LSU Baseball Report
Overall Record: 12-5
Last Week’s Results (1-3)
March 4 (Wed.) – at UL Lafayette (L, 2-7)
March 6 (Fri.) – SACRAMENTO STATE (W, 15-4 – 7 innings)
March 7 (Sat.) – SACRAMENTO STATE (L, 4-5)
March 8 (Sun.) – SACRAMENTO STATE (L, 1-6)This Week’s Schedule
March 10 (Tue.) – CREIGHTON, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 13 (Fri.) – at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 14 (Sat.) – at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
March 15 (Sun.) – at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m. CT (ESPN2)Tigers Update
• LSU junior rightfielder Jake Brown tied the LSU single-game record with three homers Friday night to lead the Tigers to a 15-4 win over Sacramento State in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field … Brown was 4-for-5 at the plate Friday night with three homers, a single, six RBI and four runs … he tied the LSU single-game homers record, which has been set on 13 previous occasions, most recently by Jared Jones on April 9, 2024, versus McNeese in Baton Rouge … Brown is batting a team-high .408 this season with five doubles, eight homers, 26 RBI, 19 runs and four stolen bases … he hit .467 (7-for-15) in the Tigers’ four games last week with three homers, six RBI, five runs and one stolen base.
• Sophomore right-hander Casan Evans recorded a dominant outing Friday night versus Sacramento State to log his first win of the season … Evans fired 5.0 perfect innings to begin the outing, and he worked a total of 5.2 innings, allowing two runs on three hits with no walks and nine strikeouts … Evans is 1-0 on the year with a 4.66 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 19.1 innings.
• Sophomore centerfielder Derek Curiel batted .467 (7-for-15) in LSU’s four games last week in two doubles, one homer, three RBI and three runs scored … Curiel is hitting .333 (22-for-66) this season with five doubles, one homer, 14 RBI, 17 runs and two stolen bases.
• Sophomore left-hander Ethan Plog delivered two outstanding relief performances last week at UL Lafayette on Wednesday and versus Sacramento State on Saturday … Plog worked a combined 4.1 scoreless innings in two appearances with two hits, one walk and four strikeouts … Plog lowered his season ERA to 1.50, as he is 1-0 on the year with three walks and eight strikeouts in 6.0 innings (five appearances).
• Sophomore right-hander William Schmidt pitched effectively Sunday versus Sacramento State, limiting the Hornets to three earned runs on four hits in 5.2 innings with no walks and eight strikeouts … Schmidt is 3-1 this season with a 2.45 ERA in four starts, limiting opponents to a .177 cumulative batting average … he has recorded only four walks in 22.0 innings while logging 33 strikeouts.
College Baseball Polls
Team Baseball America D1Baseball Perfect Game Coaches NCBWA UCLA 1 1 1 1 1 Mississippi St. 2 3 4 3 3 Texas 3 2 2 2 2 Georgia Tech 4 4 3 4 4 Auburn 5 6 5 5 5 Georgia 6 8 8 8 10 Oklahoma 7 9 9 11 11 Arkansas 8 5 7 6 6 Virginia 9 14 10 16 18 Southern Miss 10 7 6 7 7 North Carolina 11 15 20 14 12 Clemson 12 11 11 9 8 LSU 13 13 17 13 9 TCU 14 17 – 23 21 NC State 15 10 13 10 14 Ole Miss 16 – – 24 – Florida St. 17 20 15 15 15 Wake Forest 18 12 16 12 13 Texas A&M 19 22 – 20 17 USC 20 25 12 19 20 Tennessee 21 19 19 21 24 West Virginia 22 – 25 – 23 Oregon St. 23 18 21 17 19 UTSA 24 24 18 – – Florida 25 23 23 18 16 Coastal Carolina – 16 – 25 22 Kentucky – 21 24 22 25 Oregon – – 14 – – UC Santa Barbara – – 22 – –
LSU in the Polls
Baseball America D1Baseball Perfect Game Coaches NCBWA Preseason 2 2 1 1 1 Feb. 16 2 2 1 No Poll 1 Feb. 23 2 2 1 1 1 March 2 2 2 2 2 2 March 9 13 13 17 13 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 Final