Overall Record: 22-6
SEC: 6-3
Last Week’s Results (4-0)
March 28 (Wed.) – LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (W, 5-0)
March 30 (Fri.) – ARKANSAS (W, 10-6)
March 31 (Sat.) – ARKANSAS (W, 2-1)
April 1 (Sun.) – ARKANSAS (W, 3-2 in 11 innings)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU’s three-game SEC sweep of third-ranked Arkansas last weekend was the Tigers’ first league sweep over a ranked team since May 3-4, 2008 at Kentucky … LSU’s three homers in its 10-6 win over Arkansas on Friday marked the Tigers’ first three-homer game since May 21, 2010 versus Mississippi State … seven of LSU’s nine SEC games played this season have been decided by one run; the Tigers are 5-2 in the one-run league contests … LSU has played three extra-inning games through its first 28 games of this season – the Tigers did not play a single extra-inning game in 2011 … junior leftfielder Raph Rhymes enjoyed a phenomenal week at the plate, batting .588 (10-for-17) with one homer, six RBI and three runs in leading LSU to four wins in four games … Rhymes batted .583 (7-for-12) in the Tigers’ three-game sweep of third-ranked Arkansas with one homer, six RBI, one run, one steal and a .643 on-base percentage … Rhymes, who is currently riding a nine-game hitting streak, is the leading hitter in the SEC this season, batting .491 (53-for-108) on the year with six doubles, one homer, 34 RBI, 22 runs and a .533 on-base percentage … in SEC games only, he is hitting .531 (17-for-32) with one homer, eight RBI, two runs and a .615 on-base percentage … freshman right-hander Aaron Nola delivered an outstanding performance Sunday in helping the Tigers complete a sweep of third-ranked Arkansas … Nola worked 6.1 innings and limited the Razorbacks to two runs on three hits with one walk and a career-high nine strikeouts … Arkansas batted just .136 against Nola in the outing, and he threw 95 pitches, 63 for strikes … sophomore right-hander Kevin Gausman posted a career-high 12 strikeouts in Friday’s win over Arkansas … Gausman worked 6.2 innings to earn the victory, recording two walks and 12 Ks, increasing his season strikeouts total to 62 … sophomore Ryan Eades tied his career best with eight strikeouts in Saturday’s win over Arkansas … Eades worked 7.1 innings, limiting the Razorbacks to one run on five hits with one walk and eight Ks … sophomore catcher Ty Ross batted .462 (6-for-13) in the Arkansas series with one double, one homer, two RBI and three runs … Ross provided the game-winning, walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning in Saturday’s 2-1 victory over the Razorbacks … sophomore second baseman JaCoby Jones batted .429 (6-for-14) in the Arkansas series with a double and an RBI, while senior shortstop Austin Nola hit .400 (4-for-10) with one double and two RBI … junior left-hander Chris Cotton appeared in all three Arkansas games in relief, firing a total of 2.2 scoreless innings and allowing just one hit with one walks and one strikeout … the LSU bullpen was exceptional throughout the series, limiting Arkansas to just one run on five hits in 8.2 innings with one walk and 11 strikeouts.
Baseball America Top 25
Team, W-L, Last Week, Prev.
1. Florida, 24-4, 2-2, 1
2. Florida State, 24-4, 3-1, 4
3. North Carolina, 22-6, 4-1, 5
4. Arizona, 21-7, 3-0, 8
5. UCLA, 20-5, 3-1, 6
6. Stanford, 16-6, 1-4, 2
7. Texas A&M, 22-6, 3-1, 7
8. Kentucky, 27-2, 3-1, 10
9. Rice, 21-9, 3-1, 9
10. Mississippi, 20-8, 3-1, 16
11. South Carolina, 20-8, 3-1, 11
12. LSU, 22-6, 4-0, 15
13. Arkansas, 22-6, 0-3, 3
14. Cal State Fullerton, 17-10, 3-2, 13
15. Central Florida, 23-6, 4-0, 17
16. Baylor, 22-7, 4-0, 21
17. North Carolina State, 19-7, 3-2, 20
18. Miami, 21-7, 2-2, 12
19. Purdue, 20-5, 4-1, 19
20. Oregon State, 17-8, 2-1, 22
21. San Diego, 23-7, 3-1, 24
22. Oregon, 18-8, 3-2, 23
23. Auburn, 17-11, 2-2, NR
24. Arizona State, 16-12, 1-4, 14
25. Texas, 15-11, 2-2, 18
Dropped out: Georgia (25)
Collegiate Baseball Top 30
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Kentucky (27-2) 497 2
2. Florida (24-4) 495 1
3. Florida St. (24-4) 493 5
4. UCLA (20-5) 490 11
5. Arizona (21-7) 489 15
6. North Carolina (22-6) 484 6
7. LSU (22-6) 474 12
8. Baylor (22-7) 471 18
9. Texas A&M (22-6) 470 8
10. Rice (21-9) 468 13
11. Arkansas (22-6) 467 4
12. Miami, Fla. (21-7) 466 7
13. N.C. State (19-7) 464 9
14. Oregon (18-8) 463 16
15. Cal. St. Fullerton (17-10) 461 10
16. Stanford (16-6) 460 3
17. Central Florida (23-6) 459 21
18. South Carolina (20-8) 458 14
19. San Diego (23-7) 453 –
20. New Mexico St. (22-8) 450 –
21. Mississippi (20-8) 449 27
22. Purdue (20-5) 447 22
23. Oregon St. (17-8) 445 23
24. Sam Houston St. (19-9) 444 28
25. Texas (15-11) 441 19
26. Louisville (20-8) 439 20
27. Auburn (17-11) 436 24
28. Coastal Carolina (18-8) 435 25
29. U.C. Irvine (17-9) 433 –
30. Florida Atlantic (19-10) 429 –