2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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.

2019 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
SEC Western Division co-champion Starkville Regional champions Starkville Super Regional champions
2019 College World Series, 5th (tie)
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
CB	No. 5
Record	52–15 (20–10 SEC)
Head coach	Chris Lemonis (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Scott Foxhall Jake Gautreau
Home stadium	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‡‍y	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

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

1st Team

• Jake Mangum – Outfielder (Collegiate Baseball)^[2]
• Jake Mangum – Outfielder (NCBWA)^[3]

2nd Team

• JT Ginn – Utility Player (Baseball America) ^[4]
• Jake Mangum – Outfielder (D1Baseball)^[5]

3rd Team

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

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.^[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

1st Team

• Jake Mangum – Outfielder

2nd Team

• Tanner Allen – First Baseman

Roster

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 Current redshirt Roster Last update: June 10, 2019

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 Youngstown State No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 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 UAB 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 Southern Miss No. 14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 0–110 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 Jackson State 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 Southeastern Louisiana 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. Sam Houston State Frisco Classic No. 12 Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX 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. Nebraska Frisco Classic No. 12 Dr Pepper Ballpark • Frisco, TX Cancelled due to cold Mar. 5 No. 18 East Carolina No. 7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–1 Keegan James (2–0) Gavin Williams (1–1) Cole Gordon (4) SECN+ 7,013 11–1 – Mar. 6 Arkansas Pine–Bluff 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 Maine (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 Grambling 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 at No. 5 Florida No. 6 Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL 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) SECN 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 Little Rock 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 Samford No. 2 Joe Lee Griffin Stadium • Birmingham, AL W 6–4 Tyler Spring (1–0) Jack Rude (0–2) Cole Gordon (6) 2,284 20–2 – Mar. 22 No. 12 Auburn 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 Mississippi Valley State 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. 17 LSU No. 2 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–5 Ethan Small (3–0) Zack Hess (2–2) Cole Gordon (7) ESPNU 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 Louisiana–Monroe No. 8 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 21–8 Brandon Smith (1–0) Cole Martin (0–3) none SECN+ 7,532 25–5 – April 5 at Tennessee No. 8 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN W 6–311 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 South Alabama 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 Texas Southern 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 at No. 12 Arkansas No. 3 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 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 Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS W 8–1 Trysten Barlow (3–1) Zack Phillips (4–2) none 8,638 33–9 – April 26 No. 4 Georgia 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 at No. 14 Texas A&M No. 6 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX 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 0–17 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 4–37 Peyton Plumlee (4–3) Christian Roa (2–2) Jared Liebelt (4) SECN+ 7,275 38–10 15–9 May 8 Memphis No. 5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–9 Cole Gordon (4–0) Joshua Scheer (2–2) none SECN+ 8,061 39–10 – May 10 at No. 11 Ole Miss No. 5 Swayze Field • Oxford, MS 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 ESPN2 8,572 42–10 18–9 May 14 Louisiana Tech 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 South Carolina 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)
SEC Tournament (1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 22 vs. (5) No. 16 LSU (4) No. 3 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 6–517 Keegan James (4–1) Ma'Khail Hilliard (0–4) none SECN 13,902 46–11 1–0 May 23 vs. (1) No. 2 Vanderbilt (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 2–127 Aaron George (3–1) JT Ginn (8–4) none SECN 14,294 46–13 1–2 NCAA Starkville Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31 (4) Southern (1) No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 11–6 Jared Liebelt (2–0) Connor Whalen (5–1) Cole Gordon (10) SECN 8,826 47–13 1–0 June 1 (3) Central Michigan (1) No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 7–2 Ethan Small (9–2) Cameron Brown (10–1) none ESPN3 11,511 48–13 2–0 June 2 (2) No. 17 Miami (FL) (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 NCAA Starkville Super Regional (2–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 8 (11) No. 4 Stanford (6) No. 3 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–2 Ethan Small (10–2) Brendan Beck (5–4) none ESPNews 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 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 Park • Omaha, 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

Starkville Regional Teams
(1) Mississippi State Bulldogs	(2) Miami Hurricanes	(3) Central Michigan Chippewas	(4) Southern Jaguars

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Mississippi State	11
	4	Southern	6
						1	Mississippi State	7
						3	Central Michigan	2
	3	Central Michigan	6
	2	Miami (FL)	5
											1	Mississippi State
											2	Miami (FL)
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						2	Miami (FL)	18
	4	Southern	2			3	Central Michigan	3
	2	Miami (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

See also: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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

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

2019 SEC baseball records v t e 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

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[8]	15	15*		8	5	4 (4)	2 (2)	8	6	2 (1)	8	7	6	5	3	4	4*	4*	4
Baseball America[9]	9	9	9	8	7	2	2	5	5	3	9	6	5	5	5	5	5*	5*	5
Collegiate Baseball^[10]	27	25	16	8	5	2	4	10	10	3	9	7	6	5	6	5	5	3	5
NCBWA†[11]	13	12	11	7	5	2	3	9	5	3	10	7	6	4	4	5	5*	5*	5
D1Baseball	14	14	12	7	6	2	2	8	6	3	9	6	5	5	3	3	3*	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

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

^[12]

†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]