#34 Chase Shores Season 2023
MLB Draft: 2025 2nd Round (No. 47 Overall) – Los Angeles Angels
2025 College Baseball Foundation All-America Team
No. 20 – 2025 Perfect Game Baseball Top 100 Juniors list
2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2025 Season
• Posted a 5-3 record with a 5.09 ERA and two saves in 23 appearances (nine starts) … worked 63.2 innings with 31 walks, 70 strikeouts and a .259 opp. batting average
• Pitched in four of LSU’s five 2025 CWS games; fired a total 7.0 CWS relief innings and allowed just three earned runs on five hits with no walks and eight strikeouts
• Earned save in Game 2 of the CWS Finals vs. Coastal Carolina to clinch the National Championship for LSU, working 2.2 scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and four strikeouts
• Picked up save in LSU’s CWS win over UCLA (June 16), pitching 1.1 perfect innings to close the game
• Dominant relief outing to close Game 2 of NCAA Super Regional vs. West Virginia (June 8) – 1.1 scoreless innings with no hits, no walks and three strikeouts
• Pitched 2.2 scoreless relief innings vs. Ole Miss in SEC Tournament (May 25), allowing no hits with three walks and three strikeouts
• Dominant relief outing to close Game 2 of NCAA Super Regional vs. West Virginia (June 8) – 1.1 scoreless IP, no hits, no BB, three Ks
• In 15.2 relief innings from April 19-May 25, he limited opponents to seven earned runs with eight walks and 16 strikeouts
• Pitched 2.2 scoreless relief innings vs. Ole Miss in SEC Tournament (May 25), allowing no hits with three walks and three strikeouts
• Made two relief appearances in the South Carolina series (May 15-17) – fired 2.2 scoreless innings with two hits, one walk, two Ks
• Recorded excellent relief outing vs. Arkansas (May 11), allowing one run on two hits in 3.1 innings with one walk and four strikeouts
• Earned first career SEC win at Oklahoma (April 5), allowing just one unearned run on three hits in 5.0 innings with four walks and four Ks
• Defeated North Alabama (March 9), working 5.0 innings and limiting UNA to two runs on nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts
• Posted win over Sam Houston (March 2) in the Frisco College Classic – 5.0 IP, four runs, seven hits, three walks and five strikeouts
• Defeated Omaha on Feb. 22, firing 5.0 shutout innings with three hits, two walks and six strikeouts
• Pitched five innings in win over Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 16, allowing one run on three hits with no walks and seven strikeouts
2024 Season
• Received a medical redshirt for the 2024 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in April 2023
2023 Season
• Appeared in seven games (four starts) as a weekend starter and primary reliever before being sidelined by an elbow injury on March 31 … underwent Tommy John surgery in April and projects to return to the mound by the 2025 season
• Posted an 0-1 mark and a 1.96 ERA in 2023 with nine walks and 15 strikeouts in 18.1 innings … limited opponents to a .231 cumulative batting average
• Fired 2.0 shutout innings vs. Tennessee (March 31), allowing two hits with no walks and two strikeouts
• Effective relief outing vs. Arkansas (March 24), limiting the Razorbacks to one run on one hit in 2.0 innings with one walk and three strikeouts
• Made SEC debut in relief role at Texas A&M (March 19), working 3.0 innings and allowing two runs on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts
• Pitched a season-high 3.2 innings vs. Central Connecticut State (March 5), allowing no runs on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts
• Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll as a sport administration major
High School
No. 1 ranked right-handed pitcher in Texas for Class of 2022 by Perfect Game; played in Perfect Game All-American Classic … ranked nationally as the No. 23 overall prospect and the No. 5 right-handed pitcher by Perfect Game … participated in the 2022 MLB Draft Combine … earned All-American, All-State and District MVP honors during his career … posted an 18-2 career high school record with 211 strikeouts in 142 innings … worked 72 innings in his senior season, recording an 8-2 mark and 123 strikeouts … also batted .430 as a senior with 14 doubles, six triples, 10 homers and 47 RBI.
Personal
Full name is Robert Chase Shores … born May 21, 2004, in Clayton, N.M. … parents are Bryan and Nicole Shores … Dad works in oil field chemical sales; Mom is a massage therapist … Dad played college baseball at Frank Phillips JC and Eastern New Mexico University … Mom played college basketball at Frank Phillips JC … has one older brother, Nicolas … on the factors influencing his decision to attend LSU – “The coaching staff, and getting to be a part of the best baseball program in the nation” … majoring in sport administration at LSU.
Shores’ LSU Career Highs
Innings: 5.0 five times; most recently at Oklahoma (4/5/25)
Strikeouts: 7 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/16/25)
Hits Allowed: 9 vs. North Alabama (3/9/25)
Runs: 5 at Texas (3/23/25)
Earned Runs: 5 at Texas (3/23/25)
Walks: 4 at Oklahoma (4/5/25)