Overall Record: 26-2
SEC: 8-1
Last Week’s Results (4-0)
March 26 (Tue.) – at Tulane (W, 14-1)
March 29 (Fri.) – at Missouri (W, 2-0)
March 30 (Sat.) – at Missouri (W, 8-0)
March 31 (Sun.) – at Missouri (W, 6-5)
This Week’s Schedule
April 2 (Tue.) – ALCORN STATE, 6:30 p.m.
April 3 (Wed.) – Southern Mississippi (at Metairie, La.), 7 p.m. (Cox Sports TV/Jumbo Sports Network)
April 5 (Fri.) – KENTUCKY, 7 p.m. (Cox Sports TV)
April 6 (Sat.) – KENTUCKY, 6:30 p.m. (Cox Sports TV)
April 7 (Sun.) – KENTUCKY, 12 p.m. (Cox Sports TV/Comcast Sports Southeast)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU won all four of its games last week – including a three-game SEC sweep at Missouri – to improve to 26-2 overall and 8-1 in conference play … LSU has won eight straight games and is tied with Vanderbilt (8-1) for the overall SEC lead … LSU is 26-2 for only the second time in school history, matching the 28-game start of the Tigers’ 1986 squad … the Tigers are 8-1 in SEC play for the first time since the 1997 club won eight of its first nine league games … LSU last weekend won its fourth straight SEC road series, dating back to last season, and the Tigers have won five of their last six league series away from home … the sweep at Missouri was LSU’s first on the road since March 26-27, 2010, when the Tigers swept Tennessee in Knoxville … LSU, which swept Auburn last weekend, posted back-to-back league sweeps for the first time since the final two series of the 2008 regular season versus Mississippi State and at Auburn … the Tigers are 9-0 this season in games decided by two runs or less … senior first baseman Mason Katz enjoyed another superb week at the plate, batting .611 (11-for-18) in the Tigers’ four wins with one double, one triple, three homers, 12 RBI and five runs scored … Katz hit .571 (8-for-14) in LSU’s three-game sweep at Missouri with one triple, three homers, eight RBI and four runs … his solo homer in the fourth inning of Friday’s game at Mizzou proved to be the winning hit in LSU’s 2-0 victory … on Saturday, Katz hit another solo shot and delivered a two-run triple to highlight LSU’s 8-0 win … Katz drove in four runs on Sunday, including a three-run blast in the third inning that reduced Mizzou’s lead from 5-1 to 5-4 and sparked LSU to a 6-5 comeback victory … Katz is hitting .419 on the year, and he leads the SEC with 13 homers and 49 RBI … sophomore right-hander Aaron Nola led the Tigers to a Game 1 SEC victory at Missouri Friday, firing 7.2 shutout innings … Nola limited Mizzou to just five singles while recording one walk and 10 strikeouts, his highest career strikeouts total in an SEC contest … Nola improved to 4-0 this season and raised his strikeouts total to 55, which ranks No. 2 in the SEC … Nola has issued just seven walks this season while limiting opponents to a .222 batting average … freshman shortstop Alex Bregman hit .556 (10-for-18) in the Tigers’ four wins last week with one homer, two RBI and seven runs scored … he recorded a .556 on-base percentage and was 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts … in the Tigers’ three-game sweep at Missouri, Bregman hit .429 (6-for-14) with one homer, one RBI and four runs scored … Bregman is hitting a team-high .442 this season with eight doubles, two triples, three homers, 24 RBI, 33 runs and nine stolen bases.
Baseball America Top 25
Rk., Team, W-L, Prev.
1, North Carolina, 24-1, 1
2, Vanderbilt, 25-4, 3
3, LSU, 26-2, 4
4, Cal State Fullerton, 24-4, 5
5, Virginia, 25-3, 9
6, Oregon State, 22-4, 2
7, Kentucky, 21-6, 8
8, Florida State, 24-4, 6
9, Louisville, 22-5, 10
10, UCLA, 18-6, 7
11, Oregon, 22-6, 12
12, Georgia Tech, 21-6, 13
13, Oklahoma, 25-5, 14
14, Arkansas, 21-8, 15
15, South Carolina, 22-6, 17
16, Indiana, 22-3, 19
17, Mississippi, 23-6, 11
18, Rice, 20-10, 18
19, Houston, 23-6, 20
20, Notre Dame, 15-9, 16
21, Cal Poly, 20-6, 23
22, Virginia Tech, 20-9, NR
23, San Diego, 18-10, NR
24, Arizona State, 15-8, NR
25, Florida Atlantic, 19-9, NR
Dropped out: Gonzaga (21), Georgia Southern (22), South Alabama (24), Mississippi State (25).
USA Today Coaches Top 25
1. North Carolina (24-1)
2. LSU (26-2)
3. Vanderbilt (25-4)
4. Cal State-Fullerton (24-4)
5. Florida State (24-4)
6. Oregon State (22-4)
7. Oregon (22-6)
8. Virginia (25-3)
9. Kentucky (21-6)
10. UCLA (18-6)
11. South Carolina (22-6)
12. Arkansas (21-8)
13. Oklahoma (25-5)
14. Louisville (22-5)
15. Georgia Tech (21-6)
16. Mississippi (23-6)
17. Mississippi State (23-8)
18. Indiana (22-3)
19. Oklahoma State (21-6)
20. Houston (23-6)
21. Cal Poly (20-6)
22. Rice (20-10)
23. Arizona State (15-8-1)
24. Notre Dame (15-9)
t25. Stanford (13-9)
t25. NC State (19-10)
Others receiving votes: Virginia Tech (20-9) 25; South Alabama (22-7) 21; UC-Irvine (16-8) 21; Arizona (18-11) 19; Florida Gulf Coast (18-6) 15; San Diego (18-10) 15; Central Arkansas (21-7) 14; Texas A&M (18-11) 9; Austin Peay (22-5) 8; Campbell (23-5) 8; North Carolina-Wilmington (20-8) 7; William & Mary (20-9) 7; Mercer (23-8) 6; Alabama (18-11) 5; Kansas State (18-10) 4; Lamar (22-8) 4; Pittsburgh (19-6) 4; Florida Atlantic (19-9) 2