2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

College baseball team March 2026 August 2023 2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference West SEC 23-33 9-21 Ron Polk Tommy Raffo Russ McNickle Dudy Noble Field The 2008 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2008. The team was coached by Ron Polk, in his 35th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 29th at Mississippi State. During mid-season, Coach Polk announced he would resign effective at the conclusion of the season. Following the conclusion of the season, former MSU standout and University of Kentucky Head Baseball coach John Cohen was announced by incoming AD Greg Bryne as the new Mississippi State Baseball Coach for 2009. Pre-season The 2008 version of the Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball team were looking to build on the success of the 2007 MSU Baseball Campaign after advancing to the College World Series. Based upon the achievements the year before, the recruiting class of 2008 was ranked 26th by Collegiate Baseballhttp://www.baseballnews.com/recruiting/recruiting_results.htm College Baseball Recruiting Results 2008-02-28 2008-01-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20080122082240/http://www.baseballnews.com/recruiting/recruiting_results.htm dead The team was predicted to finish second in the SEC West Mississippi State was ranked 24th in the preseason NCBWA poll,https://archive.today/20120904191712/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90857&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1370330 Diamond Dogs 24th In Preseason NCBWA Poll - Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics Site - MStateAthletics.com 23rd in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll,https://archive.today/20120918105319/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90857&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1374839 Baseball Bulldogs 23rd In USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll - Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics Site - MStateAthletics.com and 19th in the Rivals.com preseason pollhttps://archive.today/20130129074805/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90857&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1380667 State Ranked 19th In Rivals.com Preseason Baseball Poll - Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics Site - MStateAthletics.com Infielder Brandon Turner was named to the 2008 preseason Louisville Slugger TPX 2008 All-America second teamhttps://archive.today/20120905194113/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90857&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1356524 MSU's Turner Nabs Another All-America Honor; Diamond Dogs 27th In Collegiate Baseball Poll - Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics Site - MStateAthletics.com and to the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list.https://archive.today/20120906185201/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90857&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1390436 Brandon Turner Named To Golden Spikes Award Watch List - Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics Site - MStateAthletics.com Pitcher Aaron Weatherford was named to the preseason watch list for the NCWBA Stopper of the Year Award.https://archive.today/20120907170713/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90857&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1389723 MSU's Weatherford On Watch List For NCBWA Stopper Of The Year Award - Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics Site - MStateAthletics.com Turner and Weatherford were both named to the preseason watch list for the 2008 Brooks Wallace Award.https://archive.today/20120904024230/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90857&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=1349924 Turner, Weatherford Represent MSU On Wallace Award Watch List - Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics Site - MStateAthletics.com Roster and Stats Coaches Name Title First season at MSU Alma materRon Polkhttp://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90861&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=932364&Q_SEASON=2007 Ron Polk Bio @ MStateAthletics.com 2008-02-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110920162419/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90861&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=932364&Q_SEASON=2007 2011-09-20 dead Head coach1976Grand Canyon College (1965)Russ McNicklehttp://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90861&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=932361&Q_SEASON=2007 Russ McNickle Bio @ MStateAthletics.com 2008-02-28 https://archive.today/20120906085322/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90861&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=932361&Q_SEASON=2007 2012-09-06 dead Assistant coach2002University of South Alabama (1988)Tommy Raffohttp://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90861&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=932362&Q_SEASON=2007 Tommy Raffo Bio @ MStateAthletics.com 2008-02-28 https://archive.today/20130129074849/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90861&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=932362&Q_SEASON=2007 2013-01-29 dead Assistant coach1998Mississippi State University (1990)Wade Hedgeshttps://archive.today/20120904032548/http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=90861&SPID=10993&DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=932368&Q_SEASON=2007 Wade Hedges Bio @ MStateAthletics.comVolunteer Assistant Coach2004Florida Southern College (1996) Players # Player Pos B T YR Hometown G AB H AVG HR RBI BB SB FLD% 2 Brandon Turner 2B L R SO Cleveland, TN 8 23 5 .217 1 4 0 0 1.000 3 Grant Hogue OF S R JR Hattiesburg, MS 55 197 63 .320 0 13 21 25 .943 5 Russ Sneed 3B/SS R R SO Senatobia, MS 56 215 59 .274 2 26 31 5 .940 7 Ryan Powers SS/2B R R FR Beacon, NY 40 92 22 .239 0 10 12 0 .944 8 Brooks Lewis C R R JR Heidelberg, MS 23 17 4 .235 0 2 3 0 .980 11 Tyler Moore 1B R R JR Brandon, MS 56 204 61 .299 14 46 21 5 .982 13 Jet Butler SS/2B S R SO Pensacola, FL 55 181 49 .271 1 24 16 0 .953 14 Ryan Duffy C L R SO West Melbourne, FL 42 121 37 .306 7 25 4 0 .980 15 Mark Goforth OF L R JR Covington, TN 46 101 31 .307 0 10 12 3 1.000 16 Will Coggin 2B R R JR Booneville, MS 8 4 0 .000 0 1 1 0 1.000 18 Jason Nappi OF R R FR Birmingham, AL 53 197 54 .274 8 37 32 1 .897 19 Andy Rice OF L L SR Amory, MS 31 61 16 .262 1 9 8 0 .972 20 Nick Hardy OF R R JR Flora, MS. 49 76 20 .263 2 13 14 2 .950 23 Cade Hoggard OF R R SO Oxford, MS 20 18 1 .056 0 0 5 0 1.000 25 Connor Powers 3B R R SO Naperville, IL 35 135 47 .348 11 38 18 2 .915 26 Scott DeLoach C R R JR Madison, MS 5 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 27 Jeff Flagg OF R R JR Jacksonville, FL 34 50 9 .180 1 6 9 0 1.000 29 Cody Freeman C R R FR Collinsville, MS 38 116 36 .310 2 20 15 1 1.000 36 Johnny Allen C R R JR Grenada, MS 22 47 12 .255 0 5 4 0 .979 38 Ryan Collins OF L L FR Callaway, FL 43 119 41 .345 3 23 26 3 .983 45 Michael Busby P/SS R R FR Vicksburg, MS 3 4 3 .750 0 1 0 0 1.000 Pitchers # Player T Yr Hometown G GS IP W L SV ERA H BB SO FLD% 4 Forrest Moore L FR Baton Rouge, LA 19 4 45.1 1 2 0 8.14 52 39 46 .900 6 Justin Pigott L SR Picayune, MS 9 9 44.2 2 3 0 5.04 51 16 44 1.000 9 Greg Houston R SO Hoover, AL 14 2 25.2 0 1 0 7.36 44 16 18 1.000 10 Andy Wilson L SR Columbus, GA 16 1 35.0 3 0 0 5.66 40 13 27 .778 12 Tyler Whitney L SO Lakeland, TN 10 5 20.0 0 2 0 10.80 29 19 20 1.000 17 Chad Crosswhite R JR Brandon, MS 19 11 53.1 3 5 0 9.96 82 27 36 .909 24 Jared Koon R JR Tupelo, MS 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 10.80 2 1 0 1.000 30 John Lalor R SR Germantown, TN 21 2 42.1 3 3 1 3.19 38 14 56 1.000 31 Ricky Bowen R SO Jasper, AL 15 13 73.1 3 6 0 7.61 84 41 64 .889 32 Aaron Weatherford R JR Crystal Springs, MS 18 0 31.2 3 1 7 0.85 10 10 62 1.000 34 Jesse Carver L SR Starkville, MS 15 2 33.2 1 1 0 9.09 57 14 27 1.000 35 Jared Wesson L JR Tupelo, MS 7 1 4.2 0 1 0 19.29 7 12 3 -- 41 Lee Swindle R JR Eupora, MS 11 4 35.1 2 3 0 6.37 52 14 13 1.000 44 Drew Hollinghead R SO Leakesville, MS 6 2 10.0 1 1 0 6.30 8 9 5 1.000 45 Michael Busby R FR Vicksburg, MS 19 0 37.0 1 4 0 5.84 39 29 30 1.000 These players are on the roster, but did not appear in a game and were redshirted. # Player Pos B T YR Hometown 28 Shawn Marquardt P R L FR Carmel, IN 33 Paxton Pace P/2B R L FR Collinsville, MS 42 Brent Brownlee OF R R FR Oxford, MS 48 Luke Adkins OF L L JR Nettleton, MS 49 Sean Johnson OF R R JR Senatobia, MS 50 Ryan Rubino SS/2B R R FR Bradenton, FL 51 Bobby Triglia 3B/C R R FR Jacksonville, FL Schedule and results background:#800000;color:white; 2008 Game Log y background:#FFFFFF;color:#800000; Regular Season # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Record SEC |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || February 22 || at North Florida || 8-2 || Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville || Pigott (1-0) || Pryor || --- || 1191 || 1-0 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || February 23 || at North Florida || 9-17 || Harmon Stadium || Raiford || Wesson (0-1) || Stohr || 1121 || 1-1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || February 24 || at North Florida || 6-11 ||Harmon Stadium || Pryor || Bowen (0-1) || --- || 1048 || 1-2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || February 26 || UAB || 9-2 || Dudy Noble Field ||F. Moore (1-0) || Crawford || Weatherford (1) || 5810 || 2-2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || March 1 || Air Force || 3-1 || Dudy Noble Field || Pigott (2-0) || Truesdale || Weatherford (2) || 6866 || 3-2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || March 1 || Air Force || 4-6 || Dudy Noble Field || Pingel || Crosswhite (0-1) || Petro || 6866 || 3-3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || March 2 || Air Force || 16-8 || Dudy Noble Field || Bowen (1-1) || Petro || --- || 6438 || 4-3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 8 || March 4 || Arkansas-Little Rock || 5-9 || Dudy Noble Field || Klumpp || F. Moore (1-1) || --- || 5657 || 4-4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || March 5 || Arkansas-Little Rock || 6-3 || Dudy Noble Field || Carver (1-0) || Rominger || Lalor (1) || 5851 || 5-4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || March 9 || Baylor || 4-5 || Dudy Noble Field || Volz || Pigott (2-1) || Fritsch || 6021 || 5-5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 11 || March 9 || Baylor || 11-16 || Dudy Noble Field || Tolleson || Crosswhite (0-2) || --- || 6021 || 5-6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || March 10 || Baylor || 3-6 || Dudy Noble Field || Kempf || Bowen (1-2) || Cassavechia || 5622 || 5-7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 || March 11 || Mississippi Valley State || 15-0 || Dudy Noble Field || Swindle (1-0) || Reid || --- || 5725 || 6-7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 || March 12 || Mississippi Valley State || 11-5 || Dudy Noble Field || Wilson (1-0) || Gafford || --- || 5725 || 7-7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 15 || March 14 || Ole Miss || 6-15 || Dudy Noble Field || Lynn || F. Moore (1-2) || Morgan || 6571 || 7-8 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 16 || March 15 || Ole Miss || 6-11 || Dudy Noble Field || Bittle || Lalor (0-1) || --- || 7482 || 7-9 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 || March 16 || Ole Miss || 4-0 || Dudy Noble Field || Bowen (2-2) || Baker || --- || 3025 || 8-9 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 18 || March 18 || at UAB || 24-10 || Young Memorial Field || Swindle (2-0) || Huddleston || --- || 575 || 9-9 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 19 || March 21 || at South Carolina || 1-9 || Sarge Frye Field || Cisco || Carver (1-1) || --- || 4810 || 9-10 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || March 22 || at South Carolina || 1-4 || Sarge Frye Field || Atwood || Swindle (2-1) || Todd || 5029 || 9-11 || 1-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || March 23 || at South Carolina ||3-10|| Sarge Frye Field || Cooper || Bowen (2-3) || || 4313 || 9-12 || 1-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 22 || March 25 || South Alabama ||5-6|| Dudy Noble Field || LaGrow || Houston (0-1) || G.Johnson || 5866 || 9-13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 || March 26 || South Alabama ||7-6(11)|| Dudy Noble Field || Crosswhite (1-2) || Dunning || || 6037 || 10-13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 || March 28 || Georgia ||3-2(10)|| Dudy Noble Field ||Crosswhite (2-2) || Fields || || 7564 || 11-13 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 25 || March 29 || Georgia ||1-5|| Dudy Noble Field || Dodson || Swindle (2-2) || || 9424 || 11-14 || 2-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 26 || March 30 || Georgia ||3-5(10)|| Dudy Noble Field || McRee || Lalor (0-2) || Fields || 6426 || 11-15 || 2-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 || April 1 || Austin Peay ||13-4|| Dudy Noble Field ||Wilson (2-0) || Brisbin || || 5817 || 12-15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 || April 2 || Austin Peay ||10-2|| Dudy Noble Field || Holinghead (1-0) || Kole || || 5862 || 13-15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 || April 4 || at Kentucky ||6-5|| Cliff Hagan Stadium ||Lalor (1-2) || Baber ||Weatherford (3) || || 14-15 || 3-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || April 5 || at Kentucky ||4-13|| Cliff Hagan Stadium || Green ||Swindle (2-3) || || 2772 || 14-16 || 3-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 31 || April 6 || at Kentucky ||8-9|| Cliff Hagan Stadium || Paxton ||Busby (0-1)|| || 2696 || 14-17|| 3-9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 32 || April 8 || at Memphis ||8-9(10)|| AutoZone Park || Martin ||Busby (0-2) || || 729 || 14-18 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || April 11 || Vanderbilt ||8-15|| Dudy Noble Field || Minor ||Busby (0-3) || || 6330 || 14-19 || 3-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 34 || April 12 || Vanderbilt ||0-16|| Dudy Noble Field || Cotham ||Bowen (2-4) || || 6165 || 14-20 || 3-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 35 || April 13 || Vanderbilt ||3-4|| Dudy Noble Field || Christiani ||Lalor (1-3) || Brewer || 5827 || 14-21 || 3-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || April 15 || vs. Ole Miss ||6-5|| Trustmark Park ||Weatherford (1-0) || Baker || || 7862 || 15-21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || April 19 || at Alabama ||7-21|| Sewell-Thomas Stadium || Hyatt ||Crosswhite (2-3) || || || 15-22 || 3-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || April 19 || at Alabama ||6-4|| Sewell-Thomas Stadium || Lalor (2-3) || Quigley ||Weatherford (4) || 5215 || 16-22 || 4-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 39 || April 20 || at Alabama ||3-4|| Sewell-Thomas Stadium || Graham ||Busby (0-4) || || 4201 || 16-23 || 4-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || April 22 || at Southern Miss ||7-11|| Pete Taylor Park || Johnston ||Whitney (0-1) || Weathers || 4525 || 16-24 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 41 || April 23 || at Southern Miss ||7-12|| Pete Taylor Park || Ballinger ||Hollinghead (1-1) || || 4464 || 16-25 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 42 || April 25 || Tennessee ||4-3(12)|| Dudy Noble Field ||Weatherford (2-0) || Rosas || || 6170 || 17-25 || 5-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 43 || April 26 || Tennessee ||9-12|| Dudy Noble Field || Morgado ||Bowen (2-5) || || 6174 || 17-26 || 5-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 || April 27 || Tennessee ||7-3(8)|| Dudy Noble Field ||Lalor(3-3) || Harris || 6027 || || 18-26 || 6-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 45 || May 2 || at Auburn ||4-11|| Samford Stadium || Dayton ||Crosswhite (2-4) || || 2115 || 18-27 || 6-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 || May 3 || at Auburn ||4-3|| Samford Stadium ||Bowen (3-5)|| Thompson ||Weatherford(5) || 2523 || 19-27 || 7-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 47 || May 4 || at Auburn ||2-12|| Samford Stadium || Greinke ||Pigott (2-2) || Woodall || 2306 || 19-28 || 7-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 48 || May 6 || at MTSU ||5-20|| Reese Smith Field || Alvis ||Whitney (0-2)|| Hyde || 921 || 19-29 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 49 || May 7 || at MTSU ||4-3|| Reese Smith Field ||Busby(1-4)|| Francescon ||Weatherford(6) || 713 || 20-29 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 50 || May 9 || at LSU ||6-15|| Alex Box Stadium || Coleman || ||Crosswhite(2-5)|| 8548 || 20-30 || 7-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 51 || May 10 || at LSU ||4-16|| Alex Box Stadium || B. Martin||Bowen(3-6)|| || 8312 || 20-31 || 7-19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 52 || May 11 || at LSU ||6-9|| Alex Box Stadium || Bradford||Pigott (2-3)|| Bradshaw || 8701 || 20-32 || 7-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || May 13 || Memphis ||4-1|| Dudy Noble Field ||Crosswhite (3-5)|| Martin ||Weatherford (7) || 5731 || 21-32 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || May 15 || Arkansas ||6-5|| Dudy Noble Field ||Weatherford(3-0)|| Wells || || 5865 || 22-32 || 8-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 || May 16 || Arkansas ||6-5|| Dudy Noble Field ||Wilson (3-0) || Bolsinger || || 6177 || 23-32 || 9-20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 56 || May 17 || Arkansas ||10-15|| Dudy Noble Field || Mahler ||Weatherford(3-1)|| || 6738 || 23-33 || 9-21 |- References Mississippi State Bulldogs Baseball Team, 2008 Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball seasons Miss