BATON ROUGE — LSU right-hander Louis Coleman was named Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week Monday by the league office.
Coleman, a senior from Schlater, Miss., was brilliant on the mound last week, posting two victories over Kentucky to lead LSU to an SEC series victory. In two appearances vs. UK (one start), Coleman was 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in 9.2 innings, allowing just one run on five hits with no walks and 11 strikeouts.
Coleman earned the win in relief on Friday night, limiting the Wildcats to no runs on one hit in 2.2 innings with no walks and four strikeouts. He returned as the starting pitcher in the final game of the series on Sunday (a seven-inning contest), and he recorded a complete-game victory, allowing one run on four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts.
Coleman also made a relief appearance against Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday, working two shutout innings with five strikeouts. On the year, the right-hander is 4-1 with a 0.40 ERA in 22.2 innings, recording four walks and 32 strikeouts.
No. 5 LSU (13-4) returns to action at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when the Tigers play host to Northwestern State (10-5) in Alex Box Stadium.
LSU Baseball Report ? March 16, 2009
Overall Record: 13-4
SEC Record: 2-1
Last Week: 3-2
March 10 ? at Southeastern Louisiana (W, 16-5)
March 11 ? LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (L, 9-10)
March 13 ? KENTUCKY (W, 5-3)
March 15 (Game 1) ? KENTUCKY (L, 2-5)
March 15 (Game 2) ? KENTUCKY (W, 3-1)
Nominee for Pitcher of the Week
Louis Coleman, RHP, Sr., Schlater, Miss.
Coleman was brilliant on the mound last week, posting two victories over Kentucky to lead LSU to an SEC series victory … in two appearances vs. UK (one start), Coleman was 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in 9.2 innings … he allowed just one run on five hits with no walks and 11 strikeouts … Coleman earned the win in relief on Friday night, limiting the Wildcats to no runs on one hit in 2.2 innings with no walks and four strikeouts … Coleman returned as the starting pitcher in the final game of the series on Sunday (a seven-inning contest), and he recorded a complete-game victory, allowing one run on four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts … Coleman also made a relief appearance against Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday, working two shutout innings with five strikeouts … on the year, the senior right-hander is 4-1 with a 0.40 ERA in 22.2 innings, recording four walks and 32 strikeouts.
ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP 0.77 2-0 3 1 1 0/0 0 11.2 5 1 1 1 16 1 0 0 39 .128 0
Notes on the Tigers
LSU won two of three games last weekend over No. 29 Kentucky, marking the Tigers’ fifth straight SEC series win, dating back to last season … the Tigers have not lost an SEC series since April 18-20, 2008 versus Georgia … senior right-hander Louis Coleman was brilliant on the mound last week, posting two victories over Kentucky to lead LSU to the series victory … in two appearances vs. UK (one start), Coleman was 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in 9.2 innings … he allowed just one run on five hits with no walks and 11 strikeouts … Coleman earned the win in relief on Friday night, limiting the Wildcats to no runs on one hit in 2.2 innings with no walks and four strikeouts … Coleman returned as the starting pitcher in the final game of the series on Sunday (a seven-inning contest), and he recorded a complete-game victory, allowing one run on four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts … Coleman also made a relief appearance against Louisiana-Lafayette on Wednesday, working two shutout innings with five strikeouts … on the year, the right-hander is 4-1 with a 0.40 ERA in 22.2 innings, recording four walks and 32 strikeouts … junior first baseman Sean Ochinko had another outstanding week at the plate, batting .563 (9-for-16) in five games with one double, two homers, four RBI and seven runs … Ochinko is hitting a robust .484 (31-for-64) on the year with five doubles, six homers, 27 RBI and 19 runs … junior leftfielder Jared Mitchell tied an LSU single-game record Sunday with four stolen bases in Game 2 of the doubleheader versus Kentucky … Mitchell was a perfect 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts during the series, and he is 17-for-17 on the season …. Mitchell has already exceeded his stolen base output from last season, when he recorded 16 steals in 18 attempts … sophomore right-hander Anthony Ranaudo delivered another impressive start on Friday versus UK, recording a career-best 13 strikeouts in six innings … Ranaudo allowed three runs on six hits and was not involved in the decision of the Tigers’ 5-3 win … freshman third baseman Tyler Hanover recorded nine RBI in five games last week with one double, one homer and three runs scored … Hanover led the Tigers to victory in Game 1 versus Kentucky on Friday, connecting on a two-run homer in the third inning and a RBI single in the seventh.