2021 Texas State Bobcats baseball team

2021 Texas State Bobcats baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	West Division
Record	21–36 (9–15 SBC)
Head coach	Steven Trout (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Josh Blakley Chad Massengale
Home stadium	Bobcat Ballpark
Seasons ←  2020 2022  →

2021 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East Division
South Alabama  x‍‍‡‍y	15	–	9		.625			36	–	22		.621
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			34	–	23		.596
Troy  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			27	–	26		.509
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	11	–	10		.524			21	–	31		.404
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			18	–	37		.327
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			27	–	24		.529
West Division
Louisiana  x‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			32	–	23		.582
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			27	–	30		.474
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			26	–	26		.500
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			21	–	30		.412
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			19	–	30		.388
Texas State  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			21	–	36		.368
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 7, 2021 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Texas State Bobcats baseball team represented Texas State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Ballpark and were led by second-year head coach Steven Trout. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Preseason

Signing Day Recruits

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Player	Hometown	Previous Team
Pitchers
Hunter Caldwell	Hardin, Texas	Hardin County HS
Tyler Cooper	Kyle, Texas	Hays HS
Jeb Drewery	Hallsville, Texas	Hallsville HS
McCray Gann	Odessa, Texas	Permian HS
Dylan Kerbow	The Woodlands, Texas	The Woodlands HS
Kyler Kirkpatrick	Round Rock, Texas	Round Rock HS
Victor Loa	Los Fresnos, Texas	Los Fresnos HS
Edward Mendoza	Eagle Pass, Texas	Eagle Pass HS
Nick Moore	Plano, Texas	Plano West HS
Travis Phelps	Alvin, Texas	Galveston College
Hitters
Kyle Atkinson	New Boston, Texas	New Boston HS
Chris Bernal	McAllen, Texas	McAllen HS
Ryder Hernandez	Cedar Park, Texas	Cedar Park HS
Ryan Leary	Liberty Hill, Texas	Liberty Hill HS
Daylan Pena	Corpus Christi, Texas	Veterans Memorial HS
Damien Whitfield	Atlanta, Georgia	Next Level Academy

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15, 2021 and the Bobcats were picked to finish first in the West Division and second overall in the conference. ^[3]

Coaches poll (West)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Texas State	65 (6)
2	UT Arlington	58 (4)
3	Louisiana	52 (2)
4	Little Rock	33
5	Louisiana–Monroe	27
6	Arkansas State	13

Roster

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2021 Texas State Bobcats roster
	Pitchers 3 Trevis Sundgren - Junior 9 Triston Dixon - Sophomore 12 Jacob Millender - Junior 13 Cade Bullinger - Redshirt Junior 14 Hayden Vanderroest - Freshman 16 Tristan Stivors - Junior 18 Wes Engle - Redshirt Senior 20 Reece Gould - Sophomore 26 Tristan McCraw - Redshirt Sophomore 27 Otto Wofford - Freshman 28 Matthew Nicholas - Redshirt Sophomore 31 Garrett Herrmann - Senior 32 Dontae Woodard - Sophomore 33 Cody Farmer - Sophomore 34 Zeke Wood - Sophomore 35 Cameron Bush - Redshirt Freshman 39 Tony Robie - Freshman 40 Austin Smith - Redshirt Sophomore 41 Carson Keithley - Freshman 42 Zachary Leigh - Senior 43 Rhett McCaffety - Freshman 44 Cade Medlin - Freshman 45 Jonathan Martinez - Freshman 47 Colby Cooke - Freshman 48 Josh Hernandez - Freshman 50 Jerry Cuevas - Freshman Isaac Ponce - Freshman		Catchers 2 Tucker Redden - Senior 4 Bryce Bonner - Senior 21 Peyton Lewis - Sophomore Infielders 1 Jaxon Williams - Senior 8 Dalton Shuffield - Junior 10 Justin Thompson - Junior 11 Cameron Gibbons - Junior 23 Jose Gonzalez - Sophomore 24 Wesley Faison - Junior 25 Cole Coffey - Senior 29 Casey Sunseri - Freshman 36 Cade Manning - Freshman 38 Johnny Gonzales - Senior 49 Fabian Mayfield - Freshman		Outfielders 6 Will Hollis - Redshirt Senior 7 John Wuthrich - Junior 15 Chase Evans - Senior 17 Isaiah Ortega-Jones - Junior 19 Ben McClain - Redshirt Sophomore 46 Jared Younce - Freshman

Coaching staff

2021 Texas State Bobcats coaching staff
Steven Trout – Head Coach – 2nd year Josh Blakley – Assistant Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator – 3rd year Chad Massengale – Assistant Head Coach – 4th year Jerry Cervantez – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 3rd year Todd Haney – Director of Player Development & Analytics – 3rd year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Texas State win
	Texas State loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Texas State team member

2021 Texas State Bobcats baseball game log
Regular season (21-34)
February (3-5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 20 BYU Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 5-4 Smith (1-0) Walker (0-1) Stivors (1) 165 1-0 Feb. 20 BYU Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 4-9 Robison (1-0) Sundgren (0-1) McLaughlin (1) 151 1-1 Feb. 22 BYU Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 11-6 Smith (2-0) Mabeus (0-1) Dixon (1) 700 2-1 Feb. 23 BYU Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 6-7 McIntyre (1-0) Stivors (0-1) None ESPN+ 700 2-2 Feb. 24 at Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX W 5-4 Gould (1-0) Beard (0-1) Sundgren (1) 225 3-2 Feb. 27 at Sacramento State John Smith Field • Sacramento, CA L 4-8 Randall (1-0) Leigh (0-1) None 15 3-3 Feb. 27 at Sacramento State John Smith Field • Sacramento, CA L 4-5 Tinsley (1-0) Smith (2-1) Churby (2) 15 3-4 Feb. 28 at Sacramento State John Smith Field • Sacramento, CA L 1-7 Saul (1-1) Wood (0-1) None 15 3-5
March (8-9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 2 New Mexico State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 8-6 Wofford (1-0) Laukkanen (0-2) Stivors (2) 700 4-5 Mar. 3 No. 19 Texas Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 3-10 Wenzel (2-0) Bush (0-1) None ESPN+ 700 4-6 Shriner's Hospitals for Children College Classic Mar. 5 vs. No. 10 Texas Tech Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L 4-8 Key (1-0) Leigh (0-2) None 4-7 Mar. 6 vs. No. 13 TCU Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L 0-10 (8 inns) Smith (2-0) Sundgren (0-1) None 4-8 Mar. 7 vs. Rice Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX W 9-1 Wood (1-1) Gallant (1-1) None 2,255 5-8 Mar. 9 No. 11 TCU Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 11-1 (7 inns) Herrmann (1-0) Meador (1-1) None ESPN+ 700 6-8 Mar. 12 Houston Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 3-12 Gasser (2-1) Leigh (0-3) None ESPN+ 700 6-9 Mar. 13 Houston Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 15-9 Bush (1-1) Bretz (0-1) None ESPN+ 700 7-9 Mar. 14 Houston Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 7-8 Deese (2-1) Smith (2-2) Cherry (1) ESPN+ 700 7-10 Mar. 17 Rice Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 16-5 (7 inns) Herrmann (2-0) Zaskoda (1-1) None ESPN+ 700 8-10 Mar. 19 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 1-2 (11 inns) Barkley (4-0) Wofford (1-1) None ESPN+ 212 8-11 0-1 Mar. 20 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 0-12 Arnold (2-2) Bush (1-2) None ESPN+ 238 8-12 0-2 Mar. 21 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 4-7 Weatherley (2-0) Nicholas (0-1) Barkley (2) ESPN+ 254 8-13 0-3 Mar. 24 Oklahoma Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 5-2 Wood (2-1) Abram (1-1) None ESPN+ 677 9-13 Mar. 26 Louisiana–Monroe Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 5-6 Barlow (3-2) Leigh (0-4) Orton (2) ESPN+ 755 9-14 0-4 Mar. 27 Louisiana–Monroe Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 6-5 Stivors (1-1) Martin (0-1) None ESPN+ 733 10-14 1-4 Mar. 28 Louisiana–Monroe Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 4-1 Herrmann (3-0) Wrobel (1-2) Stivors (3) ESPN+ 712 11-14 2-4 Mar. 30 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX L 2-4 Ashkinos (3-0) Wood (2-2) Boyd (4) ESPN+ 1,098 11-15
April (7-10) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 UT Arlington Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 2-0 Leigh (1-4) Tavera (0-4) None 681 12-15 3-4 Apr. 2 UT Arlington Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 3-9 Bullard (4-2) Bush (1-3) None ESPN+ 700 12-16 3-5 Apr. 3 UT Arlington Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 6-10 Norris (3-2) Stivors (1-2) None ESPN+ 700 12-17 3-6 Apr. 6 at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV Baseball Stadium • Edinburg, TX W 7-4 Wofford (2-1) De Leon (0-1) Stivors (4) 1,175 13-17 Apr. 9 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 4-2 Leigh (2-4) Ortiz (2-4) Stivors (5) ESPN+ 756 14-17 4-6 Apr. 10 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 3-1 Herrmann (4-0) Gainous (4-3) Bush (1) ESPN+ 1,005 15-17 5-6 Apr. 11 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 3-5 Oates (2-1) Martinez (0-1) Newton (1) ESPN+ 703 15-18 5-7 Apr. 13 Texas A&M Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 4-8 Magers (2-1) Sundgren (0-3) Jozwiak (4) ESPN+ 700 15-19 Apr. 16 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 5-10 Gerling (2-2) Leigh (2-5) None 127 15-20 Apr. 17 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 3-6 Guerrero (1-1) Herrmann (4-1) Delorefice (4) 156 15-21 Apr. 18 at Washington Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 1-2 Bloebaum (1-3) Wood (2-3) Delorefice (5) 145 15-22 Apr. 20 No. 3 Texas Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 1-5 Hansen (4-1) Robie (0-1) None ESPN+ 700 15-23 Apr. 23 Arkansas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 11-4 Leigh (3-5) Hudson (2-1) None ESPN+ 700 16-23 6-7 Apr. 24 Arkansas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 6-5 Stivors (2-2) Stone (0-2) None 700 17-23 7-7 Apr. 25 Arkansas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 1-12 Holt (3-2) Dixon (0-1) Jumper (3) 700 17-24 7-8 Apr. 27 at Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L 0-4 Childress (3-4) Smith (2-3) Weber (1) 1,081 17-25 Apr. 30 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 9-3 Leigh (4-5) Arrighetti (6-4) None ESPN+ 887 18-25 8-8
May (3–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 0-9 Cooke (5-2) Wood (2-4) None 826 18-26 8-9 May 2 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 6-2 Wofford (3-1) Perrin (1-2) None 426 19-26 9-9 May 4 at No. 6 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1-4 Quintanilla (4-0) Dixon (0-2) Nixon (6) 1,898 19-27 May 7 South Alabama Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 6-3 Bush (2-3) Samaniego (1-2) None 700 20-27 10-9 May 8 South Alabama Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 13-4 Wood (3-4) Boswell (2-3) None 683 21-27 11-9 May 9 South Alabama Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 4-9 Dalton (5-3) Nicholas (0-2) None ESPN+ 676 21-28 11-10 May 14 Georgia State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 4-7 Jones (1-6) Leigh (4-6) Dawson (1) 21-29 11-11 May 14 Georgia State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 4-9 Watson (3-4) Wood (3-5) None ESPN+ 700 21-30 11-12 May 15 Georgia State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 5-7 Lutz (1-2) Herrmann (4-2) Clark (1) ESPN+ 700 21-31 11-13 May 18 at No. 12 TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX Game cancelled May 20 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 5-10 Sharkley (4-1) Leigh (4-7) None ESPN+ 1,000 21-32 11-14 May 21 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 7-8 (10 inns) Abney (3-2) Stivors (2-3) None ESPN+ 1,000 21-33 11-15 May 22 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 2-12 (7 inns) Sibley (1-0) Robie (0-2) None ESPN+ 1,000 21-34 11-16
Post-season (0–2)
SBC Tournament (0–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 25 vs. (4E) Appalachian State (6W) Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL L 0-1 Peterson (2-3) Leigh (4-8) Ellington (5) ESPN+ 21-35 0-1 May 26 vs. (1W) Louisiana (6W) Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL L 6-12 Burk (5-0) Sundgren (0-4) None ESPN+ 21-36 0-2

Schedule source: ^[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches' [6]	RV	RV*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America [7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^ [8]	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA† [9]	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
D1Baseball [10]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ 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.

References

1. "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
2. "Trout Announces Baseball's 2021 Signing Class". Texas State Athletics. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
3. Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
4. "2021 Baseball Roster". Texas State Athletics. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
5. "Baseball Releases 2021 Schedule". Texas State Athletics. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
6. "Baseball Coaches Poll" . Retrieved February 28, 2021.
7. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
8. "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
9. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
10. "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.