2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball
Tallahassee Regional, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	36–23 (15–15 SEC)
Head coach	Chris Lemonis Justin Parker (interim)
Assistant coaches	Justin Parker (until April 28) Jake Gautreau
Home stadium	Dudy Noble Field

2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Texas ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			44	–	14		.759
No. 6 Arkansas ‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			48	–	13		.787
No. 3 LSU ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			47	–	15		.758
No. 2 Vanderbilt ‍‍‡‍y	19	–	11		.633			43	–	18		.705
No. 10 Georgia ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			43	–	17		.717
No. 9 Auburn ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			41	–	20		.672
No. 15 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			43	–	21		.672
No. 16 Tennessee ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			46	–	19		.708
No. 24 Alabama ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			41	–	18		.695
No. 17 Florida ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			39	–	21		.650
Mississippi State ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			36	–	23		.610
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			37	–	22		.627
Kentucky ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			31	–	26		.544
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			30	–	26		.536
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	6	–	24		.200			28	–	29		.491
Missouri  ‍‍‍	3	–	27		.100			16	–	39		.291
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 8, 2025 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Dudy Noble Field.

Coaching staff

2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaching staff

Chris Lemonis - Head Coach - 7th year Justin Parker - Assistant Coach - 2nd year Jake Gautreau - Assistant Coach - 8th year Kyle Cheesebrough - Camps Coordinator/Volunteer Assistant - 7th year

Schedule and results

2025 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (34–20)
February (7–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record February 14 Manhattan (DH-1) No. 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 17–37 Pico Kohn (1–0) Braedon Romero (0–1) – SECN+ 10,794 1–0 – February 14 Manhattan (DH-2) No. 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 13–17 Karson Ligon (1–0) Brad Grasser (0–1) – SECN+ 10,794 2–0 – February 15 Manhattan No. 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS moved to February 14, impending weather February 16 Manhattan No. 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 5–1 Stone Simmons (1–0) Joseph Duffield (0–1) – SECN+ 9,791 3–0 – February 18 at Southern Miss No. 18 Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS L 0–3 Colby Allen (1–0) Charlie Foster (0–1) Landen Payne (1) ESPN+ 5,741 3–1 – February 21 Missouri State No. 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 3–1 Dane Burns (1–0) Max Knight (0–1) Luke Dotson (1) SECN+ 9,420 4–1 – February 22 Missouri State No. 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–3 Ryan McPherson (1–0) Jackson Holmes (0–2) – SECN+ 11,072 5–1 – February 23 Missouri State No. 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–4 Stone Simmons (2–0) Tyler Charlton (1–1) Chase Hungate (1) SECN+ 9,578 6–1 – February 25 No. 21 Troy No. 18 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 5–6 Grady Gorgen (1–0) Ben Davis (0–1) – SECN+ 9,915 6–2 – Astros Foundation College Classic February 28 vs. Rice No. 18 Daikin Park • Houston, TX W 14–37 Pico Kohn (2–0) Davion Hickson (0–1) – Astros.com 11,502 7–2 –
March (9–10) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record March 1 vs. Arizona No. 18 Daikin Park • Houston, TX L 5–6 Owen Kramkowski (1–1) Karson Ligon (1–1) Tony Pluta (1) Astros.com 16,226 7–3 – March 2 vs. Oklahoma State No. 18 Daikin Park • Houston, TX L 7–9 Hunter Watkins (2–0) Stone Simmons (2–1) Sean Youngerman (1) Astros.com – 7–4 – March 4 No. 20 Southern Miss – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS moved to March 5, impending weather March 5 No. 20 Southern Miss – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 18–37 Chase Hungate (1–0) Chandler Best (0–1) – SECN+ 8,295 8–4 – March 7 Queens – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–3 Pico Kohn (3–0) Landry Jurecka (0–3) – SECN+ 10,388 9–4 – March 8 Queens – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 10–2 Ben Davis (1–1) Adrian Quezada (0–3) – SECN+ 10,456 10–4 – March 9 Queens – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 9–3 Karson Ligon (2–1) Jack Renaud (0–1) – SECN+ 9,245 11–4 – Hancock Whitney Classic March 11 vs. Old Dominion – Keesler Federal Park • Biloxi, MS W 9–4 Mikhai Grant (1–0) Cole Lanford (0–1) – SECN+ 4,403 12–4 – March 12 vs. Nicholls – Keesler Federal Park • Biloxi, MS W 2–1 Nolan Stevens (1–0) Harper Jordan (2–2) Ryan McPherson (1) SECN+ 4,001 13–4 – March 14 No. 11 Texas – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 7–8 Andre Duplantier II (2–0) Chase Hungate (1–1) Dylan Volantis (2) SECN+ 11,238 13–5 0–1 March 15 No. 11 Texas – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS postponed to March 16, impending weather March 16 No. 11 Texas (DH-1) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 3–57 Ruger Riojas (4–0) Nate Williams (0–1) Dylan Volantis (3) SECN 11,961 13–6 0–2 March 16 No. 11 Texas (DH-2) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 1–47 Jason Flores (2–0) Karson Ligon (2–2) Max Grubbs (4) SECN+ 11,961 13–7 0–3 March 18 Jackson State – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 16–37 Kevin Mannell (1–0) Erick Gonzalez (3–1) – SECN+ 9,485 14–7 – March 21 at No. 10 Oklahoma – L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK W 2–1 Pico Kohn (4–0) Kyson Witherspoon (5–1) Luke Dotson (2) SECN+ 3,539 15–7 1–3 March 22 at No. 10 Oklahoma – L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 11–13 Dylan Crooks (2–0) Nate Williams (0–2) – SECN+ 4,161 15–8 1–4 March 23 at No. 10 Oklahoma – L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK L 3–7 Jason Bodin (2–0) Karson Ligon (2–3) Dylan Crooks (7) SECN+ 3,194 15–9 1–5 March 25 Samford – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–1 Kevin Mannell (2–0) Brooks Rice (0–2) – SECN+ 9,996 16–9 – March 27 at No. 8 LSU – Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 6–8 Connor Benge (1–1) Dane Burns (1–1) Zac Cowan (3) SECN 11,192 16–10 1–6 March 28 at No. 8 LSU – Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 1–2 Anthony Eyanson (4–0) Pico Kohn (4–1) Cavan Evans (5) SECN+ 11,507 16–11 1–7 March 29 at No. 8 LSU – Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field • Baton Rouge, LA L 8–17 Conner Ware (4–0) Karson Ligon (2–4) – SECN+ 11,303 16–12 1–8
April (10–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 1 at Memphis – FedExPark • Memphis, TN W 5–3 Ryan McPherson (2–0) Hayden Donahue (0–2) Stone Simmons (1) ESPN+ 1,511 17–12 – April 4 South Carolina – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 3–7 Jake McCoy (3–3) Ben Davis (1–2) Brendan Sweeney (5) SECN+ 11,983 17–13 1–9 April 5 South Carolina – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 11–4 Chase Hungate (2–1) Jarvis Evans Jr. (3–1) – SECN+ 12,132 18–13 2–9 April 6 South Carolina – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–0 Karson Ligon (3–4) Brandon Stone (1–4) Stone Simmons (2) SECN+ 9,943 19–13 3–9 April 8 at UAB – Young Memorial Field • Birmingham, AL W 8–3 Ryan McPherson (3–0) Brock Hill (1–1) – ESPN+ 267 20–13 – April 11 at No. 12 Alabama – Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 13–38 Stone Simmons (3–1) Zane Adams (4–2) – SECN+ 4,882 21–13 4–9 April 12 at No. 12 Alabama – Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 1–4 Riley Quick (5–1) Evan Siary (0–1) Carson Ozmer (11) SECN+ 5,800 21–14 4–10 April 13 at No. 12 Alabama – Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 4–2 Nate Williams (1–2) Braylon Myers (2–1) – SECN+ 4,619 22–14 5–10 April 15 Southern – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 16–27 Ryan McPherson (4–0) Jeremiah Newman (0–2) – SECN+ 9,625 23–14 – April 18 Florida – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 3–138 Liam Peterson (6–2) Stone Simmons (3–2) – SECN 11,925 23–15 5–11 April 19 Florida – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 8–11 Alex Philpott (3–3) Nate Williams (1–3) Jake Clemente (3) ESPN 11,413 23–16 5–12 April 20 Florida – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 14–8 Karson Ligon (4–4) Luke McNeillie (3–2) – ESPN2 9,699 24–16 6–12 April 22 vs No. 23 Ole Miss Governor's Cup – Trustmark Park • Pearl, MS L 7–810 Hudson Calhoun (3–0) Luke Dotson (0–1) – SECN+ – 24–17 – April 25 at No. 11 Auburn – Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 5–6 Carson Myers (1–2) Pico Kohn (4–2) Ryan Hetzler (5) SECN+ 5,866 24–18 6–13 April 26 at No. 11 Auburn – Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 12–7 Evan Siary (1–1) Cade Fisher (1–2) – SECN+ 6,484 25–18 7–13 April 27 at No. 11 Auburn – Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 8–14 Carson Myers (2–2) Karson Ligon (4–5) – SECN+ 5,329 25–19 7–14 April 29 Memphis – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 18–57 Jacob Pruitt (1–0) Caden Robinson (1–3) – SECN+ 9,748 26–19 –
May (8–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Super Bulldog Weekend May 2 Kentucky – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS moved to May 3, impending weather May 3 Kentucky (DH-1) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 14–47 Pico Kohn (5–2) Nile Adcock (1–2) Ben Davis (1) SECN+ 13,970 27–19 8–14 May 3 Kentucky (DH-2) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–511 Luke Dotson (1–1) Simon Gregersen (0–3) – SECN+ 13,970 28–19 9–14 May 4 Kentucky – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–1 Ben Davis (2–2) Ben Cleaver (5–3) – SECN 10,635 29–19 10–14 May 9 No. 24 Ole Miss (DH-1) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 4–10 Hunter Elliott (7–3) Pico Kohn (5–3) – SECN+ 14,468 29–20 10–15 May 9 No. 24 Ole Miss (DH-2) – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–1 Evan Siary (2–1) Riley Maddox (5–5) – SECN 14,468 30–20 11–15 May 10 No. 24 Ole Miss – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS moved to May 9, impending weather May 10 No. 24 Ole Miss – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 6–5 Karson Ligon (5–5) Mason Nichols (3–2) Ryan McPherson (2) SECN+ 11,641 31–20 12–15 May 11 No. 24 Ole Miss – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS moved to May 10, impending weather May 13 North Alabama – Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS canceled, impending weather May 15 at Missouri – Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO W 25–7 Stone Simmons (4–2) Brady Kehlenbrink (0–5) Nate Williams (1) SECN+ 1,455 32–20 13–15 May 16 at Missouri – Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO W 13–37 Ben Davis (3–2) Tony Neubeck (1–5) – SECN+ 1,436 33–20 14–15 May 17 at Missouri – Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO W 12–17 Karson Ligon (6–5) Josh McDevitt (0–2) – SECN+ 1,668 34–20 15–15
Post-season (2–3)
SEC Tournament (0–1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 20 (14) Texas A&M (11) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL postponed to May 21, impending weather May 21 (14) Texas A&M (11) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL L 0–9 Ryan Prager (5–0) Ryan McPherson (4–1) – SECN 7,242 34–21 0–1 NCAA Tallahassee Regional (2–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 30 vs. (2) No. 19 Northeastern (3) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 11–2 Ben Davis (4–2) Will Jones (11–1) Ryan McPherson (3) ESPN+ 4,496 35–21 1–0 May 31 at (1) No. 7 Florida State (3) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 3–10 Jamie Arnold (8–2) Pico Kohn (5–4) – ESPN2 5,463 35–22 1–1 June 1 vs. (2) No. 19 Northeastern (DH-1) (3) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 3–2 Evan Siary (3–1) Aiven Cabral (10–3) Stone Simmons (3) ESPN+ 4,393 36–22 2–1 June 1 at (1) No. 7 Florida State (DH-2) (3) Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 2–5 Wes Mendes (7–2) Luke Dotson (1–2) Joe Charles (4) ACCN 5,222 36–23 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

Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC baseball records Source: 2025 SEC baseball game results, 2025 SEC baseball schedule
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Tm	SR	SW
ALA	16–14		.	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	.	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	ALA	4–6	2–0
ARK	20–10	.		.	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	.	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	ARK	6–4	4–0
AUB	17–13	2–1	.		.	0–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–3	.	2–1	AUB	7–3	2–2
FLA	15–15	2–1	2–1	.		0–3	.	.	2–1	3–0	.	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	.	0–3	FLA	6–4	2–3
UGA	18–12	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–0		2–1	.	.	3–0	2–1	.	.	.	0–3	2–1	0–3	UGA	7–3	3–2
KEN	13–17	.	.	1–2	.	1–2		.	0–3	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	KEN	4–6	1–2
LSU	19–11	2–1	2–1	0–3	.	.	.		3–0	3–0	3–0	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	.	LSU	7–3	3–1
MSU	15–15	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	.	3–0	0–3		3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	0–3	.	.	MSU	5–5	2–2
MIZ	3–27	0–3	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	.	0–3	0–3		0–3	0–3	.	.	0–3	3–0	.	MIZ	1–9	1–9
OKL	14–16	1–2	.	.	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	2–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	2–1	OKL	5–5	1–2
OMS	16–14	.	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	2–1	.	1–2	3–0	1–2		1–2	1–2	.	.	2–1	OMS	5–5	1–0
SCA	6–24	.	0–3	0–3	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	2–1		0–3	.	0–3	.	SCA	1–9	0–5
TEN	16–14	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	1–2	.	.	.	2–1	3–0		.	1–2	1–2	TEN	4–6	2–0
TEX	22–8	.	0–3	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	.	.	.		3–0	.	TEX	8–2	5–1
TAM	11–19	0–3	2–1	.	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	0–3	.	.	3–0	2–1	0–3		0–3	TAM	4–6	1–4
VAN	19–11	2–1	0–3	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–0	.	.	.	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	.	3–0		VAN	6–4	4–1
Tm	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZ	OKL	OMS	SCA	TEN	TEX	TAM	VAN	Team	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season.
Tie brkrs: LSU>VAN ARK common, OMS>TEN & OMS>ALA VAN common, TEN>ALA hd to hd, FLA>MSU hd to hd.