BATON ROUGE — LSU sophomore right-hander Kevin Gausman was named SEC Pitcher of the Week Monday by the league office.
Gausman fired a career-high 11 strikeouts through eight shutout innings in a 6-0 win over Michigan on Friday night in Alex Box Stadium. He limited the Wolverines to no runs on only two hits with no walks and 11 strikeouts.
Gausman, a product of Centennial, Colo., allowed just a leadoff single in the second inning and a one-out single in the eighth inning as only two Michigan hitters reached base and neither one advanced past first base. He retired 19 batters in a row between the second-inning single and the eighth-inning single.
Gausman is 4-0 this season with a 1.32 ERA in 27.1 innings. He has recorded two walks and 31 strikeouts, and opponents are hitting .198 against him.
Overall Record: 13-3
Last Week’s Results (3-1)
March 6 (Tue.) – at Tulane (W, 5-0)
March 9 (Fri.) – MICHIGAN (W, 6-0)
March 10 (Sat.) – MICHIGAN (W, 6-4)
March 11 (Sun.) – NOTRE DAME (L, 1-7)
(Note: LSU plays Notre Dame again at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Alex Box Stadium)
LSU Pitcher of the Week
Kevin Gausman, RHP, So. Centennial, Colo.
LSU sophomore right-hander Kevin Gausman fired a career-high 11 strikeouts through eight shutout innings in a 6-0 win over Michigan on Friday night in Alex Box Stadium … Gausman limited the Wolverines to no runs on only two hits with no walks and 11 strikeouts … Gausman allowed just a leadoff single in the second inning and a one-out single in the eighth inning as only two Michigan hitters reached base and neither one advanced past first base … Gausman retired 19 batters in a row between the second inning single and the eighth-inning single.
LSU Freshman of the Week
Aaron Nola, RHP, Fr. Baton Rouge, La.
LSU freshman right-hander Aaron Nola delivered a dominant performance in just his second career collegiate start, blanking Tulane through eight innings of work Tuesday night in a 5-0 victory in New Orleans … Nola allowed just three hits while recording no walks and a career-best six strikeouts … only five Tulane hitters reach base, three via single and two were hit by a pitch … only one Green Wave baserunner advanced beyond second base… Nola fired 78 pitches in the outing; remarkably, 62 of the 78 pitches (79 percent) were strikes.
Notes on the Tigers
LSU has won eight of its last nine games, including three of four last week … the Tigers posted consecutive shutout wins over Tulane (March 6) and Michigan (March 9), marking the second time this season the Tigers’ pitching staff has fired back-to-back shutouts … the Tigers recorded 23 consecutive scoreless innings before the streak was broken in the third inning versus Michigan on Saturday night … LSU also recorded 21 straight scoreless innings over a four-game stretch (Feb. 17-22) at the beginning of the season … the LSU pitching staff also worked three full games last week without issuing a walk – at Tulane Tuesday and at home versus Michigan on Friday and Saturday … beginning with the seventh inning on March 4 versus Dartmouth and ending in the seventh inning Sunday against Notre Dame, LSU pitchers worked 36 consecutive frames without issuing a base-on-balls … LSU sophomore right-hander Kevin Gausman fired a career-high 11 strikeouts through eight shutout innings in a 6-0 win over Michigan on Friday night in Alex Box Stadium … Gausman limited the Wolverines to no runs on only two hits with no walks and 11 Ks… he allowed just a leadoff single in the second inning and a one-out single in the eighth inning as only two Michigan hitters reached base and neither one advanced past first base … Gausman retired 19 batters in a row between the second-inning single and the eighth-inning single … LSU freshman right-hander Aaron Nola delivered a dominant performance on Tuesday night in just his second career collegiate start, blanking Tulane through eight innings of work in a 5-0 victory in New Orleans … Nola allowed just three hits while recording no walks and a career-best six strikeouts … only five Tulane hitters reached base, three via singles and two were hit by a pitch … only one Green Wave baserunner advanced beyond second base… Nola fired 78 pitches in the outing; remarkably, 62 of the 78 pitches (79 percent) were strikes … junior rightfielder Raph Rhymes led the Tigers at the plate last week, batting .471 (8-for-17) in four games with two doubles, four RBI and five runs … senior third baseman Tyler Hanover batted .417 (5-for-12) last week with three RBI and three runs while sophomore catcher Ty Ross hit .400 (6-for-15) with one double, three RBI and one run scored … senior designated hitter Grant Dozar collected three doubles during the week and drove in a team-best five runs.
Baseball America Top 25
Rk. Team, W-L, Last Week, Prev.
1. Florida, 15-1, 5-0, 1
2. Stanford, 13-2, 3-1, 2
3. South Carolina, 13-1, 4-0, 3
4. Arkansas, 14-2, 3-0, 4
5. North Carolina, 13-2, 5-0, 8
6. Arizona, 13-2, 5-0, 7
7. Florida State, 14-1, 5-0, 12
8. Rice, 13-4, 2-3, 5
9. UCLA, 12-3, 4-0, 16
10. Texas A&M, 13-3, 2-2, 6
11. Arizona State, 10-4, 2-2, 11
12. Mississippi, 13-2, 4-0, 14
13. LSU, 13-3, 3-1, 13
14. Miami, 12-3, 4-0, 15
15. Cal State Fullerton, 10-5, 2-2, 19
16. Georgia Tech, 11-5, 1-3, 10
17. Oregon, 12-3, 2-2, 17
18. Georgia, 11-5, 1-3, 9
19. Central Florida, 13-4, 3-2, 18
20. Texas State, 11-4, 3-1, 21
21. Mississippi State, 14-3, 4-1, 23
22. Oklahoma, 11-5, 4-2, 22
23. NC State, 11-3, 3-1, NR
24. Purdue, 11-1, 3-0, NR
25. Oregon State, 11-5, 3-1, NR
Dropped out: Clemson (20), Louisville (24), Maryland (25).
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s Top 30
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Florida (15-1) 498 1
2. South Carolina (13-1) 496 2
3. Stanford (13-2) 492 3
4. North Carolina (13-2) 488 6
5. Arkansas (14-2) 485 7
6. Florida St. (14-1) 483 8
7. Rice (13-4) 482 4
8. Cal. St. Fullerton (10-5) 480 12
9. Texas A&M (13-3) 478 5
10. LSU (13-3) 474 11
11. Miami, Fla. (12-3) 471 14
12. Oregon (12-3) 469 9
13. Arizona (13-2) 465 18
14. Stetson (12-3) 463 19
15. Mississippi (13-2) 460 22
16. Kentucky (16-0) 456 23
17. UCLA (12-3) 455 27
18. Arizona St. (10-4) 454 13
19. N.C. State (11-3) 452 –
20. Georgia Tech. (11-5) 450 10
21. Oklahoma (11-5) 449 17
22. Louisville (10-5) 446 16
23. Georgia (11-5) 444 15
24. Wake Forest (14-4) 441 –
25. California (11-3) 439 25
26. Purdue (11-1) 437 29
27. Texas Tech. (10-4) 434 26
28. Oregon St. (11-5) 432 28
29. Central Florida (13-4) 427 30
30. Texas St. (11-4) 425 –