MissouriGames 27-30 | MISSOURI STATE at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - April 30-May STATE2, 2021 - Carbondale, Ill. 5 NCAA College World Series Appearances • 18 Regional Berths • 42 All-Americans • 20 Major Leaguers Ben Adamson, MSU Athletics Communications (Primary Contact) | O: (417) 836-4584 | C: (405) 742-7585 | [email protected] | MissouriStateBears.com | @MSUBearBaseball | MissouriStBears 2021 SCHEDULE SERIES INFORMATION February (4-1) Site ....................................... Carbondale, Ill. 23 at Oral Roberts W, 8-2 Stadium ........................Itchy Jones Stadium 24 at Oral Roberts W, 14-11 26 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 6-1 Game 1 .................... Friday, April 30 (6 p.m.) 27 CENTRAL ARKANSAS L, 2-5 Games 2-3 .......Saturday, May 1 (2 p.m. DH) 28 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 12-2 Game 4 .................... Sunday, May 2 (1 p.m.) March (3-7) MISSOURI STATE Series History ....................MSU leads 75-40 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (ESPN+) 2 #14 OKLAHOMA STATE L, 0-7 BEARS (15-11, 5-3) Radio .....................................KBFL-FM 96.9 SALUKIS (27-12, 6-10) 6 vs. Tarleton State@ L, 5-7 7 at Central Arkansas W, 15-9 Conference ........................Missouri Valley Listen Live ............RadioSpringfield.com OR Conference ........................Missouri Valley 9 at Arkansas State (ESPN+) L, 2-10 Head Coach ............................Keith Guttin .... TuneIn / Missouri State Bears Sports Network Head Coach ........................Lance Rhodes 10 at Arkansas State (ESPN+) L, 3-7 Alma Mater ................... Missouri-St. Louis Live Stats .............................SIUSalukis.com Alma Mater ..................................... SEMO 16 ORAL ROBERTS (ESPN+) W, 5-1 Career Record ........ 1,303-831 (39th year) Career Record ................ 39-18 (2nd year) Live Video .................. ESPN+ (April 30 only) 17 KANSAS Canceled, Weather Record at MSU .................................same Record at SIU ...................................same 19 at Southern Miss L, 1-2 20 at Southern Miss L, 0-5 PRIME 9 21 at Southern Miss L, 1-3 Missouri State has won nine of its last 12 games and heads to Southern Illinois April 30-May 2 for a four-game series, the Bears' third Missouri Valley Conference set of the year. 23 at #18 Oklahoma State (ESPN+) W, 11-8 30 at Southeast Missouri State W, 9-8 (10) Since a March 23 win at No. 18 Oklahoma State, five regulars in the offensive lineup are hitting above .300, while two players outside that group – Jaden Rolffs and Dakota Kotowski – have double-digit RBI totals. The bullpen duo of Trey April (7-3) (ESPN+) Ziegenbein and Hayden Juenger have combined to go 6-0 with three saves, striking out a combined 35 batters in 31.1 1 BRADLEY* W, 5-4 innings of relief, including a 0.84 ERA in 14.1 MVC innings. 2 BRADLEY (DH)* (ESPN3) L, 1-10 (7) 2 BRADLEY (DH)* (ESPN3) W, 4-3 The Bears are in the midst of a 10-game road swing thanks to a recent five-game home stand canceled due to COVID-19. Missouri State will go from April 6 to May 7 without playing at Hammons Field, and has had 10 home games 3 BRADLEY* (ESPN3) L, 7-10 lost from the schedule this season due to weather or virus-related cancellations and postponements. 6 DRURY W, 9-8 9 DALLAS BAPTIST* (ESPNU) Postponed, COVID Missouri State is 75-40 all-time against Southern Illinois. The Bears' 75 victories against SIU tie their historical win total 10 DALLAS BAPTIST (DH)* Postponed, COVID against Indiana State, next weekend's scheduled opponent, for the most against any program. 10 DALLAS BAPTIST (DH)* Postponed, COVID Head coach Keith Guttin picked up his 1,300th career victory on April 13 at Missouri. Guttin's troops beat the Tigers 7-5 11 DALLAS BAPTIST* (ESPN3) Postponed, COVID in Columbia, moving him into a tie for 18th on the all-time wins list with Fresno State's Bob Bennett. Guttin ranks third 13 at Missouri (SECN+) W, 7-5 among active coaches in career wins. 16 at Evansville* (ESPN3) W, 5-3 The Bears have four victories this season in their final at bat. MSU won in 10 innings on March 30 at SEMO, and has 17 at Evansville (DH)* (ESPN3) W, 3-0 (7) walk-off wins on April 1 against Bradley (Cam Cratic bases-loaded HBP), April 2 vs. BU (Mason Hull single) and April 6 17 at Evansville (DH)* (ESPN3) L, 2-4 versus Drury (Drake Baldwin home run). (ESPN3) 18 at Evansville* W, 9-5 The MVC has a new format for league series this season, with teams meeting four times per weekend with a double- 20 MISSOURI (ESPN+) Canceled, COVID header on day two. The first game of the doubleheader will be scheduled for seven innings. 23 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (ESPN+) Canceled, COVID MSU has four college graduates on the roster, with Jack Duffy, Logan Geha, Ben Whetstone and Logan Wiley each 24 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (DH) Canceled, COVID electing to use the additional season eligibility granted to 2020 spring athletes. 24 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE (DH) Canceled, COVID 25 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE Canceled, COVID Ben Whetstone ranks 4th nationally by drawing 1.08 walks per game, while Jaden Rolffs is 37th at 0.32 HR per game. 27 at Arkansas Canceled, COVID 30 at Southern Illinois* 6:00 p.m. AROUND THE HORN Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS BA/OBP/SLG HR/RBI Notes May DH/C Drake Baldwin 6-1 210 So. L/R 25/23 .280/.427/.463 3/20 Walk-off HR on April 6 1 at Southern Illinois (DH)* 2:00 p.m. DH/LF Jaden Rolffs 6-2 210 Jr. R/R 25/22 .225/.281/.539 8/23 37th nationally with 0.32 HR/game 1 at Southern Illinois (DH)* 5:00 p.m. 1B Ben Whetstone 6-6 230 Gr. L/R 26/26 .315/.476./.494 4/17 156 consecutive starts at 1B; 116 DPs turned 2 at Southern Illinois* 1:00 p.m. 2B Mason Hull 6-0 190 Jr. R/R 14/8 .265/.342/.353 0/2 Two career walk-off hits 5 at Kansas 6:00 p.m. SS Walker Jenkins 5-11 175 Sr. L/R 24/24 .190/.319/.278 1/8 6-for-7 on stolen bases 7 INDIANA STATE* 11:30 a.m. 3B Grant Wood 5-11 195 Sr. R/R 26/26 .261/.407/.348 1/10 Hit safely in 28 of 43 career games at MSU 8 INDIANA STATE (DH)* 10:00 a.m. RF Dakota Kotowski 6-5 225 Jr. R/R 26/25 .204/.295/.378 4/19 Preseason all-MVC 8 INDIANA STATE (DH)* 1:00 p.m. CF Jack Duffy 5-10 190 Gr. L/R 20/20 .333/.421/.506 3/16 Opened season on 11-game hitting streak 9 INDIANA STATE* (ESPN3/+) 11:30 a.m. LF Cam Cratic 6-0 190 Jr. L/L 19/18 .342/.435/.397 0/10 Reached safely in 12 straight, 17 of 19 games 14 at Illinois State* (ESPNU) 2:00 p.m. C Logan Geha 5-11 190 Gr. R/R 19/16 .235/.365/.333 1/3 4th in MSU history with 24 career sac bunts 15 at Illinois State (DH)* 1:00 p.m. 2B Beau Stuckey 5-10 165 Fr. R/R 11/4 .167/.167/.167 0/0 Highly-touted HS SS from Arkansas 15 at Illinois State (DH)* 4:00 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 Blake Mozley 5-10 180 So. L/R 22/17 .317/.414/.333 0/6 Reached safely in 10 straight, 20 of 22 games 16 at Illinois State* 1:00 p.m. 20 VALPARAISO* (ESPN3/+) 11:30 a.m. Pos. Pitcher Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS W-L Sv IP H K/BB BAA ERA (ESPN3/+) 21 VALPARAISO (DH)* 10:00 a.m. RHP Logan Wiley 6-0 190 Gr. R/R 8/6 4-1 0 39.2 29 31/12 .215 3.40 21 VALPARAISO (DH)* (ESPN3/+) 1:00 p.m. RHP Trey Ziegenbein 6-3 165 Jr. R/R 17/0 5-0 0 35.0 32 36/12 .244 4.11 22 VALPARAISO* (ESPN3/+) 11:30 a.m. RHP Matt Russell 6-2 190 Jr. R/R 9/3 2-1 0 30.0 32 29/11 .271 4.50 26-29 at MVC Baseball Championship# TBA RHP Hayden Juenger 6-0 175 Jr. R/R 11/0 2-1 3 16.0 14 25/4 .237 3.38 Home games played at Hammons Field in BOLD CAPS RHP Jared Viertel 6-3 180 Jr. R/R 7/5 0-3 0 20.1 23 20/20 .280 3.54 RHP Hayden Minton 6-3 190 So. L/R 5/4 0-2 0 20.0 12 17/17 .190 3.60 *MVC game @ Conway, Ark. RHP Forrest Barnes 6-0 200 Jr. R/R 5/1 0-0 0 11.2 13 15/8 .286 4.63 # at Itchy Jones Stadium (Carbondale, Ill.) RHP Logan Thomazin 6-2 200 Jr. R/R 9/0 0-0 0 9.1 5 14/8 .152 5.79 ESPN3/+ indicates a Valley on ESPN production available on ESPN.com/Watch and the ESPN App 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 27-30 | MISSOURI STATE at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - April 30-May 2, 2021 - Carbondale, Ill.