Games 1-3 | MISSOURI STATE BEARS at TEXAS STATE TOURNAMENT | Feb. 15-17, 2019 | San Marcos, Texas | Bobcat Ballpark (2,500) | KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM (Corey Riggs) MISSOURI STATE 2003 NCAA College World Series • 11 NCAA Regional Appearances • 41 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 2019 SCHEDULE TEXAS STATE TOURNAMENT February Site .................................San Marcos, Texas $ 15 vs. Nevada 12:00 p.m. Stadium ..................Bobcat Ballpark (2,500) $ 16 vs. Utah 12:00 p.m. UNR Series History ........................ Tied 1-1 $ 17 at Texas State 3:00 p.m. Utah Series History .............Utah leads 3-0 19 at Oral Roberts 3:00 p.m. MISSOURI STATE UTAH @ TSU Series History ..............MSU leads 2-0 22 vs. Cal State Fullerton 3:00 p.m. BEARS (0-0) Radio .......................KBFL1060 AM/96.9 FM UTES (0-0) 23 at San Diego@ 8:00 p.m. Conference ........................Missouri Valley ................................................ (Corey Riggs) 24 vs. Fresno State@ 12:00 p.m. Conference .................................... Pac-12 Head Coach ............................Keith Guttin Live Video/Stats .........TXStateBobcats.com Head Coach .........................Bill Kinneburg 26 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 3:00 p.m. Alma Mater ................... Missouri-St. Louis Twitter ......................... @MSUBearBaseball Alma Mater ....................................Arizona 27 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 3:00 p.m. Career Record ........ 1,259-776 (37th year) Career Record ........327-423-1 (15th year) Record at MSU .................................same March BEARS WEEKEND SCHEDULE Record at Utah .......572-606-1 (23rd year) 1 UC IRVINE 3:00 p.m. 2 UC IRVINE 2:00 p.m. Game 1 ......................................vs. Nevada 3 UC IRVINE 1:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 ............................. 12:00 p.m. 5 ORAL ROBERTS 3:00 p.m. MSU ...............................RHP Logan Wiley 8 at Arkansas State 6:00 p.m. UNR ...........................LHP Ryan Anderson 9 at Arkansas State 2:00 p.m. Game 2 .......................................... vs. Utah 10 at Arkansas State 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 ........................ 12:00 p.m. 12 at Oklahoma State 3:30 p.m. NEVADA MSU ........................ RHP Hayden Juenger TEXAS STATE 15 at Oklahoma 6:30 p.m. WOLF PACK (0-0) Utah ................................ LHP Riley Pierce BOBCATS (0-0) 16 at Oklahoma 2:00 p.m. Conference ........................Mountain West Game 3 ................................ at Texas State Conference .................................. Sun Belt 17 at Oklahoma 1:00 p.m. Head Coach ...............................T.J. Bruce Sunday, Feb. 17 ............................ 3:00 p.m. Head Coach ......................... Ty Harrington 22 at UC Santa Barbara 5:00 p.m. Alma Mater ................... Long Beach State MSU .................................RHP Alex Moore Alma Mater ...................................... Texas 23 at UC Santa Barbara 4:00 p.m. Career Record ................. 85-84 (4th year) TSU .............................RHP Connor Reich Career Record ........621-496-2 (20th year) 24 at UC Santa Barbara 1:30 p.m. Record at UNR .................................same Record at TSU ..................................same 26 ARKANSAS 6:30 p.m. 27 KANSAS 6:30 p.m. PRIME 9 29 INDIANA STATE* 6:30 p.m. Missouri State will be looking for its seventh-consecutive opening day win Friday; the Bears are 24-12 in openers 30 INDIANA STATE* 2:00 p.m. under head coach Keith Guttin and 36-19 overall in season lid-lifters 31 INDIANA STATE* 1:00 p.m. The Bears, who return 19 letterwinner’s from last year’s 40-17 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and post April season tournament championship squad, were tabbed the league’s preseason favorite by the MVC head coaches 2 at Southeast Missouri State 5:00 p.m. The Bears bring a 3-4 all-time record against the field into this weekend's tournament, including a 2-0 mark 3 at Murray State 3:00 p.m. against host Texas State, a 1-1 ledger vs. Nevada and an 0-3 record against Utah 5 at Southern Illinois* 6:30 p.m. MSU will be making its 14th season-opening trip to the state of Texas in the last 18 years; MSU has gone 14-7 in the 6 at Southern Illinois* 2:00 p.m. Lone Star State since the start of the 2015 season and is 61-61 all-time on Texas soil 7 at Southern Illinois* 1:00 p.m. MSU’s Ben Whetstone will bring a career-best 13-game hit streak into 2019; the Bears’ first baseman has hit .340 9 at Kansas 6:00 p.m. (18-for-53) over the course of his streak (since May 11) and has reached base safely in 21 straight contests (April 24) 12 at Illinois State* 5:00 p.m. The Bears’ roster features three different returners who have earned All-America recognition during their respective 13 at Illinois State* 2:00 p.m. MSU careers, led by 2019 preseason Collegiate Baseball All-America picks Drew Millas and Connor Sechler 14 at Illinois State* 1:00 p.m. MSU has 80 combined come-from-behind wins over the last four seasons and went 13-2 in one-run games in 2018 16 MISSOURI 6:30 p.m. The Bears have posted a 85-38 (.691) regular-season non-conference mark over the last four seasons 18 NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. MSU has outscored its opening-game opponents by a combined 53-11 margin over the course of its six-game, 19 NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. opening-day win streak, including a 32-4 margin in its last three such victories against Central Arkansas (12-1), 20 NEW ORLEANS 2:00 p.m. Rhode Island (12-1) and Texas Southern (8-2) 23 at Missouri 6:30 p.m. RETURNING LETTERWINNERS 26 BRADLEY* 2:00 p.m. 27 BRADLEY* 12:00 p.m. Pos. Player Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS BA/OBP/SLG HR/RBI Notes 28 BRADLEY* 11:00 a.m. DH Drew Millas 6-2 205 Jr. B/R 57/57 .321/.416/.500 7/61 Second-Team NCBWA All-American 30 at Wichita State 6:00 p.m. 1B Ben Whetstone 6-6 245 Jr. L/R 57/57 .278/.453/.378 9/39 MVP of 2018 MVC Championship May 2B John Privitera 5-8 170 Jr. L/R 56/56 .247/.401/.286 0/20 2018 First-Team All-MVC 2 DBU* 6:00 p.m. OF Jack Duffy 5-10 190 Jr. L/R 57/54 .271/.338/.389 3/30 99 starts in first two seasons as a Bear 3 DBU* 6:30 p.m. C Logan Geha 5-11 190 Jr. R/R 45/39 .185/.297/.235 0/9 MSU 26-11 in his 37 starts behind dish 4 DBU* 2:00 p.m. IF/OF Sam Faith 6-3 205 So. B/R 23/5 .121/.194/.242 1/3 First HR as Bear vs. Seton Hall (March 17) 7 WICHITA STATE 6:30 p.m. IF/OF Jordan Fitzpatrick 6-0 190 So. L/R 34/10 .196/.300/.294 1/8 First career HR, 3 RBIs at Valpo (May 6) 10 at Evansville* 6:30 p.m. OF Brooks Zimmerman 6-2 210 Sr. R/R 40/26 .219/.278/.438 6/17 All-tourney selection at MVC Championship 11 at Evansville* 2:00 p.m. Pos. Pitcher Ht. Wt. Class B/T G/GS W-L Sv IP H K/BB BAA ERA 12 at Evansville* 1:00 p.m. 16 VALPARAISO* 6:30 p.m. RHP Logan Wiley 6-0 190 Jr. R/R 22/11 7-6 1 85.0 84 68/23 .251 4.13 17 VALPARAISO* 6:30 p.m. RHP Alex Moore 6-8 240 So. R/R *10/0 0-0 0 10.1 11 7/5 .256 2.61 18 VALPARAISO* 2:00 p.m. LHP Jake Lochner 6-0 200 Sr. L/L 18/0 1-1 1 22.0 16 16/19 .219 2.86 21-25 at MVC Baseball Championship# TBA RHP Connor Sechler 6-3 195 So. R/R 32/0 7-1 8 54.1 41 59/22 .208 2.98 LHP Nate Witherspoon 6-4 210 Jr. L/L 20/0 1-0 0 25.0 27 20/8 .278 3.24 Home games played at Hammons Field in BOLD CAPS RHP Zach Gibbs 6-1 190 So. R/R 4/0 0-0 0 5.0 6 1/4 .286 3.60 *MVC game; $ Texas State Invitational (San Marcos, Texas); @ Tony Gwynn Legacy (San Diego, Calif.); LHP Davis Schwab 6-4 230 Sr. L/L 14/0 2-1 0 23.1 21 20/13 .236 5.01 # at Duffy Bass Field (Normal, Ill.) *Injured last season-2017 season statistics listed MISSOURI STATE BASEBALL Games 1-3 | MISSOURI STATE BEARS at TEXAS STATE TOURNAMENT | Feb. 15-17, 2019 | San Marcos, Texas | Bobcat Ballpark (2,500) | KBFL 1060 AM/96.9 FM (Corey Riggs) MISSOURI STATE QUICK FACTS LEADING OFF SERIES SUMMARIES Founded ............................................................................................1905 The Missouri State Bears will open their 2019 season Location ............................................................................ Springfield, Mo. this weekend when they travel to San Marcos, Texas to take All-Time Record vs. Nevada ...........................................1-1 Address .....................................................................901 S. National Ave. part in the Texas State Tournament at Bobcat Ballpark. Home ............................................................................0-0 ................................................................... Springfield, MO 65897 The Bears will kick off their 56th season of varsity baseball Road .............................................................................0-0 Web Site ....................................................................... MissouriState.edu Friday (Feb. 15) with a 12 p.m. game against the Nevada Neutral .........................................................................1-1 Switchboard .......................................................................(417) 836-5000 Wolf Pack, before taking on the Utah Utes Saturday at Current Streak ..................................................................W1 President ................................................................................... Clif Smart Noon, and the host Texas State Bobcats at 3 p.m. Sun- Last Meeting .................................................. MSU won 10-9 Enrollment ......................................................................................26,182 ....................................................at Lubbock, Texas (5/24/97) Nickname ..........................................................................................Bears day to conclude the weekend.