The 2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team placed 2nd in the SEC WEST and reached the 2007 College World Series

2007 College World Series

The 2007 College World Series was held from June 15–24, in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met at Rosenblatt Stadium after having played their way through a 64-team bracket. This was the 61st College World Series overall, and the 58th to be held in Omaha.Oregon State...

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Ron Polk

Ron Polk

Ronald Polk was a long-time head baseball coach at Mississippi State and is considered the "Father of SEC Baseball". He is by far the winningest coach in school and SEC history in all sports. In 28 seasons as the coach, he has to date compiled a 1139-590-2 record. His career record stands at...

 was the coach of the Bulldogs, in his 28th year.

Regular season

The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 33-18 record, and 15-13 SEC record. The team started strong, but finished weakly thanks to injuries to starting SS Brandon Turner and OF Jeff Flagg.

SEC Tournament

The Bulldogs went 0-2 in the tournament

2007 SEC Baseball Tournament

The 2007 SEC Baseball Tournament was held at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Birmingham, AL from May 23rd through May 27th. After being ranked #1 nationally for most of the season and taking the regular-season SEC crown, Vanderbilt won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's...

, though they faced aces Will Kline and David Price

David Price (baseball)

David Taylor Price is an American Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. Price was selected first overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Rays and made his major league debut in September 2008.Price pitched out of the bullpen during the Rays' run...

, of Ole Miss and Vanderbilt, respectively.

NCAA tournament

The Bulldogs were the 2 seed in the Florida State Regional, and after defeating Stetson, upset Florida State twice in Tallahassee. When Clemson, also a 2 seed, won the corresponding regional, Mississippi State was selected to host the Super Regional. The Bulldogs won in two games (each game setting NCAA records for Super Regional attendance) and qualified for the College World Series.

College World Series

The Bulldogs lost twice in the College World Series, to North Carolina and Louisville.

Players

#	Name	Pos	B	T	YR	Hometown	G	AB	H	AVG	HR	SB
2	Brandon Turner	SS/2B	L	R	FR	Cleveland, TN	55	208	83	.399	3	4
3	Michael Rutledge	3B	R	R	JR	Cullman, AL	19	12	3	.250	0	0
5	Russ Sneed	3B/SS	R	R	FR	Senatobia, MS	24	54	17	.315	1	1
7	Jeffrey Rea	2B/OF	L	R	SR	Nettleton, MS	59	245	84	.343	1	13
8	Edward Easley	C	R	R	JR	Olive Branch, MS	60	243	87	.358	12	1
11	Brian LaNinfa	DH/1B	L	R	SR	Venice, FL	57	216	65	.301	5	1
13	Jet Butler	SS	S	R	FR	Pensacola, FL	35	102	25	.245	2	3
14	Ryan Duffy	C/OF	L	R	FR	West Melbourne, FL	5	4	1	.250	0	0
15	Mark Goforth	OF	L	R	SO	Covington, TN	52	170	48	.282	0	12
18	Mitch Moreland	1B/P/OF	L	L	JR	Amory, MS	60	239	82	.343	10	1
19	Andy Rice	OF	L	L	JR	Amory, MS	50	110	23	.209	2	1
20	Nick Hardy	OF	R	R	SO	Flora, MS.	44	37	8	.216	1	4
23	Cade Hoggard	OF	R	R	FR	Oxford, MS	17	29	8	.276	0	1
24	Matt Richardson	OF	R	R	SR	Lawrenceburg, KY	6	10	0	.000	0	0
25	Connor Powers	3B	R	R	FR	Naperville, IL	57	209	64	.306	8	0
27	Jeff Flagg	OF	R	R	SO	Jacksonville, FL	35	93	29	.312	5	0
29	Joseph McCaskill	OF	R	R	SR	Jackson, MS	56	189	59	.312	1	0
39	Wyn Diggs	C/OF	L	R	SR	Lexington, MS	17	19	6	.316	0	0
48	Brooks Lewis	C	R	R	SO	Heidelberg, MS	5	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitchers

#	Name	T	Year	Hometown	G	GS	IP	W	L	S	ERA
4	Jared Koon	R	SO	Lakeland, TN	5	3	13.0	0	0	0	9.69
6	Justin Pigott	L	JR	Jasper, AL	17	16	113.2	7	7	0	4.51
12	Josh Johnson	R	SR	Germantown, TN	14	13	64.1	3	3	0	6.02
16	Tyler Whitney	L	FR	Hoover, AL	10	9	45.2	5	1	0	5.72
17	Chad Crosswhite	R	SO	Picayune, MS	22	11	78.2	8	5	2	4.69
18	Mitch Moreland	L	JR	Starkville, MS	16	0	19.2	3	0	2	3.20
30	John Lalor	R	JR	Amory, MS	21	0	49.2	3	1	3	4.17
31	Ricky Bowen	R	FR	Midlothian, VA	27	0	36.0	5	2	5	3.00
32	Aaron Weatherford	R	SO	Tupelo, MS	20	6	66.1	3	2	5	3.53
34	Jesse Carver	L	JR	Brandon, MS	10	2	22.1	0	0	0	8.87
49	Mike Valentine	R	SR	Crystal Springs, MS	4	0	4.2	0	0	0	7.71
51	Greg Houston	R	FR	Caledonia, MS	16	0	25.1	1	1	1	5.33

These players were on the roster, but did not appear in any games and redshirted.

#	Name	POS	B	T	YR	Hometown
10	Andy Wilson	P	L	L	JR	Columbus, GA
26	Jason Nappi	3B/OF	R	R	FR	Birmingham, AL
28	Matt Lea	P	R	R	SO	Collierville, TN
33	Ryan Powers	SS/3B	R	R	FR	Beacon, NY
35	Jared Wesson	P	L	L	SO	Tupelo, MS
36	Leon Farmer	OF	R	R	JR	Saucier, MS
37	Jarred Holloway	P	R	L	FR	Russellville, AR
40	Grant Hogue	OF	S	R	JR	Hattiesburg, MS
41	Donny Stephens	C	R	R	FR	Mobile, AL
42	Will Coggin	2B	R	R	JR	Booneville, MS
44	Drew Hollinghead	P	R	R	FR	Leakesville, MS
50	Scott DeLoach	C	R	R	JR	Madison, MS
52	Kevin Hatch	P	R	R	JR	Carthage, MS

Game by Game Results

2007 Game Log

External links

• 2007 Official Stats