Overall Record: 41-15
SEC Record: 20-10
2009 SEC Champions
Last Week: 3-1
May 12 ? CENTENARY (W, 12-4)
May 14 ? at Mississippi State (W, 5-4)
May 15 ? at Mississippi State (L, 7-8)
May 16 ? at Mississippi State (W, 15-4)
Nominee for Player of the Week
Leon Landry, OF, So., Baton Rouge, La.
Outfielder Leon Landry enjoyed a remarkable week, batting .800 (8-for-10) in four games with one double, three homers, five runs and eight RBI … Landry tied LSU single-game records for hits and home runs in Saturday’s 15-4 win at Mississippi State, as he was 5-for-6 at the plate with three homers and seven RBI … the victory clinched a share of the Southeastern Conference title for LSU … Landry became the first LSU player to hit three home runs in an SEC game since 1998, when Eddy Furniss launched three dingers at Auburn … he became the first Tiger to record five hits in a game since Blake Dean accomplished the feat in the 2008 NCAA Super Regional versus UC Irvine.
AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT .800 4-2 10 5 8 1 0 3 8 18 1.800 1 0 1 0 .818 0 0 0-0
Notes on the Tigers
LSU claimed the 14th Southeastern Conference title in school history last weekend, as the Tigers won two of three games at Mississippi State to end the regular season … the ’09 SEC regular-season crown is LSU’s first since 2003 … LSU tied Alabama for the most SEC championships in league history … the Tigers have won eight SEC titles since 1990 — the schools with the second-highest number of league titles in that span are Georgia and Florida with three apiece … LSU’s series victory at Mississippi State was the Tigers’ ninth in 10 weekends this season and their 13th league series win in 14 weekends, dating back to last season … LSU has also won seven straight SEC road series, beginning in May 2008 … the Tigers’ final regular-season record of 41-15 is the best for an LSU club since the 2004 team also completed the regular season with a 41-15 mark … sophomore outfielder Leon Landry enjoyed a remarkable week, batting .800 (8-for-10) in four games with one double, three homers, five runs and eight RBI … Landry tied LSU single-game records for hits and home runs in Saturday’s 15-4 win at Mississippi State, as he was 5-for-6 at the plate with three homers and seven RBI … the victory clinched a share of the Southeastern Conference title for LSU … Landry became the first LSU player to hit three home runs in an SEC game since 1998, when Eddy Furniss launched three dingers at Auburn … he became the first Tiger to record five hits in a game since Blake Dean accomplished the feat in the 2008 NCAA Super Regional versus UC Irvine … LSU right-handers Anthony Ranaudo and Louis Coleman are the first pair of Tigers pitchers to record over 100 strikeouts in the same season since 2000, when Brian Tallet (134 Ks) and Hunter Gomez (113 Ks) each exceeded the century mark … Ranaudo enters the postseason with an SEC-leading 118 strikeouts and Coleman is No. 4 in the league with 105 Ks … four LSU seniors earned their degrees last week, including pitcher Louis Coleman (agricultural business), pitcher Ryan Byrd (general studies), pitcher Nolan Cain (general studies) and outfielder Nicholas Pontiff (management) … the players were in Starkville, Miss. for the Mississippi State series and could not attend commencement exercises on the LSU campus, so coach Paul Mainieri held a special graduation ceremony for the seniors at the team hotel, complete with caps-and-gowns and diplomas … top-seeded LSU begins defense of its 2008 SEC Tournament championship Wednesday versus No. 8 seed Vanderbilt ? the Tigers are seeking to become the first league team to win consecutive tournament titles since Alabama won back-to-back championships in 2002 and 2003.
Baseball America
Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev.
1. UC Irvine 40-12 3-1 1
2. LSU 41-14 3-1 2
3. Arizona State 41-11 3-0 3
4. Cal State Fullerton 38-14 2-1 5
5. Texas 38-12 2-0 6
6. North Carolina 41-14 3-1 8
7. Mississippi 40-15 3-0 9
8. Oklahoma 40-16 3-0 15
9. Florida 38-18 3-1 13
10. Texas Christian 35-14 4-0 14
11. Rice 35-15 2-2 4
12. Florida State 40-14 4-0 17
13. Clemson 39-17 5-0 19
14. Georgia Tech 34-15 1-3 7
15. East Carolina 41-15 4-0 20
16. Virginia 39-12 2-2 10
17. Kansas State 39-15 1-2 11
18. Alabama 37-17 2-2 12
19. Cal Poly 35-17 2-2 18
20. Louisville 40-14 4-0 23
21. Minnesota 35-15 2-1 21
22. Elon 37-14 1-0 22
23. Miami 35-18 3-0 24
24. Missouri 32-23 2-0 25
25. South Carolina 37-19 5-0 NR
Dropped Out: Texas A&M (16)
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
NCAA Div. I Poll
May 18, 2009
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. U.C. Irvine (40-12) 490 1
2. LSU (41-15) 487 2
3. Arizona St. (41-11) 485 3
4. North Carolina (41-14) 483 4
5. Cal. St. Fullerton (38-14) 481 5
6. Texas (38-12-1) 479 6
7. Florida St. (40-14) 478 7
8. Mississippi (40-15) 473 13
9. Florida (38-18) 470 11
10. Oklahoma (40-16) 467 20
11. Rice (35-15) 464 9
12. Alabama (37-17) 462 10
13. Clemson (39-17) 459 17
14. Georgia Tech. (34-15-1) 458 8
15. Missouri (32-23) 457 14
16. Miami, Fla. (35-18) 453 21
17. Louisville (40-14) 450 28
18. East Carolina (41-15) 446 30
19. Texas Christian (35-14) 443 23
20. South Carolina (37-19) 441 ?
21. Virginia (39-12-1) 439 12
22. Kansas St. (39-15-1) 437 18
23. Ohio St. (39-15) 434 ?
24. Minnesota (35-15) 433 24
25. Cal Poly (35-17) 430 22
26. Coastal Carolina (42-13) 428 ?
27. Washington St. (28-22) 426 ?
28. Missouri St. (32-19) 425 ?
29. Texas St. (38-14) 423 25
30. George Mason (40-10) 420 29