2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
SEC Baseball Tournament champion
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	West
Record	40–24 (16–14 SEC)
Head coach	John Cohen (4th season)
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

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			49	–	20		.710
No. 6 Florida  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			47	–	20		.701
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			45	–	18		.714
No. 25 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			35	–	28		.556
Georgia  ‍‍‍	14	–	15		.483			31	–	26		.544
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			24	–	31		.436
Western
No. 11 LSU  x‍†‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			47	–	18		.723
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			46	–	22		.676
Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	14		.533			40	–	24		.625
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			37	–	26		.587
Auburn  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			31	–	28		.525
Alabama  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			21	–	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.

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]

• SEC Coaches' All-Defensive Team. ^[19]

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]}

• SEC Coaches' All-Freshman Team. ^[22]
• NCBWA Freshman All-American Team. ^[23]
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American. ^[24]
• Baseball America's Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American Team. ^[25]
• Perfect Game Freshman All-American. ^[26]

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]

• C Spire Ferris Trophy for the best college baseball player in the state of Mississippi. ^[29]
• Southeastern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year. ^[30]
• Consensus All-American.
  • American Baseball Coaches Association All-American
  • Baseball America All-American
  • Collegiate Baseball All-American
  • National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-American

MLB Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Chris Stratton	RHP	1	20	San Francisco Giants
Nick Routt	LHP	16	502	Cincinnati Reds
Kendall Graveman	RHP	36	1097	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

Main article: 2012 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'		*													25	22
Baseball America				23	21								25		24	14	22	22	22
Collegiate Baseball^												29	30		21	17	24	24	24
NCBWA†	34														26	21	28	30	30

^ 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.

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]

Name	Title	First Season at MSU	Alma Mater
John Cohen	Head coach	2009	Mississippi State University (1990)
Butch Thompson	Associate Head Coach	2009	Birmingham Southern (1992)
Lane Burroughs	Assistant coach	2009	Mississippi College (1995)

Players

#	Player	Pos	B	T	YR	Hometown	AVG%	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SLG%	OB%	SB-SA	FLD%
2	Demarcus Henderson	OF	R	R	FR	Waynesboro, MS	.245	36	102	17	25	0	10	.275	.342	6–9	.919
3	Phillip Casey	2B/3B	L	R	FR	Sugar Land, TX	.206	20	34	6	7	1	7	.324	.372	1–2	1.000
5	Daryl Norris	3B	R	R	SO	Fairhope, AL	.273	45	139	17	38	1	25	.353	.380	2–3	.949
7	Taylor Stark	OF	R	R	SO	Flowood, MS	.245	17	49	8	12	0	4	.286	.339	2–3	.917
8	Sam Frost	2B	L	R	JR	Hoover, AL	.214	56	140	18	30	0	20	.271	.319	8–11	.917
9	Tyler Fullerton	OF	R	R	FR	Murfreesboro, TN	.215	35	93	12	20	0	7	.269	.318	1–2	.955
10	C.T. Bradford	OF	L	L	SO	Pace, FL	.258	34	124	19	32	2	17	.339	.345	3–4	.968
12	Adam Frazier	SS	L	R	SO	Bishop, GA	.371	64	245	45	91	0	26	.445	.482	9–15	.957
13	Brayden Jones	3B	R	R	FR	Madison, MS	.174	15	23	3	4	0	2	.217	.296	1–1	.813
15	Matthew Britton	2B	L	R	FR	Cullman, AL	.177	52	124	17	22	0	9	.185	.288	3–3	.947
17	Nick Ammirati	C	S	R	JR	Sparta, NJ	.250	13	12	0	3	0	2	.250	.308	0–1	1.000
22	Luis Pollorena	OF	L	L	JR	Laredo, TX	.182	15	11	3	2	0	1	.182	.231	0–0	.929
24	Brandon Woodruff	OF	L	R	FR	Wheeler, MS	.105	13	19	0	2	0	1	.105	.227	0–1	1.000
29	Mitch Slauter	C	R	R	JR	Olathe, KS	.232	64	220	35	51	3	23	.327	.354	0–2	.990
32	Trey Porter	1B	L	R	JR	Hurley, MS	.259	60	205	26	53	5	24	.376	.388	1–4	.933
34	Hunter Renfroe	OF	R	R	SO	Crystal Springs, MS	.252	61	230	24	58	4	25	.374	.328	7–8	.984
35	Wes Rea	1B	R	R	FR	Gulfport, MS	.249	64	217	24	54	5	41	.392	.326	0–2	.991
42	Brent Brownlee	OF	R	R	SR	Oxford, MS	.204	41	98	12	20	0	11	.235	.304	1–1	.980
49	Kendall Graveman	PR	R	R	JR	Alexander City, AL	.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	0–0	.972
99.	² Totals	–	–	–	–	---------	.251	64	2085	287	524	21	255	.333	.358	45–72	.969
99.	²² Opponents	–	–	–	–	---------	.240	64	2156	219	517	17	192	.313	.314	52–74	.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

#	Player	T	Yr	Hometown	ERA	W-L	G-GS	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	FLD%
44	Andrew Busby	R	JR	Gardendale, AL	0.00	0–0	2–0	0	1.0	1	0	1	1.000
14	Jonathan Holder	R	FR	Gulfport, MS	0.32	2–1	24–0	9	28.1	17	5	30	1.000
4	Ben Bracewell	R	SO	Chelsea, AL	0.93	0–0	9–3	0	19.1	13	10	19	.667
39	Tanner Gaines	R	FR	Baldwyn, MS	1.08	1–0	6–1	0	8.1	5	2	8	.500
48	Ross Mitchell	L	FR	Smyrna, TN	1.18	3–0	24–1	0	38.0	24	8	24	1.000
22	Luis Pollorena	L	JR	Laredo, TX	1.85	4–0	16–4	0	34.0	24	6	24	.929
28	Chris Stratton	R	JR	Tupelo, MS	2.38	11–2	17–12	1	109.2	84	25	127	.952
24	Brandon Woodruff	R	FR	Wheeler, MS	2.38	1–2	12–6	0	34.0	25	17	37	1.000
37	Caleb Reed	R	SR	Cleveland, MS	2.47	1–5	31–1	9	58.1	51	22	52	1.000
49	Kendall Graveman	R	JR	Alexander City, AL	2.81	4–4	16–16	0	89.2	84	21	59	.972
21	Jacob Lindgren	L	FR	Bay St. Louis, MS	3.18	2–2	14–2	1	28.1	31	7	24	1.000
31	Trevor Fitts	R	FR	Helena, AL	3.29	3–0	8–0	0	13.2	17	3	14	1.000
51	Evan Mitchell	R	SO	Marietta, GA	3.52	2–1	13–4	0	38.1	31	28	43	.900
7	Taylor Stark	R	SO	Flowood, MS	3.68	1–0	8–0	1	7.1	11	5	5	.917
36	Nick Routt	L	JR	Silver Spring, MD	3.80	3–5	18–7	0	45.0	58	15	39	.923
38	Will Cox	R	FR	Amory, MS	4.64	2–1	7–6	0	21.1	22	3	22	.800
18	Chad Girodo	L	JR	Hartselle, AL	5.87	0–1	11–0	0	7.2	13	1	6	1.000
10	C.T. Bradford	L	SO	Pace, FL	10.12	0–0	1–1	0	2.2	6	3	2	.968
99.	² Totals	–	–	------	2.58	40–24	64–64	21	585.0	517	181	536	.969
99.	²² Opponents	–	–	------	3.82	24–40	64–64	14	568.1	524	261	443	.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.

#	Player	Pos	B	T	YR	Hometown
6	C.C. Watson	P	L	L	SO	Heflin, AL
25	Nick Flair	SS	R	R	FR	Belle Chasse, LA
33	Preston Brown	P	R	R	FR	Germantown, TN

Schedule and results

2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb 17 Washington State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–2 Stratton (1–0) Leckenby (0–1) None 6,141 1–0 Feb 19 [lower-alpha 1] Washington State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–6 LaRoy (1–0) Reed (0–1) Simon (1) 1–1 Feb 19 Washington State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–4 Stark (1–0) Jackson (0–1) None 6,006 2–1 Feb 24 Kansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 1–0 Stratton (2–0) Tanner (0–1) None 5,817 3–1 Feb 25 Miss. Valley State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 13–5 Fitts (1–0) Lacy (0–2) None 4–1 Feb 25 Kansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–1 E Mitchell (1–0) Jordan (0–1) Reed (1) 3,050 5–1 Feb 26 Miss. Valley State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–1 Cox (1–0) Lostra (0–2) Holder (1) 5,806 6–1 Feb 29 Memphis Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–7 Eaton (1–0) Reed (0–2) None 5,777 6–2
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar 2 Connecticut Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–4 Stratton (3–0) Fischer(0–2) None 5,635 7–2 Mar 3 Lipscomb Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–4 Fitts (2–0) Nunn (0–1) Stark (1) 8–2 Mar 3 Connecticut Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–1 Routt (1–0) Marzi (0–1) Reed (2) 6150 9–2 Mar 4 Lipscomb Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 16–6 Holder (1–0) Fonfara (0–2) None 5,949 10–2 Mar 6 Penn State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–3 Gaines (1–0) Franklin (0–1) Reed (3) 5,684 11–2 Mar 7 Penn State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 10–6 Lindgren (1–0) Dixon (0–1) None 5,741 12–2 Mar 9 Mercer Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–3 Stratton (4–0) Love (2–1) Reed (4) 5,706 13–2 Mar 10 Mercer Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 1–6 Barker (2–0) Routt (1–1) None 6,032 13–3 Mar 11 Mercer Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–1 Graveman (1–0) Randall(1–2) Reed (5) 5,740 14–3 Mar 13 @SE Louisiana Alumni Field • Hammond, LA 3–4 Cutura (1–1) Girodo (0–1) Lopez (6) 1,350 14–4 Mar 14 @SE Louisiana Alumni Field • Hammond, LA 1–5 Manuel (1–2) Cox (1–1) Hills (1) 1,580 14–5 Mar 16 @LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 2–3(10) Goody (1–0) Reed (0–3) None 10,830 14–6 0–1 Mar 17 @LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 3–4 Eades (4–1) Routt (1–2) Goody (2) 11,137 14–7 0–2 Mar 18 @LSU Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–1 Graveman (2–0) Nola (3–1) None 10,610 15–7 1–2 Mar 21 [lower-alpha 2] Alabama A&M Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS RAIN Mar 23 Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 11–2 Stratton (5–0) Baxendale (5–1) None 6,289 16–7 2–2 Mar 24 Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 0–8 Stanek (6–0) Routt (1–3) None 6,763 16–8 2–3 Mar 25 Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–8(11) Suggs (2–0) Reed (0–4) Lynch (2) 6,228 16–9 2–4 Mar 27 Alcorn State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–2 Cox (2–1) Pomerlee (0–2) None 5,781 17–9 Mar 30 @Auburn Hitchcock Field • Auburn, AL 5–3 Stratton (6–0) Varnadore (1–3) Reed (6) 2,656 18–9 3–4 Mar 31 @Auburn Hitchcock Field • Auburn, AL 6–10 Kendall (4–0) Routt (1–4) None 3,522 18–10 3–5
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Apr 1 @Auburn Hitchcock Field • Auburn, AL 2–8 Koger (2–1) Graveman (2–1) Smith (3) 3,458 18–11 3–6 Apr 3 [lower-alpha 3] Miss. Valley State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS RAIN See May 8 Apr 6 Vanderbilt Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–4 Stratton (7–0) Crawford (1–5) Reed (7) 6,353 19–11 4–6 Apr 7 Vanderbilt Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–4(12) Clinard (3–1) Lindgren (1–1) None 6,248 19–12 4–7 Apr 8 Vanderbilt Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 8–7 Pollorena (1–0) Ziomek (2–6) None 5,820 20–12 5–7 Apr 10 South Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–0(12) Fitts (3–0) Huffer (0–1) None 5,812 21–12 Apr 13 @South Carolina Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC 6–7 Beal (2–3) Reed (0–5) Price (2) 8,105 21–13 5–8 Apr 14 @South Carolina Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC 3–5 Montgomery (3–0) Graveman (2–2) Price (3) 8,242 21–14 5–9 Apr 15 @South Carolina Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC 4–6 Holmes (5–0) E Mitchell (1–1) Webb (2) 7,011 21–15 5–10 Apr 17 vs.Ole Miss Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS 3–6 Buchanan (1–0) Woodruff (0–1) Chavez (1) 5,533 21–16 Apr 19 Tennessee Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–1(11) Reed (1–5) Steckenrider (4–3) None 6,388 22–16 6–10 Apr 20 Tennessee Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–1 Graveman (3–2) Kidd (2–1) None 7,968 23–16 6–11 Apr 21 Tennessee Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–2(14) Pollorena (2–0) Blount (2–3) None 9,233 24–16 7–11 Apr 24 vs.Southern Miss Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS 5–0 Routt (2–4) Scarborough (1–2) None 4,300 25–16 Apr 27 Ole Miss Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–0 Stratton (8–0) Wahl (5–1) None 6,601 26–16 8–11 Apr 28 Ole Miss Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–6 Hively (4–3) Graveman (3–3) None 6,977 26–17 8–12 Apr 29 Ole Miss Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–2 Pollorena (3–0) Bailey (1–1) Reed (8) 6,650 27–17 9–12
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record May 4 @Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 3–1 Stratton (9–0) Turnbull (2–4) Holder (2) 3,423 28–17 10–12 May 5 @Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 3–2 E Mitchell (2–1) Keller (1–5) Holder (3) 3,550 29–17 11–12 May 5 @Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 7–8 Hubbard (3–2) Routt (2–5) None 6,272 29–18 12–12 May 8 [lower-alpha 4] Miss. Valley State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–3 R Mitchell (1–0) Lostra (3–9) Lindgren (1) 5,496 30–18 May 11 @Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL 1–4 Randall (6–1) Stratton (9–1) Rodriguez (3) 3,875 30–19 12–13 May 12 @Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL 2–0 Graveman (4–3) Crawford (4–2) Holder (4) 4,593 31–19 13–13 May 13 @Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL 1–2 Maddox (3–2) Lindgren (1–2) None 3,299 31–20 13–14 May 15 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 0–2 McKinzie (1–1) Woodruff (0–2) Biggerstaff (1) 5,804 31–21 May 17 Kentucky Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–1 Stratton (10–1) T Rogers (6–4) Holder (5) 6,146 32–21 14–14 May 18 Kentucky Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–3 Pollorena (4–0) Grundy (4–3) Holder (6) 6,478 33–21 15–14 May 19 Kentucky Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 11–3 Lindgren (2–2) Littrell (8–1) None 6,395 34–21 16–14
Post-season
SEC tournament Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 22 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 9–1 Woodruff (1–2) Stanek (6–4) Holder (7) 5,489 35–21 1–0 May 23 LSU Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 3–2 Stratton (11–1) Broussard (4–1) Holder (8) 7,019 36–21 2–0 May 24 Kentucky Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 1–5 Grundy (5–3) Graveman (4–4) Phillips (7) 6,798 36–22 2–1 May 25 LSU Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 4–3 Holder (2–0) Goody (1–2) None 9,067 [34] 37–22 3–1 May 26 Kentucky Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 2–1 Routt (3–5) Littrell (8–2) Holder (9) 9,243 [35] 38–22 4–1 May 27 Vanderbilt Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 3–0 R Mitchell (2–0) Beede (1–5) Stratton (1) 12,526 39–22 5–1
NCAA Tallahassee Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record Jun 1 Samford Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 0–5 Basford (10–2) Stratton (11–2) None 3,154 39–23 0–1 June 2 UAB Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 8–1 R Mitchell (3–0) Nance (4–4) Reed (9) 3,154 40–23 1–1 June 3 Samford Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 2–3 Burns (4–1) Holder (2–1) Irby (10) 3,081 40–24 1–2

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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