Overall Record: 7-0
Last Week: 4-0
Feb. 25 ? SOUTHERN (W, 11-5) | Video
Feb. 27 ? UCF (W, 13-4) | Video
Feb. 28 ? UCF (W, 11-2) | Video
March 1 ? UCF (W, 16-0) | Video
Nominee for Pitcher of the Week
Austin Ross, RHP, So., Shreveport, La.
Ross fired six shutout innings in Sunday’s win over UCF, allowing just two hits while recording no walks and a career-best 10 strikeouts … Ross fired 81 pitches during his outing, and he did not allow a UCF runner to advance beyond first base … Ross is 2-0 on the year with a 0.75 ERA; in 12 innings, he has allowed one run on six hits with one walk and 14 strikeouts.
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ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg
0.00 1-0 1 1 0 0/1 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 20 .100
Nominee for Player of the Week
DJ LeMahieu, SS, So., Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Sophomore shortstop DJ LeMahieu led LSU to four straight wins last week, batting .667 (10-for-15) with two doubles, two homers, seven RBI, 10 runs and two stolen bases … in the Tigers’ three-game sweep of UCF, LeMahieu hit .700 (7-for-10) with one double, two homers, six RBI, eight runs and one steal .. LeMahieu leads the Tigers in cumulative batting average, hitting .625 (15-for-24) on the year with two doubles, three triples, two homers, 10 RBI, 12 runs and two stolen bases.
17 DJ LeMahieu
AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT
.667 4-4 15 10 10 2 0 2 7 18 1.200 2 0 4 0 .706 0 0 2-2
Notes on the Tigers
LSU posted a 4-0 mark last week, defeating Southern, 11-5, on Wednesday before posting a three-game sweep of UCF over the weekend … the Tigers outscored the Knights 40-6 in the series while hitting .405 (47-for-116) as a team with seven doubles, eight homers and 13 stolen bases … LSU has won 23 straight regular-season games, dating back to last season … the Tigers have also sweep six consecutive regular-season series, a streak that began on April 27, 2008 … sophomore shortstop DJ LeMahieu led LSU to its four wins last week, batting .667 (10-for-15) with two doubles, two homers, seven RBI, 10 runs and two stolen bases … in the Tigers’ three-game sweep of UCF, LeMahieu hit .700 (7-for-10) with one double, two homers, six RBI, eight runs and one steal .. LeMahieu leads the Tigers in cumulative batting average, hitting .625 (15-for-24) on the year with two doubles, three triples, two homers, 10 RBI, 12 runs and two stolen bases … junior catcher/first baseman Sean Ochinko also had a very productive series, batting .833 (10-for-12) against UCF with one double, eight RBI and three runs … Ochinko collected a career-best four hits in Friday’s win, and he posted a career-high four RBI in Saturday’s victory … sophomore centerfielder Leon Landry hit three homers in four games last week, increasing his season total to five HR in the Tigers’ seven games … Landry has already equaled his home run output of last season, when hit five dingers … junior rightfielder Jared Mitchell batted .500 (7-for-14) last week with two doubles, one triple, two homers, seven runs and seven stolen bases … Mitchell launched two dingers in Sunday’s win over UCF, marking his first career multi-HR game … Mitchell is a perfect 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts this season … Ross fired six shutout innings in Sunday’s win over UCF, allowing just two hits while recording no walks and a career-best 10 strikeouts … Ross fired 81 pitches during his outing, and he did not allow a UCF runner to advance beyond first base … Ross is 2-0 on the year with a 0.75 ERA; in 12 innings, he has allowed one run on six hits with one walk and 14 strikeouts … sophomore right-hander Anthony Ranaudo turned in an excellent effort in Friday’s win over UCF, limiting the Knights to one run on three hits in 6.1 innings with one walk and a career-best 10 Ks.