2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented the Mississippi State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Hattiesburg Regional champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
CB	No. 14
Record	40–27 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach	Andy Cannizaro (1st season)
Home stadium	Dudy Noble Field

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			52	–	19	–	0		.732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			43	–	23	–	0		.652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	15	–	13	–	1		.534			36	–	25	–	1		.589
Missouri  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			36	–	23	–	0		.610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			35	–	25	–	0		.583
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	7	–	21	–	0		.250			27	–	25	–	0		.519
Western
No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			52	–	20	–	0		.722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11	–	0		.621			45	–	19	–	0		.703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	27	–	0		.597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	23	–	0		.641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			37	–	26	–	0		.587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Alabama  ‍‍‍	5	–	24	–	1		.183			19	–	34	–	1		.361
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Coaching staff

2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff

Andy Cannizaro – Head Coach - 1st year Gary Henderson – Pitching Coach, 1st year Will Coggin – Assistant Coach - 2nd year Lee VanHorn – Coordinator of Baseball Operations - 2nd year Mike Brown – Coordinator of Camps/Volunteer Assistant - 1st year

Schedule and results

2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (34–22)
February (6–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb. 17 #29 Texas Tech Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–5 Steven Gingery (1–0) Konner Pilkington (0–1) Jose Quezada (1) SECN+ 10,217 0–1 – Feb. 18 Western Illinois Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–2 Peyton Plumlee (1–0) Nate Westfahl (0–1) none SECN+ 10,964 1–1 – Feb. 19 Western Illinois (DH-1) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–9 11 Spencer Price (1–0) Javin Drake (0–1) none SECN+ 10,583 2–1 – Feb. 19 #29 Texas Tech (DH-2) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–5 Riley Self (1–0) Jose Quezada (0–1) none SECN+ 10,583 3–1 – Feb. 21 Morehead State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 8–13 Cable Wright (1–0) Blake Smith (0–1) none SECN+ 6,074 3–2 – Feb. 24 Indiana State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 11–6 Konnor Pilkington (1–1) Will Kincanon (0–1) none SECN+ 7,347 4–2 – Feb. 25 Marist (DH-1) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 12–4 Graham Ashcraft (1–0) John Parisi (1–1) Spencer Price (1) SECN+ 8,727 5–2 – Feb. 25 Indiana State (DH-2) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–1 Peyton Plumlee (2–0) Ryan Keaffaber (0–1) none SECN+ 8,727 6–2 – Feb. 26 Marist Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 8–9 Sean Keenan (1–0) Ryan Cyr (0–1) Tony Romanelli (2) SECN+ 6,517 6–3 –
March (12–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar. 3 at Oregon PK Park • Eugene, OR L 0–1 David Peterson (2–1) Konnor Pilkington (1–2) Kenyon Yovan (3) Pac-12 Network 1,027 6–4 – Mar. 4 at Oregon PK Park • Eugene, OR W 5–4 Riley Self (2–0) Connor Zwetsch (0–1) Spencer Price (2) Pac-12 Network 1,067 7–4 – Mar. 5 at Oregon PK Park • Eugene, OR L 5–6 11 Kenyon Yovan (1–0) Spencer Price (1–1) none Pac-12 Network 1,348 7–5 – Mar. 7 Louisiana Tech Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–3 Austin Harrison (1–0) Ryan Rigby (0–1) Nate Harris (6) SECN+ 6,338 7–6 – Mar. 10 South Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 2–0 Konnor Pilkington (2–2) Thomas Huston (0–1) Spencer Price (3) SECN+ 6,501 8–6 – Mar. 11 Columbia Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Postponed to 3/13, inclement weather Mar. 11 South Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Postponed to 3/12, inclement weather Mar. 12 Columbia (DH-1) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–4 Spencer Price (2–1) Brett Gannaway (0–1) none SECN+ 6,242 9–6 – Mar. 12 South Alabama (DH-2) Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–6 Graham Ashcraft (2–0) Avery Geyer (0–1) Jake Mangum (1) SECN+ 6,242 10–6 – Mar. 13 Columbia Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 11–8 Cole Gordon (1–0) Jordan Chriss (0–1) Trey Jolly (1) 5,765 11–6 – Mar. 14 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 11–8 Jake Mangum (1–0) Antonie Lustter, II (1–2) Spencer Price (4) SECN+ 5,940 12–6 – Mar. 17 at Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 1–3 Blaine Knight (2–1) Konnor Pilkington (2–3) Cannon Chadwick (1) SECN 7,230 12–7 0–1 Mar. 18 at Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 4–5 Trevor Stephan (4–0) Peyton Plumlee (2–1) Cannon Chadwick (2) SECN 8,341 12–8 0–2 Mar. 19 at Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 1–6 Josh Alberius (1–3) Jake Mangum (1–1) Dominic Taccolini (1) SECN+ 7,828 12–9 0–3 Mar. 21 vs. #25 Southern Miss Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS L 5–7 Taylor Braley (2–0) Denver McQuary (0–1) Matt Wallner (2) 5,198 12–10 – Mar. 24 Tennessee Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–4 Jacob Barton (1–0) Kyle Serrano (0–1) Spencer Price (5) SECN+ 7,744 13–10 1–3 Mar. 25 Tennessee Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 14–4 Peyton Plumlee (3–1) Zach Linginfelter (0–2) none SECN+ 6,335 14–10 2–3 Mar. 26 Tennessee Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 7–4 Riley Self (3–0) Zach Warren (2–2) Spencer Price (6) SECN+ 7,395 15–10 3–3 Mar. 28 at Memphis AutoZone Park • Memphis, TN W 8–3 Cole Gordon (2–0) Jonathan Bowlan (2–3) none 3,031 16–10 – Mar. 30 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 4–3 Riley Self (4–0) Will Ethridge (1–2) Spencer Price (7) ESPNU 8,521 17–10 4–3 Mar. 31 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 5–3 Jacob Barton (2–0) David Parkinson (4–2) Spencer Price (8) SECN 11,017 18–10 5–3
April (12–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 1 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 2–1 Jake Mangum (2–1) Ryan Rolison (3–1) Spencer Price (9) SECN+ 11,204 19–10 6–3 April 4 FIU #19 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 3–8 Robert Garcia (2–4) Trey Jolly (0–1) Dominic LoBrutto (2) SECN+ 6,369 19–11 – April 5 FIU #19 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–7 10 Spencer Price (3–1) Cain Spangler (0–1) none SECN+ 6,979 20–11 – April 7 #15 Kentucky #19 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–5 Logan Salow (1–2) Trysten Barlow (0–1) none SECN+ 9,256 20–12 6–4 April 8 #15 Kentucky #19 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–6 Peyton Plumlee (4–1) Zach Logue (5–2) none SECN+ 13,691 21–12 7–4 April 9 #15 Kentucky #19 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–6 Trey Jolly (1–1) Justin Lewis (4–2) Spencer Price (10) SECN+ 8,082 22–12 8–4 April 11 Mississippi Valley State #15 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–0 Jacob Billingsley (1–0) Dustin Stewart (2–6) Spencer Price (11) SECN+ 6,531 23–12 – April 14 at #13 South Carolina #15 Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 7–4 Konnor Pilkington (3–3) Clarke Schmidt (4–1) Spencer Price (12) SECN+ 7,281 24–12 9–4 April 15 at #13 South Carolina #15 Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 5–4 Trey Jolly (2–1) Wil Crowe (3–3) Spencer Price (13) SECN+ 7,708 25–12 10–4 April 16 at #13 South Carolina #15 Founders Park • Columbia, SC L 1–6 Josh Reagan (4–1) Trysten Barlow (0–2) none SECN 6,612 25–13 10–5 April 18 at South Alabama #14 Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL L 2–5 Sean Trimble (2–0) Parker Ford (0–1) Matt Peacock (5) 3,104 25–14 – April 20 Alabama #14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–5 Konnor Pilkington (4–3) Dylan Duarte (2–4) Spencer Price (14) SECN 6,890 26–14 11–5 April 21 Alabama (DH-1) #14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–3 Peyton Plumlee (5–1) Nick Eicholtz (1–1) Riley Self (1) SECN+ 8,270 27–14 12–5 April 21 Alabama (DH-2) #14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 13–12 13 Brant Blaylock (1–0) Tyler Adams (0–1) none SECN+ 8,270 28–14 13–5 April 22 Alabama #14 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Moved to 4/21, impending weather April 25 vs. Ole Miss #7 Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS W 4–2 Denver McQuary (1–1) Greer Holston (2–3) Riley Self (2) SECN 8,536 29–14 – April 28 #8 Auburn #7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–2 Konnor Pilkington (5–3) Keegan Thompson (5–2) Riley Self (3) SECN+ 8,280 30–14 14–5 April 29 #8 Auburn (DH-1) #7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 8–17 Cole Lipscomb (4–0) Cole Gordon (2–1) none SECN+ 9,919 30–15 14–6 April 29 #8 Auburn (DH-2) #7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 3–5 Elliott Anderson (1–0) Jacob Billingsley (1–1) Calvin Coker (2) SECN 9,919 30–16 14–7 April 30 #8 Auburn #7 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS Moved to 4/29, impending weather
May (4–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 4 at #29 Texas A&M #7 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L 2–9 Brigham Hill (7–3) Konnor Pilkington (5–4) none ESPNU 4,417 30–17 14–8 May 5 at #29 Texas A&M #7 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX W 5–1 Denver McQuary (2–1) Corbin Martin (5–3) Cole Gordon (1) SECN+ 5,490 31–17 15–8 May 6 at #29 Texas A&M #7 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX W 4–3 Riley Self (5–0) Mitchell Kilkenny (3–2) none ESPNU 6,295 32–17 16–8 May 12 at Georgia #6 Foley Field • Athens, GA W 9–3 Konnor Pilkington (6–4) Andrew Gist (2–4) none SECN+ 1,781 33–17 17–8 May 13 at Georgia #6 Foley Field • Athens, GA L 1–4 Kevin Smith (4–5) Denver McQuary (2–2) Zac Kristofak (2) SECN 2,504 33–18 17–9 May 14 at Georgia #6 Foley Field • Athens, GA L 1–4 Chase Adkins (6–6) Jacob Billingsley (1–2) Drew Moody (2) SECN+ 1,938 33–19 17–10 May 16 Troy #9 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–8 Trey Jolly (3–1) Marc Skinner (4–6) Riley Self (4) SECN+ 6,223 34–19 – May 18 #5 LSU #9 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 1–3 Alex Lange (7–5) Konnor Pilkington (6–5) Hunter Newman (9) SECN 7,613 34–20 17–11 May 19 #5 LSU #9 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 5–11 Jared Poche' (9–3) Denver McQuary (2–3) Zack Hess (1) SECN+ 9,434 34–21 17–12 May 20 #5 LSU #9 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 7–11 Caleb Gilbert (3–1) Cole Gordon (2–2) none SECN 9,007 34–22 17–13
Post-season (6–5)
SEC Tournament (2–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 23 vs. (12) Georgia (5) #21 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL Postponed to 5/24, inclement weather May 24 vs. (12) Georgia (5) #21 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 3–0 Konnor Pilkington (7–5) Chase Adkins (6–7) Riley Self (5) SECN 5,062 35–22 1–0 May 25 vs. (4) #13 Arkansas (5) #21 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 4–3 Peyton Plumlee (6–1) Cannon Chadwick (4–3) Riley Self (6) SECN 7,279 36–22 2–0 May 26 vs. (1) #2 Florida (5) #21 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 3–12 Jackson Kowar (11–0) Riley Self (5–1) none SECN 6,988 36–23 2–1 May 26 vs. (4) #13 Arkansas (5) #21 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 2–9 Blaine Knight (8–4) Jacob Billingsley (1–3) none SECN 8,552 36–24 2–2
NCAA Hattiesburg Regional (4–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 2 vs. (3) #19 South Alabama (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 3–6 Randy Bell (7–3) Cole Gordon (2–3) none ESPN3 4,248 36–25 0–1 June 3 vs (4) UIC (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS Postponed to 6/4, inclement weather June 4 vs (4) UIC (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 5–4 Konnor Pilkington (8–5) Reid Birlingmair (7–5) Riley Self (7) ESPN3 4,149 37–25 1–1 June 4 vs (3) #19 South Alabama (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 7–3 Denver McQuary (3–3) Andy Arguelles (3–3) Peyton Plumlee (1) ESPN3 4,181 38–25 2–1 June 5 at (1) #14 Southern Miss (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 8–1 Jacob Billingsley (2–3) Colt Smith (6–2) none ESPN3 4,261 39–25 3–1 June 5 at (1) #14 Southern Miss (2) #22 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS W 8–6 Spencer Price (4–1) Nick Sandlin (10–2) Riley Self (8) ESPN3 4,235 40–25 4–1
NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 10 at (4) #2 LSU #11 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–4 Zack Hess (7–1) Riley Self (5–2) none ESPN2 11,836 40–26 4–2 June 11 at (4) #2 LSU #11 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–14 Caleb Gilbert (6–1) Denver McQuary (3–4) none ESPN2 11,706 40–27 4–3

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2017 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2017 SEC baseball records Source: 2017 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	5–24		1–2	3–0	0–3	.	.	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	0–2	ALA	W7	1–9	1–6
ARK	18–11	2–1		1–2	.	3–0	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	1–1	2–1	2–1	ARK	W2	6–3	2–0
AUB	16–14	0–3	2–1		3–0	2–1	.	0–3	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	AUB	W5	7–3	1–2
FLA	21–9	3–0	.	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	.	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	FLA	E1	8–2	4–1
UGA	11–19	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	UGA	E6	4–6	0–3
KEN	19–11	.	.	.	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	KEN	E2	7–3	2–0
LSU	21–9	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–2		3–0	.	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	LSU	W1	7–3	4–0
MSU	17–13	3–0	0–3	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	0–3		.	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	MSU	W3	6–4	3–2
MIZZ	14–16	3–0	1–2	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	.		1–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	MIZZ	E4	4–6	2–2
MISS	14–16	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1		.	.	2–1	2–1	MISS	W6	5–5	1–2
SCAR	13–17	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	.		3–0	.	1–2	SCAR	E5	2–8	1–0
TENN	7–21	.	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	.	0–3		1–2	1–1	TENN	E7	1–7	0–4
TAMU	16–14	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	.	2–1		1–2	TAMU	W4	5–5	2–1
VAN	15–13	2–0	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	.	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1		VAN	E3	5–4	0–0
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. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

Rankings

Main article: 2017 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	16	17	Final
Coaches'	—	—*	—*	—	—	—	RV	25	21	16	13	13	9	13	19	18	18*	18*	12
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	13	11	8	9	6	11	18	20	20*	20*	14
Collegiate Baseball^	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	15	14	7	7	6	9	21	22	11	13	13
NCBWA†	32	27	25	RV	—	—	—	30	21	16	13	13	9	13	20	20	12	12*	13

^ 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
Brent Rooker†	1B/OF	1	35	Minnesota Twins
Ryan Gridley	SS	11	321	Oakland Athletics
Jake Mangum‡	OF	30	902	New York Yankees

†Rooker had been drafted in the 38th round in 2016 but returned to Mississippi State rather than signing with the Twins.
‡Mangum, a sophomore, will return to MSU for the next season.