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2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

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.

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
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Florida x‍†‍‍y 20–10–0 .66754–17–0 .761
No. 19 Vanderbilt ‍‍‡‍y 19–11–0 .63342–20–0 .677
No. 13 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 16–13–0 .55242–21–0 .667
No. 7 Tennessee ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53344–22–0 .667
No. 17 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53340–21–0 .656
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .36729–27–0 .518
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .33330–24–0 .556
Western
No. 16 Arkansas x‍†‍‍y 20–10–0 .66743–18–0 .705
No. 1 LSU ‍‍‍y 19–10–0 .65554–17–0 .761
Auburn ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .56734–23–1 .595
No. 10 Alabama ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53343–21–0 .672
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46738–27–0 .585
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .30027–26–0 .509
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 6–24–0 .20025–29–0 .463
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

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In 2022, the Bulldogs finished 26–30, 9–21 in the SEC to finish in last place in the West. The Diamond Dawgs were coming off winning a national championship the year before.[2]

Coaching staff

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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

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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 Arkansas–Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 2–6Hagen Smith (7–1)Cade Smith (1–2)Gage Wood (5)SECN+10,87124–216–16
May 6No. 6 Arkansas–Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 2–147Brady Tygart (2–0)Landon Gartman (2–3)Will McEntire (1)ESPN211,97324–226–17
May 7No. 6 Arkansas–Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 6–11Zack Morris (1–3)Jurrangelo Cijntje (3–4)noneSECN+9,88224–236–18
May 9Memphis–Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MScanceled, inclement weather
May 12at No. 2 LSU–Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LAL 1–127Paul Skenes (10–1)Evan Siary (1–2)noneSECN12,30424–246–19
May 13at No. 2 LSU–Alex 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 LSU–Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LAW 14–1310Aaron Nixon (2–1)Riley Cooper (3–3)noneSECN+11,00226–248–19
May 16North Alabama–Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MScanceled, inclement weather
May 18Texas A&M–Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSW 10–8Nate Dohm (6–4)Brandyn Garcia (2–3)noneSECN+9,74427–249–19
May 19Texas A&M–Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MSL 4–6Chris Cortez (3–0)Aaron Nixon (2–2)Evan Aschenbeck (2)SECN+10,84827–259–20
May 20Texas A&M–Dudy 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

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

2023 SEC baseball records

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

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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 ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 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.

See also

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References

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