March 13 Baseball National Rankings, Report

Overall Record: 15-1

Last Week’s Results (5-0)
March 6 (Mon.) – BUTLER (W, 11-0 – 7 innings)
March 8 (Wed.) – LAMAR (W, 9-2)
March 10 (Fri.) – SAMFORD (W, 11-1 – 7 innings)
March 11 (Sat.) – SAMFORD (W, 12-0 – 7 innings)
March 12 (Sun.) – SAMFORD (W, 13-1 – 7 innings)

This Week’s Schedule
March 14 (Tue.) – NEW ORLEANS, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 17 (Fri.) – at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
March 18 (Sat.) – at Texas A&M, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 19 (Sun.) – at Texas A&M, 1 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)

Tigers Update
LSU won all of its five games last week and Tigers enter this week riding a 10-game win streak … the 10-game win streak is LSU’s longest since the 2017 Tigers won 17 in a row from May 11 through June 17 … LSU’s 15-1 start this season is the Tigers’ best record through 16 games since the 2015 team also posted a 15-1 mark.

LSU batted .349 (52-for-149) in its five games last week with 11 doubles, one triple and 15 homers, and the Tigers outscored their opponents, 56-4 … the Tigers’ pitching staff posted a 0.73 ERA in five games last week, allowing three earned runs in 37 innings … LSU limited its opponents to 15 hits and a .119 batting average in five games.

Hitting Notes
Sophomore third baseman Tommy White batted .438 (7-for-16) in LSU’s five wins last week with three doubles, three homers, 14 RBI and nine runs … he also walked once and was hit by three pitches, posting a .550 on-base percentage … he homered, doubled and collected four RBI in LSU’s win over Lamar on Wednesday night before posting two doubles, two homers and nine RBI in the Tigers’ three-game sweep of Samford … in the Tigers’ win over Samford on Sunday, White launched LSU’s first grand slam of the season … White raised his cumulative average to .395, and he has collected seven doubles, five homers and 23 RBI in 13 games this season.

Freshman first baseman Jared Jones batted .600 (6-for-10) for LSU last week with four homers, 11 RBI and five runs … he homered four times in four consecutive plate appearances over the course of the Tigers’ games versus Samford on Friday and Saturday … in Friday’s game, Jones launched two 2-run homers in his final two plate appearances, and in Saturday’s game, he unloaded two 3-run dingers in his first two plate appearances … he added an RBI single in Sunday’s win over Samford, as the Tigers completed a three-game sweep … Jones is batting .356 on the year, and he has a team-high six homers this season … he is second on the club with 21 RBI.

Freshman rightfielder Paxton Kling is hitting .640 (16-for-25) during LSU’s 10-game win streak with three doubles, one triple, three homers, six RBI and 13 runs … junior centerfielder Dylan Crews is batting .529 (18-for-34) during the Tigers’ 10-game win streak with six doubles, four homers, 18 RBI and 19 runs … Crews is riding a 14-game hitting streak entering Tuesday night’s game versus New Orleans.

Pitching Notes
Sophomore right-hander Thatcher Hurd posted two wins in two starts last week, working a total of 11 scoreless innings with three walks and 18 strikeouts … Hurd allowed just four hits and limited opponents to a .111 batting average in his two outings … he defeated Butler on Monday night, firing six shutout innings with three hits, one walk and 11 strikeouts, just one strikeout shy of his career high … Hurd then posted a win over Samford on Sunday, working five scoreless innings and limiting the Bulldogs to one hit with two walks and seven strikeouts … Hurd pitched 3.2 perfect innings versus Samford before allowing a batter to reach base … he lowered his cumulative ERA to 2.04, and he has 25 strikeouts in 17.2 innings this season.

Junior right-hander Paul Skenes improved to 4-0 this season with a win Friday night over Samford, working six innings and limiting the Bulldogs to one run on two hits with one walk and 12 strikeouts … Skenes’ cumulative ERA is 0.75 and he has recorded 48 strikeouts in 24 innings this season while limiting opponents to a .099 batting average.

Rank	Team	Overall Record	Previous Rank
1	LSU	15-1	1
2	Tennessee	14-3	3
3	Ole Miss	14-2	4
4	Wake Forest	15-2	5
5	Florida	15-3	6
6	Vanderbilt	12-5	7
7	Arkansas	13-2	8
8	Louisville	14-1	9
9	Stanford	10-5	2
10	East Carolina	12-3	12
11	TCU	9-6	10
12	Oklahoma State	14-3	13
13	UCLA	12-3	16
14	Virginia	14-1	17
15	Texas A&M	12-4	15
16	South Carolina	16-1	20
17	Virginia Tech	12-4	11
18	North Carolina	12-5	14
19	Campbell	12-2	24
20	Florida Gulf Coast	14-3	NR
21	Florida State	11-4	21
22	Texas Tech	14-3	NR
23	NC State	14-2	19
24	Alabama	15-2	18
25	Southern Miss	10-5	22
Dropped Out
	Iowa	11-3	23
	Oregon State	11-4	25

 

Rank	Team (First-Place Votes)	Record	Points	Previous
1	LSU (27)	15-1	771	1
2	Tennessee	14-3	693	2
3	Ole Miss (1)	14-2	676	5
4	Florida	15-3	629	6
5	Wake Forest (2)	15-2	624	4
6	Arkansas	13-2	596	8
7	Louisville	14-1	584	7
8	Vanderbilt	12-5	491	9
9	Stanford	10-5	487	3
10	Virginia	14-1	459	11
11	East Carolina	12-3	447	13
12	UCLA	12-3	431	12
13	Oklahoma State	14-3	420	14
14	South Carolina (1)	16-1	293	20
15	Texas A&M	12-4	263	19
16	Virginia Tech	12-4	258	10
17	North Carolina State	14-2	234	15
18	Texas Christian	9-6	232	16
19	Texas Tech	14-3	229	21
20	North Carolina	12-5	195	17
21	Florida State	11-4	151	22
22	Alabama	15-2	137	18
23	Campbell	12-2	92	NR
24	Boston College	12-2	80	NR
25	Southern Miss	10-5	78	24

Dropped Out
No. 22 Oregon State; No. 25 Auburn.

Others Receiving Votes
Miami 75; Oregon State 66; Florida Gulf Coast 54; UC Santa Barbara 49; Auburn 45; Arizona 42; Iowa 41; Troy 33; Wofford 22; Georgia Tech 21; Grand Canyon 20; Kentucky 13; UC Irvine 12; Washington 7; Maryland 6; Georgia 6; Washington State 5; West Virginia 2; Old Dominion 2; Connecticut 2; Nebraska 1; Dallas Baptist 1.

Rank	School	Record	Previous
1.	LSU	15-1	1
2.	Ole Miss	14-2	5
3.	Florida	15-3	6
4.	Tennessee	14-3	4
5.	Wake Forest	15-2	2
6.	Arkansas	13-2	7
7.	Louisville	14-1	8
8.	Vanderbilt	12-5	9
9.	Virginia	14-1	10
10.	Stanford	10-5	3
11.	UCLA	12-3	12
12.	East Carolina	12-3	16
13.	Oklahoma State	14-3	14
14.	South Carolina	16-1	20
t15.	Texas A&M	12-4	19
t15.	TCU	9-6	13
17.	Virginia Tech	12-4	11
18.	Texas Tech	14-3	21
19.	North Carolina	12-5	17
20.	NC State	14-2	15
21.	Florida State	11-4	25
22.	Alabama	15-2	18
23.	Miami	10-6	23
24.	Campbell	12-2	RV
25.	Florida Gulf Coast	14-3	30
26.	Oregon State	11-4	24
27.	Southern Miss	10-5	22
28.	UC Santa Barbara	11-3	29
29.	Boston College	12-2	RV
30.	Maryland	8-7	RV

Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Abilene Christian (13-3), Arizona (12-3), Arizona State (9-7), Auburn (12-3-1), Columbia (4-6), DBU (11-5), Georgia (12-4), Georgia Tech (13-3), Grand Canyon (11-4), Iowa (9-3), Kansas State (11-5), Kentucky (14-2), Mississippi State (11-5), Missouri (12-3), New Mexico (11-4), Oklahoma (11-5), Old Dominion (13-2), Troy (13-3), UC Irvine (11-3), UCF (10-5), UNCG (10-6), UTSA (14-3), Washington (12-3), Washington State (13-2), West Virginia (10-4), Wofford (14-1).
Dropped out: Auburn (26), Iowa (27), Grand Canyon (28).