MissouriGames 22-26 | MISSOURI STATE at MISSOURI - APRIL 13, 2021 - Columbia, Mo. | MISSOURI STATE STATEat EVANSVILLE - April 16-18, 2021 - Evansville, Ind. 5 NCAA College World Series Appearances • 18 Regional Berths • 42 All-Americans • 20 Major Leaguers Ben Adamson, MSU Athletics Communications (Primary Contact) | O: (417) 836-4584 | C: (405) 742-7585 | [email protected] | MissouriStateBears.com | @MSUBearBaseball | MissouriStBears 2021 SCHEDULE SCHEDULE February (4-1) MISSOURI EVANSVILLE 23 at Oral Roberts W, 8-2 Site ........................................ Columbia, Mo. Site ....................................... Evansville, Ind. 24 at Oral Roberts W, 14-11 26 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 6-1 Stadium .................................Taylor Stadium Stadium .................................Braun Stadium 27 CENTRAL ARKANSAS L, 2-5 Date .................Tuesday, April 13 (6:30 p.m.) Game 1 ............... Friday, April 16 (6:30 p.m.) 28 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 12-2 Series History ................... Series tied, 29-29 Games 2-3 .....Saturday, April 17 (1 p.m. DH) March (3-7) MISSOURI STATE Radio .....................................KBFL-FM 96.9 Game 4 ..................Sunday, April 18 (1 p.m.) (ESPN+) 2 #14 OKLAHOMA STATE L, 0-7 BEARS (11-10, 2-2) .... TuneIn / Missouri State Bears Sports Network Series History ....................MSU leads 58-42 6 vs. Tarleton State@ L, 5-7 Live Stats ........................StatBroadcast.com Radio .....................................KBFL-FM 96.9 7 at Central Arkansas W, 15-9 Conference ........................Missouri Valley Live Video ..................SECN+ via ESPN App .... TuneIn / Missouri State Bears Sports Network 9 at Arkansas State (ESPN+) L, 2-10 Head Coach ............................Keith Guttin Live Stats ....................... GoPurpleAces.com 10 at Arkansas State (ESPN+) L, 3-7 Alma Mater ................... Missouri-St. Louis 16 ORAL ROBERTS (ESPN+) W, 5-1 Career Record ........ 1,299-830 (39th year) Live Video ..........................................ESPN3 19 at Southern Miss L, 1-2 Record at MSU .................................same 20 at Southern Miss L, 0-5 21 at Southern Miss L, 1-3 PRIME 9 23 at #18 Oklahoma State (ESPN+) W, 11-8 Missouri State hits the road for five games this week, visiting in-state rival Missouri at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday before 30 at Southeast Missouri State W, 9-8 (10) heading to Evansville for a four-game Missouri Valley Conference set April 16-18. April (3-2) MSU's last four victories have come in the team's final at bat. The Bears won in 10 innings on March 30 SEMO 1 BRADLEY* (ESPN+) W, 5-4 and have three walk-off wins in the bottom of the ninth inning already in April - Cam Cratic getting hit by a pitch 2 BRADLEY (DH)* (ESPN3) L, 1-10 (7) with the bases loaded on April 1 against Bradley, Mason Hull's game-winning single on April 2 versus Bradley, and a Drake Baldwin home run on April 6 against Drury. 2 BRADLEY (DH)* (ESPN3) W, 4-3 3 BRADLEY* (ESPN3) L, 7-10 Keith Guttin currently ranks third on the NCAA's Division I wins list for active coaches and 19th all-time with 1,299 6 DRURY W, 9-8 for his 39-year career; he is 1 win away from Fresno State's Bob Bennett in the 18th spot on the chart. 9 DALLAS BAPTIST* (ESPNU) Postponed The MVC has a new format for league series this season, with teams meeting four times per weekend with a 10 DALLAS BAPTIST (DH)* Postponed doubleheader on day two. The first game of the doubleheader will be scheduled for seven innings. 10 DALLAS BAPTIST (DH)* Postponed Missouri State and Missouri are tied 29-29 in the all-time series while the Bears lead Evansville 58-42. 11 DALLAS BAPTIST* (ESPN3) Postponed 13 at Missouri (SECN+) 6:30 p.m. MSU has four college graduates on the roster, with Jack Duffy, Logan Geha, Ben Whetstone and Logan Wiley 16 at Evansville* (ESPN3) 6:30 p.m. each electing to use the additional season eligibility granted to 2020 spring athletes. 17 at Evansville (DH)* (ESPN3) 1:00 p.m. In their 30th MVC season, the Bears are 425-290 in league play with six regular season titles. (ESPN3) 17 at Evansville (DH)* 4:00 p.m. (ESPN3) There are several upcoming milestones to watch for the Bears. Jack Duffy is 9 hits away from 200 in his career. 18 at Evansville* 1:00 p.m. (ESPN3/+) With 207 games played, Duffy is 8 away from MSU's top 10 and 29 from tying the school record. With 34 career 20 MISSOURI 6:30 p.m. starts and 231.1 innings, Logan Wiley is 5 starts from MSU's top 10 and 12.2 innings away. Logan Geha will 23 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE 6:30 p.m. move to 4th in school history the next time he is hit by a pitch, and 3rd with his next sacrifice bunt. Ben Whetston 24 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (DH) 1:00 p.m. is MSU's career fielding percentage leader at .993. 24 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (DH) 4:00 p.m. 25 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE 1:00 p.m. Jaden Rolffs ranks 14th nationally with 0.40 home runs per game, and has a homer in five of his last seven 27 at Arkansas 6:30 p.m. games. Ben Whetstone ranks 11th nationally by drawing one walk per game. 30 at Southern Illinois* 6:00 p.m. AROUND THE HORN May Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS BA/OBP/SLG HR/RBI Notes 1 at Southern Illinois (DH)* 2:00 p.m. DH/C Drake Baldwin 6-1 210 So. L/R 20/18 .273/.415/.439 2/17 Walk-off HR last game 1 at Southern Illinois (DH)* 5:00 p.m. DH Jaden Rolffs 6-2 210 Jr. R/R 20/17 .250/.311/.632 8/21 14th nationally with 0.40 HR/game 2 at Southern Illinois* 1:00 p.m. 1B Ben Whetstone 6-6 230 Gr. L/R 21/21 .342/.480/.553 4/16 151 consecutive starts at 1B; 115 DPs turned 5 at Kansas 6:00 p.m. 2B Blake Mozley 5-10 180 So. L/R 19/14 .273/.397/.333 0/5 Hit safely in 14 of 19 games 7 INDIANA STATE* 11:30 a.m. SS Walker Jenkins 5-11 175 Sr. L/R 19/19 .180/.324/.246 0/5 Transfer from Virginia 8 INDIANA STATE (DH)* 10:00 a.m. 3B Grant Wood 5-11 195 Sr. R/R 21/21 .263/.411/.342 1/6 Hit safely in 25 of 38 career games at MSU 8 INDIANA STATE (DH)* 1:00 p.m. RF Dakota Kotowski 6-5 225 Jr. R/R 21/21 .181/.266/.313 2/14 Preseason all-MVC 9 INDIANA STATE* (ESPN3/+) 11:30 a.m. CF Jack Duffy 5-10 190 Gr. L/R 20/20 .333/.421/.506 3/16 Opened season on 11-game hitting streak 14 at Illinois State* (ESPNU) 2:00 p.m. LF Cam Cratic 6-0 190 Jr. L/L 14/13. 340/.450/.420 0/9 Five multi-hit games 15 at Illinois State (DH)* 1:00 p.m. C Logan Geha 5-11 190 Gr. R/R 17/14 .239/.352/.348 1/1 4th in MSU history with 24 career sac bunts 15 at Illinois State (DH)* 4:00 p.m. 2B Beau Stuckey 5-10 165 Fr. R/R 11/4 .167/.167/.167 0/0 Highly-touted HS SS from Arkansas 16 at Illinois State* 1:00 p.m. SS Cole Hill 5-8 165 Fr. R/R 10/2 .100/.182/.100 0/0 Hit .487 as a HS junior 2B Mason Hull 6-0 190 Jr. R/R 9/3 .267/.353/.267 0/1 Two career walk-off hits 20 VALPARAISO* (ESPN3/+) 11:30 a.m. 21 VALPARAISO (DH)* (ESPN3/+) 10:00 a.m. Pos. Pitcher Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS W-L Sv IP H K/BB BAA ERA (ESPN3/+) 21 VALPARAISO (DH)* 1:00 p.m. RHP Logan Wiley 6-0 190 Gr. R/R 6/4 3-1 0 32.1 20 25/10 .189 3.34 22 VALPARAISO* (ESPN3/+) 11:30 a.m. RHP Trey Ziegenbein 6-3 165 Jr. R/R 14/0 4-0 0 27.2 24 29/9 .235 2.58 26-29 at MVC Baseball Championship# TBA RHP Matt Russell 6-2 190 Jr. R/R 7/2 1-1 0 22.0 27 23/10 .303 6.14 Home games played at Hammons Field in BOLD CAPS RHP Hayden Minton 6-3 190 So. L/R 3/3 0-1 0 14.0 10 14/12 .222 2.57 *MVC game RHP Jared Viertel 6-3 180 Jr. R/R 5/4 0-3 0 17.1 17 17/17 .250 3.12 @ Conway, Ark. LHP Hayden Juenger 6-0 175 Jr. R/R 9/0 2-1 1 13.0 13 21/4 .260 4.15 # at Itchy Jones Stadium (Carbondale, Ill.) RHP Logan Thomazin 6-2 200 Jr. R/R 8/0 0-0 0 7.0 3 12/8 .125 6.43 ESPN3/+ indicates a Valley on ESPN production available on ESPN.com/Watch and the ESPN App RHP Forrest Barnes 6-0 200 Jr. R/R 3/1 0-0 0 6.2 9 9/7 .321 8.10 LHP Peyton Carson 6-4 205 Jr. L/L 8/0 0-0 0 6.2 10 9/3 .345 8.10 RHP Ethan Axman 6-3 205 RSo. R/R 4/2 0-1 0 7.0 8 6/10 .308 10.29 LHP Ben Cruikshank 6-4 175 RSo. L/L 5/2 6.0 0 6.0 5 6/13 .250 13.50 MISSOURI STATE BASEBALL Games 22-26 | MISSOURI STATE at MISSOURI - APRIL 13, 2021 - Columbia, Mo.