2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2013
Team:	Mississippi State Bulldogs
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Division:	West
Short Conf:	SEC
Coachrank:	2
Cbrank:	2
Record:	51–20
Conf Record:	16–14
Head Coach:	John Cohen (5th season)
Asst Coach1:	Butch Thompson (5th season)
Asst Coach2:	Nick Mingione (1st season)
Stadium:	Dudy Noble Field
Champion:	Starkville Regional champions Charlottesville Super Regional champions
Bowl:	College World Series Runner-up vs. UCLA
Bowl Result:	L 0–2

The 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents Mississippi State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team is coached by John Cohen, in his 14th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 5th at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field, and compete in the Southeastern Conference's West Division.

After the 2012 season, Assistant Coach Lane Burroughs leaves Mississippi State to become the head coach at Northwestern State. Nick Mingione becomes the assistant coach for the 2013 season, replacing Lane Burroughs.^[1]

After a third-place finish in the SEC West and a semifinal appearance in the 2013 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament, the Bulldogs advanced through the NCAA tournament's Starkville Regional, Charlottesville Super Regional, and College World Series bracket to reach the College World Series final with an 8–1 record in the tournament.

MLB Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Hunter Renfroe	OF	1	13	San Diego Padres
Adam Frazier	SS	6	179	Pittsburgh Pirates
Kendall Graveman	RHP	8	235	Toronto Blue Jays
Chad Girodo	LHP	9	265	Toronto Blue Jays
Evan Mitchell	RHP	13	405	Cincinnati Reds
Daryl Norris	INF/RHP	22	666	Detroit Tigers
Luis Pollorena	LHP	23	700	Texas Rangers

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Schedule

2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb 15 16–1 Lindgren (1–0) Mccallister (0–1) None 5,817 1–0 Feb 16 Portland Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–1 R. Mitchell (1–0) Radke (0–1) Holder (1) 7,147 2–0 Feb 17 Portland Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–1 Graveman (1–0) Torson (0–1) None 3–0 Feb 17 Portland Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–0 Pollorena (1–0) Yinger (0–1) None 6,721 4–0 Feb 19 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–0 Woodruff (1–0) Baker (0–1) Holder (2) 5,650 5–0 Feb 22 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–2 Holder (1–0) McElroy (0–1) None 5,591 6–0 Feb 23 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 8–2 R. Mitchell (2–0) Irby (1–1) None 7–0 Feb 23 Purdue Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–6 Girodo (1–0) Andrzejewski (0–1) Holder (3) 9,184 8–0 Feb 24 Samford Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 8–1 Cox (1–0) McGavin (0–2) None 7,038 9–0 Feb 26 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 13–2 Girodo (2–0) Mantle (0–1) None 5,945 10–0 Feb 27 Rhode Island Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 17–5 R. Mitchell (3–0) Sterner (0–2) None 6,343 11–0
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar 1 10–0 Lindgren (2–0) Stover (0–1) None 6,133 12–0 Mar 2 St. Joseph's Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–1 R. Mitchell (4–0) Carter (0–1) Holder (4) 6,267 13–0 Mar 3 St. Joseph's Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–2 Pollorena (2–0) Mullen (1–3) Bracewell (1) 14–0 Mar 3 St. Joseph's Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–0 Cox (2–0) Thorpe (0–2) Holder (5) 6,496 15–0 Mar 5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 14–2 Pollorena (3–0) Killier (0–3) None 6,105 16–0 Mar 8 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–2 Gentry (1–0) McClanahan (3–1) Holder (6) 6,610 17–0 Mar 9 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–7 Barr (2–0) Woodruff (1–1) McKinzie (1) 7,169 17–1 Mar 10 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–7 Biggerstaff (2–0) Graveman (1–1) None 6,403 17–2 Mar 12 vs. 13–5 Pollorena (4–0) Robbins (1–2) R. Mitchell (1) 6,948 18–2 Mar 15 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–6 (10) Bourgeois (2–0) Cox (2–1) Cotton (6) 8,068 18–3 0–1 Mar 16 LSU Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–7 Eades (4–0) E. Mitchell (0–1) None 9,341 18–4 0–2 Mar 17 LSU Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 10–2 Graveman (2–1) Glenn (3–1) None 7,686 19–4 1–2 Mar 19 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–6 Gentry (2–0) Brown (0–2) Holder (7) 6,310 20–4 Mar 22 8–4 R. Mitchell (5–0) Reed (2–3) None 1,788 21–4 2–2 Mar 23 @ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 2–3 Grundy (5–1) Graveman (2–2) Gott (7) 21–5 2–3 Mar 23 @ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 3–4 Wijas (2–0) Girodo (2–1) None 2,284 21–6 2–4 Mar 26 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 13–5 Gentry (3–0) Lindley (0–1) None 6,059 22–6 Mar 29 4–5 Beeks (3–0) Pollorena (4–1) Suggs (2) 7,845 20–7 2–5 Mar 30 @ Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 4–1 Graveman (3–2) Stanek (2–2) None 8,742 23–7 3–5 Mar 31 @ Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 1–3 Fant (2–0) Bracewell (0–1) Suggs (3) 7,722 23–8 3–6
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Apr 2 @ 6–4 Girodo (3–1) Traylor (2–3) Holder (8) 3,384 24–8 Apr 5 7–3 Pollorena (5–1) Crawford (1–5) Holder (9) 8,414 25–8 4–6 Apr 6 Florida Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–0 Graveman (4–2) Young (1–3) None 8,564 26–8 5–6 Apr 7 Florida Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–8 Magliozzi (3–1) Lindgren (2–1) None 7,660 26–9 5–7 Apr 9 vs. 5–1 R. Mitchell (6–0) Massie (0–1) None 8,240 27–9 Apr 12 @ 3–2 Pollorena (6–1) Mengden (4–2) Holder (10) 4,857 28–9 6–7 Apr 13 @ Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX 9–3 Graveman (5–2) Pineda (3–3) None 4,676 29–9 7–7 Apr 14 @ Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX 15–4 Lindgren (3–1) Ray (3–1) Holder (11) 5,052 30–9 8–7 Apr 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–3 R. Mitchell (7–0) Kendrick (2–2) Holder (12) 7,974 31–9 9–7 Apr 19 Auburn Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 1–3 O'Neal (8–2) Graveman (5–3) Dedrick (4) 10,143 31–10 9–8 Apr 20 Auburn Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–0 Lindgren (4–1) Kendall (0–5) None 14,562 32–10 10–8 Apr 23 @ 12–1 R. Mitchell (8–0) Wills (3–3) None 3,428 33–10 Apr 26 1–3 Ziomek (8–2) Pollorena (6–2) B. Miller (12) 3,423 33–11 10–9 Apr 27 @ Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 2–5 Beede (11–0) Graveman (5–4) Fulmer (3) 2,840 33–12 10–10 Apr 28 @ Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 3–8 Pecoraro (2–1) Lindgren (4–2) None 33–13 10–11
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record May 4 10–6 R. Mitchell (9–0) Turnbull (4–2) Holder (13) 34–13 11–11 May 4 Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–4 (10) Girodo (4–1) Castillo (2–2) None 7,382 35–13 12–11 May 5 Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–6 (11) Holder (2–0) Keller (3–6) None 6,272 36–13 13–11 May 10 @ 0–3 Mayers (4–4) Pollorena (6–3) Huber (11) 10,065 36–14 13–12 May 11 @ Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS 8–10 Smith (3–0) Graveman (5–5) Bailey (3) 10,053 36–15 13–13 May 12 @ Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS 7–6 Bracewell (1–1) Weathersby (0–2) None 8,083 37–15 14–13 May 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–2 Girodo (5–1) Glanz (1–4) Holder (14) 6,298 38–15 May 16 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–4 Girodo (6–1) Webb (2–2) Holder (15) 6,755 39–15 15–13 May 17 South Carolina Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–5 (10) Westmoreland (7–1) Bradford (0–1) Webb (16) 6,932 39–16 15–14 May 18 South Carolina Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–2 R. Mitchell (10–0) Wynkoop (7–3) None 7,687 40–16 16–14
Post-season
SEC tournament Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record May 21 2–1 (17) Cox (3–1) Walsh (2–2) None 5,404 41–16 1–0 May 22 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 5–3 Gentry (4–0) Westmoreland (7–2) None 5,913 42–16 2–0 May 23 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 6–4 Mitchell (11–0) Pineda (5–5) Holder (16) 8.143 43–16 3–0 May 25 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 8–16 Pecoraro (4–1) Lindgren (4–3) Miller (2) 11,963 43–17 3–1
NCAA Starkville Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31 5–3 Graveman (6–5) McClanahan (10–6) Holder (17) 11,102 44–17 1–0 June 1 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–2 Mitchell (12–0) Bell (6–2) None 11,124 45–17 2–0 June 2 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–5 McKinzie (4–2) Gentry (4–1) None 10,226 45–18 2–1 June 3 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–1 Girodo (7–1) Biggerstaff (6–5) None 8,662 46–18 3–1
NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 8 11–6 Graveman (7–5) Waddell (6–3) Mitchell (2) 4,956 47–18 4–1 June 9 Virginia Davenport Field • Charlottesville, VA 6–5 Girodo (8–1) Silverstein (10–2) Holder (18) 4,956 48–18 5–1
College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record June 15 5–4 Mitchell (13–0) Boyd (10–4) Holder (19) 24,473 49–18 1–0 June 17 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 5–4 Girodo (9–1) Halstead (4–5) Holder (20) 25,260 50–18 2–0 June 21 Oregon State TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 4–1 Graveman (8–5) Moore (14–2) Holder (21) 18,868 51–18 3–0 June 24 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 1–3 Plutko (10–3) Fitts (0–1) Berg (24) 25,690 51–19 3–1 June 25 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 0–8 Vander Tuig (14–4) Pollorena (6–4) None 27,127 51–20 3–2

Ranking movements

See main article: 2013 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: MSU assistant Mingione hired as new Kentucky coach. The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company. 13 June 2016. 4 July 2016. 16 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816161002/http://www.cdispatch.com/msusports/article.asp?aid=50872. dead.
2. http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=208277168 Three More Diamond Dogs Drafted In First 10 Rounds
3. http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=208280976 Three More Diamond Dogs Selected In MLB Draft