Games 29-31 | MISSOURI STATE BEARS vs. DALLAS BAPTIST PATRIOTS | April 7-9 | Springfield, Mo. | Hammons Field (8,000) | KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM | The Valley on ESPN3 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 SERIES INFORMATION (6-1) February Site ...................................... Springfield, Mo. 17 vs. Rhode Island$ W, 12-1 Stadium ..................Hammons Field (8,000) 18 vs. Stony Brook$ W, 7-0 Game 1 ...............Friday, April 7 (6:32 p.m.) 19 at McNeese State$ L, 3-4 MSU ...LHP Jordan Knutson (4-1, 2.78 ERA) 21 at Oral Roberts W, 9-5 DBU ........RHP Ray Gaither (4-1, 2.67 ERA) 24 at Belmont@ W, 7-5 Game 2 ...........Saturday, April 8 (2:02 p.m.) 25 at Lipscomb@ W, 6-4 (11) MSU ...RHP Dylan Coleman (3-1, 3.19 ERA) (RV) MISSOURI STATE DBU ..... LHP Coby Weaver (0-1, 6.12 ERA) (RV) DALLAS BAPTIST 26 at Middle Tennessee@ W, 5-0 BEARS (18-10, 3-0 MVC) Game 3 .............Sunday, April 9 (1:02 p.m.) PATRIOTS (18-10, 3-0 MVC) March (10-8) MSU .............LHP Doug Still (3-1, 3.00 ERA) 1 at Arkansas State W, 13-0 Conference ........................Missouri Valley DBU .. LHP Jordan Martinson (3-2, 5.74 ERA) Conference ........................Missouri Valley 3 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 5-0 Head Coach ............................Keith Guttin Series History ....................DBU leads 15-9 Head Coach .......................... Dan Heefner 4 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 5-3 Alma Mater ................... Missouri-St. Louis Radio ......................KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM Alma Mater ......................Olivet Nazarene 5 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 4-0 Career Record ........ 1,194-749 (35th year) Live Video (Fri./Sat.) ..The Valley on ESPN3 Career Record ........... 364-197 (10th year) 7 at Oklahoma State L, 3-7 Record at MSU .................................same Live Stats .............. MissouriStateBears.com Record at DBU .................................same 10 at Minnesota L, 2-5 11 at Minnesota W, 7-2 PRIME 9 12 at Minnesota W, 12-3 Missouri State is off to a 3-0 start in Missouri Valley Conference play for the 10th time in its 27 years as a member of 15 at Southeast Missouri L, 4-5 the conference; the Bears finished first or second in the Valley race in seven of the previous nine seasons they 17 MEMPHIS W, 9-5 started 3-0 in league play 18 MEMPHIS L, 5-6 DBU leads the series by a 15-9 margin, including a 4-2 edge at Hammons Field; the two clubs have engaged in 14 one-run games since their first meeting in 2007 and have played three more that were decided by two runs 19 MEMPHIS L, 4-5 All but one of MSU's 10 setbacks have been by three runs or fewer, including five one-run losses; the Bears have hit 21 NEW ORLEANS W, 7-2 just .146 (12-for-82) with runners in scoring position in their 10 defeats, but .318 (69-for-217) in their 18 victories 24 at Central Michigan W, 12-1 As a team, the Bears rank seventh nationally in WHIP (1.13), ninth in shutouts (5), 10th in ERA (2.68), 14th in hits 24 at Central Michigan L, 1-2 allowed per 9.0 IP (7.13) and 16th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.12) 26 at Central Michigan L, 4-7 Jake Burger was named a first-team midseason All-American by Perfect Game for the second year in a row 28 ORAL ROBERTS L, 1-3 Thursday; Burger has combined with Jeremy Eierman on the top home run total for Division I teammates this 31 BRADLEY* W, 5-3 spring with 21 round-trippers in just 28 games to date April (2-1) Burger paces the MVC and ranks among the Division I leaders in home runs (6th), slugging (9th) and total bases 1 BRADLEY* W, 13-3 (10th); the junior leads all MVC hitters in batting (.385), on-base percentage (.478), hits (42) and RBIs (31) 2 BRADLEY* W, 9-2 MSU pitching has allowed 46 fewer runs than the next closest MVC staff (Wichita State) and compiled 32 more strikeouts than Evansville in the No. 2 spot on that chart 4 KANSAS L, 2-4 Four MSU hurlers rank among the league’s top 10 in both individual ERA and strikeouts; Jake Fromson’s 1.89 7 DALLAS BAPTIST* 6:30 p.m. ERA ranks second in the circuit, while his 37 K’s is sixth; Jordan Knutson has the No. 3 strikeout total (42) and 8 DALLAS BAPTIST* 2:00 p.m. his 2.78 ERA ranks sixth; Doug Still ranks fourth in strikeouts (39) and seventh in ERA (3.00); Dylan Coleman is 9 DALLAS BAPTIST* 1:00 p.m. second in strikeouts (43) and sits in the No. 9 spot for ERA (3.19) 11 ARKANSAS 6:30 p.m. The Bears rallied from early deficits in each of their three wins over Bradley last weekend, giving them 49 come- 13 at New Mexico 7:30 p.m. from-behind victories since the start of the 2015 season 14 at New Mexico 7:30 p.m. AROUND THE HORN 15 at New Mexico 2:00 p.m. 17 at Saint Louis 4:00 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 Drew Millas 6-2 180 Fr. B/R 26/20 .226/.272/.310 1/15 3-for-6 as pinch hitter 21 WICHITA STATE* 6:30 p.m. 1B Justin Paulsen 6-0 215 Sr. L/R 28/28 .367/.449/.477 1/24 .383 BA over career-best 11-game hit streak 22 WICHITA STATE* 2:00 p.m. 2B Aaron Meyer 6-0 180 Sr. L/R 28/28 .288/.365/.351 0/16 Recorded hit or RBI in 24 of 28 games SS Jeremy Eierman 6-1 205 So. R/R 28/28 .313/.408/.643 10/28 Ranks 2nd in MVC for HR, RBI, 3rd in TB (72) 23 WICHITA STATE* 1:00 p.m. 3B Jake Burger 6-2 210 Jr. R/R 28/28 .385/.478/.761 11/31 Ranks 9th on MSU’s career HR list (36) 25 MISSOURI 6:30 p.m. RF Landan Ruff 6-3 185 Jr. R/R 22/8 .258/.395/.387 0/3 Hitting .316 over last 10 games 28 at Evansville* 6:00 p.m. CF Hunter Steinmetz 5-9 170 So. L/L 27/27 .275/.392/.349 1/16 Team-high 14 two-out RBIs 29 at Evansville* 2:00 p.m. LF Alex Jefferson 5-9 175 Sr. B/R 28/26 .252/.358/.379 2/13 19 career multi-hit games 30 at Evansville* 1:00 p.m. OF Blake Graham 5-10 200 Sr. L/R 11/10 .207/.395/.310 1/2 Season-high 2 hits vs. KU (April 4) May (0-0) OF Jack Duffy 5-10 180 Fr. LR 24/17 .220/.361/.240 0/2 MSU 8-3 in 11 starts in RF 2 at Kansas 6:00 p.m. C Logan Geha 5-10 185 RFr. R/R 14/12 .172/.375/.207 0/2 Single, RBI and two BB April 1 vs. BU 5 at Southern Illinois* 6:30 p.m. IF Ryan Skalnik 6-1 185 Jr. R/R 25/8 .206/.300/.353 1/9 5-for-13, 7 RBIs as pinch hitter 6 at Southern Illinois* 4:00 p.m. IF Ben Whetstone 6-5 220 RFr. L/R 14/2 .053/.217/.053 0/1 First hit, RBI of career March 17 vs. UM 7 at Southern Illinois* 1:00 p.m. Pos. Pitcher Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS W-L Sv IP H K/BB BAA ERA 12 INDIANA STATE* 6:30 p.m. LHP Jordan Knutson 6-0 175 Sr. R/L 7/7 4-1 0 45.1 40 42/6 .231 2.78 13 INDIANA STATE* 2:00 p.m. RHP Dylan Coleman 6-6 215 So. R/R 8/7 3-1 0 42.1 37 43/17 .230 3.19 14 INDIANA STATE* 1:00 p.m. LHP Doug Still 6-2 205 Jr. L/L 7/7 3-1 0 39.0 35 39/14 .238 3.00 18 at Illinois State* 6:00 p.m. RHP Jake Fromson 5-10 195 Jr. R/R 14/0 3-3 0 33.1 19 37/6 .167 1.89 19 at Illinois State* 2:00 p.m. RHP Austin Knight 6-3 205 Jr. R/R 5/4 2-1 0 25.2 19 18/13 .218 2.81 20 at Illinois State* 1:00 p.m. LHP Nate Witherspoon 6-4 190 Fr. L/L 7/3 1-2 0 18.1 20 21/7 .294 4.42 24-27 MVC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TBA RHP Bryan Young 6-1 215 Sr. R/R 11/0 0-1 3 11.1 6 17/4 .150 0.79 LHP Jake Lochner 6-1 175 So. L/L 9/0 0-0 0 9.2 6 10/7 .171 0.93 Home games played at Hammons Field in BOLD CAPS *MVC game RHP Alex Moore 6-7 248 Fr. R/R 5/0 0-0 0 5.0 3 4/1 .167 0.00 $ Lake View Classic (Lake Charles, La.) RHP Tyler McAlister 6-5 185 Fr.