2021 Schedule & Results Mississippi State South Carolina The Rotation February (5-2, 0-0 SEC) Record (SEC): 33-10 (14-7) Record (SEC): 27-15 (11-10) Friday, May 7, 2021 State Farm College Baseball Showdown (Arlington, Texas; Globe Life Field) H/A/N: 23-6 / 7-3 / 3-1 H/A/N: 19-4 / 7-10 / 1-1 MSU: Christian MacLeod, RHP, Fr. (3Y) 3-3, 3.49 ERA 20 vs. No. 9 Texas (1) FloBaseball.tv W, 8-3 21 vs. No. 10 TCU (1) FloBaseball.tv L, 2-3 Rankings: Baseball America - 4, CBN - 4 Rankings: Baseball America - 15, CBN - 12 USC: Brannon Jordan, RHP, Sr. 4-3, 3.42 ERA D1Baseball - 4, NCBWA - 4 D1Baseball - 19, NCBWA - 18 22 vs. No. 3 Texas Tech (1) FloBaseball.tv W, 11-5 Saturday, May 8, 2021 Perfect Game - 2, USA Today - 4 Perfect Game - 16, USA Today - 18 23 JACKSON STATE SECN+ postponed MSU: Will Bednar, RHP, Fr. (2Y) 4-1, 3.14 ERA 24 JACKSON STATE SECN+ W, 7-3 26 TULANE SECN+ L, 3-7 Head Coach: Chris Lemonis Head Coach: Mark Kingston USC: Will Sanders, RHP, Fr. 6-2, 3.38 ERA Record at MSU (Yrs.): 97-29 (3rd) Record at SC (Yrs.): 104-73 (4th) 27 TULANE SECN+ W, 9-5 Sunday, May 9, 2021 28 TULANE SECN+ W, 5-4 Career Record (Yrs): 238-120-2 (7th) Career Record (Yrs): 377-253-1 (12th) MSU: Jackson Fristoe, RHP, Fr. 3-3, 4.97 ERA March (12-5, 2-4 SEC) Trustmark Park (Pearl, Miss.) Batting Average: .281 Batting Average: .255 USC: Thomas Farr, RHP, Jr. 2-5, 3.67 ERA 2 vs. Southern Miss (2) -- W, 4-1 Runs Per-Game: 7.3 Runs Per-Game: 6.0 5 KENT STATE SECN+ W, 8-3 Hits Per-Game: 9.5 Hits Per-Game: 8.4 6 KENT STATE SECN+ L, 5-9 Slugging Percentage: .447 Slugging Percentage: .449 7 KENT STATE SECN+ W, 13-0 9 GRAMBLING SECN+ W, 10-0 ERA: 3.58 ERA: 3.63 10 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE SECN+ W, 4-0 K’s/BB Ratio: 3.37/1 K’s/BB Ratio: 3.05/1 12 EASTERN MICHIGAN SECN+ W, 14-0 13 EASTERN MICHIGAN SECN+ W, 4-1 Batting Average Against: .209 Batting Average Against: .219 14 EASTERN MICHIGAN SECN+ W, 4-1 First Year of Baseball: 1885 (131st season) 16 SAMFORD SECN+ W, 10-2 19 at No. 10 LSU * SEC Network W, 6-1 Program Record: 2,737-1,590-29 (.631) 20 at No. 10 LSU * SECN+ W, 3-0 21 at No. 10 LSU * SECN+ L, 3-8 Gameday Information 24 NORTH ALABAMA SECN+ W, 18-1 26 No. 1 ARKANSAS * SECN+ L, 2-8 No. 2 Mississippi State at South Carolina 27 No. 1 ARKANSAS * SECN+ L, 5-11 Founders Park (Columbia, S.C.) 28 No. 1 ARKANSAS * SEC Network L, 4-6 30 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE SECN+ postponed Friday Saturday Sunday April (13-3, 10-3 SEC) First Pitch: 6 p.m. CT 3 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 1 No. 21 KENTUCKY * ESPNU W, 8-1 TV: -- -- SEC Network 2 No. 21 KENTUCKY * SEC Network W, 3-2 Internet Stream: SEC Network+ SEC Network+ SEC Network+ 3 No. 21 KENTUCKY * SECN+ W, 4-3 Radio: MSU Radio Network MSU Radio Network MSU Radio Network 6 SOUTHERN SECN+ W, 15-1 9 at Auburn * SECN+ W, 6-5 (100.9 FM locally) (100.9 FM locally) (100.9 FM locally) 10 at Auburn * SECN+ W, 7-2 Audio Stream: HailState.com/plus HailState.com/plus HailState.com/plus 11 at Auburn * SEC Network W, 19-10 13 ARKANSAS STATE SECN+ W, 18-10 What’s Inside 16 No. 6 OLE MISS * SEC Network W, 5-2 17 No. 6 OLE MISS * SECN+ L, 0-9 • Mississippi State will spend its 11th straight week ranked among • Allen is also closing in on joining an exclusive club at Mississippi 18 No. 6 OLE MISS * SECN+ W, 7-5 the top five by at least one major poll, sitting as high as No. 2 by State. With 239 career hits, 150 runs scored and 156 RBIs, he can 20 UAB SECN+ W, 19-7 23 at No. 3 Vanderbilt * SEC Network L, 2-6 Perfect Game. FULL POLLS ON PAGE 6 become just the eight Diamond Dawg to pile up 250 hits, 150 runs 24 at No. 3 Vanderbilt * ESPNU W, 7-4 • Mississippi State posted its ninth winning weekend n 11 tries and scored and 150 RBIs in a career. 25 at No. 3 Vanderbilt * SECN+ L, 4-7 30 TEXAS A&M * SECN+ W, 8-7 (12 inn.) collected its fifth series sweep of the year with three victories over • At 28 games, Rowdey Jordan’s reached base streak is the eighth Texas A&M. The Diamond Dawgs now have three SEC series sweeps longest streak single season streak since 2018 at Mississippi State. May (3-0, 2-0 SEC) 1 TEXAS A&M * SECN+ W, 3-2 (TAMU, Kentucky and at Auburn) in 2021. Of the 28 games, Jordan has reached base multiple times in 22 of 2 TEXAS A&M * SEC Network W, 10-5 • Mississippi State had one of its better weeks at the plate against those, including 10 with multiple hits, and has a run in 19 games. 5 at The Citadel ESPN+ W, 10-2 MORE ON PAGE 8 7 at No. 12 South Carolina * SECN+ 6 p.m. Texas A&M, hitting .325 on the weekend with 7.0 runs per game 8 at No. 12 South Carolina * SECN+ 3 p.m. and 12.1 hits per game. The Diamond Dawgs also walked 20 times • Head coach Chris Lemonis sits at 97 wins during his tenure at 9 at No. 12 South Carolina * SEC Network 1 p.m. and took four hit-by-pitch - 24 free bases - to just 22 strikeouts. Mississippi State (126 games coached) and looks to become the 11 UT MARTIN SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 13 MISSOURI * ESPNU 7:30 p.m. • Mississippi State continues to sit atop the NCAA leader board in fastest head coach in program history to reach the 100-win mark. Pat 14 MISSOURI * SECN+ 6:30 p.m. strikeouts with 553 on the season. MSU has 10-plus punchouts in McMahon reached the 100-win mark in his 146th career game as head 15 MISSOURI * SECN+ 1 p.m. 37 of 43 games, including a school-record 21-straight games earlier coach, while Ron Polk took 150 games to reach the 100-win mark. 18 JACKSONVILLE STATE SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 20 at Alabama * SECN+ 6 p.m. in the season. • In SEC play this season, Landon Sims has been virtually untouchable. 21 at Alabama * SECN+ 6 p.m. MORE ON PAGE 11 The right-hander has appeared in eight games - seven of which MSU 22 at Alabama * SECN+ 1 p.m. • Tanner Allen added his 53rd career double to his stat sheet against has won - and allowed just one run 18 1/3 innings of work (0.49 ERA). All times central and subject to change Texas A&M and now sits tied for No. 7 all-time at MSU with current He is 2-0 with four saves and is limiting opponents to a .117 batting HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS | * - Southeastern Conference game average with a 0.71 WHIP. Of his 55 outs, 30 of them have come via (1) - Globe Life Field; Arlington Texas | (2) - Trustmark Park; Pearl, Miss. MSU Director of Athletics John Cohen (1988-90). MORE ON PAGE 8 strikeout (55%) and his K/9 is 14.75. What’s Inside P2 Roster & Quick Facts P8-9 News & Notes P12-13 The Last Time... P3 Inside the Series/Probable Starters 8 Multi Games/Streaks 12 Home Run Tracker P4 Head coach Chris Lemonis 9 State to The Show 13 Exit Velocities P5 Dudy Noble Field P10-11 Bump Day P14-20 2021 Statistics P6 SEC Update/National Polls 10 Honors Tracker P20 Pen Production P7 Mississippi State When.../How It Was Won 11 National Rankings MSU Athletic Communications: Greg Campbell email: [email protected] Office: 662.325.0972 Twitter: @SID_Greg 2021 Roster Numerical Alphabetical # Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) # Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl./Exp. 2 KC Hunt RHP L/R 6-3 200 So./Fr. Wycoff, N.J./Ramapo 5 Allen, Tanner OF L/R 5-11 190 Sr./Jr. 3 Scotty Dubrule IF L/R 5-10 175 Gr./Sr. Venice, Fla./Venice (Jacksonville) 24 Bednar, Will RHP R/R 6-2 235 So./Fr. 4 Rowdey Jordan OF S/R 5-10 190 Sr./Jr. Auburn, Ala./Auburn 51 Carmouche, Dylan LHP S/L 6-5 225 Fr./Fr. 5 Tanner Allen OF L/R 5-11 190 Sr./Jr. Theodore, Ala./UMS- Wright Prep 37 Cerantola, Eric RHP R/R 6-5 225 Jr./So. 6 Kamren James IF R/R 6-2 205 So./Fr. Southaven, Miss./DeSoto Central 0 Cheesebrough, Kyle Assistant Coach 7 Brandon Smith RHP R/R 6-3 220 Jr./So. Richland, Miss./Richland 11 Clark, Kellum IF L/R 6-4 205 Fr./Fr. 8 Drew McGowan OF L/R 6-1 180 So./Fr. Hopkinsville, Ky./University Heights Academy 33 Cumbest, Brad OF R/R 6-5 250 Jr./So. 10 Josh Hatcher IF/OF L/L 6-2 200 Sr./Jr. Albany, Ga./Lee County 3 Dubrule, Scotty IF L/R 5-10 175 Gr./Sr.