The 2021 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team represents Kansas State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Wildcats play their home games at Tointon Family Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference . They are led by head coach Pete Hughes , in his 3rd season at Kansas State.
Previous Season [ ]
The 2020 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team notched a 10–7 record in February and early March; however, the remainder of the season was abruptly halted on March 13, 2020, when the Big 12 Conference canceled the remainder of the athletics season due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[2]
Personnel [ ]
Coaching Staff [ ]
Roster [ ]
2021 Kansas State Wildcats roster
Pitchers
5 – Connor McCullough (RHP) – Freshman
7 – Luke Hauswirth (RHP) – Senior
8 – Andrew Stratman (RHP) – Junior
11 – Nico Rodriguez (RHP) – Freshman
12 – Tyler Eckberg (RHP) – Junior
13 – Caleb Littlejim (RHP) – Senior
22 – Zak Herbers (RHP) – Junior
27 – Gavin Hinchliffe (RHP) – Sophomore
32 – Wesley Moore (LHP) – Junior
33 – Jordan Wicks (LHP) – Sophomore
34 – Tyler Ruhl (RHP) – Freshman
35 – Carson Seymour (RHP) – Sophomore
37 – Eric Torres (LHP) – Sophomore
40 – Griffin Hassall (RHP) – Sophomore
41 – Grant Nicholson (LHP) – Freshman
45 – Josh Flack (RHP) – Sophomore
47 – Brett Wozniak (LHP) – Freshman
55 – Casey Ford (RHP) – Senior
Catchers
30 – Chris Ceballos – Senior
36 – Mason Crews – Sophomore
38 – Austin Garrett – Junior
39 – Raphael Pelletier – Freshman
44 – Dylan Caplinger – Junior
Infielders
2 – Jaxon Passino – Junior
3 – Cameron Thompson – Senior
6 – Terrence Spurlin – Junior
10 – Kamron William – Junior
15 – Luke Beckstein – Freshman
16 – Elijah Dale – Freshman
17 – Cole Johnson – Sophomore
18 – Brady Day – Freshman
20 – Daniel Carinci – Sophomore
25 – Nick Goodwin – Freshman
Outfielders
1 – Dom Hughes – Freshman
4 – Blake Burrows – Sophomore
23 – Jordan Maxson – Junior
24 – Dylan Phillips – Sophomore
26 – Chris Herb – Junior
28 – Zach Kokoska – Junior
29 – Chad Shade – Senior
31 – Kaden Fowler – Junior
43 – Cameron Uselton – Freshman
[3]
Schedule and results [ ]
2021 Kansas State Wildcats Baseball Game Log[4]
Regular Season (15–11)
Date
Time (CT)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
Big 12
February 19
1:00 pm
FloSports
vs. Oregon State *
Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZ
W 3–2
Wicks (1–0)
Abel (0–1)
Eckberg (1)
1,352
1–0
—
Stats Story
February 20
6:00 pm
FloSports
vs. Gonzaga *
Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZ
L 5–17
Jacob (1–0)
Flack (0–1)
—
845
1–1
—
Stats Story
February 21
6:00 pm
FloSports
vs. New Mexico *
Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZ
L 3–4
Meza (1–0)
Eckberg (0–1)
—
368
1–2
—
Stats Story
February 22
11:00 am
FloSports
vs. Gonzaga*
Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZ
W 6–1
Ford (1–0)
Spellacy (0–1)
Rodriguez (1)
316
2–2
—
Stats Story
February 26
3:00 pm
ESPN+
Western Michigan *
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 9–8
Passino (1–0)
Armbrust... (0–1)
Eckberg (2)
458
3–2
—
Stats Story
February 27
2:00 pm
ESPN+
Western Michigan*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 11–3
Seymour (1–0)
Miller (0–1)
—
587
4–2
—
Stats Story
February 28
12:00 pm
ESPN+
Western Michigan*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 2–1
McCullough (1–0)
Huisman (0–1)
Littlejim (1)
398
5–2
—
Stats Story
Date
Time (CT)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
Big 12
March 5
3:00 pm
ESPN+
Eastern Illinois *
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 6–3
Wicks (2–0)
Hampton (2–1)
Eckberg (3)
402
6–2
—
Stats Story
March 6
1:00 pm
ESPN+
Eastern Illinois*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
L 5–6
Nicholson (2–0)
Seymour (1–1)
Stevenson (2)
587
6–3
—
Stats Story
March 7
1:00 pm
ESPN+
Eastern Illinois*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
L 7–14
Doherty (1–0)
Eckberg (0–2)
—
587
6–4
—
Stats Story
March 9
6:00 pm
ESPN+
South Dakota State *
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 15–4
Herbers (1–0)
McSherry (1–1)
—
378
7–4
—
Stats Story
March 10
6:00 pm
ESPN+
South Dakota State*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 10–0
Littlejim (1–0)
Bishop (0–1)
—
297
8–4
—
Stats Story
March 12
12:00 pm
vs. Northern Illinois *
Reckling Park Houston, TX
W 4–3
Eckberg (1–2)
Seebach (0–1)
—
300
9–4
—
Stats Story
March 13
10:00 am
vs. Northern Illinois*
Reckling Park Houston, TX
W 3–1(10)
Torres (1–0)
Michaels (0–1)
—
330
10–4
—
Stats Story
March 13
2:00 pm
at Rice *
Reckling Park Houston, TX
W 8–3
Wicks (3–0)
Garcia (1–1)
—
1,238
11–4
—
Stats Story
March 14
6:00 pm
at Rice*
Reckling Park Houston, TX
L 0–1
Wood (1–0)
Littlejim (1–1)
—
1,041
11–5
—
Stats Story
March 19
6:00 pm
ESPN+
New Mexico *
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 7–1
Wicks (4–0)
Garley (0–1)
—
587
12–5
—
Stats Story
March 20
4:00 pm
ESPN+
New Mexico*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
L 4–6
Arbruester (3–1)
Seymour (1–2)
Meza (3)
587
12–6
—
Stats Story
March 21
1:00 pm
ESPN+
New Mexico*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 17–8
Torres (2–0)
Campa (1–2)
—
587
13–6
—
Stats Story
March 23
6:00 pm
ESPN+
at Wichita State *
Eck Stadium Wichita, KS
L 1–5
Kaminska (1–0)
Herbers (1–1)
Haase (5)
1,818
13–7
—
Stats Story
March 26
6:00 pm
ESPN+
at #20 Oklahoma State
O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK
L 5–14
Scott (5–1)
Wicks (4–1)
—
3,383
13–8
0–1
Stats Story
March 27
6:00 pm
ESPN+
at #20 Oklahoma State
O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK
L 2–4
Standlee (2–0)
Littlejim (1–2)
—
3,846
13–9
0–2
Stats Story
March 28
1:00 pm
ESPN+
at #20 Oklahoma State
O'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OK
L 2–8
Wrobleski (2–2)
McCullough (1–1)
—
3,203
13–10
0–3
Stats Story
Date
Time (CT)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
Big 12
April 1
6:00 pm
ESPN+
#4 Texas Tech
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
L 1–17
Birdsell (4–1)
Wicks (4–2)
—
404
13–11
0–4
Stats Story
April 2
6:00 pm
ESPN+
#4 Texas Tech
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 7–2
Seymour (2–2)
Monteverde (5–1)
Eckberg (4)
587
14–11
1–4
Stats Story
April 3
4:00 pm
ESPN+
#4 Texas Tech
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
W 10–4
McCullough (2–1)
Montgomery (1–1)
—
587
15–11
2–4
Stats Story
April 6
6:00 pm
ESPN+
UAPB *
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
—
April 7
6:00 pm
ESPN+
UAPB*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
—
April 9
TBD
LHN
at #4 Texas
UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX
April 10
TBD
LHN
at #4 Texas
UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX
April 11
TBD
LHN
at #4 Texas
UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX
April 13
6:00 pm
ESPN+
Northern Colorado *
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
—
April 14
6:00 pm
ESPN+
Northern Colorado*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
—
April 16
6:00 pm
ESPN+
Oklahoma
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 17
4:00 pm
ESPN+
Oklahoma
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 18
1:00 pm
ESPN+
Oklahoma
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 23
6:00 pm
ESPN+
West Virginia
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 24
4:00 pm
ESPN+
West Virginia
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 25
11:00 am
ESPN+
West Virginia
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 27
6:00 pm
ESPN+
Missouri *
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
—
April 30
6:00 pm
ESPN+
Texas Southern *
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
—
Date
Time (CT)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
Big 12
May 1
4:00 pm
ESPN+
Texas Southern*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
—
May 2
1:00 pm
ESPN+
Texas Southern*
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
—
May 7
6:30 pm
ESPN+
at Baylor
Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 8
3:00 pm
ESPN+
at Baylor
Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 9
1:00 pm
ESPN+
at Baylor
Baylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 14
6:00 pm
ESPN+
at Kansas
Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS
May 15
2:00 pm
ESPN+
at Kansas
Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS
May 16
2:00 pm
ESPN+
at Kansas
Hoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS
May 20
6:00 pm
ESPN+
TCU
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
May 21
6:00 pm
ESPN+
TCU
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
May 22
4:00 pm
ESPN+
TCU
Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = Kansas State team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game. "#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Final
Coaches' [5]
RV
RV*
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Baseball America [6]
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Collegiate Baseball ^[7]
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NCBWA †[8]
RV
RV
RV
NR
RV
RV
NR
RV
D1Baseball[9]
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
References [ ]
Venue Rivalries
Sunflower Showdown (Kansas)
People
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