SEASON SCHEDULE/RESULTS MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FEBRUARY 18 Akron ...................................... W, 11-0 Jones career-hi 7.0 IP, Bradford 3-4 19 Lamar ...................................... W, 2-0 Stratton career-hi 10 Ks BULLDOG BASEBALL 19 Akron ...................................... W, 10-1 Norris 3x5, 5 RBI Week 13 • Games 49-51: May 12-14 MVSU & Ole Miss 20 Lamar .................................... W, 17-2 13-run 1st, Ogden 1st grand slam — Mississippi 22 Northwestern State ................. W, 6-4 Freeman 3 hits, Bradford 3 RBI DOGS CONTINUE ROAD WORK AT OLE MISS State’s late-season road run makes a stop in Oxford, Miss., with this week’s key 25 Belmont .................................... L, 1-2 Jones car.-hi 8+ IP; BU-2R ITP-HR in 9th three-game SEC Western Division showdown with instate league rival Ole Miss 26 Belmont ................................... W, 5-3 Stratton career-hi 13 Ks, Ogden HR #3 (27-21/11-13 SEC). The 27 Belmont ..................................W, 14-5 Mitchell earns win in 1st car. start Bulldogs (30-18, 11-13), COMPARING MARCH winners of a season-best MSU THE STATS UM 1 Alcorn State ............................. W, 8-1 Graveman car.-hi 7 Ks, 12 hits, all singles six consecutive games, are 30-18 Overall record 27-21 11-13 Conference 11-13 4 Iowa ........................................... L, 3-5 Out-scored 4-2 after 2-hr. rain delay in the middle of a stretch 5 Georgia State ...........................W, 8-1 Stratton win No. 3, Bradford 3 RBI .290 Batting average .281 that sends the Diamond 6.4 Runs per game 5.6 5 Iowa ...........................................L, 6-7 MSU rallies to trim a 7-0 defi cit Dogs on the road for eight 9.7 Hits per game 9.6 6 Georgia State .......................... W, 7-3 Frosh Mitchell fans season-hi 7, now 3-0 of nine games. .393 Slugging percentage .408 8 Mississippi Valley St. ............Rainout Rescheduled as May 10 day/night DH RACE TO HOOVER .972 Fielding percentage .970 9 at UAB .........................3-4, 6th inn., susp. To be completed at UAB April 13 @ 6 p.m. — With six league games 0.6 Double plays per game 0.6 11 Sacred Heart ........................... W, 5-0 3rd shutout; car.-hi 7 Ks, 3rd QS for Jones remaining, Mississippi 1.5 Stolen bases per game 0.9 3.98 Staff ERA 4.27 12 Sacred Heart ............................ W, 6-5 Frosh Starks & Bradford get win & save State is in the thick of .259 Opponent batting average .278 13 Sacred Heart ............................. L, 3-8 Most hits (14), runs (8) allowed the race for a berth and 7.9 Strikeouts per game 7.2 15 Eastern Illinois ......................... W, 9-4 Vickerson 3 hits, Norris 4 RBI seeding in the double- Jarrod Parks (66) Hits Tanner Mathis (68) 16 at Lipscomb ..............................W, 14-4 3.1 IP for Routt; Freeman’s 3rd 3-hit gm elimination SEC Baseball Jarrod Parks (.418) BA Alex Yarbrough (.344) Season-hi 5 errors; scoring streak ends at 107 gms Tournament May 25-29 at 18 at #1 Vanderbilt ......................... L, 0-10 Jonathan Ogden (34) RBI Alex Yarbrough (34) 19 at #1 Vanderbilt ........................... L, 0-4 Season-lo 3 hits; 1st loss for Chris Stratton Regions Park in Hoover, Nick Vickerson (24-27) SB Blake Newalu (11-12) 20 at #1 Vanderbilt .......................... W, 9-8 MSU erases 6-1 deficit; Girodo 1st win; Stark 1st save Ala. Game 1, Thursday (6:30 p.m. CDT) 25 #20 Auburn .............................. W, 7-6 Freeman GWRBI in 9th; 2nd cons. 1-R SEC win The Diamond Dogs MSU: So. LHP-Luis Pollorena (6-3 • 2.61 • 38.0 IP • 25 K) 26 #20 Auburn ............................ W, 15-8 MSU scores 8 in 1st, wins series; 21-hits begin the week tied (with UM: Jr. LHP-Matt Crouse (6-4 • 3.72 • 77.1 IP • 52 K) 27 #20 Auburn .............................. W, 5-0 4th MSU shutout; Norris earns 1st win (5.1 IP) Auburn and Ole Miss) for Game 2, Friday (7:06 p.m. CDT) MSU: Jr. LHP-Nick Routt (1-2 • 3.66 • 32.0 IP • 29 K) 30 Alabama A&M ....................... W, 18-0 Combined 2-hit shutout, season-high 18 runs seventh place in the overall league standings but just UM: Jr. RHP- David Goforth (4-6 • 4.79 • 71.1 IP • 54 K) APRIL Game 3, Saturday (7:06 p.m. CDT) 1 at Georgia ................................. L, 1-4 3-run 6th, 10 Ks lift UGA in series-opener a game out of fi rst place (behind Arkansas and Ala- MSU: Sr. RHP-Chris Stratton (6-5 • 4.84 • 70.2 IP • 69 K) 2 at Georgia .................................. L, 3-4 2 HRs in 6th help UGA clinch series bama) in the closely-con- UM: Jr. RHP- Austin Wright (4-4 • 4.92 • 60.1 IP • 53 K) 3 at Georgia ................................. L, 1-4 UGA erases early defi cit to complete sweep Next weekend (Thursday through Saturday): tested SEC West race. The 5 + vs. #14 Southern Miss ........... W, 5-4 Pollorena gets 3rd win in relief, Reed save #4 South Carolina at Alabama, Ole Miss at Arkansas, teams with the eight best 8 #4 Florida ................................ W, 7-5 Ogden homers twice, 3 RBI; Reed earns 5th save Auburn at Tennessee, Kentucky at Florida, SEC winning percentages 9 #4 Florida (Comcast-TV) ............. L, 0-18 8-run UF 2nd; MSU blanked for 3rd time in 2011 Vanderbilt at Georgia, LSU at Mississippi State advance to the tournament, 10 #4 Florida ................................. L, 1-3 Parks hits in 26th gm; Routt: season-hi 5.0 IP with divisional winners earning top-two seeding. MSU, bidding to return to the SEC 13 at UAB ....................................... L, 4-6 UAB snaps 16-gm MSU series win streak Tournament for the fi rst time since 2007, could fi nish anywhere from fi rst in the SEC 15 at #13 Arkansas (SportSouth-TV) ........ L, 5-6 Ark. rallies in 8th; career-best 3 RBI for Thigpen West (No. 2 overall tournament seed) to a tie for 10th. 16 at #13 Arkansas (Cox Sports-TV) ....... L, 1-6 4th 3-hit game for Bradford; Ark. clinches series WEEKEND TV TIME — All three of this week’s MSU-Ole Miss games will 17 at #13 Arkansas (Cox Sports-TV) ..... W, 5-3 Pollorena (W), Reed (S-6th) blank Ark. last 7 inn. be night TV games. ESPNU will broadcast the Thursday opener (6:30 p.m.) as part 19 + vs. Ole Miss (Comcast-TV) ........ W, 6-1 MSU scores early to win 5th Governor’s Cup of the ESPNU-SEC Game of the Week series. SportSouth will air the 7:06 p.m. 22 #2 So. Carolina (ESPNU-TV) ......... L,2-8 Parks extends hit streak to 11 gms games Friday and Saturday. 23 #2 So. Carolina (FOX Sports Net-TV) ...... W, 5-3 Reed earns 7th save; MSU’s 8th win vs. top 20 LAST TIME OUT — Ryan Collins’ fi rst-inning triple gave the Bulldogs a 24 #2 So. Carolina ...................... L, 4-13 USC pulls away with middle-inning surge lead they would not relinquish as State became the SEC’s seventh 30-game win- 30 Alabama (Gm. 1: SportSouth-TV) ...................L, 4-5 UA hits GW 10th inn. HR in MSU’s 1st EI game ner with a 13-3 win over Mississippi Valley State Tuesday night at Dudy Noble 30 Alabama (Gm. 2) ...........................L, 4-5 Parks extends hit streak to 15 games Field. A six-run burst in the sixth sealed State’s 20th win in as many meetings with MAY the Delta Devils. SEC hitting leader Jarrod Parks (.418) extended his hitting streak 1 Alabama ....................................W, 8-5 Brownlee, Freeman homer; Reed gets 8th save to a 21 games and his on-base streak to 41 games while sophomore righty Kendall 3 at South Alabama .................... W, 15-9 10-run 7th, four 3-hit Dogs spark MSU in 15-9 win Graveman (5-0) matched his season-best with 7.0 innings pitched and his career- 6 at Tennessee ............................W, 16-5 Vickerson car-hi 5 RBI; Pollorena win in 1st start high with seven strikeouts. 7 at Tennessee ............................ W, 5-3 MSU clinches 1st SEC road series since ‘09 PARKS ADDS HITTING STREAK TO SEC CREDITS — Se- 8 at Tennessee (SportSouth-TV) ....... W, 5-2 Stratton, Reed combine for 14 Ks in sweep of UT nior third baseman Jarrod Parks singled in his second plate appearance Tues- 10 Mississippi Valley State ....... W, 13-3 Parks extends HS to 21 as MSU wins 6th straight day night to extend his hitting streak to 21 games, now the SEC’s longest active 12 at Ole Miss (ESPNU-TV) .......... 6:36 p.m. SEC ESPNU Game of the Week hitting streak. Vanderbilt’s Jason Esposito ended his 27-game hitting streak 13 at Ole Miss (SportSouth-TV) ...... 7:06 p.m. Tuesday night. The Madison, Miss., product went 1-for-3 with two HBPs to im- 14 at Ole Miss (SportSouth-TV) ..... 7:06 p.m. prove his league-best on-base percentage to .555 and maintain his SEC-leading 17 at Memphis (AutoZone Park) ...... 6:30 p.m. batting average at .418. He has hit safely in 41 of his 47 games and paces the club with 22 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games and with nine multi-RBI hits. He is 19 #27 LSU (Comcast-TV) ............ 6:06 p.m. 20 #27 LSU .................................. 6:30 p.m. Senior Salute bidding to become State’s fi rst .400 hitter since Travis Chapman’s .402 season in 1999 and the fi rst Diamond Dog to lead the SEC in hitting since 2006 (Thomas 21 #27 LSU ...................................2:00 p.m.