American college baseball season
The 2021 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team represented Kansas State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Wildcats played their home games at Tointon Family Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference . They were led by head coach Pete Hughes , in his 3rd season at Kansas State.
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]
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 [ edit ] 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.
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.