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2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
SEC Western Division co-champion
Starkville Regional champions
Starkville Super Regional champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
CBNo. 5
Record52–15 (20–10 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Foxhall
  • Jake Gautreau
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  xy 23 7 0   .767 58 12 0   .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 46 17 0   .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 40 21 0   .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 13 16 1   .450 34 22 1   .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 17 0   .433 34 26 0   .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 28 28 0   .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 26 29 0   .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 52 15 0   .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 46 20 0   .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17 13 0   .567 40 26 0   .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 13 1   .550 39 23 1   .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 41 27 0   .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 38 28 0   .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 30 26 0   .536
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

Preseason

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Preseason All-American teams

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1st Team

2nd Team

3rd Team

  • Jake Mangum -"BAMF" Outfielder (Perfect Game)[6]

SEC media poll

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The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in sixth place in the Western Division.[7]

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 LSU 88 (10)
2 Ole Miss 65 (1)
3 Arkansas 59 (1)
4 Auburn 57 (1)
5 Texas A&M 48 (1)
6 Mississippi State 47
7 Alabama 21

Preseason All-SEC teams

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1st Team

  • Jake Mangum – Outfielder

2nd Team

  • Tanner Allen – First Baseman

Roster

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Jake Mangum plays centerfield for the Bulldogs
2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
2 INF Gunner Halter R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Overland Park, Kansas
3 INF J. T. Ginn R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Brandon, Mississippi
4 Rowdey Jordan S/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 171 lb (78 kg) So Auburn, Alabama
5 Tanner Allen L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 184 lb (83 kg) So Theodore, Alabama
6 INF Brandon Smith R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Richland, Mississippi
8 C Dustin Skelton R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Jr Olive Branch, Mississippi
10 Josh Hatcher L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Albany, Georgia
11 INF Jordan Westburg R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) So New Braunfels, Texas
12 C Hayden Jones L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Huntertown, Indiana
13 RHP Peyton Plumlee R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Sr Olive Branch, Mississippi
14 RHP Riley Self R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 241 lb (109 kg) Jr Coldwater, Mississippi
15 OF Jake Mangum S/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Sr Pearl, Mississippi
16 LHP Jack Eagan L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Wautoma, Wisconsin
17 INF Justin Foscue R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 201 lb (91 kg) So Huntsville, Alabama
18 RHP Keegan James R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 214 lb (97 kg) RS Jr Southaven, Mississippi
19 RHP Jared Liebelt R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 169 lb (77 kg) Sr Aurora, Illinois
20 C Luke Hancock L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Houston, Mississippi
23 Tucker Childers L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Ripley, Mississippi
24 RHP Cole Gordon L/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 244 lb (111 kg) RS Sr Tampa, Florida
27 INF Bryce Brock L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Hernando, Mississippi
28 LHP Christian MacLeod L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Huntsville, Alabama
31 OF Benjamin Bell L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Madison, Mississippi
32 INF Landon Jordan L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Poplarville, Mississippi
33 OF Brad Cumbest R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Fr Hurley, Mississippi
34 C Marshall Gilbert R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Sr Kenosha, Wisconsin
35 OF Basiel Williams S/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Hammond, Louisiana
36 OF Hunter Blalock R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Madison, Mississippi
37 RHP Eric Cerantola R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Oakville, Ontario
38 RHP J. P. Elkins R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Ridgeland, Mississippi
39 RHP Tyler Spring R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 202 lb (92 kg) RS Jr Wiggins, Mississippi
40 OF Elijah MacNamee R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Sr Cypress, Texas
41 RHP Colby White R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Foxworth, Mississippi
43 LHP Kale Breaux R/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 193 lb (88 kg) RS Jr Sulphur, Louisiana
44 LHP Ethan Small L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 214 lb (97 kg) RS Jr Lexington, Tennessee
46 LHP Trysten Barlow L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Jr Halls, Tennessee
55 RHP Spencer Price R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 228 lb (103 kg) RS Jr Olive Branch, Mississippi
Head coach

Chris Lemonis

Assistant coach(es)
Hitting coach(es)

Jake Gautreau

Base coach(es)

Kyle Cheesebrough

Pitching coach(es)

Scott Foxhall


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: June 10, 2019

Schedule and results

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2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (45–11)
Post-season (7–4)
College World Series (1–2)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record CWS record
June 16 vs. Auburn (6) No. 3 TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, NE W 5–4 Cole Gordon (5–0) Tanner Burns (4–4) none ESPN2 22,671 52–13 1–0
June 18 vs. (2) No. 2 Vanderbilt (6) No. 3 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE Postponed to 6/19, inclement weather
June 19 vs. (2) No. 2 Vanderbilt (6) No. 3 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 3–6 Kumar Rocker (11–5) Peyton Plumlee (7–5) Tyler Brown (16) ESPN 15,465 52–14 1–1
June 20 vs. (7) No. 11 Louisville (6) No. 3 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 3–4 Reid Detmers (13–4) Cole Gordon (5–1) none ESPN2 24,201 52–15 1–2

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Starkville Regional

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Starkville Regional Teams
(1) Mississippi State Bulldogs (2) Miami Hurricanes (3) Central Michigan Chippewas (4) Southern Jaguars
First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1Mississippi State11
4Southern6
1Mississippi State7
3Central Michigan2
3Central Michigan6
2Miami (FL)5
1Mississippi State
2Miami (FL)
Lower round 1Lower final
2Miami (FL)18
4Southern23Central Michigan3
2Miami (FL)12
Starkville Regional Game 1
(4) Southern Jaguars vs. (1) Mississippi State Bulldogs
May 31, 2019, 12:00 pm (CDT) at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(4) Southern 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 11 2
(1) Mississippi State 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 2 - 11 12 1
WP: Jared Liebelt (2–0)   LP: Connor Whalen (5–1)   Sv: Cole Gordon (10)
Home runs:
SOU: Johnny Johnson
MSST: Rowdey Jordan
Attendance: 8,826
Starkville Regional Game 2
(1) Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. (3) Central Michigan Chippewas
June 1, 2019, 6:00 pm (CDT) at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(1) Mississippi State 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 16 0
(3) Central Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 2
WP: Ethan Small (9–2)   LP: Cameron Brown (10–1)
Home runs:
MSST: Tanner Allen
CMU: Jason Sullivan
Attendance: 11,511
Starkville Regional Championship
(1) Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. (2) Miami Hurricanes
June 2, 2019, 8:00 pm (CDT) at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(1) Mississippi State 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 1
(2) Miami 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8 1
WP: Peyton Plumlee (6–4)   LP: Slade Cecconi (5–4)   Sv: Cole Gordon (11)
Home runs:
MSST: None
MIA: Raymond Gil
Attendance: 9,014

Starkville Super Regional

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Starkville Super Regional Game 1
(11) Stanford Cardinal vs. (6) Mississippi State Bulldogs
June 8, 2019, 7:00 pm (CDT) at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(11) Stanford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 3
(6) Mississippi State 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 X 6 12 1
WP: Ethan Small (10-2)   LP: Brendan Beck (5-4)
Attendance: 13,132
June 9, 2019, 8:00 pm (CDT) at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Mississippi
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(6) Mississippi State 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 11 2
(11) Stanford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
WP: Peyton Plumlee (7-4)   LP: Erik Miller (8-3)
Home runs:
STAN: Tim Tawa
MSST: Elijah MacNamee
Attendance: 11,597

Record vs. conference opponents

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Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 7–23 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 ALA W7 1–9 0–4
ARK 20–10 2–1 2–1 . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 . 3–0 1–2 1–2 ARK W1 7–3 3–0
AUB 14–16 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 AUB W6 4–6 1–1
FLA 13–17 3–0 . . 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 FLA E5 4–6 2–3
UGA 21–9 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–0 . 3–0 1–2 . 2–1 UGA E2 8–2 4–1
KEN 7–23 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 KEN E7 1–9 0–4
LSU 17–13 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 . . 2–1 . LSU W3 6–4 2–1
MSU 20–10 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 0–3 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 . MSU W2 8–2 3–1
MIZZ 13–16 . 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 MIZZ E4 5–4 1–3
MISS 16–14 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 3–0 . MISS W5 5–5 2–1
SCAR 8–22 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 SCAR E6 1–9 0–3
TENN 14–16 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 TENN E3 5–5 1–2
TAMU 16–13 2–1 2–1 2–1 . . 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 TAMU W4 6–3 1–1
VAN 23–7 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 . . 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 1–2 VAN E1 8–2 5–0
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. Missouri at Texas A&M series had one tie game.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[8]1515*854 (4)2 (2)862 (1)8765344*4*4
Baseball America[9]99987225539655555*5*5
Collegiate Baseball^[10]272516852410103976565535
NCBWA[11]131211752395310764455*5*5
D1Baseball14141276228639655333*3*

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

MLB Draft

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Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Ethan Small LHP 1 28 Milwaukee Brewers
Jake Mangum OF 4 118 New York Mets
Colby White RHP 6 188 Tampa Bay Rays
Trysten Barlow LHP 16 489 Colorado Rockies
Dustin Skelton C 18 531 Miami Marlins
Jared Liebelt RHP 20 602 Arizona Diamondbacks
Keegan James RHP 25 759 Colorado Rockies
Marshall Gilbert C 29 874 Pittsburgh Pirates
Peyton Plumlee RHP 31 946 Houston Astros
Cole Gordon RHP 32 958 NY Mets
Tanner Allen§ 1B 34 1029 Colorado Rockies

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†Small, a redshirt junior, had previously been drafted in the 26th round in 2018.[13]
‡Mangum, a senior, had previously been drafted in the 32nd round in 2018.[14]
§Allen, a sophomore, will return to play for Mississippi State in 2020.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Collegiate Baseball 2019 All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2019 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM". NCBWA. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans". D1Baseball. January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  6. ^ Rooney, Mike; Ebert, Patrick (January 8, 2019). "College Preseason All-Americans". Perfect Game. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Vanderbilt picked to win 2019 SEC Baseball Championship
  8. ^ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  9. ^ Baseball America Poll
  10. ^ "2018 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  11. ^ NCBWA > News
  12. ^ "Every 2019 MLB Draft Pick Playing In The College World Series". Baseball America. June 12, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  13. ^ "Mississippi State's Ethan Small earns 2019 National Pitcher of the Year Award". Major League Baseball. June 12, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  14. ^ "Jake Mangum Announces He's Returning To Mississippi State Baseball". FanSided Inc. June 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  15. ^ "Questions remain about injured Ginn, Eagan". The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company. June 11, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.