2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWest
Record40–24 (16–14 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coach Lane Burroughs (4th season)
Pitching coach Butch Thompson (4th season)
Home stadium Dudy Noble Field
Seasons
←  2011
2013  →
2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y18–11 .62149–20 .710
No. 6 Florida  ‍‍‍y18–12 .60047–20 .701
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y18–12 .60045–18 .714
No. 25 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y16–14 .53335–28 .556
Georgia  ‍‍‍14–15 .48331–26 .544
Tennessee  ‍‍‍8–22 .26724–31 .436
Western
No. 11 LSU  x‍†‍‍y19–11 .63347–18 .723
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y16–14 .53346–22 .676
Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y16–14 .53340–24 .625
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y14–16 .46737–26 .587
Auburn  ‍‍‍13–17 .43331–28 .525
Alabama  ‍‍‍9–21 .30021–34 .382
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2012 [1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2012. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 13th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 4th at Mississippi State.

Contents

Mississippi State wins the 2012 SEC Tournament championship winning a school record 5 games against 1 loss, [2] is then eliminated in the NCAA tournament in the Tallahassee Regional, and finishes ranked in some polls.

Pre-season

The 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball team was looking to continue rebuilding after the 2011 MSU Baseball team had a winning record and returned to the NCAA tournament, both for the first time in 4 years. The 2012 MSU baseball team welcomes a recruiting class ranked 14th by Baseball America, which is the third consecutive top 20 ranked recruiting class. [3]

The SEC coaches pick this team to finish 5th in the West division. [4] The team is not ranked in the top 25 in any of the four major preseason polls. The team went on to finish tied for 2nd in the SEC West, to win the SEC Tournament and at one point is ranked as high as 14th.

Senior RHP Caleb Reed is selected 1st team NCBWA Preseason All-American. [5] Reed is also selected 1st team SEC Preseason All-Conference by College Sports Madness, while sophomore OF C.T. Bradford, and sophomore SS Adam Frazier are selected 2nd team. [6]

Regular season

Going 4–0 to open the season, they were ranked 18th on February 27, 2012, by Perfect Game. [7] They will end the regular season ranked as high as 21st (See Ranking Movements below).

Mississippi State entered the final series of the regular season at 31–21, 13–14 in conference play. In that final series, they swept, at that time, #2 Kentucky, at home, in Starkville, to finish the regular season 34–21, 16–14. [8] For the regular season, they won all five conference series at home, including a sweep of Tennessee in addition to Kentucky, and lost all five series on the road, including being swept by South Carolina.

Games Schedule, results, and box scores can be found at the reference. [9]

SEC Tournament

In the SEC tournament, with all rankings according to the final Coaches' Poll, Mississippi State beat #3 Arkansas then #11 LSU, before losing to #19 Kentucky; they then beat #11 LSU, again, #19 Kentucky, winning the rematch, and #25 Vanderbilt to win the SEC Tournament championship. [10] SS Adam Frazier is the Tournament MVP. Frazier, OF Demarcus Henderson, and P Jonathan Holder make the All-Tournament team. [11] Frazier, in 6 games, hits 0.522 with one double, has an OBP of 0.560, scores 4 runs, has 3 rbi, and successfully hits a sacrifice bunt. [12] Holder, in 4 games, has 3 saves and 1 win, giving up 0 runs. [13]

In the championship game Mississippi State beats Vanderbilt, shutting them out 3–0. Pitchers Brandon Woodruff, Ross Mitchell, Caleb Reed, and Chris Stratton combine for the shutout.

After, going 5–1 in, and winning the SEC Tournament, at 39–22 overall, they are ranked as high as 14th by Baseball America. [14]

NCAA tournament

In the NCAA tournament, Mississippi State is regionally seeded 2nd, in the Tallahassee Regional. They lose in an upset to 3rd seed Samford, then win to eliminate 4th seed UAB, and then lose to be eliminated by 3rd seed Samford. In the losing effort, four Mississippi State players make the 11 man, Regional All-Tournament team, Matthew Britton (FR 2B), Adam Frazier (SO SS), Wes Rea (FR 1B), and Mitch Slauter (JR C). [15]

After the post season ends, going 1–2 in the NCAA tournament, they are ranked as high as 22nd by Baseball America. [16]

Season Awards

RHP Kendall Graveman is the first Mississippi State player to be named to this team, since the conference started this all-defensive team in 2008. [17] He only committed 1 error in 89.2 innings pitched. [18]

RHP Jonathan Holder saw limited action as a true freshman, in 2012. He did lose the game, in relief, to eliminate Mississippi State from the NCAA tournament. But at one point, he set a school record scoreless streak at 27.1 innings, which was his entire start to the season. Overall, he had an ERA of 0.32, 30 strikeouts, and 5 base-on-balls, in 28.1 innings. The only runs given up were 2 runs, 1 earned, in 1.0 inning pitched, in the NCAA Regional elimination game. Overall, he went 2–1 with 9 saves. In the last 11 games, in which he appeared, he had 8 saves and went 1–1. [20] [21]

RHP Chris Stratton went 11–2 with a 2.38 ERA with 127 strikeouts and 25 base-on-balls in 109.2 innings. [27] He was the first Consensus All-American for Mississippi State since Will Clark in 1985. [28]

MLB Draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Chris Stratton RHP120 San Francisco Giants
Nick RouttLHP16502 Cincinnati Reds
Kendall Graveman RHP361097 Miami Marlins

[31] NOTE: Kendall Graveman will not sign, finishes his senior year at Mississippi State and then goes in the 8th round the next year. [32]

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' *2522
Baseball America 2321252414222222
Collegiate Baseball^29302117242424
NCBWA†342621283030

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
Notes: The Coaches' and Baseball America had no rankings for week 16 and 17, June 5 and June 11; the Final rank is used.

Roster and Stats

Coaches

[33]

NameTitleFirst Season at MSUAlma Mater
John Cohen Head coach2009 Mississippi State University (1990)
Butch Thompson Associate Head Coach2009 Birmingham Southern (1992)
Lane Burroughs Assistant coach2009 Mississippi College (1995)

Players

#PlayerPosBTYRHometownAVG%GABRHHRRBISLG%OB%SB-SAFLD%
2Demarcus HendersonOFRRFRWaynesboro, MS.245361021725010.275.3426–9.919
3Phillip Casey2B/3BLRFRSugar Land, TX.20620346717.324.3721–21.000
5Daryl Norris3BRRSOFairhope, AL.273451391738125.353.3802–3.949
7Taylor StarkOFRRSOFlowood, MS.245174981204.286.3392–3.917
8Sam Frost2BLRJRHoover, AL.214561401830020.271.3198–11.917
9Tyler FullertonOFRRFRMurfreesboro, TN.2153593122007.269.3181–2.955
10C.T. BradfordOFLLSOPace, FL.258341241932217.339.3453–4.968
12Adam FrazierSSLRSOBishop, GA.371642454591026.445.4829–15.957
13Brayden Jones3BRRFRMadison, MS.17415233402.217.2961–1.813
15Matthew Britton2BLRFRCullman, AL.17752124172209.185.2883–3.947
17Nick AmmiratiCSRJRSparta, NJ.25013120302.250.3080–11.000
22Luis PollorenaOFLLJRLaredo, TX.18215113201.182.2310–0.929
24Brandon WoodruffOFLRFRWheeler, MS.10513190201.105.2270–11.000
29Mitch SlauterCRRJROlathe, KS.232642203551323.327.3540–2.990
32Trey Porter1BLRJRHurley, MS.259602052653524.376.3881–4.933
34 Hunter Renfroe OFRRSOCrystal Springs, MS.252612302458425.374.3287–8.984
35Wes Rea1BRRFRGulfport, MS.249642172454541.392.3260–2.991
42Brent BrownleeOFRRSROxford, MS.20441981220011.235.3041–1.980
49Kendall GravemanPRRRJRAlexander City, AL.000101000.000.0000–0.972
99.² Totals––––---------.25164208528752421255.333.35845–72.969
99.²² Opponents––––---------.24064215621951717192.313.31452–74.975

NOTE: The use of 99. and ² have no significance other than to maintain Totals and Opponents at the bottom when sorted ascending for those columns.

Pitchers

#PlayerTYrHometownERAW-LG-GSSVIPHBBSOFLD%
44Andrew BusbyRJRGardendale, AL0.000–02–001.01011.000
14Jonathan HolderRFRGulfport, MS0.322–124–0928.1175301.000
4Ben BracewellRSOChelsea, AL0.930–09–3019.1131019.667
39Tanner GainesRFRBaldwyn, MS1.081–06–108.1528.500
48Ross MitchellLFRSmyrna, TN1.183–024–1038.0248241.000
22Luis PollorenaLJRLaredo, TX1.854–016–4034.024624.929
28Chris StrattonRJRTupelo, MS2.3811–217–121109.28425127.952
24Brandon WoodruffRFRWheeler, MS2.381–212–6034.02517371.000
37Caleb ReedRSRCleveland, MS2.471–531–1958.15122521.000
49Kendall GravemanRJRAlexander City, AL2.814–416–16089.2842159.972
21 Jacob Lindgren LFRBay St. Louis, MS3.182–214–2128.1317241.000
31Trevor FittsRFRHelena, AL3.293–08–0013.2173141.000
51Evan MitchellRSOMarietta, GA3.522–113–4038.1312843.900
7Taylor StarkRSOFlowood, MS3.681–08–017.11155.917
36Nick RouttLJRSilver Spring, MD3.803–518–7045.0581539.923
38Will CoxRFRAmory, MS4.642–17–6021.122322.800
18Chad GirodoLJRHartselle, AL5.870–111–007.213161.000
10C.T. BradfordLSOPace, FL10.120–01–102.2632.968
99.² Totals––------2.5840–2464–6421585.0517181536.969
99.²² Opponents––------3.8224–4064–6414568.1524261443.975

NOTE: The use of 99. and ² have no significance other than to maintain Totals and Opponents at the bottom when sorted ascending for those columns.

Players Not Played

These players were on the roster, but did not appear in a game, and may have been redshirted or left the program.

#PlayerPosBTYRHometown
6C.C. WatsonPLLSOHeflin, AL
25Nick FlairSSRRFRBelle Chasse, LA
33Preston BrownPRRFRGermantown, TN

Schedule and results

2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season
Post-season
SEC tournament
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT Record
May 22 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 9–1 Woodruff (1–2)Stanek (6–4)Holder (7)5,48935–211–0
May 23 LSU Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 3–2 Stratton (11–1)Broussard (4–1)Holder (8)7,01936–212–0
May 24 Kentucky Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 1–5 Grundy (5–3)Graveman (4–4)Phillips (7)6,79836–222–1
May 25LSUHoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 4–3 Holder (2–0)Goody (1–2)None9,067 [34] 37–223–1
May 26KentuckyHoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 2–1 Routt (3–5)Littrell (8–2)Holder (9)9,243 [35] 38–224–1
May 27 Vanderbilt Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 3–0 R Mitchell (2–0)Beede (1–5)Stratton (1)12,52639–225–1
NCAA Tallahassee Regional
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
Jun 1 Samford Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 0–5 Basford (10–2)Stratton (11–2)None3,15439–230–1
June 2 UAB Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 8–1 R Mitchell (3–0)Nance (4–4)Reed (9)3,15440–231–1
June 3SamfordDick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 2–3 Burns (4–1)Holder (2–1)Irby (10)3,08140–241–2
  1. ↑ Suspended due to rain on Feb 18 and completed on Feb 19.
  2. ↑ Game was cancelled due to rain and was not rescheduled.
  3. ↑ Game was suspended due to rain and completed on May 8.
  4. ↑ Makeup of Apr 3 game.

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