Mississippi State, Miami, Central Michigan, and Southern will square off in the Starkville Regional for a chance to advance to a Super Regional in the 2019 NCAA Baseball Tournament. Look inside for a preview and prediction of this regional.
General Information
Team
Regional Seed
2019 Record
Conference
Location
Prev. NCAA Bids
RPI
Mississippi State
1
46-13
SEC
Starkville, MS
35
3
Miami
2
38-19
ACC
Miami, FL
45
17
Central Michigan
3
46-12
Mid-American
Mount Pleasant, MI
12
73
Southern
4
32-22
SWAC
Baton Rouge, LA
8
206
Starkville Regional Schedule
All times ET
Polk-Dement Stadium, Starkville, MS
Friday, May 31
Game 1: (4) Southern vs. (1) Mississippi State, 1 p.m., SEC Network
Game 2: (3) Central Michigan vs. (2) Miami, 8 p.m., ESPN3 Saturday, June 1
Game 3, 1 p.m.
Game 4, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2
Game 5, 3 p.m.
Game 6, 9 p.m. Monday, June 3
Game 7, if necessary
Team Statistical Comparison
Hitting
BA
OB%
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
CS
SB
Mississippi State
0.316
0.399
482
667
147
9
60
435
255
18
55
Miami
0.289
0.390
422
564
103
8
75
380
300
16
75
Central Michigan
0.302
0.425
500
614
112
23
29
436
376
14
88
Southern
0.313
0.413
435
581
106
23
37
378
237
35
135
Pitching & Fielding
ERA
K
OBA
H
R
ER
BB
2B
3B
HR
F%
Mississippi State
3.59
636
0.225
444
242
211
202
85
7
31
0.973
Miami
3.88
535
0.249
490
273
219
200
94
9
38
0.961
Central Michigan
3.92
470
0.252
484
273
222
195
92
14
31
0.972
Southern
5.75
328
0.280
501
367
296
269
71
7
43
0.960
Statistical Leaders
Mississippi State Batting Leaders
Name
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
Jake Mangum
0.363
0.419
0.476
0.895
67
97
21
3
1
39
21
21
21
Tanner Allen
0.346
0.427
0.521
0.948
51
83
22
1
6
61
32
34
1
Justin Foscue
0.339
0.397
0.596
0.993
60
83
21
0
14
56
24
26
2
Elijah MacNamee
0.303
0.415
0.492
0.907
47
56
17
0
6
44
32
29
4
Dustin Skelton
0.302
0.370
0.503
0.873
32
57
6
1
10
48
18
45
2
Jordan Westburg
0.294
0.408
0.468
0.876
61
68
18
2
6
55
36
62
4
Rowdey Jordan
0.288
0.374
0.410
0.784
51
64
12
0
5
42
28
36
11
Mississippi State Pitching Leaders
Name
W
L
ERA
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
OBA
Ethan Small
8
2
1.80
0
0
90.0
48
20
18
24
150
0.155
JT Ginn
8
4
3.49
0
0
77.1
66
34
30
18
100
0.221
Peyton Plumlee
5
4
3.89
0
0
69.1
54
34
30
26
54
0.209
Miami Batting Leaders
Name
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
Adrian Del Castillo
0.329
0.414
0.543
0.957
52
72
20
0
9
65
28
22
3
Raymond Gil
0.312
0.392
0.548
0.940
34
62
14
0
11
39
25
65
1
Freddy Zamora
0.302
0.399
0.467
0.866
41
55
12
0
6
45
28
27
12
Michael Amditis
0.290
0.385
0.465
0.850
27
45
6
0
7
24
23
20
1
Alex Toral
0.286
0.399
0.638
1.037
42
57
4
0
22
59
38
63
1
Jordan Lala
0.284
0.456
0.401
0.857
65
56
9
1
4
17
58
45
28
Anthony Vilar
0.282
0.407
0.400
0.807
46
62
12
1
4
37
45
55
0
Miami Pitching Leaders
Name
W
L
ERA
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
OBA
Brian Van Belle
8
2
3.30
0
0
87.1
83
38
32
23
76
0.247
Slade Cecconi
5
3
4.10
0
0
70.1
70
39
32
18
79
0.249
Evan McKendry
6
2
4.69
0
0
63.1
69
39
33
19
69
0.268
Central Michigan Batting Leaders
Name
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
Zavier Warren
0.356
0.485
0.568
1.053
71
84
22
2
8
68
54
55
14
Zach Gilles
0.354
0.454
0.437
0.891
55
81
7
6
0
33
42
37
20
Griffin Lockwood-Powell
0.353
0.461
0.605
1.066
50
76
17
2
11
74
41
38
0
Jacob Crum
0.332
0.413
0.589
1.002
48
71
18
8
7
57
23
36
10
Jason Sullivan
0.308
0.411
0.394
0.805
49
68
14
1
1
48
33
45
14
Zach Heeke
0.307
0.438
0.372
0.810
66
71
13
1
0
37
44
41
6
Chase Rollin
0.263
0.399
0.296
0.695
43
49
6
0
0
26
31
27
12
Central Michigan Pitching Leaders
Name
W
L
ERA
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
OBA
Pat Leatherman
10
1
2.56
0
0
84.1
65
28
24
25
83
0.216
Cameron Brown
10
0
2.72
0
0
96.0
76
34
29
30
78
0.217
Southern Batting Leaders
Name
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
Javeyan Williams
0.385
0.466
0.582
1.048
51
70
10
7
4
43
25
36
26
Tyler LaPorte
0.381
0.426
0.570
0.996
61
93
18
5
6
64
16
22
21
Johnny Johnson
0.339
0.421
0.474
0.895
35
58
10
2
3
36
19
37
18
Malik Blaise
0.315
0.378
0.416
0.794
45
62
17
0
1
29
13
35
11
Ashanti Wheatley
0.295
0.422
0.464
0.886
45
49
10
3
4
26
24
36
19
Coby Taylor
0.280
0.424
0.500
0.924
44
51
8
1
10
35
37
57
1
Southern Pitching Leaders
Name
W
L
ERA
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
OBA
Eli Finney
6
2
4.45
0
0
64.2
65
40
32
23
49
0.263
Jerome Bohannon II
3
5
6.63
0
0
58.1
64
50
43
49
37
0.295
Starkville Regional Prediction
State is clearly the favorite in this regional, hence their No. 1 seed. However, the Bulldogs had better watch out for the Miami Hurricanes. This is a team that has many fine wins including victories over Louisville, Georgia Tech, Florida State and North Carolina. This Miami team has very solid pitching and batting (75 HRs) as well. Central Michigan is no pushover either. CMU lacks marquee wins but they boast the best winning percentage in this regional.
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