9 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 MISSISSIPPI STATE FLORIDA STATE OKLAHOMA SAMFORD 26 Mon. at UT-Rio Grande Valley Canceled (Fog) 28 Wed. at McNeese State L, 3-6 HEAD COACHES MISSISSIPPI ST. FLORIDA STATE OKLAHOMA SAMFORD MARCH Name Gary Henderson Mike Martin Skip Johnson Casey Dunn 2 Fri. ^ vs. UL-Lafayette W, 3-1 Record at School 31-22 1,987-711-4 36-23 443-375 3 Sat. ^ vs. No. 19 Houston W, 3-2 (12) Career Record 291-221 Same Same Same 4 Sun. ^ vs. Sam Houston State W, 4-1 Years As Head Coach Nine 39 First 15 6 Tue. NEW MEXICO STATE W, 9-1 Years At School First Same Same Same 7 Wed. NEW MEXICO STATE W, 6-0 9 Fri. UTAH VALLEY (DH-1) L, 1-2 (11) 2018 RECORD & INFO 9 Fri. UTAH VALLEY (DH-2) W, 4-2 11 Sun. UTAH VALLEY W, 5-3 Overall 31-25 43-17 36-23 36-24 14 Wed. ! vs. Southeastern Louisiana L, 5-11 Conference 15-15 (SEC) 16-13 (ACC) 14-10 (Big 12) 16-8 (SoCon) 16 Fri. * No. 11 VANDERBILT L, 0-5 Current Streak L1 W4 L1 W4 17 Sat. * No. 11 VANDERBILT L, 1-10 Last Five Games 4-1 4-1 3-2 4-1 18 Sun. * No. 11 VANDERBILT L, 3-4 Last 10 Games 6-4 9-1 5-5 8-2 20 Tue. ALCORN STATE W, 17-1 21 Wed. TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 11-6 23 Fri. * at No. 25 Missouri L, 1-4 24 Sat. * at No. 25 Missouri W, 3-1 (15) REGIONAL SCHEDULE GENERAL INFO 25 Sun. * at No. 25 Missouri L, 4-5 (11) (ALL TIMES CENTRAL) TV: ESPNU (Friday) 27 Tue. at Nicholls State L, 4-7 Friday, June 1, 2018 TBD (Saturday-Monday) 29 Thu. * at No. 19 LSU L, 1-10 30 Fri. * at No. 19 LSU W, 4-1 G1 - 11 a.m. - (2) Mississippi St. vs. (3) Oklahoma Internet: WatchESPN.com (All Games) 31 Sat. * at No. 19 LSU L, 0-4 G2 - 6 p.m. - (1) Florida State vs. (4) Samford Radio: MSU Radio Network (All MSU games) Audio Stream: HailState.com/plus APRIL Saturday, June 2, 2018 Live Stats: HailState.com/baseball 4 Wed. SOUTHERN W, 5-0 G3 - 11 a.m. - Loser of G1 vs. Loser of G2 7 Sat. * No. 3 OLE MISS (DH-1) W, 13-3 7 Sat. * No. 3 OLE MISS (DH-2) L, 1-6 G4 - 4 p.m. - Winner of G1 vs. Winner of G2 Location: Tallahassee, Fla. 8 Sun. * No. 3 OLE MISS W, 7-5 (11) Stadium: Dick Howser Stadium (6,700) 11 Wed. & at Alabama State W, 15-4 Sunday, June 3, 2018 13 Fri. * at No. 21 Auburn L, 1-2 G5 - 11 a.m. - Winner of G3 vs. Loser of G4 Weather Forecast 14 Sat. * at No. 21 Auburn W, 7-2 G6 - 5 p.m. - Winner of G4 vs. Winner of G5 Friday: High 87, Low 73 (80%) 15 Sun. * at No. 21 Auburn L, 5-7 Saturday: High 89, Low 74 (60%) 18 Wed. $ at Memphis L, 1-6 Monday, June 4, 2018 Sunday: High 92, Low 73 (40%) 20 Fri. * No. 3 ARKANSAS W, 6-5 * G7 - Noon - If Necessary 21 Sat. * No. 3 ARKANSAS (DH-1) W, 5-4 Monday: High 89, Low 70 (20%) 21 Sat. * No. 3 ARKANSAS (DH-2) W, 7-5 24 Tue. # vs. No. 5 Ole Miss W, 7-6 NEED TO KNOW 27 Fri. * No. 18 TEXAS A&M L, 3-6 • In 21 of State’s 31 wins thus far, opponents have been held to four runs or less. 28 Sat. * No. 18 TEXAS A&M W, 11-6 • The Diamond Dawgs have 17 comeback wins on the year (31 wins total), seven of which came in 29 Sun. * No. 18 TEXAS A&M L, 4-7 the month of March, eight in April (three against Ole Miss and two against Arkansas) and two in M AY May (both vs. Florida). In 2017, 25 of State’s 40 wins were come-from-behind victories. 4 Fri. * at Alabama W, 14-12 (10) • By going 6-1 against Arkansas and Ole Miss in April and 3-0 vs. Florida in May, State improved to 5 Sat. * at Alabama L, 3-4 (10) 9-1 on the year against Top 5 teams and has tallied 15 wins against ranked opponents this season. 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) 17-10 overall and 13-8 in conference play. 11 Fri. * at No. 17 Kentucky L, 6-9 • MSU is 24-10 when holding opponents to five or less runs and 12-2 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. State is also 22-1 when scoring six or more runs, 18-6 when scoring first and 14-4 when 17 Thu. * No. 1 FLORIDA W, 6-3 having scored in the first inning. 18 Fri. * No. 1 FLORIDA W, 12-4 • The Diamond Dawgs have committed just four errors in 12 NCAA Tournament games over the 19 Sat. * No. 1 FLORIDA W, 13-6 last two years (2016 and 2017) and made no errors in five games during the 2017 Hattiesburg 22 Tue. + vs. LSU L, 5-8 Regional. • In the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Regionals, State posted a .318 average at the plate, while opponents Home Games In All Caps | All Times Central * SEC Series were .196 against MSU pitching. % Game Played at Whataburger Field (Corpus Christi, Texas) • Jake Mangum is hitting .308 (18-for-52) in his NCAA Tournament career with three doubles, five ^ Game Played at Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas) RBIs and four runs scored. ! Game Played at MGM Park (Biloxi, Miss.) • In the 2017 NCAA Tournament, Konnor Pilkington was 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA in two starts (13.0 IP & Game Played at Riverwalk Stadium (Montgomery, Ala.) and 13K, including 6.0 shutout innings vs. LSU in the Super Regional opener). $ Game Played at Autozone Park (Memphis, Tenn.) • Over the last 10 games, the bats have been hot as six different Bulldogs are averaging .300 or # Game Played at Trustmark Park (Pearl, Miss.) @ Game Played at Hoover Met (Hoover, Ala.) better at the plate during that stretch (Jordan Westburg – .462, Elijah MacNamee – .409, Tanner + SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) Allen – .405, Jake Mangum – .395, Hunter Stovall – .386, Rowdey Jordan – .333). HailStateSnap Facebook.com/HailStateBB @HailStateBB HailStateBB HAILSTATE.COM/BASEBALL 2018 GAME NOTES - NCAA TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL 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. 1L Southaven, Miss. (DeSoto Central HS) 4 - JORDAN, Rowdey 19 Jared Liebelt RHP 6-0 167 R-R Jr. TR Aurora, Ill. (Waubonsee [IL] CC) 19 - LIEBELT, Jared 22 Denver McQuary RHP/INF 6-2 191 R-R So. 1L Houston, Miss. (Houston HS) 40 - MACNAMEE, Elijah 23 Alex Pener 1B 6-1 192 S-R Jr. TR Overland Park, Kan.