2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Charlottesville Regional, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	40–23 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach	Chris Lemonis (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Justin Parker Jake Gautreau
Home stadium	Dudy Noble Field

2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Tennessee x‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	8		.733			53	–	11		.828
No. 2 Kentucky x‍†‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			43	–	14		.754
No. 10 Georgia  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			41	–	16		.719
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			38	–	23		.623
Florida ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			31	–	28		.525
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			37	–	25		.597
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			23	–	32		.418
Western
No. 5 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	16		.733
No. 4 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			46	–	14		.767
No. 17 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	23		.635
Alabama  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			33	–	24		.579
No. 24 LSU  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			43	–	22		.662
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			27	–	29		.482
Auburn  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			27	–	26		.509
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 2, 2024 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents Mississippi State University in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

Previous season

In 2023, the Bulldogs finished 27–26, 9–21 in the SEC to finish in 6th place in the West. The Mississippi State baseball looks to turn things around after having two disappointing seasons back to back.

Coaching staff

2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff

Chris Lemonis - Head Coach - 6th year Justin Parker - Assistant Coach - 1st year Jake Gautreau - Assistant Coach - 7th year Kyle Cheesebrough - Camps Coordinator/Volunteer Assistant - 6th year

Schedule and results

2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (36–19)
February (6–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record February 16 Air Force – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–4 Tyler Davis (1–0) Kyle Moats (0–1) Cam Schuelke (1) SECN+ 11,216 1–0 – February 17 Air Force – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–3 Doyle Gehring (1–0) Colby Holcombe (0–1) – SECN+ 11,964 1–1 – February 18 Air Force – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–2 Tyson Hardin (1–0) Ben Weber (0–1) – SECN+ 10,762 2–1 – February 20 Austin Peay – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–3 Lyle Miller-Green (1–0) Evan Siary (0–1) Tyler Hampu (1) SECN+ 9,319 2–2 – February 21 Austin Peay – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 10–13 DJ Merriweather (1–0) Cam Schuelke (0–1) Titan Hayes (1) SECN+ 9,536 2–3 – February 23 Georgia Southern – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–1 Nate Dohm (1–0) Thomas Higgins (0–1) – SECN+ 10,649 3–3 – February 24 Georgia Southern – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 4–11 Davis Smith (1–0) Khal Stephen (0–1) – SECN+ 12,323 3–4 – February 25 Georgia Southern – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–2 Jurrangelo Cijntje (1–0) Ty Fisher (1–1) – SECN+ 9,943 4–4 – February 27 Jackson State – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 19–67 Nolan Stevens (1–0) Je-andrick Lourens (0–1) – SECN+ 8,267 5–4 – February 29 Mount St. Mary's – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 12–2 Nate Dohm (2–0) Tommy Moore (1–1) – SECN+ 8,633 6–4 –
March (13–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record March 1 Mount St. Mary's – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS postponed to March 2, impending weather March 2 Mount St. Mary's (DH-1) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 7–2 Khal Stephen (1–1) Brendan Yagesh (0–2) – SECN+ 10,922 7–4 – March 2 Mount St. Mary's (DH-2) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–0 Jurrangelo Cijntje (2–0) Kyle Speas (0–1) – SECN+ 10,922 8–4 – March 5 vs. Southern Miss – Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS W 5–4 Tyson Hardin (2–0) Kros Sivley (0–2) Brooks Auger (1) ESPN+ 3,382 9–4 – March 8 Evansville – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–2 Nate Dohm (3–0) Nick Smith (0–2) Brooks Auger (2) SECN+ 8,786 10–4 – March 9 Evansville – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–3 Khal Stephen (2–1) Donovan Schultzv (0–1) – SECN+ 10,452 11–4 – March 10 Evansville – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 13–38 Jurrangelo Cijntje (3–0) Kenton Deverman (2–1) – SECN+ 9,410 12–4 – Hancock Whitney Classic March 12 vs. South Alabama – MGM Park • Biloxi, MS L 5–6 Gant Starling (3–0) Brooks Auger (0–1) Grant Wood (4) SECN+ 6,098 12–5 – March 13 vs. New Orleans – MGM Park • Biloxi, MS W 2–111 Cam Schuelke (1–1) Brooks Byers (0–1) – SECN+ 4,009 13–5 – March 15 No. 2 LSU – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–4 Nolan Stevens (2–0) Luke Holman (4–1) – SECN+ 11,111 14–5 1–0 March 16 No. 2 LSU – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 8–9 Griffin Herring (1–0) Khal Stephen (2–2) Nate Ackenhausen (2) SECN 13,974 14–6 1–1 March 17 No. 2 LSU – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 15–58 Jurrangelo Cijntje (4–0) Thatcher Hurd (1–2) – SECN+ 11,129 15–6 2–1 March 19 Memphis No. 21 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 17–9 Colby Holcombe (1–1) Jackson Lyons (0–1) – SECN+ 8,356 16–6 – March 21 at No. 7 Texas A&M No. 21 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L 3–6 Ryan Prager (5–0) Nolan Stevens (2–1) Evan Aschenbeck (3) ESPNU 4,776 16–7 2–2 March 22 at No. 7 Texas A&M No. 21 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX W 5–1 Khal Stephen (3–2) Tanner Jones (1–1) – SECN+ 6,443 17–7 3–2 March 23 at No. 7 Texas A&M No. 21 Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L 1–6 Justin Lamkin (2–0) Jurrangelo Cijntje (4–1) – SECN+ 7,159 17–8 3–3 March 26 at Samford No. 21 Joe Lee Griffin Stadium • Homewood, AL W 9–510 Tyler Davis (2–0) Carson Lore (1–2) – ESPN+ 1,436 18–8 – March 29 at No. 6 Florida No. 21 Condron Ballpark • Gainesville, FL L 6–7 Luke McNeillie (1–3) Nolan Stevens (2–2) – SECN+ 7,167 18–9 3–4 March 30 at No. 6 Florida No. 21 Condron Ballpark • Gainesville, FL W 12–2 Jurrangelo Cijntje (5–1) Liam Peterson (1–3) – SECN+ 7,129 19–9 4–4 March 31 at No. 6 Florida No. 21 Condron Ballpark • Gainesville, FL L 3–4 Luke McNeillie (2–3) Evan Siary (0–2) – SECN+ 5,829 19–10 4–5
April (10–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 2 Central Arkansas No. 23 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 6–7 Coleman MacRae (2–2) Logan Forsythe (0–1) Charlie Christensen (1) SECN+ 8,386 19–11 – April 5 Georgia No. 23 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–1 Khal Stephen (4–2) Jarvis Evans (2–1) Cam Schuelke (2) SECN+ 12,315 20–11 5–5 April 6 Georgia No. 23 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–3 Brian Zeldin (3–0) Cam Schuelke (1–2) – SECN 13,477 20–12 5–6 April 7 Georgia No. 23 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–8 Tyler Davis (3–0) Josh Roberge (2–1) – SECN+ 11,337 21–12 6–6 April 9 UAB No. 22 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS canceled, inclement weather April 12 at Ole Miss No. 22 Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 8–0 Khal Stephen (5–2) Riley Maddox (2–4) – SECN 11,277 22–12 7–6 April 13 at Ole Miss No. 22 Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 9–1012 Brayden Jones (1–0) Nolan Stevens (2–3) – ESPN2 11,486 22–13 7–7 April 14 at Ole Miss No. 22 Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 2–147 Mason Nichols (4–0) Evan Siary (0–3) – SECN+ 10,056 22–14 7–8 April 16 Alcorn State – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 11–07 Pico Kohn (1–0) Michael Lorenz (0–3) – SECN+ 9,324 23–14 – Super Bulldog Weekend April 19 Auburn – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–1 Khal Stephen (6–2) Dylan Watts (0–1) – SECN+ 13,357 24–14 8–8 April 20 Auburn – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS postponed to April 21, inclement weather April 21 Auburn (DH-1) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 3–17 Jurrangelo Cijntje (6–1) Tanner Bauman (2–2) Tyson Hardin (1) SECN+ 12,978 25–14 9–8 April 21 Auburn (DH-2) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–38 Tyson Hardin (3–0) Christian Herberholz (1–2) – SECN+ 12,978 26–14 10–8 April 23 at Memphis – FedExPark • Memphis, TN W 6–4 Cam Schuelke (2–2) Logan Rushing (0–3) Tyler Davis (1) ESPN+ 1,612 27–14 – April 26 at No. 11 Vanderbilt – Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN L 0–4 Bryce Cunningham (6–2) Khal Stephen (6–3) – SECN+ 3,802 27–15 10–9 April 27 at No. 11 Vanderbilt – Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 7–4 Brooks Auger (1–1) Carter Holton (6–2) Tyler Davis (2) SECN+ 3,802 28–15 11–9 April 28 at No. 11 Vanderbilt – Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN W 8–7 Karson Ligon (1–0) Miller Green (1–3) Tyson Hardin (2) SECN+ 3,802 29–15 12–9
May (7–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 1 vs. Ole Miss Governor's Cup No. 16 Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS W 5–1 Tyler Davis (4–0) Mason Morris (1–2) – ESPN2 6,503 30–15 – May 3 No. 23 Alabama No. 16 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 13–37 Khal Stephen (7–3) Greg Farone (4–2) – SECN+ 11,815 31–15 13–9 May 4 No. 23 Alabama No. 16 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–1 Jurrangelo Cijntje (7–1) Zane Adams (4–3) – SECN+ 14,273 32–15 14–9 May 5 No. 23 Alabama No. 16 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 5–10 Braylon Myers (2–1) Brooks Auger (1–2) – SECN+ 10,935 32–16 14–10 May 10 at No. 5 Arkansas No. 14 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 5–7 Will McEntire (4–0) Tyson Hardin (3–1) Gage Wood (2) SECN+ 10,891 32–17 14–11 May 11 at No. 5 Arkansas No. 14 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR W 8–5 Cam Schuelke (3–2) Brady Tygart (4–3) Tyler Davis (3) SECN+ 10,963 33–17 15–11 May 12 at No. 5 Arkansas No. 14 Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 6–9 Will McEntire (5–0) Cam Schuelke (3–3) Gabe Gaeckle (7) SECN 10,410 33–18 15–12 May 14 North Alabama No. 16 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–4 Cam Schuelke (4–3) Carson Howard (1–1) – SECN+ 9,349 34–18 – May 16 Missouri No. 16 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–3 Khal Stephen (8–3) Ian Lohse (0–4) Tyler Davis (4) SECN+ 10,440 35–18 16–12 May 17 Missouri No. 16 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 8–2 Jurrangelo Cijntje (8–1) Bryce Mayer (2–7) – SECN+ 10,522 36–18 17–12 May 18 Missouri No. 16 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 3–4 Logan Lunceford (2–5) Tyson Hardin (3–2) Brock Lucas (2) SECN+ 11,551 36–19 17–13
Post-season (4–4)
SEC Tournament (2–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 21 vs. (12) Ole Miss (5) No. 15 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 2–1 Tyler Davis (5–0) Liam Doyle (3–4) – SECN 9,240 37–19 1–0 May 22 vs. (4) No. 4 Texas A&M (5) No. 15 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL W 5–3 Nate Dohm (4–0) Chris Cortez (8–3) Tyler Davis (5) SECN 11,840 38–19 2–0 May 23 vs. (8) Vanderbilt (5) No. 15 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 3–4 JD Thompson (5–1) Jurrangelo Cijntje (8–2) Ryan Ginther (5) SECN 11,923 38–20 2–1 May 24 vs. (1) No. 1 Tennessee (5) No. 15 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 5–6 Aaron Combs (2–1) Tyler Davis (5–1) Nate Snead (5) SECN 13,335 38–21 2–2 NCAA Charlottesville Regional (2–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31 vs. (3) St. Johns (2) No. 17 Davenport Field at Disharoon Park • Charlottesville, VA W 5–210 Tyler Davis (6–1) Louis Marinaro (6–3) – ESPN+ 4,986 39–21 1–0 June 1 at (1) No. 18 Virginia (2) No. 17 Davenport Field at Disharoon Park • Charlottesville, VA L 4–5 Angelo Tonas (3–0) Tyson Hardin (3–3) – ACCN 5,919 39–22 1–1 June 2 vs. (3) St. Johns (DH-1) (2) No. 17 Davenport Field at Disharoon Park • Charlottesville, VA W 13–5 Cam Schuelke (5–3) Evan Chaffee (3–1) – ESPN2 4,903 40–22 2–1 June 2 at (1) No. 18 Virginia (DH-2) (2) No. 17 Davenport Field at Disharoon Park • Charlottesville, VA L 2–9 Jay Woolfolk (3–1) Pico Kohn (1–1) – ACCN 5,919 40–23 2–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold = Mississippi State team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2024 SEC baseball records Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	13–17		2–1	1–2	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	ALA	W4	5–5	0–2
ARK	20–10	1–2		2–1	2–1	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	.	1–2	.	ARK	W1	7–3	3–0
AUB	8–22	2–1	1–2		.	.	0–3	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	AUB	W7	2–8	0–4
FLA	13–17	.	1–2	.		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	FLA	E5	4–6	0–1
UGA	17–13	3–0	.	.	1–2		0–3	.	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	UGA	E3	5–5	3–1
KEN	22–8	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0		.	.	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	KEN	E2	8–2	4–0
LSU	13–17	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	.		1–2	2–1	3–0	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	LSU	W5	4–6	1–2
MSU	17–13	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	2–1		2–1	1–2	.	.	1–2	2–1	MSU	W3	6–4	1–0
MIZZ	9–21	.	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2		.	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	MIZZ	E7	1–9	1–3
MISS	11–19	1–2	0–3	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	2–1	.		2–1	1–2	2–1	.	MISS	W6	4–6	0–3
SCAR	13–17	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	0–3	2–1	.	.	2–1	1–2		0–3	1–2	3–0	SCAR	E6	4–6	1–2
TENN	22–8	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	3–0	2–1	3–0		.	2–1	TENN	E1	9–1	3–0
TAMU	19–11	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	2–1	.		3–0	TAMU	W2	7–3	2–0
VAN	13–17	.	.	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		VAN	E4	4–6	2–3
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. Tie Brkrs: TENN>KEN head to head. MSU>UGA head to head. ALA>VAN & FLA>SCAR & LSU TENN common. VAN>FLA head to head. SCAR>LSU ARK common. ARK SEC Tournament seed>KEN, ARK West champion.

See also

• 2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs softball team