# 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

The 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2012. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 13th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 4th at Mississippi State.
Mississippi State wins the 2012 SEC Tournament championship winning a school record 5 games against 1 loss, is then eliminated in the NCAA tournament in the Tallahassee Regional, and finishes ranked in some polls.

## Pre-season

The 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball team was looking to continue rebuilding after the 2011 MSU Baseball team had a winning record and returned to the NCAA tournament, both for the first time in 4 years. The 2012 MSU baseball team welcomes a recruiting class ranked 14th by Baseball America, which is the third consecutive top 20 ranked recruiting class.
The SEC coaches pick this team to finish 5th in the West division. The team is not ranked in the top 25 in any of the four major preseason polls. The team went on to finish tied for 2nd in the SEC West, to win the SEC Tournament and at one point is ranked as high as 14th.
Senior RHP Caleb Reed is selected 1st team NCBWA Preseason All-American. Reed is also selected 1st team SEC Preseason All-Conference by College Sports Madness, while sophomore OF C.T. Bradford, and sophomore SS Adam Frazier are selected 2nd team.

## Regular season

Going 4–0 to open the season, they were ranked 18th on February 27, 2012, by Perfect Game. They will end the regular season ranked as high as 21st (See Ranking Movements below).
Mississippi State entered the final series of the regular season at 31–21, 13–14 in conference play. In that final series, they swept, at that time, #2 Kentucky, at home, in Starkville, to finish the regular season 34–21, 16–14. For the regular season, they won all five conference series at home, including a sweep of Tennessee in addition to Kentucky, and lost all five series on the road, including being swept by South Carolina.
Games Schedule, results, and box scores can be found at the reference.

## SEC Tournament

In the SEC tournament, with all rankings according to the final Coaches' Poll, Mississippi State beat #3 Arkansas then #11 LSU, before losing to #19 Kentucky; they then beat #11 LSU, again, #19 Kentucky, winning the rematch, and #25 Vanderbilt to win the SEC Tournament championship. SS Adam Frazier is the Tournament MVP. Frazier, OF Demarcus Henderson, and P Jonathan Holder make the All-Tournament team. Frazier, in 6 games, hits 0.522 with one double, has an OBP of 0.560, scores 4 runs, has 3 rbi, and successfully hits a sacrifice bunt. Holder, in 4 games, has 3 saves and 1 win, giving up 0 runs.
In the championship game Mississippi State beats Vanderbilt, shutting them out 3–0. Pitchers Brandon Woodruff, Ross Mitchell, Caleb Reed, and Chris Stratton combine for the shutout.
After, going 5–1 in, and winning the SEC Tournament, at 39–22 overall, they are ranked as high as 14th by Baseball America.

## NCAA tournament

In the NCAA tournament, Mississippi State is regionally seeded 2nd, in the Tallahassee Regional. They lose in an upset to 3rd seed Samford, then win to eliminate 4th seed UAB, and then lose to be eliminated by 3rd seed Samford. In the losing effort, four Mississippi State players make the 11 man, Regional All-Tournament team, Matthew Britton (FR 2B), Adam Frazier (SO SS), Wes Rea (FR 1B), and Mitch Slauter (JR C).
After the post season ends, going 1–2 in the NCAA tournament, they are ranked as high as 22nd by Baseball America.

## Season Awards

RHP Kendall Graveman is the first Mississippi State player to be named to this team, since the conference started this all-defensive team in 2008. He only committed 1 error in 89.2 innings pitched.
* SEC Coaches' All-Defensive Team.
RHP Jonathan Holder saw limited action as a true freshman, in 2012. He did lose the game, in relief, to eliminate Mississippi State from the NCAA tournament. But at one point, he set a school record scoreless streak at 27.1 innings, which was his entire start to the season. Overall, he had an ERA of 0.32, 30 strikeouts, and 5 base-on-balls, in 28.1 innings. The only runs given up were 2 runs, 1 earned, in 1.0 inning pitched, in the NCAA Regional elimination game. Overall, he went 2–1 with 9 saves. In the last 11 games, in which he appeared, he had 8 saves and went 1–1.
* SEC Coaches' All-Freshman Team.
* NCBWA Freshman All-American Team.
* Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American.
* Baseball America's Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American Team.
* Perfect Game Freshman All-American.
RHP Chris Stratton went 11–2 with a 2.38 ERA with 127 strikeouts and 25 base-on-balls in 109.2 innings. He was the first Consensus All-American for Mississippi State since Will Clark in 1985.
* C Spire Ferris Trophy for the best college baseball player in the state of Mississippi.
* Southeastern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year.
* Consensus All-American.
** American Baseball Coaches Association All-American
** Baseball America All-American
** Collegiate Baseball All-American
** National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-American

## MLB Draft

| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| Chris Stratton | RHP | 1 | 20 | San Francisco Giants |
| Nick Routt | LHP | 16 | 502 | Cincinnati Reds |
| Kendall Graveman | RHP | 36 | 1097 | Miami Marlins |
NOTE: Kendall Graveman will not sign, finishes his senior year at Mississippi State and then goes in the 8th round the next year.

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | | * | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 22 | | | |
| Baseball America | | | | 23 | 21 | | | | | | | | 25 | | 24 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | 30 | | 21 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| NCBWA† | 34 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 30 |
^ 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.
Notes: The Coaches' and Baseball America had no rankings for week 16 and 17, June 5 and June 11; the Final rank is used.

## Roster and Stats
### Coaches

| Name | Title | First Season at MSU | Alma Mater |
| John Cohen | Head coach | 2009 | Mississippi State University (1990) |
| Butch Thompson | Associate Head Coach | 2009 | Birmingham Southern (1992) |
| Lane Burroughs | Assistant coach | 2009 | Mississippi College (1995) |

### Players

| # | Player | Pos | B | T | YR | Hometown | AVG% | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SLG% | OB% | SB-SA | FLD% |
| 2 | Demarcus Henderson | OF | R | R | FR | Waynesboro, MS | .245 | 36 | 102 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 10 | .275 | .342 | 6–9 | .919 |
| 3 | Phillip Casey | 2B/3B | L | R | FR | Sugar Land, TX | .206 | 20 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .324 | .372 | 1–2 | 1.000 |
| 5 | Daryl Norris | 3B | R | R | SO | Fairhope, AL | .273 | 45 | 139 | 17 | 38 | 1 | 25 | .353 | .380 | 2–3 | .949 |
| 7 | Taylor Stark | OF | R | R | SO | Flowood, MS | .245 | 17 | 49 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .339 | 2–3 | .917 |
| 8 | Sam Frost | 2B | L | R | JR | Hoover, AL | .214 | 56 | 140 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 20 | .271 | .319 | 8–11 | .917 |
| 9 | Tyler Fullerton | OF | R | R | FR | Murfreesboro, TN | .215 | 35 | 93 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 7 | .269 | .318 | 1–2 | .955 |
| 10 | C.T. Bradford | OF | L | L | SO | Pace, FL | .258 | 34 | 124 | 19 | 32 | 2 | 17 | .339 | .345 | 3–4 | .968 |
| 12 | Adam Frazier | SS | L | R | SO | Bishop, GA | .371 | 64 | 245 | 45 | 91 | 0 | 26 | .445 | .482 | 9–15 | .957 |
| 13 | Brayden Jones | 3B | R | R | FR | Madison, MS | .174 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .217 | .296 | 1–1 | .813 |
| 15 | Matthew Britton | 2B | L | R | FR | Cullman, AL | .177 | 52 | 124 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 9 | .185 | .288 | 3–3 | .947 |
| 17 | Nick Ammirati | C | S | R | JR | Sparta, NJ | .250 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .308 | 0–1 | 1.000 |
| 22 | Luis Pollorena | OF | L | L | JR | Laredo, TX | .182 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .231 | 0–0 | .929 |
| 24 | Brandon Woodruff | OF | L | R | FR | Wheeler, MS | .105 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .105 | .227 | 0–1 | 1.000 |
| 29 | Mitch Slauter | C | R | R | JR | Olathe, KS | .232 | 64 | 220 | 35 | 51 | 3 | 23 | .327 | .354 | 0–2 | .990 |
| 32 | Trey Porter | 1B | L | R | JR | Hurley, MS | .259 | 60 | 205 | 26 | 53 | 5 | 24 | .376 | .388 | 1–4 | .933 |
| 34 | Hunter Renfroe | OF | R | R | SO | Crystal Springs, MS | .252 | 61 | 230 | 24 | 58 | 4 | 25 | .374 | .328 | 7–8 | .984 |
| 35 | Wes Rea | 1B | R | R | FR | Gulfport, MS | .249 | 64 | 217 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 41 | .392 | .326 | 0–2 | .991 |
| 42 | Brent Brownlee | OF | R | R | SR | Oxford, MS | .204 | 41 | 98 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 11 | .235 | .304 | 1–1 | .980 |
| 49 | Kendall Graveman | PR | R | R | JR | Alexander City, AL | .000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0–0 | .972 |
| $_{99.}$ | ² Totals | – | – | – | – | --------- | .251 | 64 | 2085 | 287 | 524 | 21 | 255 | .333 | .358 | 45–72 | .969 |
| $_{99.}$ | ²² Opponents | – | – | – | – | --------- | .240 | 64 | 2156 | 219 | 517 | 17 | 192 | .313 | .314 | 52–74 | .975 |
NOTE: The use of $_{99.}$ and ² have no significance other than to maintain Totals and Opponents at the bottom when sorted ascending for those columns.

### Pitchers

| # | Player | T | Yr | Hometown | ERA | W-L | G-GS | SV | IP | H | BB | SO | FLD% |
| 44 | Andrew Busby | R | JR | Gardendale, AL | 0.00 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 14 | Jonathan Holder | R | FR | Gulfport, MS | 0.32 | 2–1 | 24–0 | 9 | 28.1 | 17 | 5 | 30 | 1.000 |
| 4 | Ben Bracewell | R | SO | Chelsea, AL | 0.93 | 0–0 | 9–3 | 0 | 19.1 | 13 | 10 | 19 | .667 |
| 39 | Tanner Gaines | R | FR | Baldwyn, MS | 1.08 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0 | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .500 |
| 48 | Ross Mitchell | L | FR | Smyrna, TN | 1.18 | 3–0 | 24–1 | 0 | 38.0 | 24 | 8 | 24 | 1.000 |
| 22 | Luis Pollorena | L | JR | Laredo, TX | 1.85 | 4–0 | 16–4 | 0 | 34.0 | 24 | 6 | 24 | .929 |
| 28 | Chris Stratton | R | JR | Tupelo, MS | 2.38 | 11–2 | 17–12 | 1 | 109.2 | 84 | 25 | 127 | .952 |
| 24 | Brandon Woodruff | R | FR | Wheeler, MS | 2.38 | 1–2 | 12–6 | 0 | 34.0 | 25 | 17 | 37 | 1.000 |
| 37 | Caleb Reed | R | SR | Cleveland, MS | 2.47 | 1–5 | 31–1 | 9 | 58.1 | 51 | 22 | 52 | 1.000 |
| 49 | Kendall Graveman | R | JR | Alexander City, AL | 2.81 | 4–4 | 16–16 | 0 | 89.2 | 84 | 21 | 59 | .972 |
| 21 | Jacob Lindgren | L | FR | Bay St. Louis, MS | 3.18 | 2–2 | 14–2 | 1 | 28.1 | 31 | 7 | 24 | 1.000 |
| 31 | Trevor Fitts | R | FR | Helena, AL | 3.29 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 0 | 13.2 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 1.000 |
| 51 | Evan Mitchell | R | SO | Marietta, GA | 3.52 | 2–1 | 13–4 | 0 | 38.1 | 31 | 28 | 43 | .900 |
| 7 | Taylor Stark | R | SO | Flowood, MS | 3.68 | 1–0 | 8–0 | 1 | 7.1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | .917 |
| 36 | Nick Routt | L | JR | Silver Spring, MD | 3.80 | 3–5 | 18–7 | 0 | 45.0 | 58 | 15 | 39 | .923 |
| 38 | Will Cox | R | FR | Amory, MS | 4.64 | 2–1 | 7–6 | 0 | 21.1 | 22 | 3 | 22 | .800 |
| 18 | Chad Girodo | L | JR | Hartselle, AL | 5.87 | 0–1 | 11–0 | 0 | 7.2 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1.000 |
| 10 | C.T. Bradford | L | SO | Pace, FL | 10.12 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 | 2.2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .968 |
| $_{99.}$ | ² Totals | – | – | ------ | 2.58 | 40–24 | 64–64 | 21 | 585.0 | 517 | 181 | 536 | .969 |
| $_{99.}$ | ²² Opponents | – | – | ------ | 3.82 | 24–40 | 64–64 | 14 | 568.1 | 524 | 261 | 443 | .975 |
NOTE: The use of $_{99.}$ and ² have no significance other than to maintain Totals and Opponents at the bottom when sorted ascending for those columns.

### Players Not Played

These players were on the roster, but did not appear in a game, and may have been redshirted or left the program.
| # | Player | Pos | B | T | YR | Hometown |
| 6 | C.C. Watson | P | L | L | SO | Heflin, AL |
| 25 | Nick Flair | SS | R | R | FR | Belle Chasse, LA |
| 33 | Preston Brown | P | R | R | FR | Germantown, TN |

## Schedule and results

2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log :
Regular season :
February :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record |
| Feb 17 | Washington State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 6–2 | Stratton (1–0) | Leckenby (0–1) | None | 6,141 | 1–0 |
| Feb 19 | Washington State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 5–6 | LaRoy (1–0) | Reed (0–1) | Simon (1) | | 1–1 |
| Feb 19 | Washington State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 5–4 | Stark (1–0) | Jackson (0–1) | None | 6,006 | 2–1 |
| Feb 24 | Kansas | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 1–0 | Stratton (2–0) | Tanner (0–1) | None | 5,817 | 3–1 |
| Feb 25 | Miss. Valley State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 13–5 | Fitts (1–0) | Lacy (0–2) | None | | 4–1 |
| Feb 25 | Kansas | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 3–1 | E Mitchell (1–0) | Jordan (0–1) | Reed (1) | 3,050 | 5–1 |
| Feb 26 | Miss. Valley State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 5–1 | Cox (1–0) | Lostra (0–2) | Holder (1) | 5,806 | 6–1 |
| Feb 29 | Memphis | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 6–7 | Eaton (1–0) | Reed (0–2) | None | 5,777 | 6–2 |
March :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| Mar 2 | Connecticut | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 5–4 | Stratton (3–0) | Fischer(0–2) | None | 5,635 | 7–2 | |
| Mar 3 | Lipscomb | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 6–4 | Fitts (2–0) | Nunn (0–1) | Stark (1) | | 8–2 | |
| Mar 3 | Connecticut | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 3–1 | Routt (1–0) | Marzi (0–1) | Reed (2) | 6150 | 9–2 | |
| Mar 4 | Lipscomb | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 16–6 | Holder (1–0) | Fonfara (0–2) | None | 5,949 | 10–2 | |
| Mar 6 | Penn State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 7–3 | Gaines (1–0) | Franklin (0–1) | Reed (3) | 5,684 | 11–2 | |
| Mar 7 | Penn State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 10–6 | Lindgren (1–0) | Dixon (0–1) | None | 5,741 | 12–2 | |
| Mar 9 | Mercer | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 5–3 | Stratton (4–0) | Love (2–1) | Reed (4) | 5,706 | 13–2 | |
| Mar 10 | Mercer | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 1–6 | Barker (2–0) | Routt (1–1) | None | 6,032 | 13–3 | |
| Mar 11 | Mercer | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 3–1 | Graveman (1–0) | Randall(1–2) | Reed (5) | 5,740 | 14–3 | |
| Mar 13 | @SE Louisiana | Alumni Field • Hammond, LA | 3–4 | Cutura (1–1) | Girodo (0–1) | Lopez (6) | 1,350 | 14–4 | |
| Mar 14 | @SE Louisiana | Alumni Field • Hammond, LA | 1–5 | Manuel (1–2) | Cox (1–1) | Hills (1) | 1,580 | 14–5 | |
| Mar 16 | @LSU | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 2–3(10) | Goody (1–0) | Reed (0–3) | None | 10,830 | 14–6 | 0–1 |
| Mar 17 | @LSU | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 3–4 | Eades (4–1) | Routt (1–2) | Goody (2) | 11,137 | 14–7 | 0–2 |
| Mar 18 | @LSU | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 7–1 | Graveman (2–0) | Nola (3–1) | None | 10,610 | 15–7 | 1–2 |
| Mar 21 | Alabama A&M | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | RAIN | | | | | | |
| Mar 23 | Arkansas | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 11–2 | Stratton (5–0) | Baxendale (5–1) | None | 6,289 | 16–7 | 2–2 |
| Mar 24 | Arkansas | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 0–8 | Stanek (6–0) | Routt (1–3) | None | 6,763 | 16–8 | 2–3 |
| Mar 25 | Arkansas | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 5–8(11) | Suggs (2–0) | Reed (0–4) | Lynch (2) | 6,228 | 16–9 | 2–4 |
| Mar 27 | Alcorn State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 6–2 | Cox (2–1) | Pomerlee (0–2) | None | 5,781 | 17–9 | |
| Mar 30 | @Auburn | Hitchcock Field • Auburn, AL | 5–3 | Stratton (6–0) | Varnadore (1–3) | Reed (6) | 2,656 | 18–9 | 3–4 |
| Mar 31 | @Auburn | Hitchcock Field • Auburn, AL | 6–10 | Kendall (4–0) | Routt (1–4) | None | 3,522 | 18–10 | 3–5 |
April :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| Apr 1 | @Auburn | Hitchcock Field • Auburn, AL | 2–8 | Koger (2–1) | Graveman (2–1) | Smith (3) | 3,458 | 18–11 | 3–6 |
| Apr 3 | Miss. Valley State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | RAIN | See May 8 | | | | | |
| Apr 6 | Vanderbilt | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 7–4 | Stratton (7–0) | Crawford (1–5) | Reed (7) | 6,353 | 19–11 | 4–6 |
| Apr 7 | Vanderbilt | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 3–4(12) | Clinard (3–1) | Lindgren (1–1) | None | 6,248 | 19–12 | 4–7 |
| Apr 8 | Vanderbilt | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 8–7 | Pollorena (1–0) | Ziomek (2–6) | None | 5,820 | 20–12 | 5–7 |
| Apr 10 | South Alabama | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 2–0(12) | Fitts (3–0) | Huffer (0–1) | None | 5,812 | 21–12 | |
| Apr 13 | @South Carolina | Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC | 6–7 | Beal (2–3) | Reed (0–5) | Price (2) | 8,105 | 21–13 | 5–8 |
| Apr 14 | @South Carolina | Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC | 3–5 | Montgomery (3–0) | Graveman (2–2) | Price (3) | 8,242 | 21–14 | 5–9 |
| Apr 15 | @South Carolina | Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC | 4–6 | Holmes (5–0) | E Mitchell (1–1) | Webb (2) | 7,011 | 21–15 | 5–10 |
| Apr 17 | vs.Ole Miss | Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS | 3–6 | Buchanan (1–0) | Woodruff (0–1) | Chavez (1) | 5,533 | 21–16 | |
| Apr 19 | Tennessee | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 2–1(11) | Reed (1–5) | Steckenrider (4–3) | None | 6,388 | 22–16 | 6–10 |
| Apr 20 | Tennessee | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 7–1 | Graveman (3–2) | Kidd (2–1) | None | 7,968 | 23–16 | 6–11 |
| Apr 21 | Tennessee | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 3–2(14) | Pollorena (2–0) | Blount (2–3) | None | 9,233 | 24–16 | 7–11 |
| Apr 24 | vs.Southern Miss | Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS | 5–0 | Routt (2–4) | Scarborough (1–2) | None | 4,300 | 25–16 | |
| Apr 27 | Ole Miss | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 4–0 | Stratton (8–0) | Wahl (5–1) | None | 6,601 | 26–16 | 8–11 |
| Apr 28 | Ole Miss | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 2–6 | Hively (4–3) | Graveman (3–3) | None | 6,977 | 26–17 | 8–12 |
| Apr 29 | Ole Miss | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 4–2 | Pollorena (3–0) | Bailey (1–1) | Reed (8) | 6,650 | 27–17 | 9–12 |
May :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| May 4 | @Alabama | Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 3–1 | Stratton (9–0) | Turnbull (2–4) | Holder (2) | 3,423 | 28–17 | 10–12 |
| May 5 | @Alabama | Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 3–2 | E Mitchell (2–1) | Keller (1–5) | Holder (3) | 3,550 | 29–17 | 11–12 |
| May 5 | @Alabama | Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 7–8 | Hubbard (3–2) | Routt (2–5) | None | 6,272 | 29–18 | 12–12 |
| May 8 | Miss. Valley State | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 6–3 | R Mitchell (1–0) | Lostra (3–9) | Lindgren (1) | 5,496 | 30–18 | |
| May 11 | @Florida | Perry Field • Gainesville, FL | 1–4 | Randall (6–1) | Stratton (9–1) | Rodriguez (3) | 3,875 | 30–19 | 12–13 |
| May 12 | @Florida | Perry Field • Gainesville, FL | 2–0 | Graveman (4–3) | Crawford (4–2) | Holder (4) | 4,593 | 31–19 | 13–13 |
| May 13 | @Florida | Perry Field • Gainesville, FL | 1–2 | Maddox (3–2) | Lindgren (1–2) | None | 3,299 | 31–20 | 13–14 |
| May 15 | Central Arkansas | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 0–2 | McKinzie (1–1) | Woodruff (0–2) | Biggerstaff (1) | 5,804 | 31–21 | |
| May 17 | Kentucky | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 3–1 | Stratton (10–1) | T Rogers (6–4) | Holder (5) | 6,146 | 32–21 | 14–14 |
| May 18 | Kentucky | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 4–3 | Pollorena (4–0) | Grundy (4–3) | Holder (6) | 6,478 | 33–21 | 15–14 |
| May 19 | Kentucky | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 11–3 | Lindgren (2–2) | Littrell (8–1) | None | 6,395 | 34–21 | 16–14 |
Post-season :
SEC tournament :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SECT Record |
| May 22 | Arkansas | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 9–1 | Woodruff (1–2) | Stanek (6–4) | Holder (7) | 5,489 | 35–21 | 1–0 |
| May 23 | LSU | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 3–2 | Stratton (11–1) | Broussard (4–1) | Holder (8) | 7,019 | 36–21 | 2–0 |
| May 24 | Kentucky | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 1–5 | Grundy (5–3) | Graveman (4–4) | Phillips (7) | 6,798 | 36–22 | 2–1 |
| May 25 | LSU | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 4–3 | Holder (2–0) | Goody (1–2) | None | 9,067 | 37–22 | 3–1 |
| May 26 | Kentucky | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 2–1 | Routt (3–5) | Littrell (8–2) | Holder (9) | 9,243 | 38–22 | 4–1 |
| May 27 | Vanderbilt | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 3–0 | R Mitchell (2–0) | Beede (1–5) | Stratton (1) | 12,526 | 39–22 | 5–1 |
NCAA Tallahassee Regional :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | NCAAT record |
| Jun 1 | Samford | Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | 0–5 | Basford (10–2) | Stratton (11–2) | None | 3,154 | 39–23 | 0–1 |
| June 2 | UAB | Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | 8–1 | R Mitchell (3–0) | Nance (4–4) | Reed (9) | 3,154 | 40–23 | 1–1 |
| June 3 | Samford | Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | 2–3 | Burns (4–1) | Holder (2–1) | Irby (10) | 3,081 | 40–24 | 1–2 |
* ↑ Suspended due to rain on Feb 18 and completed on Feb 19.
* ↑ Game was cancelled due to rain and was not rescheduled.
* ↑ Game was suspended due to rain and completed on May 8.
* ↑ Makeup of Apr 3 game.