2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team
{{short description|American college baseball season}}
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{{Infobox NCAA team season
| sport = baseball
| year = 2008
| team = Wichita State Shockers
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| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = Missouri Valley
| CoachRank = 13
| CBRank = 12
| record = 48-17
| conf_record = 19-5
| head_coach = Gene Stephenson
| hc_year = 31st
| asst_coach1 = Bret Kemnitz
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| asst_coach2 = Jim Thomas
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| stadium = Eck Stadium
| champion = MVC champion
MVC Tournament champion
| tourney =NCAA tournament
| tourney_result = Super Regional
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{{2008 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings}}
The 2008 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium under 31st year coach Gene Stephenson.
Previous season
The 2007 Wichita State Shockers baseball team finished the year 53-22 overall and 20–4 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Shockers had their own Super Regional. In the first game, Wichita State would lose 6–7 to New Orleans. In the losers' bracket they would beat Oral Roberts 11–4, a rematch win against New Orleans 7–3, and would beat Arizona in the next two games 4-3, then 3–0 in the Regional Finals. In the Super Regionals, the Shockers would lose to UC Irvine 0-1, then 2–3.
=2007 MLB Draft=
The Shockers had ten players drafted in the 2007 MLB draft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/|title=MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}
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| Pete Kozma* | Shortstop | 1 | 18 | St. Louis Cardinals |
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| Jon Gilmore* | Infield/Pitcher | 1-s | 33 | Atlanta Braves |
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| Derek Norris* | Catcher | 4 | 130 | Washington Nationals |
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| Travis Banwart | Pitcher | 4 | 150 | Oakland Athletics |
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| Damon Sublett | Second baseman | 7 | 244 | New York Yankees |
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| Matt Brown | Outfield | 13 | 407 | Cleveland Indians |
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| Noah Krol | Pitcher | 17 | 541 | Detroit Tigers |
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| Josh Workman | Second baseman | 23 | 722 | Minnesota Twins |
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| Kenneth Williams | Outfield | 32 | 971 | Colorado Rockies |
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| Kyle Touchatt | Pitcher | 34 | 1026 | Baltimore Orioles |
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| Tyler Fleming | Pitcher | 39 | 1179 | Texas Rangers |
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| Ronnie Morales | Pitcher | 45 | 1342 | Chicago White Sox |
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| Nick Cobler | Pitcher | 49 | 1431 | Minnesota Twins |
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- Peter Kozma was expected to play for Wichita State, but was drafted and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals.{{Cite web|url=https://goshockers.com/news/2006/11/16/691530.aspx|title=WSU Signs Ten Baseball Players in Early Period|website=Wichita State Athletics}}
- Jon Gilmore was expected to play for Wichita State, but was drafted and signed with the Atlanta Braves.
- Derek Norris was expected to play for Wichita State, but was drafted and signed with the Washington Nationals.
Players in bold are signees drafted from high school, community colleges that will attend Wichita State or attendees that will stay for the 2008 season.
Roster
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Schedule and results
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| {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="margin:auto; width:100%; text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Wichita State Shockers}}" | February (3–1) | |||||||||||
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|Feb. 22 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Fordham Rams|title=Fordham}} | No. 20 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 4-3 | Nanney (1-0) | Mack (0-1) | 1-0 | ||||
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|Feb. 24 | Fordham{{Cite web|url=https://goshockers.com/news/2008/2/24/1395759.aspx|title=Sunday Baseball Game Cancelled|website=Wichita State Athletics}} | No. 20 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | 1-0 | |||||||
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|Feb. 24 | Fordham | No. 20 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | 1-0 | |||||||
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|Feb 25 | Northwestern College | No. 20 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 10-1 | Shafer (1-0) | Burlea (1-1) | 2-0 | ||||
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|Feb. 26 | Emporia State | No. 20 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 6-3 | Kelley (1-0) | 3-0 | |||||
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|Feb. 29 | at No. 10 {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Long Beach State Dirtbags|title=Long Beach State}} | No. 20 | Blair Field • Long Beach, CA | L 2-312 | Vincent | Womack(0-1) | 3-1 |
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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Wichita State Shockers}}" | March (17–2) | |||||||||||
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! Opponent ! Rank ! Site/stadium ! Score ! Win ! Loss ! Save ! TV ! Attendance ! Overall record ! MVC record | |||||||||||
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|Mar. 1 | at No. 10 Long Beach State | No. 20 | Blair Field • Long Beach, CA | L 5-8 | Worley | Shafer (1-1) | Roberts | 3-2 | |||
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|March 2 | at No. 10 Long Beach State | No. 20 | Blair Field • Long Beach, CA | L 3-8 | Thompson | Kelley (1-1) | 3-3 | ||||
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|Mar. 4 | Le Moyne | No. 25 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 9-8 | Nanney (2-0) | 4-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 8 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Harvard Crimson|title=Harvard}} | No. 25 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 16-3 | Musgrave (1-0) | 5-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 8 | Harvard | No. 25 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 11-1010 | Fleming (1-0) | 6-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 9 | Harvard | No. 25 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 13-2 | Capra (1-0) | 7-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 12 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Washington State Cougars|title=Washington State}} | No. 24 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 6-4 | Fleming (2-0) | Way (0-1) | 8-3 | ||||
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|Mar. 14 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=TCU Horned Frogs|title=TCU}} | No. 24 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 5-1 | Musgrave (2-0) | 9-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 15 | TCU | No. 24 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 3-2 | Shafer (2-1) | 10-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 16 | TCU | No. 24 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 5-1 | Capra (2-0) | 11-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 18 | at {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Oral Roberts Golden Eagles|title=Oral Roberts}} | No. 20 | J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, OK | 11-3 | |||||||
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|Mar. 22 | at {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Illinois State Redbirds|title=Illinois State}} | No. 20 | Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL | W 12-17 | Musgrave (3-0) | 12-3 | 1-0 | ||||
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|Mar. 22 | at Illinois State | No. 20 | Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL | W 6-4 | Shafer (3-1) | 13-3 | 2-0 | ||||
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|Mar. 23 | at Illinois State | No. 20 | Duffy Bass Field • Normal, IL | W 7-2 | Capra (3-0) | 14-3 | 3-0 | ||||
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|Mar. 25 | Binghamton | No. 16 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 9-2 | Kelley (2-1) | 15-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 26 | Binghamton | No. 16 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 13-8 | Maune (1-0) | 16-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 28 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=North Dakota State Bison|title=North Dakota State}} | No. 16 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 14-3 | Musgrave (4-0) | 17-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 29 | North Dakota State | No. 16 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 6-17 | Shafer (4-1) | 18-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 29 | North Dakota State | No. 16 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 8-17 | Capra (4-0) | 19-3 | |||||
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|Mar. 30 | North Dakota State | No. 16 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 9-5 | Nanney (3-0) | 20-3 |
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|Apr. 1 | at {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Kansas Jayhawks|title=Kansas}} | No. 12 | Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS | W 7-3 | Kelley (3-1) | 21-3 | |||||
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|Apr. 2 | Oral Roberts | No. 12 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 10-8 | Nanney (4-0) | 22-3 | |||||
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|Apr. 4 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Missouri State Bears|title=Missouri State}} | No. 12 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | L 4-710 | Fleming (2-1) | 22-4 | 3-1 | ||||
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|Apr. 5 | Missouri State | No. 12 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 19-88 | Shafer (5-1) | 23-4 | 4-1 | ||||
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|Apr. 6 | Missouri State | No. 12 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 9-5 | Capra (5-0) | 24-4 | 5-1 | ||||
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|Apr. 8 | at {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Kansas State Wildcats|title=Kansas State}} | No. 9 | Frank Myers Field at Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS | W 4-3 | Kelley (4-1) | Nanney (1) | Kansas Now 22 | 25-4 | |||
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|Apr. 9 | Oklahoma{{Cite web|url=https://goshockers.com/news/2008/4/9/1436717.aspx|title=WSU-OU Baseball Game Cancelled|website=Wichita State Athletics}} | No. 9 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | 25-4 | |||||||
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|Apr. 12 | vs. {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Creighton Bluejays|title=Creighton}} | No. 9 | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | L 3-7 | Musgrave (4-1) | Kansas Now 22 | 25-5 | 5-2 | |||
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|Apr. 13 | vs. Creighton | No. 9 | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 11-3 | Shafer (6-1) | CSTV | 26-5 | 6-2 | |||
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|Apr. 13 | vs. Creighton | No. 9 | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE | W 3-2 | Capra (6-0) | Nanney (2) | 27-5 | 7-2 | |||
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|Apr. 15 | at No. 9 Nebraska | No. 7 | Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE | L 0-3 | Bird (2-1) | Kelley (4-2) | Kansas Now 22 | 27-6 | |||
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|Apr. 17 | Tabor College | No. 7 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 10-1 | Maune (2-0) | 28-6 | |||||
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|Apr. 18 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Southern Illinois Salukis|title=Southern Illinois}} | No. 7 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W' 10-07 | Musgrave (5-1) | 29-6 | 8-2 | ||||
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|Apr. 19 | Southern Illinois | No. 7 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | L 0-3 | Shafer (6-2) | 29-7 | 8-3 | ||||
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|Apr. 20 | Southern Illinois | No. 7 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 8-3 | Capra (7-0) | 30-7 | 9-3 | ||||
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|Apr. 22 | Kansas | No. 14 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 6-4 | Fleming (3-1) | Nanney (3) | Kansas Now 22 | 31-7 | |||
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|Apr. 23 | at No. 13 {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys|title=Oklahoma State}} | No. 14 | Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK | L 3-5 | Hoch (0-1) | Kansas Now 22 | 31-8 | ||||
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|Apr. 25 | at {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Indiana State Sycamores|title=Indiana State}} | No. 14 | Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN | W 14-7 | Shafer (7-2) | 32-8 | 10-3 | ||||
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|Apr. 26 | at Indiana State | No. 14 | Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN | W 11-2 | Musgrave (6-1) | 33-8 | 11-3 | ||||
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|Apr. 27 | at Indiana State | No. 14 | Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, IN | L 7-8 | Coleman (0-1) | 33-9 | 11-4 | ||||
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|Apr. 29 | Kansas State | No. 14 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | L 2-3 | Nanney (4-1) | 33-10 | |||||
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|Apr. 30 | at {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Oklahoma Sooners|title=Oklahoma}} | No. 14 | L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, OK | L 11-1210 | Kemp (0-1) | Kansas Now 22 | 33-11 |
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|May 2 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Northern Iowa Panthers|title=Northern Iowa}} | No. 14 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 6-1 | Musgrave (7-1) | 34-11 | 12-4 | ||||
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|May 3 | Northern Iowa | No. 14 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 5-3 | Shafer (8-2) | Nanney (4) | 35-11 | 13-4 | |||
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|May 4 | Northern Iowa | No. 14 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 6-5 | Hoch (1-1) | 36-11 | 14-4 | ||||
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|May 6 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Central Arkansas Bears|title=Central Arkansas}} | No. 14 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | L 9-10 | Kemp (0-2) | 36-12 | |||||
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|May 7 | No. 3 {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}} | No. 14 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | L 1-6 | Kelley (4-3) | Kansas Now 22 | 36-13 | ||||
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|May 9 | at {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Evansville Purple Aces|title=Evansville}} | No. 14 | Charles H. Braun Stadium • Evansville, IN | W 15-8 | Musgrave (8-1) | Taylor (2-5) | Kansas Now 22 | 37-13 | 15-4 | ||
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|May 10 | at Evansville | No. 14 | Charles H. Braun • Evansville, IN | L 3-6 | Foley (5-4) | Shafer (8-3) | Kansas Now 22 | 37-14 | 15-5 | ||
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|May 11 | at Evansville | No. 14 | Charles H. Braun • Evansville, IN | W 16-37 | Capra (8-0) | 38-14 | 16-5 | ||||
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|May 13 | Oral Roberts | No. 22 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | L 0-12 | Minissale (2-3) | Kelley (4-4) | 38-15 | ||||
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|May 15 | {{CBSB link|year=2008|team=Bradley Braves|title=Bradley}} | No. 22 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 10-08 | Musgrove (9-1) | Wright (3-6) | Kansas Now 22 | 39-15 | 17-5 | ||
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|May 16 | Bradley | No. 22 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 9-3 | Shafer (9-3) | Scahill (4-5) | 40-15 | 18-5 | |||
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|May 17 | Bradley | No. 22 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 21-57 | Capra (9-0) | 41-15 | 19-5 |
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! colspan=2 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Wichita State Shockers}}" | Postseason (7–2)
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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Wichita State Shockers}}"| Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (3–0) | |||||||||||
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|May 22 | Southern Illinois | No. 23 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 12-07 | Musgrave (10-1) | 42-15 | |||||
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|May 23 | Missouri State | No. 23 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 20-37 | Shafer (10-3) | 43-15 | |||||
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|May 24 | Missouri State | No. 23 | Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS | W 12-10 | Nanney (5-1) | 44-15 |
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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Wichita State Shockers}}"| Stillwater Regional (3–0) | |||||||||||
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|May 30 | No. 18 TCU | No. 21 | Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK | W 8-5 | Musgrave (11-1) | Lockwood (7-2) | 45-15 | ||||
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|May 31 | at No. 5 Oklahoma State | No. 21 | Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK | W 5-3 | Shafer (11-3) | 46-15 | |||||
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|Jun. 1 | No. 5 Oklahoma State | No. 21 | Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK | W 11-710 | Hoch (2-1) | 47-15 |
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! colspan=12 style="padding-left:4em;{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Wichita State Shockers}}"| Tallahassee Super Regional (1–2) | |||||||||||
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|Jun. 6 | at No. 2 Florida State | No. 13 | Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | W 10-7 | Musgrave (12-1) | Villanueva (7-3) | Capra (1) | ESPN2 | 48-15 | ||
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|Jun. 7 | at No. 2 Florida State | No. 13 | Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | L 4-14 | Fairel (12-2) | Shafer (11-4) | ESPN2 | 48-16 | |||
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|Jun. 8 | at No. 2 Florida State | No. 13 | Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | L 4-11 | Capra (9-1) | ESPN | 48-17 |
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Rankings
{{Main|2008 NCAA Division I baseball rankings}}
{{NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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References
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