Overall Record: 27-5
SEC: 8-4
Last Week’s Results (4-0)
March 31 (Tue.) – vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (W, 8-6)
April 2 (Thu.) – at Alabama (W, 8-5 in 16 innings)
April 3 (Fri.) – at Alabama (W, 6-2)
April 4 (Sat.) – at Alabama (W, 6-4 in 13 innings)
This Week’s Schedule
April 7 (Tue.) – NEW ORLEANS, 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network +)
April 8 (Wed.) – NORTHWESTERN STATE, 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network +)
April 10 (Fri.) – AUBURN, 7 p.m. (SEC Network +)
April 11 (Sat.) – AUBURN, 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network +)
April 12 (Sun.) – AUBURN, 1 p.m. (SEC Network +)
Notes on the Tigers
LSU is ranked No. 1 in the Perfect Game poll this week, marking the fourth week this season the Tigers are No. 1 in at least one poll … LSU was 4-0 in its games last week, including a three-game sweep SEC sweep at Alabama over the weekend … the sweep was LSU’s first at Alabama since 2001, when the Tigers swept the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa … Thursday’s 8-5 victory over Alabama was a 16-inning contest, the fourth 16-inning game in LSU history … 16 innings is the most LSU has played in a single game – the other 16-inning games in the program’s history came versus South Alabama in 1972, at Florida in 1996 and at Alabama in 2013 … Thursday’s game was the longest in terms of time elapsed in LSU baseball annals, spanning 5 hours and 25 minutes … LSU also last weekend also played a 13-inning game at Alabama, giving the Tigers five extra-inning games in SEC play this season; in fact, four of the Tigers’ last six SEC games have gone into extra frames … LSU is 2-3 in SEC extra-inning games this season … junior shortstop Alex Bregman helped lead LSU to four wins in four games last week, as he batted .529 (9-for-17) with three doubles, two triples, one homer, six RBI, seven runs and three steals in three attempts … Bregman also posted a 1.118 slugging percentage and a .609 on-base percentage … he recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 29 chances, including 19 assists … Bregman batted .429 (6-for-14) in LSU’s three-game SEC sweep at Alabama with two doubles, one triple, two RBI, five runs and three stolen bases … Bregman also kept alive his current streak of reaching base safely in 29 straight games … freshman right-hander Austin Bain pitched brilliantly in relief on Saturday to help lead LSU to a 13-inning win over Alabama that clinched a three-game sweep of the SEC series … Bain entered the game in the bottom of the first inning with LSU trailing 4-2 and the bases loaded with two out; he retired the first two batters he faced to end the threat and pitched all the way through the seventh inning .. Bain worked a career-long 6.2 shutout innings and he threw 93 pitches in the outing … he allowed just three hits with one walk and a career-high nine strikeouts … Bain combined with two other LSU relievers to blank Alabama over the final 12.2 innings of the Tigers’ 6-4, 13-inning win … junior first baseman Chris Chinea hit .444 (8-for-18) in the Alabama series with two doubles, two homers, three RBI and three runs … Chinea, who is riding a 10-game hit streak, has four homers this season, and all four dingers have come in the Tigers’ last six games … sophomore leftfielder Jake Fraley delivered a career-high four hits in Saturday’s win at Alabama – his final hit was an RBI single in the top of the 13th inning that added an insurance run in LSU’s 6-4 victory.
Baseball America Top 25
Team, W-L, Previous Rank
1. Vanderbilt, 27-6, 1
2. Texas A&M, 30-2, 2
3. LSU, 27-5, 3
4. TCU, 23-6, 5
5. Louisville, 24-7, 7
6. Southern California, 25-6, 8
7. UCLA, 23-6, 9
8. Florida State, 25-8, 10
9. Arizona State, 21-8, 11
10. Florida, 24-9, 4
11. Miami, 24-9, 12
12. UCF, 23-10, 6
13. UC Santa Barbara, 23-7, 15
14. Rice, 22-12, 14
15. Oklahoma State, 22-9, 17
16. Dallas Baptist, 24-5, 13
17. Illinois, 24-6, 24
18. Coastal Carolina, 23-8, 23
19. Maryland, 22-7, NR
20. Missouri, 22-11, NR
21. Florida Atlantic, 26-6, NR
22. Virginia, 19-11, 16
23. Cal, 21-9, 21
24. Missouri State, 20-8, NR
25. Iowa, 21-7, NR
Dropped Out: South Carolina (18), Texas Tech (19), Houston (20), Nebraska (22), San Diego (25)
Collegiate Baseball Top 30
Rank, Team (Record), Points, Previous
1. Texas A&M (30-2), 495, 1
2. Vanderbilt (27-6), 493, 3
3. UCLA (23-6), 490, 4
4. LSU (27-5), 489, 5
5. Louisville (24-7), 487, 7
6. Texas Christian (23-6), 485, 2
7. Florida St. (25-8), 483, 8
8. Arizona St. (21-8), 480, 9
9. Oklahoma St. (22-9), 479, 11
10. Southern California (25-6), 477, 15
11. Miami (Fla.) (24-9), 474, 16
12. UC Santa Barbara (23-7), 470, 17
13. Central Florida (23-10), 467, 10
14. California (21-9), 463, 12
15. Iowa (21-7), 461, 24
16. Missouri (22-11), 458, 29
17. Florida (24-9), 456, 6
18. Illinois (24-6-1), 454, 25
19. Nevada (26-6), 451, 26
20. Oregon St. (22-9), 448, 18
21. Maryland (22-7), 445, NR
22. Rice (22-12), 444, NR
23. U.C. Irvine (18-10), 442, NR
24. Arizona (22-9), 439, 13
25. Houston (21-11), 437, 14
26. South Carolina (21-11), 435, 22
27. Nebraska (23-10), 433, 19
28. Coastal Carolina (23-8), 430, 30
29. Missouri St. (20-8), 429, NR
30. College of Charleston (21-7), 426, NR
USA Today Coaches Poll
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points, Previous
1, Texas A&M, (18), 30-2, 758, 1
2, Vanderbilt, (13), 27-6, 746, 3
3, LSU, 27-5, 709, 4
4, TCU, 23-6, 655, 2
5, UCLA, 25-6, 635, 6
6, Louisville, 24-7, 602, 7
7, USC, 25-6, 563, 9
8, Florida State, 25-8, 560, 8
9, Arizona State, 21-8, 513, 10
10, Florida, 24-9, 501, 5
11, Miami, 24-9, 406, 14
12, UC Santa Barbara, 23-7, 382, 17
13, Rice, 22-12, 355, 15
14, Oklahoma State, 22-9, 348, 16
15, Illinois, 24-6-1, 291, 21
16, Maryland, 22-7, 250, 25
16, Virginia, 19-11, 250, 12
18, Central Florida, 23-8, 248, 11
19, Florida Atlantic, 26-6, 232, 26
20, Dallas Baptist, 24-5, 214, 18
21, South Carolina, 21-11, 202, 13
22, Houston, 21-11, 117, 20
23, Missouri, 22-11, 59, 33
24, Arizona, 22-9, 55, 22
25, Coastal Carolina, 23-8, 46, 31
Schools Dropped Out
No. 19 Texas, No. 23 Nebraska, No. 24 Texas Tech.
Others Receiving Votes
Iowa 44; Nevada 40; Oregon State 36; Nebraska 32; California 31; Texas 25; San Diego State 24; Charleston 24; Texas Tech 20; Mississippi State 18; Missouri State 17; Ohio State 14; North Carolina-Wilmington 11; Oregon 9; North Carolina 8; Oklahoma 6; San Diego 6; Georgia Tech 4; North Carolina State 3; Long Beach State 2; Indiana 2; Campbell 1; Wake Forest 1.
Perfect Game Top 25
Rank, Team, Record, Prev
1, LSU, 27-5, 2
2, Texas Christian, 23-6, 1
3, Vanderbilt, 27-6, 4
4, Texas A&M, 30-2, 5
5, Louisville, 24-7, 7
6, UCLA, 23-6, 6
7, Florida State, 25-8, 8
8, Arziona State, 21-8, 9
9, Miami, 24-9, 10
10, Florida, 24-9, 3
11, UC Santa Barbara, 23-7, 13
12, Southern California, 25-6, 16
13, Illinois, 24-6-1, 20
14, Virginia, 19-11, 11
15, Oregon State, 22-9, 14
16, Florida Atlantic, 26-6, 23
17, UCF, 23-10, 12
18, Dallas Baptist, 24-5, 17
19, Oklahoma State, 22-9, NR
20, Maryland, 22-7, NR
21, South Carolina, 21-11, 15
22, North Carolina, 18-14, 18
23, Nebraska, 23-10, 21
24, Houston, 21-11, 19
25, Iowa, 21-7, NR
Dropped Out: California (22), Arizona (24), Texas (25)
D1Baseball.com
Rank, Team, Record, Previous
1, Vanderbilt, 27-6, 1
2, Texas A&M, 30-2, 2
3, TCU, 23-6, 4
4, LSU, 27-5, 5
5, Arizona State, 21-8, 6
6, UCLA, 23-6, 7
7, Louisville, 24-7, 8
8, Southern California, 25-6, 9
9, Florida State, 25-8, 11
10, Florida, 24-9, 3
11, UC Santa Barbara, 23-7, 12
12, Illinois, 24-6-1, 15
13, Miami, 24-9, 16
14, Oklahoma State, 22-9, 20
15, Rice, 22-12, 14
16, Maryland, 22-7, 17
17, UCF, 23-10, 10
18, Florida Atlantic, 26-6, NR
19, Missouri, 22-11, NR
20, Missouri State, 20-8, NR
21, Dallas Baptist, 24-5, 19
22, Coastal Carolina, 23-8, NR
23, Nebraska, 23-10, 18
24, Nevada, 26-6, NR
25, Virginia, 19-11, 13
Dropped Out: South Carolina, Houston, California, Texas, Arizona
Others Considered: UC Irvine, College of Charleston, Long Beach State, Iowa, Memphis, UNC Wilmington, San Diego State