Overall Record: 31-6
SEC: 10-5
Last Week’s Results (4-1)
April 7 (Tue.) – NEW ORLEANS (W, 11-2)
April 8 (Wed.) – NORTHWESTERN STATE (W, 9-6)
April 10 (Fri.) – AUBURN (W, 3-2)
April 11 (Sat.) – AUBURN (L, 1-6)
April 12 (Sun.) – AUBURN (W, 6-2)
This Week’s Schedule
April 15 (Wed.) – LAMAR, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
April 17 (Fri.) – at Georgia, 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
April 18 (Sat.) – at Georgia, 1 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
April 19 (Sun.) – at Georgia, 12 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU is ranked No. 1 in the Perfect Game poll this week, marking the fifth week this season the Tigers are No. 1 in at least one poll … LSU was 4-1 in its games last week, including an SEC series victory over Auburn over the weekend … senior catcher Kade Scivicque batted .421 (8-for-19) in five games last week with two doubles, four RBI and one run … Scivicque extended his hitting streak to 20 games, the longest by an LSU player since 2013, when shortstop Alex Bregman had a 23-game hit streak … Scivicque is batting .382 (34-for-89) during the 20-game streak with seven doubles, one homer and 16 RBI … Scivicque is LSU’s leading hitter on the year, batting .386 (49-for-127) with 11 doubles, four homers and 27 RBI … senior leftfielder/DH Chris Sciambra hit .400 (8-for-20) last week with two doubles, two homers, five RBI and eight runs … Sciambra, who had just one career homer entering the 2015 season, launched dingers in back-to-back games last week versus New Orleans and Northwestern State … junior rightfielder Mark Laird was the Tigers’ leading hitter in the Auburn series, batting .455 (5-for-11) with two doubles, two RBI, three runs and two stolen bases … sophomore right-hander Hunter Newman earned his first career save with a brilliant outing against Auburn on Friday … Newman worked the final 3.1 innings of the game, walking the first batter he faced before retiring the next 10 Auburn hitters in a row … Newman recorded five strikeouts in the outing and maintained his cumulative ERA at 0.00 … he has not allowed an earned run this season in 18.2 innings of work, and he is 2-0 on the year with four walks, 19 strikeouts and a .169 opponent batting average … senior left-hander Zac Person earned the win over Auburn Sunday in just his second career SEC start … Person blanked Auburn in three innings of work, allowing just one single with no walks and two strikeouts … he was credited with the win since it had been pre-determined that LSU would use at least three pitchers in the game … Person was followed in the game by sophomore right-hander Parker Bugg, who worked four innings and limited Auburn to one run on five hits with no walks and two strikeouts … freshman right-hander Jesse Stallings pitched the final three innings, allowing one run on three hits with no walks and two strikeouts … LSU’s streak of reaching double-figures in hits ended at 12 games in the Tigers’ 3-2 win over Auburn on Friday … the double-digit hits streak was the longest by an LSU team since the 2004 club had 10 or more hits in 13 consecutive games.
Baseball America Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1. Texas A&M, 33-3, 2
2. LSU, 31-6, 3
3. UCLA, 25-7, 7
4. Louisville, 27-8, 5
5. Vanderbilt, 28-9, 1
6. TCU, 25-8, 4
7. Arizona State, 23-9, 9
8. Florida, 28-9, 10
9. Miami, 28-9, 11
10. Southern California, 26-9, 6
11. UC Santa Barbara, 26-8, 13
12. Illinois, 28-6, 17
13. Florida State, 26-12, 8
14. Missouri, 24-12, 20
15. Missouri State, 24-8, 24
16. Dallas Baptist, 26-7, 16
17. Oklahoma State, 24-11, 15
18. Coastal Carolina, 25-9, 18
19. UCF, 25-12, 12
20. Iowa, 23-9, 25
21. Florida Atlantic, 28-8, 21
22. College of Charleston, 24-8, NR
23. North Carolina, 22-14, NR
24. Maryland, 24-10, 19
25. Texas Tech, 22-14, NR
Dropped Out: Rice (14), Virginia (22), Cal (23)
Collegiate Baseball Top 30
Rank, Team (Record), Points, Previous
1. Texas A&M (33-3), 495, 1
2. UCLA (25-7), 493, 3
3. LSU (31-6), 490, 4
4. Louisville (27-8), 489, 5
5. Arizona St. (23-9), 487, 8
6. Miami, Fla. (28-9), 484, 11
7. Vanderbilt (28-9), 482, 2
8. Texas Christian (26-8), 480, 6
9. Florida St. (26-12), 478, 7
10. Oklahoma St. (24-11), 475, 9
11. UC Santa Barbara (26-8), 473, 12
12. Florida (28-9), 470, 17
13. Southern California (26-9), 467, 10
14. Iowa (23-9), 465, 15
15. Central Florida (25-12), 462, 13
16. California (22-11), 459, 14
17. Missouri (24-12), 456, 16
18. Illinois (28-6-1), 454, 18
19. UC Irvine (21-11), 452, 23
20. Oregon St. (23-11), 449, 20
21. Missouri St. (24-8), 447, 29
22. Nebraska (26-11), 444, 27
23. Oklahoma (24-14), 442, NR
24. Georgia Tech. (24-12), 439, NR
25. Notre Dame (24-10), 437, NR
26. Maryland (24-10), 435, 21
27. Texas Tech. (22-14), 433, NR
28. Houston (23-13), 430, 25
29. Coastal Carolina (25-9), 429, 28
30. College of Charleston (24-8), 426, 30
USA Today Coaches Poll
Rank, Team, (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous
1, Texas A&M, (31), 33-3, 775, 1
2, LSU, 31-6, 733, 3
3, UCLA, 25-7, 691, 5
4, Vanderbilt, 28-9, 643, 2
5, Louisville, 27-8, 636, 6
6, Texas Christian University, 26-8, 612, 4
7, Florida, 28-9, 599, 10
8, Arizona State, 23-9, 541, 9
9, Miami, 28-9, 500, 11
10, UC Santa Barbara, 26-8, 489, 12
11, USC, 26-9, 461, 7
12, Illinois, 28-6-1, 440, 15
13, Florida State, 26-12, 358, 8
14, Oklahoma State, 24-11, 305, 14
15, Florida Atlantic, 28-8, 262, 19
16, Rice, 23-15, 218, 13
17, Dallas Baptist, 26-7, 209, 20
18, Missouri, 24-12, 156, 23
19, Central Florida, 25-12, 142, 18
20, Coastal Carolina, 25-9, 134, 25
21, Missouri State, 24-8, 127, 36
22, Maryland, 24-10, 126, 16
23, Virginia, 21-14, 124, 16
25, Nebraska, 26-11, 71, 29
Schools Dropped Out
No. 21 South Carolina, No. 22 Houston, No. 24 Arizona.
Others Receiving Votes
South Carolina 63; Houston 56; UC-Irvine 53; Charleston 52; North Carolina 44; Georgia Tech 43; Texas Tech 42; North Carolina-Wilmington 38; Nevada 25; Oklahoma 24; Notre Dame 23; California 22; San Diego State 20; Oregon State 16; San Diego 16; Oregon 16; Ohio State 15; Arizona 11; Texas 11; South Florida 9; Indiana 5; Oral Roberts 2.
Perfect Game Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, LSU, 31-6, 2
2, Texas A&M, 33-3, 4
3, Louisville, 27-8, 5
4, UCLA, 25-7, 6
5, Arizona State, 23-9, 8
6, Miami, 28-9, 9
7, Florida, 28-9, 10
8, Texas Christian, 26-8, 2
9, Vanderbilt, 28-9, 3
10, UC Santa Barbara, 26-7, 11
11, Illinois, 28-6-1, 13
12, Florida State, 26-12, 7
13, Southern California, 26-9, 12
14, Florida Atlantic, 28-8, 16
15, UCF, 25-12, 17
16, Dallas Baptist, 26-7, 18
17, Oklahoma State, 24-11, 19
18, North Carolina, 22-14, 22
19, Nebraska, 26-11, 23
20, Virginia, 21-14, 14
21, Oregon State, 23-11, 15
22, Maryland, 24-10, 20
23, Missouri State, 24-8, NR
24, Missouri, 24-12, NR
25, Iowa, 23-9, 25
Dropped Out: South Carolina (21), Houston (24)
D1Baseball.com Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Texas A&M, 33-3, 2
2, LSU, 31-6, 4
3, UCLA, 25-7, 6
4, Arizona State, 23-9, 5
5, Louisville, 26-8, 7
6, Florida, 28-9, 10
7, Vanderbilt, 28-9, 1
8, TCU, 26-8, 3
9, UC Santa Barbara, 26-8, 11
10, Miami, 28-9, 13
11, Illinois, 28-6-1, 12
12, Southern California, 26-9, 8
13, Florida State, 26-12, 9
14, Missouri, 24-12, 19
15, Oklahoma State, 24-11, 14
16, Florida Atlantic, 28-8, 18
17, Missouri State, 24-8, 20
18, Coastal Carolina, 25-9, 22
19, Iowa, 23-9, NR
20, UC Irvine, 21-11, NR
21, Dallas Baptist, 26-7, 21
22, Maryland, 24-10, 16
23, Nebraska, 26-11, 23
24, UCF, 25-12, 17
25, UNC Wilmington, 25-8, NR
Dropped Out: Rice, Nevada, Virginia
Others Considered: College of Charleston, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Oklahoma