2018 Mississippi State Baseball Game Notes
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
10 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES 37 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES Primary Contact: Andrew Piper Secondary Contact: Austin Coats Twitter: @ADPiper7 2018 MISSISSIPPI STATE Twitter: @ra_coats Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Cell: (954) 592-5158 BASEBALL GAME NOTES Office: (979) 595-4041 14 MLB FIRST ROUNDERS 11 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS FEBRUARY 16 Fri. at No. 21 Southern Miss L, 0-11 17 Sat. at No. 21 Southern Miss L, 4-7 18 Sun. at No. 21 Southern Miss L, 2-5 21 Wed. at Jackson State W, 12-1 23 Fri. % vs. UC Santa Barbara W, 7-4 24 Sat. % vs. Nicholls State W, 14-4 25 Sun. % at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi L, 3-6 26 Mon. at UT-Rio Grande Valley Canceled (Fog) MISSISSIPPI STATE WASHINGTON #3 OREGON STATE #6 NORTH CAROLINA 28 Wed. at McNeese State L, 3-6 MARCH HEAD COACHES MISSISSIPPI ST. WASHINGTON OREGON STATE NORTH CAROLINA 2 Fri. ^ vs. UL-Lafayette W, 3-1 Name Gary Henderson Lindsay Meggs Pat Casey Mike Fox 3 Sat. ^ vs. No. 19 Houston W, 3-2 (12) Record at School 37-24 265-261-1 894-456-6 889-378-1 4 Sun. ^ vs. Sam Houston State W, 4-1 6 Tue. NEW MEXICO STATE W, 9-1 Career Record 297-224 880-544-5 1,065-570-7 1,385-519-5 7 Wed. NEW MEXICO STATE W, 6-0 Years As Head Coach Nine 25 30 35 9 Fri. UTAH VALLEY (DH-1) L, 1-2 (11) Years At School First Nine 24 20 9 Fri. UTAH VALLEY (DH-2) W, 4-2 11 Sun. UTAH VALLEY W, 5-3 14 Wed. ! vs. Southeastern Louisiana L, 5-11 2018 RECORD & INFO 16 Fri. * No. 11 VANDERBILT L, 0-5 Overall 37-27 35-24 49-10-1 43-18 17 Sat. * No. 11 VANDERBILT L, 1-10 Conference 15-15 (SEC) 20-10 (Pac 12) 20-9-1 (Pac 12) 22-8 (ACC) 18 Sun. * No. 11 VANDERBILT L, 3-4 Current Streak W1 W1 W5 W6 20 Tue. ALCORN STATE W, 17-1 21 Wed. TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 11-6 Last Five Games 4-1 4-1 5-0 5-0 23 Fri. * at No. 25 Missouri L, 1-4 Last 10 Games 7-3 8-2 8-2 9-1 24 Sat. * at No. 25 Missouri W, 3-1 (15) 25 Sun. * at No. 25 Missouri L, 4-5 (11) 27 Tue. at Nicholls State L, 4-7 29 Thu. * at No. 19 LSU L, 1-10 30 Fri. * at No. 19 LSU W, 4-1 GENERAL INFO 31 Sat. * at No. 19 LSU L, 0-4 Game Times (Saturday):. 7 p.m. TV (Saturday): . ESPN APRIL Internet Stream: . .WatchESPN.com / Watch ESPN app 4 Wed. SOUTHERN W, 5-0 7 Sat. * No. 3 OLE MISS (DH-1) W, 13-3 Radio: . MSU Radio Network (100.9 WKBB-FM in Starkville) 7 Sat. * No. 3 OLE MISS (DH-2) L, 1-6 Audio Stream: . HailState.com/plus 8 Sun. * No. 3 OLE MISS W, 7-5 (11) Location: . Omaha, Nebraska 11 Wed. & at Alabama State W, 15-4 13 Fri. * at No. 21 Auburn L, 1-2 Stadium: . .TD Ameritrade Park (24,000) 14 Sat. * at No. 21 Auburn W, 7-2 15 Sun. * at No. 21 Auburn L, 5-7 18 Wed. $ at Memphis L, 1-6 NEED TO KNOW 20 Fri. * No. 3 ARKANSAS W, 6-5 • In 23 of State’s 37 wins thus far, opponents have been held to four runs or less. In four of the 21 Sat. * No. 3 ARKANSAS (DH-1) W, 5-4 21 Sat. * No. 3 ARKANSAS (DH-2) W, 7-5 remaining 12, opponents scored just five runs. 24 Tue. # vs. No. 5 Ole Miss W, 7-6 • During the Tallahassee Regional, MSU became the 23rd team to in the current 64-team NCAA 27 Fri. * No. 18 TEXAS A&M L, 3-6 Tournament format to win a regional after dropping the opener. State is also the first team to ac- 28 Sat. * No. 18 TEXAS A&M W, 11-6 29 Sun. * No. 18 TEXAS A&M L, 4-7 complish the feat in back-to-back seasons, meaning the Diamond Dawgs have won eight-straight regional elimination games. M AY • State also claimed the Nashville Super Regional in Game 3 after having dropped the second 4 Fri. * at Alabama W, 14-12 (10) 5 Sat. * at Alabama L, 3-4 (10) game, leading MSU to five-straight elimination games in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. 6 Sun. * at Alabama W, 6-4 • State has come on strong after a 14-15 start and 2-7 in SEC play on March 31. Since April 1, MSU is 9 Wed. @ vs. Troy W, 9-8 (10) 23-12 overall and finished the regular season 13-8 in conference play. 11 Fri. * at No. 17 Kentucky L, 6-9 • MSU is 27-11 when holding opponents to five or less runs, 14-2 when holding others to two or 12 Sat. * at No. 17 Kentucky L, 1-4 13 Sun. * at No. 17 Kentucky W, 18-8 less runs and 10-16 when allowing six or more runs. State is also 27-2 when scoring six or more 17 Thu. * No. 1 FLORIDA W, 6-3 runs, 22-7 when scoring first and 15-4 when having scored in the first inning. 18 Fri. * No. 1 FLORIDA W, 12-4 • Jake Mangum is hitting .348 (31-for-89) in his NCAA Tournament career with four doubles, two 19 Sat. * No. 1 FLORIDA W, 13-6 22 Tue. + vs. LSU L, 5-8 home runs, 14 RBIs and 14 runs scored. • Over the last 10 games, the bats have been hot as five different Bulldogs are averaging .300 or JUNE better at the plate during that stretch (Rowdey Jordan – .442, Jake Mangum – .400, Dustin Skelton 1 Fri. = vs. Oklahoma L, 10-20 2 Sat. = at No. 5 Florida State W, 3-2 – .355, Elijah MacNamee – .348, Tanner Allen – .302). State is also hitting .314 as a team during that 3 Sun. = vs. Samford W, 9-8 span. 3 Sun. = vs. Oklahoma W, 13-5 • MacNamee is riding a career-best and team-best 29-game reached base streak, and in that span 4 Mon. = vs. Oklahoma W, 8-1 has batted .353 (41-for-116) with 30 runs scored, 11 doubles, eight home runs and 64 RBIs. 8 Fri. / at Vanderbilt W, 10-8 9 Sat. / at Vanderbilt L, 3-4 • Hunter Stovall is on a 23-game reached-base streak and is 33-for-98 (.337) with 26 runs scored, 10 Sun. / at Vanderbilt W, 10-6 (11) one double, three triples, two home runs, 18 RBIs and 11 walks. • On a team-best 13-game hit streak, Mangum is hitting .407 (24-for-59) over that span with 18 runs Home Games In All Caps * SEC Series scores, three doubles, one triple, one home run and 16 RBIs. % Game Played at Whataburger Field (Corpus Christi, Texas) • After having missed the entire 2017 season due to injury, Ethan Small has been impressive in his ^ Game Played at Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas) bounce-back season as he’s kept opponents to three or fewer runs in 14 of his 16 starts in 2018. ! Game Played at MGM Park (Biloxi, Miss.) & Game Played at Riverwalk Stadium (Montgomery, Ala.) • While Mangum leads MSU in multi-hit games (29), Tanner Allen (24), Hunter Stovall (22) and Row- $ Game Played at Autozone Park (Memphis, Tenn.) dey Jordan (19) are the next closest to their junior center fielder. # Game Played at Trustmark Park (Pearl, Miss.) @ Game Played at Hoover Met (Hoover, Ala.) + SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) = NCAA Tallahassee Regional (Tallahassee, Fla.) HailStateSnap /HailStateBB @HailStateBB HailStateBB / NCAA Nashville Super Regional (Nashville, Tenn.) HAILSTATE.COM/BASEBALL 2018 #OMADAWGS GAME NOTES - COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 2018 MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL NUMERICAL No. Name No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. B-T CL Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 7 - ALEXANDER, Luke 3 Zach Neff LHP 6-1 195 L-L Grad. TR Belleville, Ill. (Austin Peay) 5 - ALLEN, Tanner 4 Rowdey Jordan INF 5-10 181 S-R Fr. HS Auburn, Ala. (Auburn HS) 9 - ANDERSON, Jordan 5 Tanner Allen OF/INF 5-11 181 L-R Fr. HS Theodore, Ala. (UMS-Wright Prep) 41 - ASHCRAFT, Graham 7 Luke Alexander INF 6-0 187 R-R Jr. 2L Belmont, Miss. (Belmont HS) 46 - BARLOW, Trysten 8 Dustin Skelton C 6-0 197 R-R So. 1L Olive Branch, Miss. (Magnolia Heights School) 29 - BASHAM, James 9 Jordan Anderson OF 6-1 200 R-R Fr. HS Madison, Ala. (James Clemens HS) 45 - BILLINGSLEY, Jacob 10 Josh Hatcher 1B/LHP 6-2 182 L-L Fr. HS Albany, Ga. (Lee County HS) 43 - BREAUX, Kale 11 Jordan Westburg INF 6-3 202 R-R Fr. HS New Braunfels, Texas (New Braunfels HS) 28 - FRANCE, JP 12 Tanner Poole OF 6-4 200 R-R RSr. 1L Amory, Miss. (Itawamba [Miss.] CC) 17 - FOSCUE, Justin 13 Hunter Stovall INF 5-7 165 R-R Jr. 2L Pelham, Ala. (Pelham HS) 34 - GILBERT, Marshall 14 Riley Self RHP 6-4 238 R-R So. 1L Coldwater, Miss. (Magnolia Heights School) 24 - GORDON, Cole 15 Jake Mangum OF 6-1 182 S-L Jr. 2L Pearl, Miss. (Jackson Preparatory School) 10 - HATCHER, Josh 17 Justin Foscue INF 6-0 197 R-R Fr. HS Huntsville, Ala. (Virgil Grissom HS) 18 - JAMES, Keegan 18 Keegan James RHP 6-3 225 R-R RSo.