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1) Missouri State (17-9, 6-3 Conference USA) returns to Hammons Field at 6 p.m. Tuesday for a matchup towards Seventeenth-ranked Arkansas (19-10, 4-5 SEC). Mo State will have fun one in all its greatest followers Tuesday, honoring the late Marty “Sign Man” Prather with followers inspired to deliver an indication from house or make one at the stadium.
2) Missouri State is ranked eleventh within the NCAA RPI by March 29. The Bears have performed the 14th-toughest schedule, with opponents combining for a .629 profitable proportion, and are projected to complete thirty second in that metric as remaining opponents have a mixed .582 profitable proportion.
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 12 months 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 arduous hit % with 47.3 p.c 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 college in each classes.
5) Junior Caden Bogenpohl ranks fifteenth nationally with 30 walks this season after drawing 53 and 55 (season document) his first two years. His 138 profession free passes are 2nd at school historical past, 16 behind Bill Mueller’s mark of 154. Bogenpohl additionally ranks tied for thirteenth at Mo State with 37 profession house runs. Bogenpohl ranks fifth amongst lively Division I gamers in profession walks and twenty ninth in house runs.
6) Senior Taeg Gollert is 2nd amongst lively NCAA gamers (all divisions) with 66 doubles and has a pair of Missouri State program data in his sights. His doubles complete ranks 2nd in program historical past, simply 1 behind Brayden Drake’s document of 67, and his 102 profession extra-base hits presently place him 4th, which is 14 behind Jason Hart’s document of 116. Gollert additionally ranks thirteenth amongst lively Division I gamers with 220 hits and twenty fourth with 156 RBIs.
7) Missouri State is 30-7 at house below Joey Hawkins and boasts a .334 batting common and .636 slugging proportion with 88 complete house 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 lively house profitable 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 12 months, 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 championship and 5 event titles in The Valley from 1991-2025.
