GAME 54-56 2019 Schedule & Results Mississippi State South Carolina The Rotation February (8-1) Record (SEC): 43-10 (18-9) Record (SEC): 27-25 (7-20 SEC) Thursday, May 16, 2019 15 YOUNGSTOWN STATE SECN+ W, 14-3 H/A/N: 30-4 / 10-6 / 3-0 H/A/N: 18-15 / 6-9 / 3-1 MSU: Ethan Small, LHP, R-Jr. 7-1, 1.73 ERA 16 YOUNGSTOWN STATE-1 SECN+ W, 14-2 Rankings: Baseball America - 5, CBN - 5 Rankings: --- USC: Cam Tringali, RHP, R-Fr. 2-3, 4.22 ERA YOUNGSTOWN STATE-2 SECN+ W, 8-0 D1Baseball - 5, NCBWA - 4 20 UAB SECN+ W, 3-2 Head Coach: Mark Kingston Friday, May 17, 2019 Perfect Game - 5, USA Today - 5 22 #21 SOUTHERN MISS SECN+ L, 0-1 (10 Inn.) Record at USC (Yrs.): 64-51 (2nd) MSU: JT Ginn, RHP, Fr. 8-3, 3.13 ERA 23 #21 SOUTHERN MISS SECN+ W, 8-1 Head Coach: Chris Lemonis Career Record (Yrs): 337-231-1 (10th) USC: Reid Morgan, RHP, Jr. 4-5, 3.79 ERA 24 #21 SOUTHERN MISS SECN+ W, 4-3 Record at MSU (Yrs.): 43-10 (1st) Batting Average: .234 Saturday, May 18, 2019 26 JACKSON STATE SECN+ W, 17-4 Career Record (Yrs): 184-101-2 (5th) 27 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA SECN+ W, 12-0 Runs Per-Game: 5.4 MSU: Peyton Plumlee, RHP, Sr. 5-3, 3.68 ERA March (16-4) Batting Average: .317 Hits Per-Game: 7.5 USC: TBA Frisco Classic (Frisco, Texas) Runs Per-Game: 8.1 Slugging Percentage: .430 1 vs. Sam Houston State FloLive.tv W, 5-4 Hits Per-Game: 11.1 ERA: 5.04 2 vs. #8 Texas Tech FloLive.tv W, 4-2 Slugging Percentage: .483 3 vs. Nebraska FloLive.tv Canceled K’s/BB Ratio: 2.43/1 5 ECU SECN+ W, 4-1 ERA: 3.43 Batting Average Against: .257 6 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF SECN+ W, 14-1 K’s/BB Ratio: 3.34/1 8 MAINE-1 SECN+ W, 9-2 Batting Average Against: .222 MAINE-2 SECN+ W, 5-1 10 MAINE SECN+ W, 9-8 First Year of Baseball: 1885 (129th season) 13 GRAMBLING SECN+ W, 18-1 Program Record: 2,683-1,571-29 (.629) 15 at #4 Florida * SECN+ W, 6-5 16 at #4 Florida-1 * SEC Network W, 10-4 at #4 Florida-2 * SEC Network L, 2-4 Gameday Information 19 LITTLE ROCK SECN+ W, 15-4 20 at Samford ESPN3/ESPN+ W, 6-4 South Carolina at No. 5 Mississippi State 22 #16 AUBURN * SECN+ L, 5-6 Dudy Noble Field (Starkville, Miss.) 23 #16 AUBURN * SECN+ W, 15-2 24 #16 AUBURN * SECN+ W, 20-15 Thursday Friday Saturday 26 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE SECN+ W, 18-5 First Pitch: 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 28 #17 LSU * ESPNU W, 6-5 TV: -- -- -- 29 #17 LSU * SEC NETWORK L, 5-10 Internet Stream: SEC Network+ SEC Network+ SEC Network+ 30 #17 LSU * SECN+ L, 2-11 Radio: MSU Radio Network MSU Radio Network MSU Radio Network April (12-4) (100.9 FM locally) (100.9 FM locally) (100.9 FM locally) 3 ULM SECN+ W, 21-8 Audio Stream: HailState.com/plus HailState.com/plus HailState.com/plus 5 at Tennessee * SECN+ W, 6-3 (11 Inn.) 6 at Tennessee * SECN+ L, 1-2 7 at Tennessee * SECN+ W, 7-5 The First Pitch 10 SOUTH ALABAMA SECN+ W, 7-5 What’s Inside 12 ALABAMA * SECN+ W, 6-0 13 ALABAMA * SECN+ W, 9-1 • Head coach Chris Lemonis is just two wins shy of becoming the • Fans have flooded the gates at Dudy Noble Field thus far in 2019, with 14 ALABAMA * SEC NETWORK W, 13-3 winningest first-year head coach in Southeastern Conference history, six crowds of 10,000-plus through 31 home dates, which is already the 16 TEXAS SOUTHERN SECN+ W, 5-1 passing LSU’s Smoke Laval. MORE ON PAGE 12 second-most in program history. MORE ON PAGE 10 18 at #10 Arkansas * ESPNU L, 3-5 19 at #10 Arkansas * SECN+ L, 5-12 • Mississippi State and South Carolina have met 72 times prior to • Of the 10 losses in 2019 for the Diamond Dawgs, four of them 20 at #10 Arkansas * SECN+ L, 2-10 this weekend’s three-game series in Starkville, with South Carolina have come in one-run games, with three of those against ranked Governor’s Cup (Pearl, Miss.) owning a 38-34 edge on the all-time ledger. MORE ON PAGE 5 opponents. 23 vs. #23 Ole Miss --- W, 8-1 26 #3 GEORGIA * SECN+ W, 19-3 • Senior Jake Mangum already owns the Mississippi State and • The final weekend of the regular season marks the final home 27 #3 GEORGIA * SEC NETWORK W, 9-3 Southeastern Conference record for career hits, but the Diamond games for seniors Marshall Gilbert, Cole Gordon, Jared Liebelt, 28 #3 GEORGIA * SECN+ W, 6-5 Dawgs leadoff hitter is getting ready to become the first MSU Elijah MacNamee, Jake Mangum and Peyton Plumlee. May (7-1) baseball player with multiple 100-plus hit seasons. 2 at #15 Texas A&M * SEC Network W, 4-0 MORE ON PAGE 6-7 3 at #15 Texas A&M * SECN+ L, 1-0 (7 Inn.) 4 at #15 Texas A&M * SEC Network W, 4-3 (7 Inn.) Starting Nine 8 MEMPHIS SECN+ W, 10-9 10 at #11 Ole Miss * SECN+ W, 2-0 Pos. Name Yr. B/T Ht./Wt. Avg. R H RBI Notes 11 at #11 Ole Miss * SECN+ W, 8-5 C Dustin Skelton Jr. R/R 6-0/202 .313 29 50 41 Owns a career-high nine home runs in 2019 12 at #11 Ole Miss * ESPN2 W, 11-5 1B Tanner Allen So. L/R 5-11/184 .322 45 66 51 Hitting .524 over his last five games with 11 hits and six RBIs 14 LOUISIANA TECH SECN+ W, 7-3 2B Justin Foscue So. R/R 6-0/201 .333 52 72 53 First Diamond Dawg with 10+ home runs since 2017 (Rooker, 23) 16 SOUTH CAROLINA * SECN+ 6:30 p.m. 17 SOUTH CAROLINA * SECN+ 6:30 p.m. SS Jordan Westburg So. R/R 6-3/191 .312 55 62 50 Has reached base in 49 of 52 games played in 2019 18 SOUTH CAROLINA * SECN+ 1 p.m. 3B Marshall Gilbert Sr. R/R 6-0/203 .308 15 24 11 Hitting .429 over the last five games with a .600 on-base percentage LF Rowdey Jordan So. S/R 5-10/171 .267 43 51 36 Has seven RBIs in his last five games Rankings from Baseball America | All times central and subject to change CF Jake Mangum Sr. S/L 6-1/179 .401 60 93 37 Can equal MSU’s career games played mark with three games played HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS | * - Southeastern Conference game RF Brad Cumbest Fr. R/R 6-5/245 .283 8 13 8 Also plays tight end for the Bulldog football program -or- Josh Hatcher So. L/L 6-2/175 .313 7 20 11 Has two doubles and two triples in his 20 hits DH Gunner Halter Jr. R/R 6-3/180 .287 34 37 14 Posted a pair of multi-hit games versus Georgia in three starts -or- Luke Hancock Fr. L/R 5-11/170 .391 6 9 11 Currently on a career-long eight-game reached base streak * Based on the previous games MSU Athletic Communications: Greg Campbell email: [email protected] Office: 662.325.0972 Twitter: @SID_Greg 2019 Roster Numerical Alphabetical # Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School (Previous School) # Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. 2 Gunner Halter IF R/R 6-3 180 Jr. Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley (Seminole State (Okla.) College) 5 Tanner Allen IF/OF L/R 5-11 184 So. 3 JT Ginn RHP/IF R/R 6-2 192 Fr. Brandon, Miss./Brandon 46 Trysten Barlow LHP L/L 6-1 215 R-Jr. 4 Rowdey Jordan IF/OF S/R 5-10 171 So. Auburn, Ala./Auburn 31 Benjamin Bell OF L/R 5-9 180 Fr. 5 Tanner Allen IF/OF L/R 5-11 184 So. Theodore, Ala./UMS- Wright Prep 36 Hunter Blalock OF R/R 6-5 195 Fr. 6 Brandon Smith RHP/IF R/R 6-3 180 Fr. Richland, Miss./Richland 43 Kale Breaux LHP R/L 5-11 193 R-Jr. 8 Dustin Skelton C R/R 6-0 202 Jr. Olive Branch, Miss./Magnolia Heights School 27 Bryce Brock LHP/OF L/L 6-0 165 Fr. 10 Josh Hatcher IF/OF L/L 6-2 175 So. Albany, Ga./Lee County 0 Kyle Cheesebrough Assistant Coach 11 Jordan Westburg IF R/R 6-3 191 So. New Braunfels, Texas/New Braunfels 37 Eric Cerantola RHP R/R 6-5 195 Fr. 12 Hayden Jones C L/R 6-0 185 Fr. Huntertown, Ind./Carroll 23 Tucker Childers C/IF L/R 6-3 235 Jr. 13 Peyton Plumlee RHP R/R 6-3 201 Sr. Olive Branch, Miss./Lewisburg (Northwest Mississippi C.C.) 33 Brad Cumbest OF R/R 6-5 245 Fr. 14 Riley Self RHP R/R 6-4 241 Jr. Coldwater, Miss./Magnolia Heights School 16 Jack Eagan LHP L/L 6-3 235 Jr. 15 Jake Mangum OF S/L 6-1 179 Sr.