MissouriGames 13-15 | MISSOURI STATE BEARS (6-6) vs. MAINE BLACK BEARS (0-10) | March 6-8, 2020 | Hammons STATE Field (8,000) | Springfield, Mo. | KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM 5 NCAA College World Series Appearances • 18 Regional Berths • 42 All-Americans • 20 Major Leaguers Eric Doennig, MSU Athletics Communications (Primary Contact) | O: (417) 836-4586 | C: (417) 827-5327 | [email protected] | MissouriStateBears.com | @MSUBearBaseball | MissouriStBears 2020 SCHEDULE SERIES INFORMATION February (5-5) Site ...................................... Springfield, Mo. 14 at Central Arkansas W, 1-0 Stadium ..................Hammons Field (8,000) 15 at Central Arkansas W, 6-2 Game 1 ............ Friday, March 6 (3:00 p.m.) 16 at Central Arkansas L, 2-5 MSU .......RHP Logan Wiley (1-1, 4.41 ERA) UM ........RHP Nick Sinacola (0-3, 4.50 ERA) 20 at Austin Peay@ W, 4-1 Game 2 ........Saturday, March 7 (2:00 p.m.) 21 at Belmont@ L, 0-1 @ MSU ...RHP Hayden Minton (1-1, 2.35 ERA) 22 at Lipscomb L, 0-4 MISSOURI STATE UM ....... RHP Matt Pushard (0-2, 7.07 ERA) MAINE @ 23 at Middle Tennessee L, 0-4 BEARS (6-6) Game 3 ........Sunday, March 8 (12:00 p.m.) BLACK BEARS (0-10) 25 at Oral Roberts W, 6-3 MSU ...RHP Forrest Barnes (2-0, 3.00 ERA) 28 at Rice L, 4-12 Conference ........................Missouri Valley UM .... RHP Colton Carson (0-2, 15.43 ERA) Conference .......................... America East 29 at Rice W, 9-3 Head Coach ............................Keith Guttin Series History .........................First meeting Head Coach .............................Nick Derba Alma Mater ................... Missouri-St. Louis Alma Mater ..................Manhattan College March (1-1) Radio ......................KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM Career Record ........ 1,285-818 (38th year) Career Record ............... 60-107 (4th year) 1 at Rice L, 1-4 Watch .................................. ESPN3 (Friday) Record at MSU .................................same Record at Maine ...............................same 3 at Oklahoma State W, 11-10 Live Stats .............. MissouriStateBears.com 6 MAINE 3:00 p.m. 7 MAINE 2:00 p.m. PRIME 9 8 MAINE 12:00 p.m. The Missouri State Bears will open the home portion of their 2020 schedule, as well as a five-game home- 10 ORAL ROBERTS 3:00 p.m. stand, with a three-game non-conference set against the Maine Black Bears at Hammons Field 11 SIU EDWARDSVILLE 3:00 p.m. Keith Guttin ranks fourth on the NCAA’s Division I wins list for active coaches and 19th all-time with 1,285 13 at UC Irvine 8:00 p.m. victories for his 38-year career; he needs 15 wins to catch Fresno State’s Bob Bennett in the 18th spot on the chart 14 at UC Irvine 8:00 p.m. MSU is 10-6 in home openers since moving into Hammons Field in 2004, including wins in seven of its last nine 15 at UC Irvine 3:00 p.m. home debuts since 2011; The Bears, who will play their 400th game at Hammons on Sunday, are 260-137 overall in 18 ALABAMA 3:00 p.m. their 16 seasons at the facility 20 SAN JOSE STATE 3:00 p.m. Since snapping a lengthy scoring drought Feb. 25 at ORU, the Bears have plated 30 runs in their last 41 turns 21 SAN JOSE STATE 2:00 p.m. at bat; MSU has produced 10 different multi-run scoring rallies over the same span after logging just two such rallies 22 SAN JOSE STATE 11:00 a.m. in their first 67 innings of the 2020 season 24 ARKANSAS STATE 6:30 p.m. Ben Whetstone ranks among the Bears’ career defensive leaders in several categories, including second in 25 ARKANSAS STATE 3:00 p.m. career fielding (.992) and 10th in both double plays (97) and putouts (970) 27 at Bradley* 6:00 p.m. MSU ranks third in the Valley in both ERA (4.05) and double plays turned (8), as well as fourth in team fielding (.975) 28 at Bradley* 2:00 p.m. The Bears have won 42 of their last 64 regular-season non-conference home games, outscoring their non-league 29 at Bradley* 1:00 p.m. opponents by a 856-575 margin at Hammons Field over the same stretch 31 KANSAS 6:30 p.m. The duo of Hayden Juenger and Forrest Barnes have formed a dominant one-two punch out of the Bears' bullpen, combining to go 3-0 with three saves and a 2.84 ERA in 11 total appearances April (0-0) 3 ILLINOIS STATE* 6:30 p.m. Drake Baldwin brings a six-game hit streak into Friday’s game; the freshman leads the Bears in hitting (.333), hits (15), on-base percentage (.388), total bases (22) and slugging percentage (.489) 4 ILLINOIS STATE* 2:00 p.m. 5 ILLINOIS STATE* 3:00 p.m. AROUND THE HORN 7 at Kansas 6:00 p.m. 9 SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS BA/OBP/SLG HR/RBI Notes 10 SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. DH Drake Baldwin 6-1 210 Fr. L/R 12/11 .333/.388/.489 1/9 .400 BA, 8 RBIs on current 6-game hit streak 11 SOUTHERN 2:00 p.m. 1B Ben Whetstone 6-6 230 Sr. L/R 12/12 .200/.321/.333 1/5 125 consecutive starts at 1B; 97 DPs turned 13 SEMO 6:30 p.m. 2B John Privitera 5-8 170 Sr. L/R 12/11 .216/.318/.297 1/2 147 career starts; 1st Team All-MVC in ‘18 14 at Arkansas 6:30 p.m. SS Mason Hull 6-0 190 So. R/R 10/10 .194/.275/.222 0/1 Made 50 starts at SS as freshman in ‘19 17 EVANSVILLE* 1:00 p.m. 3B Grant Wood 5-11 195 Jr. R/R 12/12 .304/.377/.435 1/5 3-run, tie-breaking HR in 9th Feb. 25 at ORU 18 EVANSVILLE* 5:00 p.m. RF Dakota Kotowski 6-5 225 So. R/R 12/12 .245/.275/.469 2/12 RBI in all 3 games at UCA (Feb. 14-16) 19 EVANSVILLE* 11:30 a.m. CF Jack Duffy 5-10 190 Sr. L/R 12/11 .244/.346/.289 0/3 .350 BA (7-for-20) over last 5 games LF Greg Ziegler 6-0 185 Fr. R/R 12/7 .296/.406/.444 1/2 3 multi-hit games in first 12 collegiate contests 21 at Missouri 6:30 p.m. C Logan Geha 5-11 190 Sr. R/R 9/9 .077/.273/.231 1/2 2-run HR Feb. 15 at UCA 24 at DBU* 6:30 p.m. 25 at DBU* 2:00 p.m. OF Mason Auer 6-0 200 Fr. R/R 8/2 .167/.375/.167 0/0 Logged first career hit Feb. 23 at MTSU 26 at DBU* 1:00 p.m. IF Joey Polak 6-3 220 Jr. R/R 6/4 .118/.167/.118 0/0 Ranked 6th in MVC in HR last spring 28 MISSOURI 6:30 p.m. OF Jordan McFarland 6-3 220 Sr. R/R 7/5 .063/.063/.063 0/0 Started all 3 games in LF at UCA IF Anthony Herron Jr. 6-2 240 So. R/R 2/2 .167/.167/.167 0/0 Made 30 starts as freshman OF/DH May (0-0) IF Blake Mozley 5-10 180 Fr. L/R 3/0 .000/.000/.000 0/0 Made MSU debut Feb. 22 at Lipscomb 1 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS* 6:30 p.m. OF Collin Clayton 6-1 175 Sr. R/R 2/0 .000/.000/.000 0/0 7-game hit streak, Feb. 17-27, 2019 2 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS* 2:00 p.m. 3 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS* 1:00 p.m. Pos. Pitcher Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS W-L Sv IP H K/BB BAA ERA 8 at Valparaiso* 3:00 p.m. RHP Hayden Minton 6-3 190 Fr. L/R 3/3 1-1 0 15.1 10 10/9 .182 2.35 9 at Valparaiso* 1:00 p.m. RHP Forrest Barnes 6-0 190 So. R/R 5/0 2-0 0 12.0 7 12/4 .179 3.00 10 at Valparaiso* 12:00 p.m. RHP Matt Russell 6-2 190 So. R/R 4/3 1-0 0 15.2 17 15/11 .279 4.02 14 at Indiana State* 5:30 p.m. RHP Logan Wiley 6-0 190 Sr. R/R 3/3 1-1 0 16.1 17 17/2 .270 4.41 15 at Indiana State* 5:30 p.m. LHP Peyton Carson 6-4 195 So. L/L 3/3 0-3 0 11.1 19 11/6 .396 8.74 16 at Indiana State* 1:00 p.m. RHP Logan Thomazin 6-2 200 So. R/R 1/0 0-0 0 1.0 0 1/0 .000 0.00 19-23 at MVC Baseball Championship# TBA RHP Mason Auer 6-0 200 Fr. R/R 1/0 0-0 0 0.2 1 2/1 .333 0.00 Home games played at Hammons Field in BOLD CAPS LHP Hayden Juenger 6-0 175 So. R/R 6/0 1-0 3 7.0 9 9/4 .310 2.57 RHP Trey Ziegenbein 6-3 165 So. R/R 8/0 0-1 0 14.0 10 15/7 .200 3.86 *MVC game @ Turface Classic RHP Nick Schmidt 6-4 205 So. R/R 5/0 0-0 0 9.1 7 9/9 .200 3.86 # at Itchy Jones Stadium (Carbondale, Ill.) LHP Nate Witherspoon 6-4 210 Sr.