Overall Record: 14-7 (2-1 in SEC)
Last Week’s Results (3-1)
March 14 (Wed.) – SOUTH ALABAMA (W, 9-4)
March 16 (Fri.) – MISSOURI (W, 4-2)
March 17 (Sat.) – MISSOURI (L, 6-12)
March 11 (Sun.) – MISSOURI (W, 7-5)
This Week’s Schedule
March 21 (Wed.) – TULANE, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 23 (Fri.) – at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. CT (ESPNU)
March 24 (Sat.) – at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. CT (ESPNU)
March 25 (Sun.) – at Vanderbilt, 12 p.m. CT (ESPN2)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU won three of four games last week, and the Tigers are No. 15 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball poll, marking the 120th consecutive week the Tigers have appeared in the poll … LSU has been ranked every week since the beginning of the 2012 season … sophomore outfielder Zach Watson hit .556 (10-for-18) in four games last week with two doubles, one homer, seven RBI, five runs and two stolen bases … Watson, LSU’s lead-off hitter, posted an on-base percentage of .600 … he led the Tigers to an SEC series victory over 24th-ranked Missouri, batting .571 (8-for-14) with two doubles, one homer, five RBI, four runs and two steals … in Sunday’s win over Missouri that clinched the series victory, Watson was 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored, and he extended his current hitting streak to seven games … Watson is LSU’s second-leading hitter this season, batting .364 (20-for-55) with four doubles, two homers, nine RBI, 12 runs and five stolen bases … freshman right-hander Ma’Khail Hilliard earned a win on Sunday in his first career SEC start, defeating No. 24 Missouri by working six innings … Hilliard gave up two runs in the first inning to end his consecutive scoreless innings streak at 17, but he then blanked Mizzou over the next five innings to improve his record on the year to 5-0 … Hilliard fired 91 pitches in the outing and limited Missouri to two runs on six hits with one walk and a career-best six strikeouts … he retired nine of the 11 batters he faced in the final three innings of his outing … Hilliard is 5-0 this season with a 0.77 ERA, and he has recorded eight walks, 20 strikeouts and .195 opponent batting average in 23.1 innings of work … sophomore left-hander Nick Bush fired three shutout innings in two appearances in the series against Missouri, allowing no hits with one walk and two strikeouts … sophomore right-hander Zack Hess defeated Missouri on Friday night in his first career SEC start, limiting Mizzou to two runs on three hits in six innings with eight strikeouts … senior right-hander Austin Bain earned his second save of the season in Friday’s victory, tossing a shutout ninth inning with two strikeouts … junior second baseman Brandt Broussard hit .400 (4-for-10) in the Missouri series with one triple, one RBI, two runs, one stolen base, three walks and a .538 on-base percentage … Broussard is LSU’s leading hitter this season, batting .388 (26-for-67) on the year with three doubles, one triple, 13 RBI, 12 runs and a team-best nine stolen bases.
Baseball America Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Oregon State, 18-1, 1
2, Florida, 18-4, 2
3, Stanford, 14-2, 3
4, Arkansas, 16-4, 7
5, Florida State, 16-4, 6
6, Auburn, 19-2, 13
7, Ole Miss, 19-2, 11
8, Kentucky, 14-6, 4
9, Vanderbilt, 15-5, 14
10, NC State, 18-3, 23
11, Texas Tech, 17-5, 8
12, Clemson, 16-4, 5
13, Texas A&M, 17-4, 10
14, Duke, 16-4, 20
15, Southern Miss, 14-4, 15
16, UCLA, 13-4, 16
17, Louisville, 16-4, 12
18, LSU, 14-7, 17
19, Indiana, 15-4, 18
20, UCF, 17-4, 19
21, East Carolina, 16-4, 21
22, Sam Houston State, 16-4, 22
23, TCU, 10-7, 9
24, Illinois, 11-5, 24
25, San Diego State, 13-6, 25
Perfect Game Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Florida, 18-4, 1
2, Oregon State, 18-1, 2
3, Arkansas, 16-4, 9
4, Stanford, 14-2, 4
5, Ole Miss, 19-2, 6
6, NC State, 18-3, 10
7, Kentucky, 14-6, 3
8, Texas Tech, 17-5, 5
9, Auburn, 19-2, 14
10, Florida State, 16-4, 8
11, Vanderbilt, 15-5, 15
12, Louisville, 16-4, 11
13, Texas A&M, 17-4, 12
14, Clemson, 16-4, 13
15, TCU, 10-7, 7
16, LSU, 14-7, 16
17, Southern Miss, 14-4, 17
18, Indiana, 15-4, 18
19, UCLA, 13-4, 19
20, Duke, 16-4, 20
21, Sam Houston State, 16-4, 21
22, UCF, 17-4, 22
23, UNLV, 18-3, 23
24, Oklahoma, 14-8, 24
25, East Carolina, 16-4, 25
D1Baseball.com Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Oregon State, 18-1, 1
2, Florida, 18-4, 2
3, Stanford, 14-2, 3
4, Arkansas, 16-4, 5
5, Ole Miss, 19-2, 8
6, Kentucky, 14-6, 4
7, Florida State, 16-4, 7
8, Vanderbilt, 15-5, 13
9, Auburn, 19-2, 15
10, Texas Tech, 17-5, 6
11, Indiana, 15-4, 14
12, Texas A&M, 17-4, 9
13, NC State, 18-3, 24
14, Clemson, 16-4, 10
15, Louisville, 16-4, 12
16, Southern Miss, 14-4, 16
17, UCLA, 13-4, 17
18, East Carolina, 16-4, 18
19, LSU, 14-7, 20
20, TCU, 10-7, 11
21, Duke, 16-4, 21
22, Virginia, 13-7, 22
23, UCF, 17-4, 23
24, UNLV, 18-3, 25
25, Sam Houston State, 16-4, NR
Dropped Out
19, Mississippi State, 10-10
Collegiate Baseball Top 30
Rank, Team (Record), Points, Previous
1. Oregon St. (18-1), 496, 1
2. Stanford (14-2), 492, 3
3. Auburn (19-2), 489, 5
4. Florida (18-4), 488, 6
5. Vanderbilt (15-5), 487, 11
6. UCLA (13-4), 485, 14
7. Arkansas (16-4), 483, 18
8. NC State (18-3), 482, 19
9. Ole Miss (19-2), 480, 13
10. Clemson (16-4), 477, 2
11. Louisville (16-4), 475, 4
12. Florida St. (16-4), 472, 7
13. Stetson (17-3), 468, 12
14. Indiana (15-4), 466, 15
15. LSU (14-7), 464, 16
16. Kentucky (14-6), 463, 8
17. Texas Tech. (17-5), 460, 9
18. Texas A&M (17-4), 457, 10
19. UNLV (18-3), 455, 21
20. Central Florida (17-4), 450, 22
21. Southern Miss (14-4), 446, 23
22. Illinois (11-5), 444, 25
23. Duke (16-4), 442, 26
24. Sam Houston St. (16-4), 439, NR
25. Missouri (15-5), 435, 24
26. Wichita St. (13-4), 432, 20
27. Coastal Carolina (15-7), 431, 30
28. Southeastern Louisiana (16-6), 428, NR
29. East Carolina (16-4), 425, NR
30. Texas St. (13-4-1), 423, NR
USA Today Coaches Poll
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous
1, Oregon State (30), 18-1, 774, 1
2, Florida, 18-4, 707, 2
3, Stanford (1), 14-2, 698, 3
4, Arkansas, 16-4, 672, 10
5, Mississippi, 19-2, 649, 8
6, Auburn, 19-2, 574, 14
7, Vanderbilt, 15-5, 550, 13
8, Florida State, 16-4, 517, 7
9, Texas Tech, 17-5, 477, 5
10, NC State, 18-3, 466, 20
11, Kentucky, 14-6, 449, 4
12, Texas A&M, 17-4, 398, 6
13, UCLA, 13-4, 369, 15
14, Louisville, 16-4, 355, 11
15, Clemson, 16-4, 351, 9
16, Indiana, 15-4, 329, 18
16, Southern Miss, 14-4, 329, 16
18, East Carolina, 16-4, 273, 17
19, Duke, 16-4, 187, 23
20, LSU, 14-7, 186, 19
21, UCF, 17-4, 172, 21
22, TCU, 10-7, 162, 12
23, UNLV, 18-3, 147, 24
24, Virginia, 13-7, 57, 21
25, Sam Houston State, 16-4, 41, 33
Schools Dropped Out
No. 25 Mississippi State.
Others Receiving Votes
Alabama 39; North Carolina 26; Texas 19; Stetson 18; Louisiana Tech 16; Florida Atlantic 9; Illinois 9; Wichita State 9; Missouri 8; San Diego State 5; North Carolina-Wilmington 5; Mercer 4; South Alabama 3; Charleston 3; Arizona 2; Ohio State 2; Wake Forest 2; Santa Clara 1; Southeastern Louisiana 1; Minnesota 1; Coastal Carolina 1; Dallas Baptist 1; Hawaii 1; Houston 1.