Baseball Hosts No. 17 Arkansas Tuesday at Hammons

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1) Missouri State (17-9, 6-3 Conference USA) returns to Hammons Field at 6 pm Tuesday for a matchup towards Seventeenth-ranked Arkansas (19-10, 4-5 SEC). Mo State will have a good time one among its largest followers Tuesday, honoring the late Marty “Sign Man” Prather with followers inspired to carry an indication from dwelling or make one at the stadium.

2) Missouri State is ranked eleventh within the NCAA RPI by means of March 29. The Bears have performed the 14th-toughest schedule, with opponents combining for a .629 successful share, and are projected to complete thirty second in that metric as remaining opponents have a mixed .582 successful share.

3) The Bears have homered in 179 of the final 212 video games, together with 24 of 26 this season, and rank seventh nationally with 475 lengthy balls for the reason that starting of the 2022 season, when head coach Joey Hawkins took over as hitting coach. Mo State ranks second in Conference USA and eighth nationally this yr with 53 homers. The present roster has mixed for 155 round-trippers of their time at Mo State.

4) According to TruMedia, Missouri State hitters rank eleventh nationally in onerous hit % with 47.3 % of batted balls at 95 mph or higher, and twelfth with a median exit velocity on batted balls of 90.4 mph. The Bears are one of many two highest-rated non-Power Four faculties in each classes.

5) Junior Caden Bogenpohl ranks fifteenth nationally with 30 walks this season after drawing 53 and 55 (season report) his first two years. His 138 profession free passes are 2nd in class historical past, 16 behind Bill Mueller’s mark of 154. Bogenpohl additionally ranks tied for thirteenth at Mo State with 37 profession dwelling runs. Bogenpohl ranks fifth amongst energetic Division I gamers in profession walks and twenty ninth in dwelling runs.

6) Senior Taeg Gollert is 2nd amongst energetic NCAA gamers (all divisions) with 66 doubles and has a pair of Missouri State program information in his sights. His doubles complete ranks 2nd in program historical past, simply 1 behind Brayden Drake’s report of 67, and his 102 profession extra-base hits presently place him 4th, which is 14 behind Jason Hart’s report of 116. Gollert additionally ranks thirteenth amongst energetic Division I gamers with 220 hits and twenty fourth with 156 RBIs.

7) Missouri State is 30-7 at dwelling beneath Joey Hawkins and boasts a .334 batting common and .636 slugging share with 88 complete dwelling runs and a ten.2 scoring common in these 37 video games. The Bears are 11-0 at Hammons Field and personal the fifth-longest energetic dwelling successful streak nationally.

8) Max Knight and Curry Sutherland headline Missouri State’s two-way threats this season. Knight has made begins at 1B, LF, RF, DH and P this yr, and has 18 homers and 64 RBIs as a Bear whereas going 9-2 with 5 saves and 88 strikeouts in 67 innings. Sutherland owns profession totals of 21 homers and 66 RBIs whereas throwing 25 innings with 28 Ks.

9) Missouri State is in its first season in Conference USA in 2026 after a 35-year run within the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bears went 488-347 (.584) with seven common season championships and 5 match titles in The Valley from 1991-2025.