Overall Record: 17-5
SEC Record: 4-2
Last Week: 4-1
March 17 ? NORTHWESTERN STATE (W, 2-1)
March 18 ? McNEESE STATE (W, 6-3)
March 20 ? at South Carolina (L, 3-7)
March 21 ? at South Carolina (W, 10-3)
March 22 ? at South Carolina (W, 11-3)
Nominee for Freshman of the Week
Matty Ott, RHP, Fr., Metairie, La.
True freshman Matty Ott was superb on the mound last week, earning a win and two saves as the Tigers won four of five games … Ott made four appearances, recording 6.1 shutout innings while allowing just one hit … he recorded no walks and 10 strikeouts, and opponents batted .050 against him … Ott earned a win in LSU’s 2-1 win over Northwestern State on Tuesday, working 1.1 shutout innings with two strikeouts … he picked up the save in LSU’s 6-3 victory over McNeese State on Wednesday, working a scoreless inning with one strikeout … Ott was dominant in collecting a save at South Carolina on Sunday, as he pitched three perfect innings, striking out six of the nine Gamecock batters he faced … on the year, Ott is 2-1 with a 1.02 ERA; he has recorded 29 strikeouts and one walk in 17.2 innings.
22 Matty Ott
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 4 0 0 0/0 2 6.1 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 20 .050
Nominee for Pitcher of the Week
Matty Ott, RHP, Fr., Metairie, La.
True freshman Matty Ott was superb on the mound last week, earning a win and two saves as the Tigers won four of five games … Ott made four appearances, recording 6.1 shutout innings while allowing just one hit … he recorded no walks and 10 strikeouts, and opponents batted .050 against him … Ott earned a win in LSU’s 2-1 win over Northwestern State on Tuesday, working 1.1 shutout innings with two strikeouts … he picked up the save in LSU’s 6-3 victory over McNeese State on Wednesday, working a scoreless inning with one strikeout … Ott was dominant in collecting a save at South Carolina on Sunday, as he pitched three perfect innings, striking out six of the nine Gamecock batters he faced … on the year, Ott is 2-1 with a 1.02 ERA; he has recorded 29 strikeouts and one walk in 17.2 innings.
22 Matty Ott
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 4 0 0 0/0 2 6.1 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 20 .050
Nominee for Player of the Week
Ryan Schimpf, 2B, Jr., Covington, La.
Second baseman Ryan Schimpf hit .357 (5-for-14) in five games last week with three homers and eight RBI … Schimpf has homered four times in the Tigers’ last six games and he has five dingers on the year … in LSU’s SEC series win at South Carolina, Schimpf hit .375 (3-for-8) with two homers, four RBI and three runs scored.
16 Ryan Schimpf
AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT .357 5-5 14 4 5 0 0 3 8 14 1.000 4 0 4 0 .474 1 0 0-0
Notes on the Tigers
LSU won two of three games last weekend at No. 27 South Carolina, marking the Tigers’ sixth straight SEC series win, dating back to last season … the Tigers have not lost an SEC series since April 18-20, 2008 versus Georgia … true freshman right-hander Matty Ott was superb on the mound last week, earning a win and two saves as the Tigers won four of five games … Ott made four appearances, recording 6.1 shutout innings while allowing just one hit … he recorded no walks and 10 strikeouts, and opponents batted .050 against him … Ott earned a win in LSU’s 2-1 win over Northwestern State on Tuesday, working 1.1 shutout innings with two strikeouts … he picked up the save in LSU’s 6-3 victory over McNeese State on Wednesday, working a scoreless inning with one strikeout … Ott was dominant in collecting a save at South Carolina on Sunday, as he pitched three perfect innings, striking out six of the nine Gamecock batters he faced … on the year, Ott is 2-1 with a 1.02 ERA; he has recorded 29 strikeouts and one walk in 17.2 innings … junior second baseman Ryan Schimpf hit .357 (5-for-14) in five games last week with three homers and eight RBI … Schimpf has homered four times in the Tigers’ last six games and he has five dingers on the year … in LSU’s SEC series win at South Carolina, Schimpf hit .375 (3-for-8) with two homers, four RBI and three runs scored … LSU hit six homers in the series at South Carolina, raising its season total to 40 in 22 games … the 40 HRs matches LSU’s final homer total in coach Paul Mainieri‘s first season in 2007 (56 games) … centerfielder Leon Landry, who leads the Tigers with nine dingers, hit his first homer since March 10 in Sunday’s win over South Carolina … Landry was 3-for-9 in the South Carolina series with the homer and five RBI … senior right-hander Louis Coleman leads the SEC in wins with five as he earned his fifth victory Saturday at South Carolina … Coleman fired 118 pitches in seven innings of work, limiting the Gamecocks to three runs on seven hits with two walks and eight strikeouts … Coleman is 5-1 on the year with a 1.21 ERA in 29.2 innings, recording six walks and 40 strikeouts … the LSU pitchers posted a 3.27 team ERA in the Tigers’ five games last week, and opponents hit just .203 against them.
Baseball America Top 25
March 23
Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev.
1. Cal State Fullerton 16-3 3-0 4
2. LSU 17-5 4-1 5
3. Arizona State 17-3 3-0 6
4. Rice 14-6 4-1 7
5. North Carolina 17-4 3-2 2
6. Georgia 19-2 4-0 8
7. Miami 18-4 4-1 11
8. Baylor 14-5 4-1 9
9. Texas 14-6 0-4 1
10. UC Irvine 12-6 2-1 10
11. Mississippi 15-5 4-1 12
12. Oklahoma 20-5 3-1 13
13. Georgia Tech 16-2 4-1 14
14. Arkansas 16-4 4-1 16
15. Texas A&M 14-9 1-5 3
16. Texas Christian 13-6 3-2 18
17. Pepperdine 16-6 5-1 17
18. Coastal Carolina 18-4 3-2 15
19. Cal Poly 14-4 3-0 21
20. UC Santa Barbara 12-4 3-2 22
21. New Mexico 22-3 6-0 NR
22. East Carolina 16-4 5-0 NR
23. Oklahoma State 15-7 2-3 19
24. Virginia 19-2 4-2 23
25. Minnesota 13-6 3-3 25
Dropped Out: Clemson (20), Alabama (24)
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s
NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 23, 2009)
www.baseballnews.com
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Georgia (19-2) 494 4
2. Cal. St. Fullerton (16-3) 492 5
3. Georgia Tech. (16-2) 490 3
4. LSU (17-5) 488 6
5. North Carolina (17-4) 487 1
6. Miami, Fla. (18-4) 484 9
7. Arizona St. (17-3) 482 8
8. Virginia (19-2) 479 7
9. Arkansas (16-4) 476 23
10. Rice (14-6) 473 11
11. Baylor (14-5) 471 15
12. Cal Poly (14-4) 468 16
13. U.C. Irvine (12-6) 465 17
14. Mississippi (15-5) 462 20
15. Oklahoma (20-5) 459 21
16. Ohio St. (17-2) 456 22
17. Texas (14-6) 453 2
18. Texas Christian (13-6) 450 14
19. Oklahoma St. (15-7) 448 12
20. New Mexico (22-3) 447 ?
21. Coastal Carolina (18-4) 445 13
22. Clemson (14-6) 444 18
23. Florida (14-7) 442 ?
24. New Mexico St. (20-3) 439 ?
25. Illinois (12-4) 438 19
26. Alabama (15-7) 435 24
27. Pepperdine (16-6) 433 28
28. South Carolina (14-6) 427 27
29. U.C. Santa Barbara (13-4) 426 30
30. Coll. of Charleston (17-3) 424 ?