Overall Record: 7-1
Last Week’s Results (4-1)
Feb. 21 (Tue.) – at New Orleans (L, 8-11)
Feb. 22 (Wed.) – HOFSTRA (W, 8-1)
Feb. 24 (Fri.) – MARYLAND (W, 6-1)
Feb. 25 (Sat.) – MARYLAND (W, 14-0)
Feb. 26 (Sun.) – MARYLAND (W, 9-5)
This Week’s Schedule
Feb. 28 (Tue.) – NICHOLLS, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 3 (Fri.) – vs. TCU, 7 p.m. CT (Fox Sports 2; Shriners Hospital for Children Classic, Minute Maid Park – Houston, Texas)
March 4 (Sat.) – vs. Baylor, 3:30 p.m. CT (Fox Sports Net; Shriners Hospital for Children Classic, Minute Maid Park – Houston, Texas)
March 5 (Sun.) – vs. Texas Tech, 10 a.m. CT (Fox Sports Net; Shriners Hospital for Children Classic, Minute Maid Park – Houston, Texas)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU won four of five games last week, including a three-game sweep of Maryland, which was ranked in the Top 25 preseason polls … LSU batted .370 (37-for-100) in the Maryland series with five doubles, four triples, two homers and 29 runs … the Tigers were also 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts against the Terrapins, and LSU committed just one error in the three-game series … senior left-hander Jared Poche’ nearly fired a no-hitter for the second straight weekend, as he tossed eight hitless innings against Maryland on Saturday … the Terrapins broke up the no-hit bid with an infield single to lead off the ninth inning, and Poche’ exited the game after throwing 98 pitches … Poche’, who threw a complete-game, seven-inning no-hitter against Army last Saturday, improved to 2-0 with the win over Maryland, limiting the Terps to no runs on one hit in eight innings with two walks and six strikeouts … in his two starts this season, Poche’ has worked 15 innings, allowing no runs on one hit with two walks, 10 strikeouts and a .021 opponent batting average … junior catcher Michael Papierski helped lead LSU to four wins last week, batting .455 (5-for-11) with one double, one homer, seven RBI, two runs and a .538 on-base percentage … he also threw out three of four baserunners attempting to steal in last week’s games … in the Tigers’ three-game sweep of Maryland, Papierski collected six RBI, including a three-run homer in the eighth inning on Friday night that broke open a tight 3-1 game and gave the Tigers a 6-1 lead they would not relinquish … Papierski is batting .389 on the year with a .476 on-base percentage … freshman first baseman Jake Slaughter batted .444 (8-for-18) in five games last week with one double, one run and six RBI … he was the Tigers’ leading hitter in their three-game sweep over Maryland, batting .500 (5-for-10) with one double, four RBI and a .455 on-base percentage … Slaughter is the only LSU player to hit safely in each of the Tigers’ eight games this season … on the year, Slaughter is hitting .462 (12-for-26) with one double, one homer and eight RBI … freshman Rankin Woley earned two starts against Maryland as the Tigers’ designated hitter, and he responded by 4-for-10 at the plate with one double, one triple, two RBI and four runs scored … LSU recorded a school record-tying three triples in the 14-0 win over Maryland on Saturday – all three triples came in the third inning; LSU last collected three triples in a game in 2012 versus Grambling State.
Baseball America Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Rank
1. TCU, 6-1, 1
2. Florida State, 5-2, 2
3. Florida, 6-1, 3
4. LSU, 7-1, 4
5. South Carolina, 5-3, 5
6. Louisville, 7-0, 6
7. Cal State Fullerton, 4-3, 7
8. Oregon State, 7-1, 8
9. East Carolina, 4-3, 11
10. NC State, 4-2, 12
11. Washington, 4-3, 10
12. Virginia, 7-0, 13
13. North Carolina, 7-0, 14
14. Vanderbilt, 4-3, 9
15. Clemson, 5-2, 15
16. UL-Lafayette, 3-3, 16
17. Georgia Tech, 6-1, 17
18. Coastal Carolina, 4-4, 18
19. Arizona, 8-0, 19
20. Ole Miss, 7-0, 22
21. Texas Tech, 8-1, 21
22. Stanford, 5-2, 23
23. UC Santa Barbara, 4-3, 24
24. Oklahoma State, 4-3, 20
25. Texas A&M, 6-1, NR
Dropping out: Wright State (25)
D1Baseball.com Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, TCU, 6-1, 1
2, Florida, 6-1, 2
3, Florida State, 5-2, 3
4, LSU, 7-1, 5
5, South Carolina, 5-3, 4
6, NC State, 4-2, 6
7, Oregon State, 7-1, 8
8, North Carolina, 7-0, 9
9, Louisville, 7-0, 10
10, Texas Tech, 8-1, 11
11, Ole Miss, 7-0, 17
12, Cal State Fullerton, 4-3, 12
13, Virginia, 7-0, 14
14, Arizona, 8-0, 15
15, Texas A&M, 6-1, 16
16, UL-Lafayette, 3-3, 13
17, Vanderbilt, 4-3, 7
18, East Carolina, 4-3, 18
19, Stanford, 5-2, 20
20, Clemson, 5-2, 22
21, Texas, 5-3, NR
22, St. John’s, 7-0, NR
23, Coastal Carolina, 4-4, 19
24, Arkansas, 6-0, NR
25, Houston, 5-2, 25
Dropped Out:
21. Miami, 2-4
23. Rice, 3-5
24. UNC Wilmington, 3-3
Perfect Game Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, TCU, 6-1, 1
2, LSU, 7-1, 2
3, Florida, 6-1, 4
4, Florida State, 5-2, 4
5, South Carolina, 5-3, 5
6, Louisville, 7-0, 6
7, Oregon State, 7-1, 7
8, Ole Miss, 7-0, 8
9, North Carolina, 7-0, 10
10, Vanderbilt, 4-3, 9
11, UL-Lafayette, 3-3, 13
12, NC State, 4-2, 14
13, East Carolina, 4-3, 15
14, Oklahoma State, 4-3, 11
15, Cal State Fullerton, 4-3, 12
16, Texas, 5-3, 16
17, Stanford, 5-2, 18
18, Clemson, 5-2, 20
19, Washington, 4-3, 17
20, Houston, 5-2, 19
21, Arizona, 8-0, 22
22, Texas A&M, 6-1, 23
23, Virginia, 7-0, 24
24, Texas Tech, 8-1, NR
25, Dallas Baptist, 5-2, NR
Dropped Out: Rice (21), Maryland (25).
Collegiate Baseball Top 30
Rank, Team (Record), Points, Previous
1. TCU (6-1), 496, 1
2. Florida (6-1), 494, 3
3. LSU (7-1), 492, 2
4. Oregon St. (7-1), 488, 5
5. Arizona (8-0), 487, 7
6. Louisville (7-0), 485, 11
7. North Carolina (7-0), 483, 12
8. Virginia (7-0), 480, 13
9. Mississippi (7-0), 477, 14
10. Florida St. (5-2), 474, 9
11. Texas A&M (6-1), 471, 15
12. Texas Tech. (8-1), 469, 20
13. South Carolina (5-3), 465, 4
14. Vanderbilt (4-3), 463, 6
15. Cal. St. Fullerton (4-3), 460, 10
16. St. John’s (7-0), 457, —
17. Baylor (8-0), 455, —
18. Oklahoma (8-1), 452, —
19. Virginia Tech. (7-1), 449, —
20. UCLA (4-2), 446, —
21. Miami, Fla. (2-4), 443, 8
22. Clemson (5-2), 442, 22
23. Dallas Baptist (5-2), 440, 23
24. Texas (5-3), 438, 25
25. Stanford (5-2), 437, 28
26. Oklahoma St. (4-2), 432, 29
27. Arizona St. (4-3), 429, 19
28. UL-Lafayette (3-3), 426, 16
29. Washington (4-3), 424, 17
30. N.C. State (4-2), 420, 30