD PARKS’ CAREER HIGHS Hits: 5 vs. Middle Tennessee State (4-22-09) Hits: 3 3x-Last: at Tennessee (5-6-11) At-bats: 6 3x-Last: vs. Rhode Island (2-19-10) At-bats: 5 4x-Last: vs. Alabama (4-30-11) Runs scored: 2 8x-Last vs. USM (4-5-11) Runs scored: 2 13x-Last: at Tennessee (5-6-11) Total bases: 9 vs. MTSU (4-22-09) Total bases: 7 at Vanderbilt (3-21-11) RBI: 4 vs. Kentucky (4-19-09) RBI: 3 3x-Last at UAB (3-9-11) Hitting streak: 10 games (4-19-09 to 5-9-09) Hitting streak: 21 games (4-1 to 5-10 active)

ADAM FRAZIER’S CAREER HIGHS JARON SHEPHERD’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 vs. Auburn (3-26-11) Hits: 3 2x-Last: at South Alabama (5-3-11) At-bats: 5 3x-Last: at South Alabama (5-3-11) At-bats: 6 vs. Alcorn State (4-20-10) Runs scored: 2 vs. Auburn (3-26-11) Runs scored: 4 vs. Alcorn State (4-20-10) Total bases: 3 2x-Last: at South Alabama (5-3-11) Total bases: 9 vs. Alabama (4-30-11) RBI: 2 3x-Last: vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) RBI: 4 at Alabama (4-25-10) Hitting streak: 5 games Hitting streak: 8 games (active)

CODY FREEMAN’S CAREER HIGHS HUNTER RENFROE’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 9x-Last: vs. Florida (4-8-11) Hits: 1 2x-Last: at Tennessee (5-8-11) At-bats: 5 16x-Last: vs. Alabama (5-11-11) At-bats: 3 2x-Last: at Tennessee (5-8-11) Runs scored: 4 2x-Last: vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) Runs scored: 1 3x-Last: at Tennessee (5-7-11) Total bases: 8 at Memphis (5-12-09) Total bases: 2 at Tennessee (5-8-11) RBI: 4 2x-Last: vs. Alcorn St. (4-20-10) RBI: 1 vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) Hitting streak: 8 games (3-23 to 4-19-08) Hitting streak: 3 games (active)

SAM FROST’S CAREER HIGHS TAYLOR STARK’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 4 2x-Last: vs. Ole Miss (5-2-10) Hits: 1 6x-Last vs. Arkansas (4-16-11) At-bats: 5 3x-Last: vs. Jackson State (4-6-10) At-bats: 4 2x-Last: vs. Ole Miss (4-19-11) Runs scored: 2 5x-Last: vs. Akron (2-18-11) Runs scored: 2 vs. Belmont (2-27-11) Total bases: 6 vs. Mississippi Valley (3-17-10) Total bases: 4 vs. Belmont (2-27-11) RBI: 5 vs. Mississippi (3-17-10) RBI: 3 vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) Hitting streak: 2 games (2010) Hitting streak: 2 games

DEMARCUS HENDERSON’S CAREER HIGHS WES THIGPEN’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 1 2x-Last: vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) Hits: 3 3x-Last: vs. Auburn (3-25-11) At-bats: 2 3x-Last vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) At-bats: 6 at Lipscomb (3-16-11) Runs scored: 1 3x-Last: vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) Runs scored: 3: vs. Mississippi Valley (3-17-10) Total bases: 1 2x-Last: vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) Total bases: 6 2x-Last: vs. Auburn (3-25-11) RBI: 1 2x-Last: at Lipscomb (3-16-11) RBI: 3 at Arkansas (4-15-11) Hitting streak: 1 game Hitting streak: 6 games (2011)

TREY JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS NICK VICKERSON’S CAREER HIGHS Hits: 3 vs. Alcorn State (4-20-10) Hits: 3 7x-Last: at Tennessee (5-6-11) At-bats: 5 2x-Last: vs. South Carolina (4/24/11) At-bats: 6 3x-Last at Tennessee (5-6-11) Runs scored: 3 vs. Alcorn State (4-20) Runs scored: 4 2x-Last: vs. Ga. St.-1 (3-5-11) Total bases: 4 vs. Alcorn State (4-20) Total bases: 6 2x-Last: vs. Alabama (4-30-11) RBI: 3 vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) RBI: 5 at Tennessee (5-6-11) Hitting streak: 3 2x-Last: 2011 Hitting streak: 8 games (2010) 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

PITCHING CAREER HIGHS ANDREW BUSBY’S CAREER HIGHS LUIS POLLORENA’S CAREER HIGHS Innings pitched: 2.2 vs. Iowa (3-4-11) Innings pitched: 5.2 vs. USM (4-5-11) Strikeouts: 3 2x-Last vs. Eastern Illinois (3-15-11) Strikeouts: 6 vs. USM (4-5-11) Walks: 3 vs. Iowa (3-4-11) Walks: 3 at Arkansas (4-17-11) Hits allowed: 5 vs. Iowa (3-4-11) Hits allowed: 11 at Tennessee (5-6-11) Runs allowed: 4 vs. Florida (4-911) Runs allowed: 5 at Tennessee (5-6-11) Earned runs allowed: 4 vs. Florida (4-9-11) Earned runs allowed: 5 at Tennessee (5-6-11)

VICTOR DIAZ’ CAREER HIGHS CALEB REED’S CAREER HIGHS Innings pitched: 3.0 vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) Innings pitched: 8.0 at South Carolina (4-2-10) Strikeouts: 3 vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) Strikeouts: 7 vs. Rhode Island (2-19-10) Walks: 2 2x-Last: vs. Florida (4-8-11) Walks: 4 2x-Last: at Vanderbilt (3-20-11) Hits allowed: 5 vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) Hits allowed: 9 3x-Last: Tennessee (4-16-10) Runs allowed: 3 vs. Florida (4-8-11) Runs allowed: 6 2x-Last: Arkansas (4-9-10) Earned runs allowed: 3 vs. Florida (4-8-11) Earned runs allowed: 6 2x-Last: Arkansas (4-9-10)

CHAD GIRODO CAREER HIGHS HUNTER RENFROE’S CAREER HIGHS Innings pitched: 9.0 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Innings pitched: 1.0 3x-Last: at Vanderbilt (3-19-11) Strikeouts: 6 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Strikeouts: 1 vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) Walks: 6 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Walks: 2 vs. Akron (2-19-11) Hits allowed: 12 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Hits allowed: 4 vs. Auburn (3-26-11) Runs allowed: 9 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Runs allowed: 4 vs. Auburn (3-26-11) Earned runs allowed: 9 at Southern Miss (5-18-10) Earned runs allowed: 3 vs. Auburn (3-26-11)

KENDALL GRAVEMAN’S CAREER HIGHS NICK ROUTT’S CAREER HIGHS Innings pitched: 8.0 at Jackson State (5-4-10) Innings pitched: 9.0 vs. Auburn (4-4-09) Strikeouts: 7 2x- Last: vs. Miss. Valley State (5-10-11) Strikeouts: 12 vs. Auburn (4-4-09) Walks: 4 at Florida (3-19-10) Walks: 4 2x-Last: vs. LSU (5-15-09) Hits allowed: 9 vs. Oklahoma (3-12-10) Hits allowed: 10 at Vanderbilt (4-25-09) Runs allowed: 5 4x-Last: vs. Vanderbilt (5-14-10) Runs allowed: 9 at Vanderbilt (4-25-09) Earned runs allowed: 5 4x-Last: vs. Vanderbilt (5-14-10) Earned runs allowed: 8 vs. Oklahoma (3-12-10)

TREY JOHNSON’S CAREER HIGHS TAYLOR STARK’S CAREER HIGHS Innings pitched: 2.2 2x-Last: vs. Arkansas (4-11-10) Innings pitched: 2.0 2x-Last:vs. Florida (4-8-11) Strikeouts: 4 at South Carolina (4-4-10) Strikeouts: 4 vs. Iowa-Gm 2 (3-5-11) Walks: 3 2x-Last: vs. Vanderbilt (5-16-10) Walks: 1 4x-Last: vs. South Carolina (4-24-11) Hits allowed: 8 vs. Arkansas (4-11-10) Hits allowed: 1 2x-Last: vs. Sacred Heart (3-12-11) Runs allowed: 7 vs. Vanderbilt (5-16-10) Runs allowed: 3 vs. South Carolina (4-24-11) Earned runs allowed: 6 vs. Vanderbilt (5-16-10) Earned runs allowed: 3 vs. South Carolina (4-24-11)

DEVIN JONES’ CAREER HIGHS TIM STATZ’ CAREER HIGHS Innings pitched: 8.0 vs. Belmont (2-25-11) Innings pitched: 4.1 at Vanderbilt (3-18-11) Strikeouts: 7 vs. Sacred Heart (3-11-11) Strikeouts: 5 at Vanderbilt (3-18-11) Walks: 4 3x-Last: at LSU (5-21-10) Walks: 3 2x-Last: at Vanderbilt (3-18-11) Hits allowed: 8 at Vanderbilt (3-18-11) Hits allowed: 5 vs. Iowa-Gm 2 (3-5-11) Runs allowed: 10 at Arkansas (3-27-09) Runs allowed: 4 vs. Iowa-Gm 2 (3-5-11) Earned runs allowed: 8 4x-Last: at Vanderbilt (3-18-11) Earned runs allowed: 3 vs. Iowa-Gm 2 (3-5-11)

EVAN MITCHELL’S CAREER HIGHS CHRIS STRATTON’S CAREER HIGHS Innings pitched: 6.0 vs. Belmont (2-27-11) Innings pitched: 9.0 vs. Tennessee (4-17-10) Strikeouts: 7 vs. Georgia State (3-6-11) Strikeouts: 13 vs. Belmont (2-26-11) Walks: 5 vs. Alabama (5-1-11) Walks: 6 at LSU (5-22-10) Hits allowed: 6 2x-Last: vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) Hits allowed: 11 at Vanderbilt (3-19-11) Runs allowed: 5 vs. Sacred Heart (3-13-11) Runs allowed: 8 at Alabama (4-25-10) Earned runs allowed: 5 vs. Belmont (2-27-11) Earned runs allowed: 8 at Alabama (4-25-10)

DARYL NORRIS’ CAREER HIGHS C.C. WATSON’S CAREER HIGHS Innings pitched: 5.1 vs. Auburn (3-27-11) Innings pitched: 2.1 vs. Ole Miss (3-30-10) Strikeouts: 5 vs. Akron (2-18-11) Strikeouts: 3 vs. Alabama A&M (3-30-11) Walks: 3 vs. Florida (4-8-11) Walks: 2 3x-Last: vs. Ole Miss (3-30-10) Hits allowed: 3 vs. South Carolina (4-24-11) Hits allowed: 4 vs. Ole Miss (3-30-10) Runs allowed: 2 vs. South Carolina (4-24-11) Runs allowed: 4 vs. Vanderbilt (5-15-10) Earned runs allowed: 2 vs. South Carolina (4-24-11) Earned runs allowed: 4 vs. Vanderbilt (5-15-10) 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL NOTES

ALPHABETICAL 2011 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name (Pos.) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B-T Cl. Exp. Hometown (High school/junior college) 19 ABRAHAM, Cody (of/lhp) 2 Demarcus Henderson inf 5-9 168 R-R Fr. HS Waynesboro, Miss. (Wayne County High School) 14 BOZEMAN, Brett (c/1b) 3 Jonathan Ogden inf 5-9 168 R-R Sr. 1L Cypress, Texas (Cy-Fair HS/Blinn [Texas] CC) 10 BRADFORD, C.T. (of/lhp) 5 Daryl Norris inf/rhp 6-1 220 R-R Fr. HS Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope High School) 42 BROWNLEE, Brent (of) 6 C.C. Watson (injured) lhp 5-11 197 L-L So. 1L Heflin, Ala. (Cleburne High School) 44 BUSBY, Andrew (rhp) 7 Taylor Stark inf/rhp 5-11 182 R-R Fr. HS Flowood, Miss. (Northwest Rankin High School) 38 COLLINS, Ryan (of/1b) 8 Sam Frost inf 5-9 165 L-R So. 1L Hoover, Ala. (Hoover High School) 47 DIAZ, Victor (rhp) 9 Jarrod Parks inf 6-2 192 R-R RSr. 1L Madison, Miss. (Madison Central HS/Meridian [Miss.] CC) 12 FRAZIER, Adam (inf) 10 C.T. Bradford of/lhp 5-8 159 L-L Fr. HS Pace, Fla. (Pace High School) 29 FREEMAN, Cody (c/1b) 12 Adam Frazier inf 5-10 168 L-R Fr. HS Bishop, Ga. (Oconee County High School) 8 FROST, Sam (inf) 14 + Brett Bozeman c/1b 6-1 201 L-R Jr. JC Gainesville, Fla. (Buchholz HS/Sante Fe [Fla.] CC) 18 GIRODO, Chad (lhp) 15 Jaron Shepherd of 6-2 180 L-R Sr. 1L Kilgore, Texas. (Kilgore HS/Navarro [Texas] College) 49 GRAVEMAN, Kendall (rhp) 17 Luis Pollorena lhp/of 5-6 165 L-L So. JC Laredo, Texas (United HS/Marion [Ala.] Military Institute) 2 HENDERSON, Demarcus (inf) 18 Chad Girodo lhp 6-1 188 L-L So. 1L Hartselle, Ala. (Hartselle High School) 24 JOHNSON, Trey (of/lhp) 19 + Cody Abraham of/lhp 5-11 161 L-L Fr. HS Houston, Texas ( Lamar Consolidated High School) 32 JONES, Devin (rhp) 21 Nick Vickerson inf/of 5-11 208 R-R Sr. 1L Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Hillcrest HS/FSU/Shelton [Ala.] State CC) 51 MITCHELL, Evan (rhp) 24 Trey Johnson of/lhp 5-11 196 L-L Sr. 1L Tyler, Texas (Robert E. Lee HS/Blinn [Texas] CC) 48 MITCHELL, Ross (lhp) 28 Chris Stratton rhp 6-2 194 R-R So. 1L Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo High School) 5 NORRIS, Daryl (inf/rhp) 29 Cody Freeman c/1b 6-0 192 R-R Sr. 3L Collinsville, Miss. (West Lauderdale High School) 3 OGDEN, Jonathan (inf) 31 Wes Thigpen c 5-11 204 R-R Sr. 1L Luling, La. (Hahnville HS/Meridian [Miss.] CC) 9 PARKS, Jarrod (inf) 32 Devin Jones rhp 6-3 180 L-R Jr. 2L Eupora, Miss. (Eupora High School) 17 POLLORENA, Luis (lhp/of) 34 Hunter Renfroe c/of/rhp 6-1 202 R-R Fr. HS Crystal Springs, Miss. (Copiah Academy) 35 REA, Wes (1b/rhp) 35 + Wes Rea 1b/rhp 6-5 268 R-R Fr. HS Gulfport, Miss. (Harrison Central High School) 37 REED, Caleb (rhp) 36 Nick Routt lhp 6-4 194 L-L Jr. 1L Silver Spring, Md. (St. Johns College High School) 34 RENFROE, Hunter (c/of/rhp) 37 Caleb Reed rhp 5-9 190 R-R Jr. 2L Cleveland, Miss. (Bayou Academy) 36 ROUTT, Nick (lhp) 38 Ryan Collins of/1b 6-1 195 L-L Sr. 3L Panama City, Fla. (Rutherford High School) 15 SHEPHERD, Jaron (of) 42 Brent Brownlee of 6-1 187 R-R RJr. 1L Oxford, Miss. (Oxford High School) 7 STARK, Taylor (inf/rhp) 44 Andrew Busby rhp 6-4 203 R-R So. JC Gardendale, Ala. (Gardendale HS/Wallace St. [Ala.] CC) 46 STATZ, Tim (lhp) 46 Tim Statz lhp 5-11 164 L-L Jr. JC St. Louis, Mo. (Marquette HS/Hutchinson [Kans.] CC) 28 STRATTON, Chris (rhp) 47 Victor Diaz rhp 5-11 210 R-R Fr. HS Perth Amboy, N.J. (St. Joseph High School) 31 THIGPEN, Wes (c) 48 + Ross Mitchell lhp 6-0 172 L-L Fr. HS Smyrna, Tenn. (Blackman High School) 21 VICKERSON, Nick (inf/of) 49 Kendall Graveman rhp 6-1 189 R-R So. 1L Alexander City, Ala. (Benjamin Russell High School) 6 WATSON, C.C. (lhp) 51 Evan Mitchell rhp 6-2 174 R-R Fr. HS Marietta, Ga. (Wheeler High School) + Redshirting in 2011

SQUAD BREAKDOWN - 32 COACHING STAFF ATHLETIC TRAINER STUDENT TRAINER Seniors - 8 11 — John Cohen, head coach Jason Wire Kristina Berard Juniors - 6 23 — Lane Burroughs, assistant coach GRAD. ASSIST. TRAINER Cody Pounders Julie Wood Sophomores - 7 30 — Butch Thompson, assistant coach STUDENT MANAGERS Freshmen - 11 STRENGTH COACH Will Coggin 27 — Nick Mingione, coord./baseball camps TBA G.T. McCullough (newcomers - 15) Tyler Bratton, dir./baseball operations ASST. STRENGTH COACH Baron Jones Greg Drye Michelle Norcross Ronald Sims

15-JARON Shepherd (juh-RON) 36-Nick ROUTT (rhymes with trout) PRONUNCIATION 17-LUIS POLLORENA (lew-EECE poy-yo-RAIN-uh) 47-Victor DIAZ (DEE-az) 18-Chad GIRODO (juh-ROD-oh) 27-Nick MINGIONE (men-GEE-own) GUIDE