BATON ROUGE — The LSU baseball team plays host to Southeastern Louisiana at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Alex Box Stadium. The game concludes a four-game homestand for the Tigers, who will play eight straight road games after Tuesday night’s contest.
The LSU-SLU game can be heard on the LSU Sports Network (98.1 FM in Baton Rouge) and on the Internet at www.LSUsports.net. The game will also be televised live in Baton Rouge only by the Pelican Sports Network (Cable Ch. 18).
Tuesday is Team Picture Night at Alex Box Stadium, as the first 3,000 fans who enter the ball park will receive a free 2001 LSU team photo.
LSU (30-13-1 overall, 14-7 SEC) is ranked No. 3 this week by Collegiate Baseball and No. 5 by Baseball America. The Tigers are in a three-way tie with Ole Miss and Mississippi State for first place in the SEC standings.
Southeastern Louisiana is 20-29 overall and 8-16 in the Southland Conference. The Lions were swept in three SLC games last weekend by Northwestern State in Natchitoches.
Junior left-hander Shane Youman (3-1, 4.36 ERA) will start Tuesday’s game for LSU. In 43.1 innings this season, Youman has recorded 29 strikeouts and 29 walks, and opponents are hitting .290 against him.
Youman will be making his first start since March 31 versus Kentucky, when he allowed five runs in four innings and was not involved in the decision of a 9-5 LSU win.
The Lions will counter with freshman left-hander Mark Weinmunson (2-3, 4.25 ERA). In 42.1 innings this season, Weinmunson has allowed 56 hits while recording 40 strikeouts and 18 walks.
LSU’s .322 team batting average is No. 1 in this week’s SEC statistics. Second baseman Mike Fontenot (.383, 8 HR, 31 RBI), first baseman Bryan Moore (.379, 6 HR, 42 RBI) and shortstop Ryan Theriot (.365, 1 HR, 29 RBI) are the club? ?s top three hitters. Theriot enters the SLU game riding a 17-game hitting streak, LSU’s longest this season.
LSU leads Southeastern Louisiana, 45-15, in the all-time series between the schools, and the Tigers have won 16 straight games against SLU. The Lions’ last victory over LSU came in 1991, a 15-2 triumph in Baton Rouge.