Game 4 | MISSOURI STATE BEARS (2-1) at ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (3-0) | Feb. 21, 2017 | Tulsa, Okla. | J.L. Johnson Stadium (2,418) | KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM (Art Hains) MISSOURI2003 NCAA College World Series • 9 NCAA Regional Appearances •STATE 37 All-Americans • 17 Major Leaguers Eric Doennig, MSU Athletics Communications (Primary Contact) | O: (417) 836-4586 | C: (417) 827-5327 | [email protected] | MissouriStateBears.com | @MSUBearBaseball | MissouriStBears SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION February 17 vs. Rhode Island$ W, 12-1 Date ...................................Tuesday, Feb. 21 18 vs. Stony Brook$ W, 7-0 First Pitch ..................................... 3:00 p.m. 19 at McNeese State$ L, 3-4 Site ............................................ Tulsa, Okla. 21 at Oral Roberts 3:00 p.m. Stadium ........ J.L. Johnson Stadium (2,418) 24 at Belmont@ 4:00 p.m. Probable Starters ........................................ @ 25 at Lipscomb 2:00 p.m. MSU ... RHP Dylan Coleman (0-0, 0.00 ERA) @ MISSOURI STATE ORAL ROBERTS 26 at Middle Tennessee 12:00 p.m. BEARS (2-1) ORU ...RHP Justin McGregor (1-0, 0.00 ERA) GOLDEN EAGLES (3-0) 28 at Arkansas State 4:00 p.m. Series History ..................ORU leads 30-21 March Conference ........................Missouri Valley Radio .......................KBFL1060 AM/96.9 FM Conference .......................Summit League 1 at Arkansas State 3:00 p.m. Head Coach ............................Keith Guttin ..................................................... (Art Hains) Head Coach .......................... Ryan Folmar Alma Mater ................... Missouri-St. Louis 3 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 3:05 p.m. Alma Mater ......................Oklahoma State Career Record ........ 1,178-740 (35th year) Live Video/Stats ....ORUGoldenEagles.com 4 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 2:05 p.m. Career Record ............... 137-95 (5th year) Record at MSU .................................same Twitter ......................... @MSUBearBaseball 5 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 1:05 p.m. Record at ORU .................................same 7 at Oklahoma State 4:00 p.m. 10 at Minnesota 6:30 p.m. PRIME 9 11 at Minnesota 2:00 p.m. The Missouri State Bears will travel to Tulsa to take on the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Tuesday (Feb. 21) 12 at Minnesota 1:00 p.m. in a 3 p.m. non-conference contest at J.L. Johnson Stadium 14 at Saint Louis 4:00 p.m. Oral Roberts holds a 30-21 advantage in the series, including a 20-9 edge in Tulsa; the Golden Eagles have won four 15 at Southeast Missouri 5:00 p.m. of the last six meeting in the series, but the Bears have won two of their last three games with ORU at J.L. Johnson 17 MEMPHIS 3:05 p.m. Stadium, however 18 MEMPHIS 2:05 p.m. Pitching and defense have dominated the series in recent years, with neither club allowing more than five runs in any 19 MEMPHIS 1:05 p.m. of the last 10 meetings dating back to 2012; Three shutouts have been posted over the same stretch, with the Bears recording two (March 2, 2016 and March 12, 2012, both in Springfield) 21 NEW ORLEANS 6:35 p.m. Missouri State posted its fifth-consecutive opening day win last Friday vs. Rhode Island; the Bears improved to 23-12 24 at Central Michigan 2:00 p.m. in openers under head coach Keith Guttin and 35-19 overall in season lid-lifters 25 at Central Michigan 1:00 p.m. The Bears outscored their three opponents 22-5 in going 2-1 at the Lake Area Classic in Lake Charles, La., over the 26 at Central Michigan 12:00 p.m. weekend; MSU hit five home runs as a team and racked up 12 extra-base hits while allowing just two in three games 28 ORAL ROBERTS 6:35 p.m. Sophomore shortstop Jeremy Eierman was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week on Monday 31 BRADLEY* 8:05 p.m. after batting .583 (7-for-12) and slugging 1.250 with a pair of homers and six RBIs for the Bears over the weekend April A total of 12 different Bears made their MSU debuts this past weekend, led by the performance of Friday's starting 1 BRADLEY* 3:05 p.m. pitcher Doug Still, who earned the win over Rhode Island after allowing just one run in 6.0 innings 2 BRADLEY* 1:02 p.m. The Bears' bullpen combined to post 9.0 shutout innings in MSU's first three games of the season, allowing just five hits and one walk while striking out nine and holding the opposition to a .179 batting mark; Jake Fromson 4 KANSAS 6:35 p.m. turned in two shutdown relief appearances, including a career-best 4.0 shutout innings in Sunday's tourney finale vs. 7 DALLAS BAPTIST* 6:32 p.m. McNeese 8 DALLAS BAPTIST* 2:02 p.m. The Bears have amassed a 52-14 regular-season record against non-conference foes since the beginning of the 2015 9 DALLAS BAPTIST* 1:05 p.m. season, including a 28-10 mark in road or neutral-field games against non-MVC competition; MSU has also logged a 11 ARKANSAS 6:32 p.m. total of 41 come-from-behind wins over the last two seasons 13 at New Mexico 7:30 p.m. 14 at New Mexico 7:30 p.m. AROUND THE HORN 15 at New Mexico 2:00 p.m. Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS BA/OBP/SLG HR/RBI Notes 18 at Missouri 6:30 p.m. C Logan Geha 5-10 185 RFr. R/R 2/2 .000/.500/.000 0/1 2016 MVC Academic Honor Roll 21 WICHITA STATE* 6:32 p.m. 1B Justin Paulsen 6-0 215 Sr. L/R 3/3 .200/.333/.600 1/6 All-MVC pick for 2nd straight year in 2016 22 WICHITA STATE* 2:02 p.m. 2B Aaron Meyer 6-0 180 Sr. L/R 3/3 .077/.143/.077 0/1 MVC-high 20-game hit streak in 2016 23 WICHITA STATE* 1:05 p.m. SS Jeremy Eierman 6-1 205 So. R/R 3/3 .583/.615/1.250 2/6 MVC Player of the Week (Feb. 20) 25 MISSOURI 6:32 p.m. 3B Jake Burger 6-2 210 Jr. R/R 3/3 .400/.500/.800 1/4 2017 Golden Spikes Award Watch List 28 at Evansville* 6:00 p.m. RF Blake Graham 5-10 200 Sr. L/R 3/3 .333/.500/.667 1/1 Career-best 5 HR, 37 RBIs in 2016 29 at Evansville* 2:00 p.m. CF Hunter Steinmetz 5-9 170 So. L/L 3/3 .143/.143/.214 0/0 2016 Collegiate Baseball Frosh. All-American 30 at Evansville* 1:00 p.m. LF Alex Jefferson 5-9 175 Sr. B/R 3/3 .200/.385/.300 0/1 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District DH Matt Brown 6-2 220 Jr. R/R 2/2 .000/.333/.000 0/0 Two-time JUCO All-Region pick May 2 at Kansas 6:00 p.m. OF Jack Duffy 5-10 180 Fr. LR 2/1 .000.500/.000 0/0 Rawlings High School Gold Glove Award 5 at Southern Illinois* 6:30 p.m. C Drew Millas 6-2 180 Fr. B/R 2/1 .200/.200/.400 0/2 Three-sport HS standout OF Landan Ruff 6-3 185 Jr. R/R 2/0 .000/.000/.000 0/0 Two-time MVC Academic Honor Roll 6 at Southern Illinois* 4:00 p.m. IF Ryan Skalnik 6-1 185 Jr. R/R 1/0 .000/.500/.000 0/0 2016 JUCO all-conference performer 7 at Southern Illinois* 1:00 p.m. IF Ben Whetstone 6-5 220 RFr. L/R 1/0 .000/.000/.000 0/0 MVC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll 12 INDIANA STATE* 6:32 p.m. 13 INDIANA STATE* 2:02 p.m. Pos. 14 INDIANA STATE* 1:05 p.m. Pitcher Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS W-L Sv IP H K/BB BAA ERA 18 at Illinois State* 6:00 p.m. LHP Jordan Knutson 6-0 175 Sr. R/L 1/0 1-0 0 7.0 3 2/0 .136 0.00 19 at Illinois State* 2:00 p.m. LHP Doug Still 6-2 205 Jr. L/L 1/1 1-0 0 6.0 5 3/1 .227 1.50 20 at Illinois State* 1:00 p.m. LHP Nate Witherspoon 6-4 190 Fr. L/L 1/1 0-1 0 4.0 6 1/1 .375 6.75 24-27 MVC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP^ TBA RHP Jake Fromson 5-10 195 Jr. R/R 2/0 0-0 0 5.0 1 5/1 .071 0.00 RHP Dylan Coleman 6-6 215 So. R/R 1/0 0-0 0 2.0 2 1/0 .286 0.00 Home games played at Hammons Field in BOLD CAPS; *MVC game; $ Lake View Classic (Lake Charles, La.); @ Mule Mix Classic (Nashville, Tenn.); ^ at Hammons Field RHP Tyler McAlister 6-5 185 Fr. R/R 1/0 0-0 0 1.0 1 2/0 .333 0.00 RHP Alex Moore 6-7 248 Fr. R/R 1/0 0-0 0 1.0 1 1/0 .250 0.00 MISSOURI STATE BASEBALL Game 4 | MISSOURI STATE BEARS (2-1) at ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (3-0) | Feb. 21, 2017 | Tulsa, Okla. | J.L. Johnson Stadium (2,418) | KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM (Art Hains) MISSOURI STATE QUICK FACTS LEADING OFF Founded ............................................................................................1905 After claiming their fifth-consecutive opening day victory as part of a 2-1 weekend in Louisiana, the Missouri State Location ............................................................................ Springfield, Mo.