2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 baseball 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference West SEC 2 2 51–20 16–14 John Cohen (5th season) Butch Thompson (5th season) Nick Mingione (1st season) Dudy Noble Field Starkville Regional championsCharlottesville Super Regional champions College World Series Runner-upvs. UCLA L 0–2 The 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 14th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 5th at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field, and compete in the Southeastern Conference's West Division. After the 2012 season, assistant coach Lane Burroughs left Mississippi State to become the head coach at Northwestern State. Nick Mingione became the assistant coach for the 2013 season, replacing Lane Burroughs.http://www.cdispatch.com/msusports/article.asp?aid=50872 MSU assistant Mingione hired as new Kentucky coach The Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company 13 June 2016 4 July 2016 16 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160816161002/http://www.cdispatch.com/msusports/article.asp?aid=50872 dead After a third-place finish in the SEC West and a semifinal appearance in the 2013 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament, the Bulldogs advanced through the NCAA tournament's Starkville Regional, Charlottesville Super Regional, and College World Series bracket to reach the College World Series final with an 8–1 record in the tournament. MLB draft Player Position Round Overall MLB team Hunter Renfroe OF 1 13 San Diego Padres Adam Frazier SS 6 179 Pittsburgh Pirates Kendall Graveman RHP 8 235 Toronto Blue Jays Chad Girodo LHP 9 265 Toronto Blue Jays Evan Mitchell RHP 13 405 Cincinnati Reds Daryl Norris INF/RHP 22 666 Detroit Tigers Luis Pollorena LHP 23 700 Texas RangersThree More Diamond Dogs Drafted In First 10 RoundsThree More Diamond Dogs Selected In MLB Draft Roster 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs y y Nick Ammirati 17 C S R 5 9 189 SR Sparta, NJ Seton Hall Prep, Seton Hall / Panola College Anthony Anello 39 RHP R R 6 2 170 FR Roswell, GA Fellowship Christian School Derrick Armstrong 6 OF R R 5 8 190 JR Columbia, TN Columbia Central HS / Columbia State CC Ben Bracewell 4 RHP R R 6 0 205 JR Chelsea, AL Briarwood Christian School C.T. Bradford 10 OF L L 5 9 170 JR Pace, FL Pace HS Matthew Britton 15 INF L R 6 0 189 SO Cullman, AL Cullman HS Cody Brown 26 OF L R 5 10 180 FR Biloxi, MS Biloxi HS Preston Brown 33 RHP R R 6 0 188 FR y Germantown, TN St. George's HS Will Cox 38 RHP R R 6 4 217 SO Amory, MS Amory HS Alex Detz 3 INF L R 5 10 177 JR San Luis Obispo, CA Mission Prep HS / Cuesta College Trevor Fitts 31 RHP R R 6 2 212 SO Helena, AL Pelham HS Nick Flair 25 INF R R 6 2 191 FR y Belle Chasse, LA Belle Chasse HS Adam Frazier y 12 INF L R 5 11 174 JR Bishop, GA Oconee County HS Sam Frost 8 INF L R 5 10 168 SR Hoover, AL Hoover HS Tyler Fullerton 9 OF R R 5 10 179 SO Murfreesboro, TN Siegel HS Daniel Garner 19 C R R 6 0 206 FR Madison, AL Sparkman HS Myles Gentry 47 RHP R R 5 11 182 FR Gulfport, MS Gulfport HS Chad Girodo 18 LHP L L 6 1 195 SR Hartselle, AL Hartselle HS Kendall Graveman y 49 RHP R R 6 1 197 SR Alexander City, AL Benjamin Russell HS Kyle Hann 23 INF R R 5 7 179 FR Oakville, Ontario, Canada Hillfield Strathallan College Demarcus Henderson 2 OF R R 5 10 171 JR Waynesboro, MS Wayne County HS Jonathan Holder 14 RHP R R 6 2 229 SO Gulfport, MS Gulfport HS Jacob Lindgren 21 LHP R L 5 11 206 SO Bay St. Louis, MS St. Stanislaus HS Evan Mitchell 51 RHP R R 6 2 175 JR Marietta, GA Wheeler HS Ross Mitchell 48 LHP L L 6 1 171 SO Smyrna, TN Blackman HS Daryl Norris 5 INF R R 6 2 220 JR Fairhope, AL Fairhope HS Brett Pirtle 13 INF S R 5 9 176 JR Tyler, TX Tyler Lee HS / Panola College Luis Pollorena 22 LHP L L 5 9 169 SR Laredo, TX United HS / Marion Military Institute Trey Porter 32 INF L R 6 2 218 SR Hurley, MS East Central HS / Mississippi Gulf Coast CC Zach Randolph 36 C R R 6 1 187 JR Amory, MS Amory HS / Itawamba CC Wes Rea 35 INF R R 6 5 272 SO Gulfport, MS Harrison Central HS Hunter Renfroe y 34 OF R R 6 1 216 JR Crystal Springs, MS Copiah Academy Jacob Robson 7 OF L R 5 9 177 FR Windsor, Ontario, Canada Vincent Massey Secondary School John Marc Shelly 28 RHP R R 5 11 188 FR Germantown, TN St. George's Independent Schools Mitch Slauter 29 C R R 6 1 210 SR Olathe, KS Olathe North HS / Barton County CC Wes Stokes 43 RHP R R 6 2 233 JR Collinsville, MS West Lauderdale HS / Meridian CC Brandon Woodruff 24 RHP L R 6 2 225 SO Wheeler, MS Wheeler HS http://www.hailstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=16800&SPID=10993&SPSID=90859 John Cohen Butch Thompson (associate head coach)Nick Mingione (assistant coach)Tyler Bratton (volunteer assistant coach) Schedule 2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log Regular season February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb 15 2013 Portland Pilots Portland Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 16–1 Lindgren (1–0) Mccallister (0–1) None 5,817 1–0 Feb 16 Portland Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–1 R. Mitchell (1–0) Radke (0–1) Holder (1) 7,147 2–0 Feb 17 Portland Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–1 Graveman (1–0) Torson (0–1) None 3–0 Feb 17 Portland Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–0 Pollorena (1–0) Yinger (0–1) None 6,721 4–0 Feb 19 2013 Grambling State Tigers Grambling State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–0 Woodruff (1–0) Baker (0–1) Holder (2) 5,650 5–0 Feb 22 2013 Purdue Boilermakers Purdue Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–2 Holder (1–0) McElroy (0–1) None 5,591 6–0 Feb 23 2013 Samford Bulldogs Samford Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 8–2 R. Mitchell (2–0) Irby (1–1) None 7–0 Feb 23 Purdue Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–6 Girodo (1–0) Andrzejewski (0–1) Holder (3) 9,184 8–0 Feb 24 Samford Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 8–1 Cox (1–0) McGavin (0–2) None 7,038 9–0 Feb 26 Rhode Island Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 13–2 Girodo (2–0) Mantle (0–1) None 5,945 10–0 Feb 27 Rhode Island Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 17–5 R. Mitchell (3–0) Sterner (0–2) None 6,343 11–0 March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar 1 2013 St. Joseph's Hawks St. Joseph's Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 10–0 Lindgren (2–0) Stover (0–1) None 6,133 12–0 Mar 2 St. Joseph's Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–1 R. Mitchell (4–0) Carter (0–1) Holder (4) 6,267 13–0 Mar 3 St. Joseph's Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–2 Pollorena (2–0) Mullen (1–3) Bracewell (1) 14–0 Mar 3 St. Joseph's Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–0 Cox (2–0) Thorpe (0–2) Holder (5) 6,496 15–0 Mar 5 2013 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils Mississippi Valley State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 14–2 Pollorena (3–0) Killier (0–3) None 6,105 16–0 Mar 8 2013 Central Arkansas Bears Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–2 Gentry (1–0) McClanahan (3–1) Holder (6) 6,610 17–0 Mar 9 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–7 Barr (2–0) Woodruff (1–1) McKinzie (1) 7,169 17–1 Mar 10 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–7 Biggerstaff (2–0) Graveman (1–1) None 6,403 17–2 Mar 12 vs. 2013 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Southern Miss Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS 13–5 Pollorena (4–0) Robbins (1–2) R. Mitchell (1) 6,948 18–2 Mar 15 LSU Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–6 (10) Bourgeois (2–0) Cox (2–1) Cotton (6) 8,068 18–3 0–1 Mar 16 LSU Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–7 Eades (4–0) E. Mitchell (0–1) None 9,341 18–4 0–2 Mar 17 LSU Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 10–2 Graveman (2–1) Glenn (3–1) None 7,686 19–4 1–2 Mar 19 2013 Alcorn State Braves Alcorn State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–6 Gentry (2–0) Brown (0–2) Holder (7) 6,310 20–4 Mar 22 @ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 8–4 R. Mitchell (5–0) Reed (2–3) None 1,788 21–4 2–2 Mar 23 @ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 2–3 Grundy (5–1) Graveman (2–2) Gott (7) 21–5 2–3 Mar 23 @ Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 3–4 Wijas (2–0) Girodo (2–1) None 2,284 21–6 2–4 Mar 26 2013 Austin Peay State Governors Austin Peay State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 13–5 Gentry (3–0) Lindley (0–1) None 6,059 22–6 Mar 29 @ Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 4–5 Beeks (3–0) Pollorena (4–1) Suggs (2) 7,845 20–7 2–5 Mar 30 @ Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 4–1 Graveman (3–2) Stanek (2–2) None 8,742 23–7 3–5 Mar 31 @ Arkansas Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 1–3 Fant (2–0) Bracewell (0–1) Suggs (3) 7,722 23–8 3–6 April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Apr 2 @ 2013 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL 6–4 Girodo (3–1) Traylor (2–3) Holder (8) 3,384 24–8 Apr 5 Florida Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–3 Pollorena (5–1) Crawford (1–5) Holder (9) 8,414 25–8 4–6 Apr 6 Florida Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–0 Graveman (4–2) Young (1–3) None 8,564 26–8 5–6 Apr 7 Florida Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–8 Magliozzi (3–1) Lindgren (2–1) None 7,660 26–9 5–7 Apr 9 vs. 2013 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS 5–1 R. Mitchell (6–0) Massie (0–1) None 8,240 27–9 Apr 12 @ 2013 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX 3–2 Pollorena (6–1) Mengden (4–2) Holder (10) 4,857 28–9 6–7 Apr 13 @ Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX 9–3 Graveman (5–2) Pineda (3–3) None 4,676 29–9 7–7 Apr 14 @ Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX 15–4 Lindgren (3–1) Ray (3–1) Holder (11) 5,052 30–9 8–7 Apr 18Game was suspended due to rain and completed on April 19. 2013 Auburn Tigers Auburn Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–3 R. Mitchell (7–0) Kendrick (2–2) Holder (12) 7,974 31–9 9–7 Apr 19 Auburn Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 1–3 O'Neal (8–2) Graveman (5–3) Dedrick (4) 10,143 31–10 9–8 Apr 20 Auburn Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–0 Lindgren (4–1) Kendall (0–5) None 14,562 32–10 10–8 Apr 23 @ 2013 Memphis Tigers Memphis FedExPark • Memphis, TN 12–1 R. Mitchell (8–0) Wills (3–3) None 3,428 33–10 Apr 26 @ Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 1–3 Ziomek (8–2) Pollorena (6–2) B. Miller (12) 3,423 33–11 10–9 Apr 27 @ Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 2–5 Beede (11–0) Graveman (5–4) Fulmer (3) 2,840 33–12 10–10 Apr 28 @ Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 3–8 Pecoraro (2–1) Lindgren (4–2) None 33–13 10–11 May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record May 4 Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 10–6 R. Mitchell (9–0) Turnbull (4–2) Holder (13) 34–13 11–11 May 4 Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–4 (10) Girodo (4–1) Castillo (2–2) None 7,382 35–13 12–11 May 5 Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–6 (11) Holder (2–0) Keller (3–6) None 6,272 36–13 13–11 May 10Game was suspended due to rain and completed on May 11. @ 2013 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS 0–3 Mayers (4–4) Pollorena (6–3) Huber (11) 10,065 36–14 13–12 May 11 @ Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS 8–10 Smith (3–0) Graveman (5–5) Bailey (3) 10,053 36–15 13–13 May 12 @ Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS 7–6 Bracewell (1–1) Weathersby (0–2) None 8,083 37–15 14–13 May 14 2013 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–2 Girodo (5–1) Glanz (1–4) Holder (14) 6,298 38–15 May 16 South Carolina Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–4 Girodo (6–1) Webb (2–2) Holder (15) 6,755 39–15 15–13 May 17 South Carolina Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–5 (10) Westmoreland (7–1) Bradford (0–1) Webb (16) 6,932 39–16 15–14 May 18 South Carolina Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–2 R. Mitchell (10–0) Wynkoop (7–3) None 7,687 40–16 16–14 Postseason SEC tournament Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record May 21 Missouri Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 2–1 (17) Cox (3–1) Walsh (2–2) None 5,404 41–16 1–0 May 22 South Carolina Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 5–3 Gentry (4–0) Westmoreland (7–2) None 5,913 42–16 2–0 May 23 2013 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 6–4 Mitchell (11–0) Pineda (5–5) Holder (16) 8.143 43–16 3–0 May 25 Vanderbilt Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 8–16 Pecoraro (4–1) Lindgren (4–3) Miller (2) 11,963 43–17 3–1 NCAA Starkville Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31 2013 Central Arkansas Bears Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–3 Graveman (6–5) McClanahan (10–6) Holder (17) 11,102 44–17 1–0 June 1 2013 South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–2 Mitchell (12–0) Bell (6–2) None 11,124 45–17 2–0 June 2 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 2–5 McKinzie (4–2) Gentry (4–1) None 10,226 45–18 2–1 June 3 Central Arkansas Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 6–1 Girodo (7–1) Biggerstaff (6–5) None 8,662 46–18 3–1 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 8 Virginia Davenport Field • Charlottesville, VA 11–6 Graveman (7–5) Waddell (6–3) Mitchell (2) 4,956 47–18 4–1 June 9Game was suspended due to rain and completed on June 10. Virginia Davenport Field • Charlottesville, VA 6–5 Girodo (8–1) Silverstein (10–2) Holder (18) 4,956 48–18 5–1 College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record June 15 Oregon State TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 5–4 Mitchell (13–0) Boyd (10–4) Holder (19) 24,473 49–18 1–0 June 17 Indiana TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 5–4 Girodo (9–1) Halstead (4–5) Holder (20) 25,260 50–18 2–0 June 21 Oregon State TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 4–1 Graveman (8–5) Moore (14–2) Holder (21) 18,868 51–18 3–0 June 24 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 1–3 Plutko (10–3) Fitts (0–1) Berg (24) 25,690 51–19 3–1 June 25 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 0–8 Vander Tuig (14–4) Pollorena (6–4) None 27,127 51–20 3–2 right|thumb|Wes Rea, paying first base against Arkansas, was a leader on the team right|thumb|C.T. Bradford was the leadoff hitter for the Bulldogs Record vs. conference opponents MSU Ranking movements 2013 NCAA Division I baseball rankings 2013 18 18 5 13 16 5 12 13 13 5 9 10 6 3 5 6 11 13 8 10 15 19 14 14 16 25 19 17 17 NR 24 18 16 21 26 16 10 16 18 11 12 16 17 10 15 22 28 15 13 21 24 13 16 24 23 17 13 16 18 13 11 14 14 9 12 7 2 2 2 2 References External links Official website Mississippi State Bulldogs Category:2013 in sports in Mississippi Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball seasons Category:College World Series seasons Category:2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament participants