Overall Record: 16-9 (3-3 in SEC)
Last Week’s Results (2-2)
March 21 (Wed.) – TULANE (W, 10-4)
March 23 (Fri.) – at Vanderbilt (L, 2-4)
March 24 (Sat.) – at Vanderbilt (W, 6-2)
March 25 (Sun.) – at Vanderbilt (L, 0-1 – 7 innings)
This Week’s Schedule
March 27 (Tue.) – vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (Metairie, La.), 7 p.m. CT (Cox Sports Television)
March 29 (Thu.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE, 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
March 30 (Fri.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE, 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 31 (Sat.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
Notes on the Tigers
The Tigers are No. 19 in this week’s Collegiate Baseball poll, marking the 121st consecutive week the Tigers have appeared in the poll … LSU has been ranked every week since the beginning of the 2012 season … LSU is 3-3 in the SEC after last weekend’s series at No. 5 Vanderbilt, and the Tigers are only one game out of first place in the Western Division behind Arkansas and Ole Miss … the LSU pitching staff was very effective in the Tigers’ series at fifth-ranked Vanderbilt last weekend, limiting the Commodores to a .209 (18-for-86) batting average while allowing only seven runs in three games … junior right-hander Caleb Gilbert worked seven innings on Saturday to defeat the Commodores in his longest career outing in an SEC game … Gilbert allowed just two runs on six hits in seven innings with one walk and five strikeouts … freshman right-hander Ma’Khail Hilliard pitched brilliantly on Sunday in his first SEC start on the road, limiting Vanderbilt to only one run on four hits in six innings of work in a seven-inning game … Hilliard recorded one walk and a career-best eight strikeouts despite absorbing a hard-luck, 1-0 loss … the only run charged to Hilliard came on a passed ball in the bottom of the first inning … sophomore right-hander Todd Peterson recorded a brilliant relief effort on Friday night at Vanderbilt, limiting the Commodores to just three hits in four shutout innings … Peterson registered one walk and a career-best seven strikeouts in the outing against the Commodores, and also recorded a scoreless relief inning in LSU’s win over Tulane on Wednesday night … freshman leftfielder Daniel Cabrera batted a team-best .538 (7-for-13) in LSU’s four games last week with two doubles, one triple, two RBI and five runs … junior rightfielder Antoine Duplantis hit .467 (7-for-15) last week with one homer, four RBI, two runs and four stolen bases … Duplantis batted .545 (6-for-11) in LSU’s series at Vanderbilt last weekend with one homer, two RBI, two runs and three stolen bases … senior designated hitter Beau Jordan batted .400 (4-for-10) against Vanderbilt with two RBI and one run scored … LSU plays on Tuesday night against Louisiana-Lafayette in the annual Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic at the Shrine on Airline in Metairie, La. – the stadium is the home of the Miami Marlins’ AAA affiliate, the New Orleans Baby Cakes … proceeds from the game to the Wally Pontiff Jr. Foundation, which assists numerous charitable organizations in Louisiana … Wally Pontiff Jr. was an all-SEC third baseman at LSU from 2000-02 who died of a heart abnormality in 2002 at the age of 21.