2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record27–26 (9–21 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Vacant
  • Jake Gautreau
Home stadiumDudy Noble Field
2023 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Florida xy 20100 .66754170 .761
No. 19 Vanderbilt y 19110 .63342200 .677
No. 13 South Carolina y 16130 .55242210 .667
No. 7 Tennessee y 16140 .53344220 .667
No. 17 Kentucky y 16140 .53340210 .656
Georgia   11190 .36729270 .518
Missouri   10200 .33330240 .556
Western
No. 16 Arkansas xy 20100 .66743180 .705
No. 1 LSU y 19100 .65554170 .761
Auburn y 17130 .56734231 .595
No. 10 Alabama y 16140 .53343210 .672
Texas A&M y 14160 .46738270 .585
Mississippi State   9210 .30027260 .509
Ole Miss   6240 .20025290 .463
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

Previous season

In 2022, the Bulldogs finished 26–30, 9–21 in the SEC to finish in last place in the West, one of the worst seasons in recent history. The Diamond Dawgs were coming off winning a national championship the year before. The Mississippi State baseball looks to turn things around from last year, and once again, make it back to Omaha.[2]

Coaching staff

2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff
  • Chris Lemonis - Head Coach - 5th year
  • Scott Foxhall (fired May 1)[3] - Assistant Coach - 5th year
  • Jake Gautreau - Assistant Coach - 6th year
  • Kyle Cheesebrough - Camps Coordinator/Volunteer Assistant - 5th year
  • Bobby Austin - Player Development -
  • Roger Rodeheaver - Director of Baseball Operations - 5th year
  • Blake Loper - Coordinator of Baseball Operations -

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Schedule and results

2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (27–26)
May (3–6)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 5No. 6 ArkansasDudy Noble FieldStarkville, MSL 2–6Hagen Smith (7–1)Cade Smith (1–2)Gage Wood (5)SECN+10,87124–216–16
May 6No. 6 ArkansasDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 2–147Brady Tygart (2–0)Landon Gartman (2–3)Will McEntire (1)ESPN211,97324–226–17
May 7No. 6 ArkansasDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 6–11Zack Morris (1–3)Jurrangelo Cijntje (3–4)noneSECN+9,88224–236–18
May 9MemphisDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MScanceled, inclement weather
May 12at No. 2 LSUAlex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman FieldBaton Rouge, LAL 1–127Paul Skenes (10–1)Evan Siary (1–2)noneSECN12,30424–246–19
May 13at No. 2 LSUAlex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 9–4KC Hunt (2–2)Thatcher Hurd (3–2)noneSECN+11,90425–247–19
May 14at No. 2 LSUAlex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 14–1310Aaron Nixon (2–1)Riley Cooper (3–3)noneSECN+11,00226–248–19
May 16North AlabamaDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MScanceled, inclement weather
May 18Texas A&MDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSW 10–8Nate Dohm (6–4)Brandyn Garcia (2–3)noneSECN+9,74427–249–19
May 19Texas A&MDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 4–6Chris Cortez (3–0)Aaron Nixon (2–2)Evan Aschenbeck (2)SECN+10,84827–259–20
May 20Texas A&MDudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 10–15Brad Rudis (5–0)Jurrangelo Cijntje (3–5)noneSECN+10,66527–269–21
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Mississippi State team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

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† = NCAA All-time On-campus attendance record

Record vs. conference opponents


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

Source: 2023 SEC baseball game results, 2023 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA16–141–22–11–2.1–20–31–23–03–0..2–12–1ALAW45–52–1
ARK20–102–13–0.0–3.1–23–0.2–12–13–03–01–2ARKW17–34–1
AUB17–131–20–31–22–1.2–12–13–03–02–1.1–2.AUBW36–42–1
FLA20–102–1.2–12–12–1..3–03–00–32–11–23–0FLAE18–23–1
UGA11–19.3–01–21–22–11–2.0–31–20–32–1.0–3UGAE63–71–3
KEN16–142–1..1–21–21–23–03–0.3–01–21–20–3KENE54–63–1
LSU19–103–02–11–2.2–12–11–2.3–01–12–12–1.LSUW27–22–0
MSU9–212–10–31–2..0–32–1.2–11–20–31–20–3MSUW63–70–4
MIZZ10–200–3.0–30–33–00–3..2–10–33–01–21–2MIZZE73–72–5
MISS6–240–31–20–30–32–1.0–31–21–2..1–20–3MISSW71–90–5
SCAR16–13.1–21–23–03–00–31–12–13–0.1–2.1–2SCARE34–53–1
TENN16–14.0–3.1–21–22–11–23–00–3.2–13–03–0TENNE45–53–2
TAMU14–161–20–32–12–1.2–11–22–12–12–1.0–3.TAMUW56–40–2
VAN19–111–22–1.0–33–03–0.3–02–13–02–10–3.VANE27–34–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Tiebrkrs: FLA>ARK VAN common. KEN&TENN>ALA LSU common. TENN>KEN hd–hd.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[7]—*
Baseball America[8]
Collegiate Baseball^[9]2224
NCBWA[10]31RVRVRVRV
D1Baseball[11]

^ 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.

See also

  • 2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs softball team

References

  1. "2023 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. "Mississippi State Baseball: The Diamond Dawgs are back!". Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  3. "Statement From Head Baseball Coach Chris Lemonis". Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  4. "2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball Coaches". Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  5. https://twitter.com/HailStateBB/status/1647357940330909697
  6. "Diamond Dawgs Announce Full 2023 Slate". Mississippi State University Department of Athletics. October 4, 2022.
  7. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY.
  8. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com.
  9. "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  10. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.
  11. "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com.
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