2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2019
Team:	Mississippi State Bulldogs
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Division:	Western Division
Short Conf:	SEC
Coachrank:	4
Cbrank:	5
Record:	52–15
Conf Record:	20–10
Head Coach:	Chris Lemonis
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Scott Foxhall
Asst Coach2:	Jake Gautreau
Stadium:	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium
Champion:	SEC Western Division co-champion Starkville Regional champions Starkville Super Regional champions
Bowl:	2019 College World Series, 5th (tie)

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

Preseason All-American teams

1st Team

• Jake Mangum – Outfielder (Collegiate Baseball)^[1]
• Jake Mangum – Outfielder (NCBWA)^[2]

2nd Team

• JT Ginn – Utility Player (Baseball America) ^[3]
• Jake Mangum – Outfielder (D1Baseball)^[4]

3rd Team

• Jake Mangum -"BAMF" Outfielder (Perfect Game)^[5]

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in sixth place in the Western Division.^[6]

Media poll (West)
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

1st Team

• Jake Mangum – Outfielder

2nd Team

• Tanner Allen – First Baseman

Schedule and results

2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (45–11)
February (8–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb. 15 No. 14 W 14–3 Cole Gordon (1–0) Kip DeShields (0–1) none SECN+ 8,503 1–0 – Feb. 16 Youngstown State (DH-1) No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 14–2 JT Ginn (1–0) Chad Coles (0–1) none SECN+ 9,157 2–0 – Feb. 16 Youngstown State (DH-2) No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–0 Keegan James (1–0) Jon Synder (0–1) none SECN+ 9,157 3–0 – Feb. 17 Youngstown State No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Moved to 2/16, impending weather Feb. 20 No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 3–2 Riley Self (1–0) Riley Davis (1–1) Cole Gordon (1) SECN+ 6,539 4–0 – Feb. 22 No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 0–1^10 Ryan Och (1–0) Trysten Barlow (0–1) none SECN+ 7,091 4–1 – Feb. 23 Southern Miss No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–1 JT Ginn (2–0) Steve Powers (1–1) none SECN+ 9,376 5–1 – Feb. 24 Southern Miss No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–3 Cole Gordon (2–0) Ryan Och (1–1) none SECN+ 9,449 6–1 – Feb. 26 No. 12 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 17–4 Eric Cerantola (1–0) Mario Lopez (0–2) none SECN+ 7,019 7–1 – Feb. 27 No. 12 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 12–0 Peyton Plumlee (1–0) Trey Shaffer (0–1) none SECN+ 7,860 8–1 –
March (16–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar. 1 vs. Frisco Classic No. 12 W 5–4 Trysten Barlow (1–1) Riley Gossett (0–1) Cole Gordon (2) 6,447 9–1 – Mar. 2 vs. No. 3 Texas Tech Frisco Classic No. 12 Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX W 4–2 JT Ginn (3–0) Caleb Kilian (0–2) Cole Gordon (3) 7,527 10–1 – Mar. 3 vs. Frisco Classic No. 12 Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX Cancelled due to cold Mar. 5 No. 18 No. 7 W 4–1 Keegan James (2–0) Gavin Williams (1–1) Cole Gordon (4) SECN+ 7,013 11–1 – Mar. 6 No. 7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 14–1 Eric Cerantola (2–0) Colton Bochtler (0–1) none SECN+ 6,506 12–1 – Mar. 8 (DH-1) No. 7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–2 Ethan Small (1–0) Nick Silva (0–2) Jared Liebelt (1) SECN+ 7,238 13–1 – Mar. 8 Maine (DH-2) No. 7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–1 JT Ginn (4–0) Peter Kemble (0–3) none SECN+ 7,238 14–1 – Mar. 9 Maine No. 8 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Moved to 3/8, impending weather Mar. 10 Maine No. 7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–8 Colby White (1–0) Jacob Small (0–1) Cole Gordon (5) SECN+ 7,458 15–1 – Mar. 13 No. 6 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 18–1 Eric Cerantola (3–0) Andy Escano (0–2) none SECN+ 7,495 16–1 – Mar. 15 No. 6 W 6–5 Ethan Small (2–0) Tommy Mace (4–1) none SECN+ 4,215 17–1 1–0 Mar. 16 at No. 5 Florida (DH-1) No. 6 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL W 10–5 JT Ginn (5–0) Jack Leftwich (4–1) Jared Liebelt (2) 4,019 18–1 2–0 Mar. 16 at No. 5 Florida (DH-2) No. 6 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 2–4 Tyler Dyson (3–0) Keegan James (2–1) Christian Scott (1) SECN+ 3,247 18–2 2–1 Mar. 17 at No. 5 Florida No. 6 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL Moved to 3/16, impending weather Mar. 19 No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 15–4 Jack Eagan (1–0) Ethan Daily (0–2) none SECN+ 7,470 19–2 – Mar. 20 at No. 2 W 6–4 Tyler Spring (1–0) Jack Rude (0–2) Cole Gordon (6) 2,284 20–2 – Mar. 22 No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 5–6 Elliott Anderson (4–0) Colby White (1–1) Cody Greenhill (4) SECN+ 10,029 20–3 2–2 Mar. 23 No. 12 Auburn No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 15–2 JT Ginn (6–0) Carson Skipper (3–1) none SECN+ 12,343 21–3 3–2 Mar. 24 No. 12 Auburn No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 20–15 Cole Gordon (3–0) Cody Greenhill (0–1) none SECN+ 9,886 22–3 4–2 Mar. 26 No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 18–5 Jared Liebelt (1–0) Morgan Lomax (0–1) none SECN+ 7,198 23–3 – Mar. 28 No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–5 Ethan Small (3–0) Zack Hess (2–2) Cole Gordon (7) 9,797 24–3 5–2 Mar. 29 No. 17 LSU No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 5–10 Cole Henry (2–1) JT Ginn (6–1) none SECN 11,262 24–4 5–3 Mar. 30 No. 17 LSU No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–11 Eric Walker (2–1) Peyton Plumlee (1–1) none SECN+ 11,648 24–5 5–4
April (12–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 3 No. 8 W 21–8 Brandon Smith (1–0) Cole Martin (0–3) none SECN+ 7,532 25–5 – April 5 No. 8 W 6–3^11 Trysten Barlow (2–1) Garrett Crochet (3–2) none SECN+ 2,684 26–5 6–4 April 6 at Tennessee No. 8 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN L 1–2 Zach Linginfelter (5–3) Peyton Plumlee (1–2) Redmond Walsh (4) SECN+ 2,485 26–6 6–5 April 7 at Tennessee No. 8 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 7–5 Keegan James (3–1) Will Heflin (3–1) Jared Liebelt (3) SECN+ 2,416 27–6 7–5 April 10 No. 6 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 7–5 Brandon Smith (2–0) Patrick McBride (0–2) Cole Gordon (8) SECN+ 7,270 28–6 – April 12 Alabama Super Bulldog Weekend No. 6 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–0 Ethan Small (4–0) Sam Finnerty (5–4) none SECN+ 10,386 29–6 8–5 April 13 Alabama Super Bulldog Weekend No. 6 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–1 Peyton Plumlee (2–2) Brock Love (4–2) none SECN+ 11,112 30–6 9–5 April 14 Alabama Super Bulldog Weekend No. 6 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 13–3 JT Ginn (7–1) Casey Cobb (0–1) none SECN 8,593 31–6 10–5 April 16 No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–1 Colby White (2–1) Alex Olguin (2–2) none SECN+ 7,402 32–6 – April 18 No. 3 L 3–5 Isaiah Campbell (7–1) Ethan Small (4–1) Matt Cronin (8) ESPNU 8,338 32–7 10–6 April 19 at No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 5–12 Kevin Kopps (3–3) Peyton Plumlee (2–3) none SECN+ 9,573 32–8 10–7 April 20 at No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 2–10 Connor Noland (2–2) JT Ginn (7–2) none SECN+ 11,087 32–9 10–8 April 23† vs. No. 19 Ole Miss Governor's Cup No. 9 W 8–1 Trysten Barlow (3–1) Zack Phillips (4–2) none 8,638 33–9 – April 26 No. 9 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 19–3 Ethan Small (5–1) C.J. Smith (3–3) none SECN+ 9,061 34–9 11–8 April 27 No. 4 Georgia No. 9 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–3 JT Ginn (8–2) Tony Locey (7–1) none SECN 9,572 35–9 12–8 April 28 No. 4 Georgia No. 9 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–5 Peyton Plumlee (3–3) Tim Elliott (5–3) none SECN+ 8,204 36–9 13–8
May (9–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 2 No. 6 Postponed to 5/4, inclement weather May 3 at No. 14 Texas A&M No. 6 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX W 4–0 Ethan Small (6–1) John Doxakis (5–3) none SECN+ 4,734 37–9 14–8 May 4 at No. 14 Texas A&M (DH-1) No. 6 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L 0–1^7 Asa Lacy (7–3) JT Ginn (8–3) none SECN 7,275 37–10 14–9 May 4 at No. 14 Texas A&M (DH-2) No. 6 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX W 4–3^7 Peyton Plumlee (4–3) Christian Roa (2–2) Jared Liebelt (4) SECN+ 7,275 38–10 15–9 May 8 No. 5 W 10–9 Cole Gordon (4–0) Joshua Scheer (2–2) none SECN+ 8,061 39–10 – May 10 No. 5 W 2–0 Ethan Small (7–1) Will Ethridge (5–5) Jared Liebelt (5) SECN+ 8,797 40–10 16–9 May 11 at No. 11 Ole Miss No. 5 Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 8–5 Riley Self (2–0) Austin Miller (4–1) Cole Gordon (9) SECN+ 8,967 41–10 17–9 May 12 at No. 11 Ole Miss No. 5 Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 11–5 Peyton Plumlee (5–3) Gunnar Hoglund (1–2) none 8,572 42–10 18–9 May 14 No. 5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 7–3 Brandon Smith (3–0) Logan Robbins (4–4) none SECN+ 7,989 43–10 – May 16 No. 5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 24–7 Ethan Small (8–1) Cam Tringali (2–4) none SECN+ 8,094 44–10 19–9 May 17 South Carolina No. 5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 11–2 Colby White (3–1) Reid Morgan (4–6) none SECN+ 9,235 45–10 20–9 May 18 South Carolina No. 5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 8–10 Brett Kerry (4–1) Peyton Plumlee (5–4) Parker Coyne (1) SECN+ 10,461 45–11 20–10
Post-season (7–4)
(1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 22 (4) No. 3 W 6–5^17 Keegan James (4–1) Ma'Khail Hilliard (0–4) none SECN 13,902 46–11 1–0 May 23 (4) No. 3 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 0–1 Drake Fellows (11–0) Ethan Small (8–2) Tyler Brown (14) SECN 8,620 46–12 1–1 May 24 vs. (5) No. 16 LSU (4) No. 3 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 2–12^7 Aaron George (3–1) JT Ginn (8–4) none SECN 14,294 46–13 1–2 (3–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31 (1) No. 3 W 11–6 Jared Liebelt (2–0) Connor Whalen (5–1) Cole Gordon (10) SECN 8,826 47–13 1–0 June 1 (1) No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 7–2 Ethan Small (9–2) Cameron Brown (10–1) none 11,511 48–13 2–0 June 2 (1) No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–2 Peyton Plumlee (6–4) Slade Cecconi (5–4) Cole Gordon (11) SECN 9,014 49–13 3–0 (2–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 8 (6) No. 3 W 6–2 Ethan Small (10–2) Brendan Beck (5–4) none 13,132 50–13 4–0 June 9 (11) No. 4 Stanford (6) No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–1 Peyton Plumlee (7–4) Erik Miller (8–3) none ESPNU 11,597 51–13 5–0 (1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record CWS record June 16 (6) No. 3 W 5–4 Cole Gordon (5–0) Tanner Burns (4–4) none ESPN2 22,671 52–13 1–0 June 18 (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 (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 Super Regional

See also: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Rankings

See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

MLB Draft

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

^[7]
†Small, a redshirt junior, had previously been drafted in the 26th round in 2018.^[8]
‡Mangum, a senior, had previously been drafted in the 32nd round in 2018.^[9]
§Allen, a sophomore, will return to play for Mississippi State in 2020.^[10]

Notes and References

1. News: Collegiate Baseball 2019 All-Americans . Collegiate Baseball Newspaper . December 17, 2018 . January 8, 2019.
2. News: NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2019 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM . . February 5, 2019 . February 5, 2019.
3. News: 2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans . . Teddy. Cahill. Carlos . Collazo. January 28, 2019 . January 28, 2019.
4. News: 2019 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans . D1Baseball . January 21, 2019 . January 21, 2019.
5. News: College Preseason All-Americans . Perfect Game . Mike. Rooney. Patrick . Ebert. January 8, 2019 . January 8, 2019.
6. http://www.secsports.com/article/25945736/vanderbilt-picked-win-2019-sec-baseball-championship Vanderbilt picked to win 2019 SEC Baseball Championship
7. Web site: Every 2019 MLB Draft Pick Playing In The College World Series. June 12, 2019. Baseball America. 27 January 2020.
8. Web site: Mississippi State's Ethan Small earns 2019 National Pitcher of the Year Award. June 12, 2019. Major League Baseball. 27 January 2020.
9. Web site: Jake Mangum Announces He's Returning To Mississippi State Baseball. June 2018. FanSided Inc.. 27 January 2020.
10. Web site: Questions remain about injured Ginn, Eagan. June 11, 2019. The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company. 27 January 2020.