Overall Record: 21-10
SEC: 6-6
Last Week’s Results (3-1)
April 5 (Tue.) – SOUTHERN (W, 11-1)
April 7 (Thu.) – VANDERBILT (W, 13-4)
April 8 (Fri.) – VANDERBILT (W, 3-2)
April 9 (Sat.) – VANDERBILT (L, 7-9)
This Week’s Schedule
April 12 (Tue.) – McNEESE STATE, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
April 13 (Wed.) – GRAMBLING, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
April 15 (Fri.) – at Missouri, 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
April 16 (Sat.) – at Missouri, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
April 17 (Sun.) – at Missouri, 1 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU is ranked No. 9 this week in the Baseball America poll after posting a 3-1 mark in its four games last week … LSU posted a 2-1 SEC series over second-ranked Vanderbilt in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field … LSU coach Paul Mainieri earned his 1,300th career win on Friday, when the Tigers posted a 3-2 win over the Commodores … Mainieri, who has a career mark of 1,300-663-7 in 34 seasons of collegiate coaching, became just the 16th coach in NCAA Division I history to reach the 1,300-win plateau … Mainieri also became just the seventh active NCAA Division I coach to win 1,300 games … LSU hit .350 (36-for-103) as a team in the Vanderbilt series with 23 runs on 36 hits and six steals in seven attempts … junior shortstop Kramer Robertson enjoyed a remarkable week at the plate, batting .778 (7-for-9) with one double, four RBI, five runs, one stolen base, five walks, three hit-by-pitches and an .882 on-base percentage … in LSU’s series victory over Vanderbilt, Robertson hit .750 (6-for-8) with one double, four RBI, three runs, four walks, one-hit-by-pitch, one steal and an .846 on-base percentage … freshman rightfielder Antoine Duplantis batted .533 (8-for-15) in four games last week with one triple, four RBI, one walk and two hit-by-pitches … in LSU’s series win over Vanderbilt, Duplantis hit .500 (6-for-12) with three RBI, five runs, two steals and a .571 on-base percentage … Duplantis is LSU’s leading hitter this season, batting .364 (44-for-121) with six doubles, three triples, 16 RBI, 23 runs and nine stolen bases … sophomore first baseman Greg Deichmann hit .500 (6-for-12) in the Vanderbilt series with three doubles, three RBI and two runs .. junior left-hander Jared Poche’ blanked Vanderbilt in seven innings of work on Thursday, allowing just four hits with three walks and eight strikeouts … with the win in Game 1 of the three-game SEC series, Poche’ improved to 4-3 this season and lowered his ERA to 2.03 … in 48.2 innings of work, Poche’ has recorded 44 strikeouts and limited opponents to a .234 batting average … sophomore right-hander Alex Lange defeated Vanderbilt on Friday, limiting the Commodores to two runs on three hits in 6.1 innings with three walks and nine strikeouts … junior right-hander Hunter Newman posted a brilliant relief effort on Friday to earn his first save of the season … Newman blanked Vanderbilt over 2.2 innings, allowing just two hits with no walks and a career-best six strikeouts … in 14 appearances this season, Newman has recorded 24 strikeouts in 17 innings, and he is limiting opponents to a .190 batting average.
Baseball America Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Miami (Fla.), 25-4, 2
2, Mississippi State, 23-9, 5
3, Florida, 29-5, 1
4, Texas A&M, 25-7, 3
5, South Carolina, 28-5, 8
6, Florida State, 22-8, 11
7, TCU, 24-7, 7
8, Ole Miss, 25-7, 14
9, LSU, 21-10, 15
10, Oregon State, 22-7, 10
11, Louisville, 24-7, 4
12, Vanderbilt, 25-7, 6
13, UC Santa Barbara, 21-7, 12
14, North Carolina, 23-9, 13
15, Texas Tech, 24-9, 23
16, Kentucky, 22-9, 19
17, California, 19-9, 9
18, Long Beach State, 19-11, 20
19, Rice, 20-11, 25
20, NC State, 22-9, NR
21, Florida Atlantic, 23-6, 18
22, Michigan, 21-8, 17
23, South Alabama, 25-8, NR
24, Tulane, 21-10, NR
25, Southern Miss, 25-8, NR
Dropped out: (16) Oklahoma State, (21) Clemson, (22) East Carolina, (24) Houston
Perfect Game Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Miami, 25-4, 2
2, Florida, 29-5, 1
3, Mississippi State, 23-9-1, 8
4, Texas A&M, 25-7, 6
5, Texas Christian, 24-7, 5
6, Florida State, 22-8, 10
7, Vanderbilt, 25-7, 3
8, South Carolina, 28-5, 11
9, Oregon State, 22-7, 9
10, Louisville, 24-7, 4
11, Mississippi, 25-7, 14
12, NC State, 22-9, 13
13, North Carolina, 23-9, 12
14, Texas Tech, 24-9, 19
15, California, 19-9, 7
16, BYU, 25-5, 16
17, LSU, 21-10, 25
18, Florida Atlantic, 23-6, 15
19, Coastal Carolina, 23-10, 20
20, UC Santa Barbara, 21-7-1, 21
21, Kentucky, 22-9, NR
22, Southern Miss, 25-8, NR
23, Clemson, 23-9, 22
24, Missouri State, 25-6, NR
25, Houston, 19-12, 24
Dropped Out: Oklahoma State (17), Michigan (18), Virginia (23).
D1Baseball.com
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Miami (Fla.), 25-4, 3
2, Mississippi State, 23-9, 5
3, Florida, 29-5, 1
4, Florida State, 22-8, 9
5, Vanderbilt, 25-7, 2
6, Texas A&M, 25-7, 6
7, Oregon State, 22-7, 7
8, South Carolina, 28-5, 8
9, Louisville, 24-7, 4
10, TCU, 24-7, 10
11, LSU, 21-10, 15
12, NC State, 22-9, 14
13, Ole Miss, 25-7, 18
14, Texas Tech, 24-9, 22
15, North Carolina, 23-9, 13
16, Clemson, 23-9, 12
17, California, 19-9, 11
18, Kentucky, 22-9, 21
19, UC Santa Barbara, 21-7-1, 19
20, Long Beach State, 19-11, 20
21, Rice, 20-11, NR
22, Tulane, 21-10, NR
23, East Carolina, 21-11, 16
24, Florida Atlantic, 23-6, 17
25, South Alabama, 25-8, NR
Dropped Out: 23. Oklahoma State; 24. College of Charleston; 25. Michigan
Collegiate Baseball Top 30
Rank, Team (Record), Points, Previous
1. Miami, Fla. (25-4), 493, 2
2. South Carolina (28-5), 492, 6
3. Florida (29-5), 490, 1
4. Florida State (22-8), 488, 5
5. Mississippi State (23-9-1), 486, 8
6. Louisville (24-7), 484, 4
7. Vanderbilt (25-7), 481, 3
8. Texas A&M (25-7), 478, 7
9. Kentucky (22-9), 475, 13
10. Texas Tech (24-9), 474, 19
11. Texas Christian (24-7), 471, 10
12. California (19-9), 469, 9
13. UC Santa Barbara (21-7-1), 467, 12
14. Oregon State (22-7), 464, 14
15. Ole Miss (25-7), 462, 15
16. Missouri State (25-6), 459, 16
17. NC State (22-9), 457, 21
18. Southern Miss (25-8), 456, NR
19. North Carolina (23-9), 454, 11
20. LSU (21-10), 452, 25
21. South Alabama (25-8), 450, 28
22. Coastal Carolina (23-10), 449, 23
23. Clemson (23-9), 448, 17
24. Florida Atlantic (23-6), 446, 18
25. Lamar (25-7), 445, NR
26. BYU (25-5), 439, 22
27. Georgia Tech. (23-8), 435, 24
28. New Mexico (23-9), 432, NR
29. Stanford (17-9), 430, NR
30. Creighton (20-7), 427, 29