Overall Record: 38-11
SEC: 16-8 (first place)
Last Week’s Results (3-1)
May 1 (Tue.) – TULANE (W, 9-5)
May 4 (Fri.) – at No. 24 Ole Miss (W, 4-3 in 13 innings)
May 5 (Sat.) – at No. 24 Ole Miss (L, 4-7)
May 6 (Sun.) – at No. 24 Ole Miss (W, 12-3)
This Week’s Schedule
May 11 (Fri.) – VANDERBILT, 7 p.m. (Cox Sports Television)
May 12 (Sat.) – VANDERBILT, 7 p.m. (SportSouth)
May 13 (Sun.) – VANDERBILT, 1 p.m. (SportSouth)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU is in a first-place tie with South Carolina in the overall SEC standings, and the Tigers have a four-game lead over Arkansas and Mississippi State in the SEC Western Division race … LSU posted a series victory at No. 24 Ole Miss last weekend, including a 4-3, 13-inning victory on Friday and a 12-3 triumph on Sunday … LSU is 13-4 in one-run games this season, including a 10-3 mark in SEC games decided by one run … the Tigers are 3-1 this season in extra-inning games … the Tigers launched four home runs in Sunday’s win at Ole Miss, marking LSU’s first four-homer game since May 20, 2010 versus Mississippi State in Alex Box Stadium … junior leftfielder Raph Rhymes continues to lead the nation in hitting, batting .500 (85-for-170) on the year with 11 doubles, three homers, 47 RBI and 38 runs … Rhymes is batting .644 (38-for-59) with runners in scoring position, and he’s hitting .512 in SEC games … Rhymes was 7-for-14 in LSU’s four games last week with one RBI and six runs scored … he hit .455 (5-for-11) in the Ole Miss series with one RBI and four runs … sophomore second baseman JaCoby Jones led LSU to three wins in four games last week, batting .500 (7-for-14) with one double, one homer, seven RBI, three runs and one stolen base … Jones paced to the Tigers to an SEC series victory at Ole Miss, hitting .417 (5-for-12) in three games with one double, one homer, seven RBI, two runs and one stolen base … Jones was 3-for-5 with a double, a three-run homer and a career-best five RBI in Sunday’s 12-3 win over the Rebels that clinched LSU’s first series victory in Oxford since 2004 … his two-out, two-RBI double in the second inning Sunday gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead, and his three-run dinger in the sixth, also with two outs, punctuated a five-run LSU outburst …. freshman right-hander Aaron Nola turned in the second-longest SEC outing of his career, defeating No. 24 Ole Miss on Sunday … Nola limited the Rebels – the SEC’s second-best hitting club — to three runs on seven hits in seven innings with two walks and three strikeouts, improving to 6-2 on the season … Nola has walked only six batters in 62.1 innings this season while firing 57 strikeouts and limiting opponents to a .246 batting average … sophomore right-hander Kevin Gausman leads the SEC with 101 strikeouts on the year after he recorded four Ks in 7.2 innings at Ole Miss on Friday … Gausman is 7-1 this season with a 3.16 ERA, and he is limiting opponents to a .241 batting average … junior right-hander Nick Goody earned his ninth save of the season in Friday’s 13-inning win at Ole Miss, firing a scoreless final inning with no hits and one strikeout … Goody lowered his ERA to 0.71 in 25.1 innings with three walks and 36 strikeouts … opponents are hitting just .151 against Goody this season … freshman first baseman Tyler Moore enjoyed a productive series at Ole Miss, batting .417 (5-for-12) with one double, one homer, two RBI and three runs … senior shortstop Austin Nola launched a three-run homer in Sunday’s win over the Rebels and collected five hits in the series … senior designated hitter Grant Dozar had both the game-tying and game-winning hits in Game 1 against Ole Miss – Dozar’s solo homer in the eighth tied the contest at 3-3, and his RBI single in the top of the13th scored the go-ahead run.
Baseball America Top 25
Rk. Team, W-L, Last Week, Prev.
1. Florida State, 39-7, 3-0, 1
2. Baylor, 38-8, 0-0, 2
3. LSU, 38-11, 3-1, 4
4. South Carolina, 36-12, 3-1, 5
5. Rice, 33-13, 3-1, 6
6. Florida, 35-13, 2-1, 7
7. Kentucky, 37-11, 1-2, 3
8. Cal State Fullerton, 30-14, 4-0, 8
9. Oregon, 34-14, 4-1, 10
10. Texas A&M, 34-14, 3-1, 9
11. UCLA, 31-13, 3-1, 14
12. North Carolina, 34-13, 4-0, 16
13. North Carolina State, 33-12, 3-0, 17
14. Arizona, 30-15, 1-2, 11
15. Purdue, 35-9, 1-2, 13
16. Central Florida, 37-11, 2-1, 15
17. Stanford, 29-14, 1-3, 12
18. San Diego, 36-11, 3-0, 19
19. Arizona State, 29-17, 3-0, 20
20. Arkansas, 34-15, 3-2, 18
21. Virginia, 31-14, 1-0, 23
22. Louisville, 33-15, 2-2, 22
23. Oregon State, 30-15, 2-1, NR
24. Texas Christian, 29-16, 3-1, NR
25. Mississippi State, 29-18, 2-1, NR
Dropped out: Sam Houston State (21), Mississippi (24), Texas (25).
USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Top 25
Rank, School, Record, Points, Last week
1. Florida State (31), 39-7, 775, 1
2. Baylor (1), 38-8, 735, 2
3. South Carolina, 36-12, 677, 3
4. LSU, 38-11, 658, 4
5. Florida, 35-13, 649, 5
6. Rice, 33-13, 555, 8
7. North Carolina, 34-13, 552, 10
8. Texas A&M, 34-14, 531, 9
9. Kentucky, 37-11, 518, 6
10. Oregon, 34-14, 484, 12
11. UCLA, 31-13, 479, 14
12. Stanford, 29-14, 444, 7
13. Arkansas, 34-15, 370, 13
14. Cal State-Fullerton, 30-14, 350, 17
15. Purdue, 35-9, 330, 11
16. Central Florida, 37-11, 316, 15
17. NC State, 33-12, 293, 18
18. Arizona, 30-15, 271, 16
19. Oregon State, 30-15, 215, 20
20. San Diego, 36-11, 165, 23
21. Miami (Fla.), 30-17, 156, 21
22. Virginia, 31-14-1, 143, 22
23. Louisville, 33-15, 129, 19
24. Mississippi31-18, 61, 25
t25. TCU, 29-16, 34, NR
t25. Texas, 27-18, 34, 24
Others receiving votes: Dallas Baptist (34-14) 18; Missouri State (34-14) 18; Georgia (28-20) 16; Coastal Carolina (32-14) 14; Indiana State (36-12) 14; Clemson (28-19) 10; Stony Brook (36-11) 9; St. John’s (31-17) 7; Appalachian State (34-11) 6; East Carolina (31-16) 6; Georgia Tech (29-19) 5; Army (37-12) 4; Hawaii (28-18) 4; North Carolina-Wilmington (29-18) 4; Tulane (32-16) 4; Mississippi State (29-18) 3; New Mexico (27-21) 2; Oklahoma State (28-18) 2; Sam Houston State (32-15) 2; Charleston (31-15) 1; New Mexico State (30-17) 1; Utah Valley State (35-11) 1.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s NCAA Div. I Poll
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Florida St. (39-7) 500 2
2. Baylor (38-8) 499 1
3. South Carolina (36-12) 497 4
4. LSU (38-11) 496 5
5. Florida (35-13) 493 8
6. Oregon (34-14) 490 7
7. Kentucky (37-11) 488 3
8. Rice (33-13) 485 9
9. Cal. St. Fullerton (30-14) 482 14
10. Arizona (30-15) 479 6
11. UCLA (31-13) 476 11
12. Texas A&M (34-14) 474 12
13. Arkansas (34-15) 470 13
14. North Carolina (34-13) 467 16
15. N.C. State (33-12) 466 17
16. Stanford (29-14) 463 10
17. Central Florida (37-11) 460 15
18. San Diego (36-11) 456 19
19. Arizona St. (29-17) 453 28
20. St. John’s (31-17) 449 30
21. Purdue (35-9) 448 18
22. Oregon St. (30-15) 446 –
23. Virginia (31-14-1) 442 23
24. Texas (27-18) 440 20
25. Oklahoma St. (28-18) 439 25
26. Louisville (33-15) 437 22
27. Utah Valley (35-11) 434 –
28. Texas Christian (29-16) 433 27
29. Coastal Carolina (32-14) 432 24
30. Mississippi St. (29-18) 431 29