BATON ROUGE — LSU senior third baseman Will Harris and junior pitcher Derik Olvey were nominated as the SEC players of the week for their performances this week against Centenary and Tennessee Tech.
LSU Baseball Report — February 20, 2006
Overall Record: 6-1
Last Week: 4-0
Feb. 14 — CENTENARY (W, 15-3)
Feb. 17 — TENNESSEE TECH (W, 9-6)
Feb. 18 — TENNESSEE TECH (W, 7-2)
Feb. 19 — TENNESSEE TECH (W, 8-3)
Nominee for Player of the Week
Will Harris, 3B, Sr., Slidell, La.
Harris batted .467 (7-for-15) in the Tigers’ four victories last week, collecting one triple, two homers, seven RBI and four runs … he belted two homers in LSU’s Feb. 19 win over Tennessee Tech, marking his first career two-HR game … it was also the first two-homer game by an LSU player since April 25, 2005, when outfielder Ryan Patterson hit two home runs at Arkansas … Harris also recorded his first career triple in the Game 1 win over Tennessee Tech, one of three triples for the Tigers in the series-opening contest.
Player
Nominee for Pitcher of the Week
Derik Olvey, RHP, Jr., Pelham, Ala.
Olvey fashioned a solid outing for the second straight weekend, registering a Game 2 win over Tennessee Tech … he limited the Golden Eagles to one run on three hits in seven innings with one walk and four strikeouts … Olvey is now 2-0 on the year with a 0.59 ERA . . in 15.1 innings, he has allowed just one run on seven hits with one walk and nine strikeouts … opponents are batting just .137 against him.
Player
20 Derik Olvey
Notes on the Tigers
LSU’s three-game sweep last weekend of Tennessee Tech marked the Tigers’ eighth straight regular-season series victory, dating back to last season … the Tigers’ last series loss came on April 8-10, 2005 versus South Carolina … senior third baseman Will Harris batted .467 (7-for-15) in the Tigers’ four victories last week, collecting one triple, two homers, seven RBI and four runs … he belted two homers in LSU’s Feb. 19 win over Tennessee Tech, marking his first career two-HR game … it was also the first two-homer game by an LSU player since April 22, 2005, when outfielder Ryan Patterson hit two home runs at Arkansas … Harris also recorded his first career triple in the Game 1 win over Tennessee Tech, one of three triples for the Tigers in the series-opening contest … the three triples tied an LSU single-game record, most recently set on March 29, 2005, versus New Orleans … junior right-hander Derik Olvey fashioned a solid outing for the second straight weekend, registering a Game 2 win over Tennessee Tech on Feb. 18 … he limited the Golden Eagles to one run on three hits in seven innings with one walk and four strikeouts … Olvey is now 2-0 on the year with a 0.59 ERA … in 15.1 innings, he has allowed just one run on seven hits with one walk and nine strikeouts … opponents are batting just .137 against Olvey … senior catcher Matt Liuzza raised his batting average to a team-best .450 (9-for-20) after a solid weekend against Tennessee Tech … Liuzza helped lead the Tigers to the Game 3 win over the Golden Eagles by going 3-for-4 with one double, one RBI and three runs scored … Liuzza had six hits in nine at-bats last week with two doubles, one RBI and five runs scored … junior left-hander Clay Dirks earned his 19th career LSU win by defeating Tennessee Tech on Feb. 17 … Dirks limited TTU to one earned run on three hits in five innings with one walk and a career-best eight strikeouts … after recording just 22 sacrifice bunts in 62 games last season, LSU has already sacrificed nine times in seven games this year.