Nate Ackenhausen is starting today. Full lineups aren’t out, but Koki Riley reported he will start.

Gents, after a huge, twice come from behind win on Thursday vs South Carolina, we have moved on the the SEC Tournament semi-finals with a chance to send USCe home to await their fate. In the game, we were down 5-1 and took the lead 6-5 in the 6th. Down 10-7 in the 8th, we scored 2 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to win the game 11-10 after Fidel Ulloa shut them down in the 9th.

LSU is 17-5 in their last (22) games including 13-5 in SEC games. We have seed our RPI climb from the mid-50s to currently #24. LSU has won 12 of 36 SEC Baseball Tournaments (25%) and we have a 7 game winning streak vs USCe in the tournament. Let's make it 8 in a row and 13 Tournament titles.

LSU's has played USCe 76 times and leads the all-time series 43-32-1.

Game 15
Saturday, May 25th @ 12:00 p.m. CT (SEC Network, LSU Sports Radio, Z98, and Teddy Ruxpin YouTube Channel)
LSU – RH Javen Coleman (3-1, 4.84 ERA, 22.1 IP, 27 BB, 24 SO)
USCe – LH Roman Kimball (2-2, 5.86 ERA, 27.2 IP, 30 BB, 40 SO)

Starting Lineup
1) SS Michael Braswell (.301 BA, 2 HR, 31 RBIs)
2) 3B Tommy White (.339 BA, 24 HRs, 69 RBIs)
3) 1B Jared Jones (.288 BA, 24 HRs, 52 RBIs)
4) CF Josh Pearson (.241 BA, 6 HRs, 25 RBIs)
5) DH Hayden Travinski (.269, 15 HRs, 51 RBIs)
6) 2B Steven Milam (.323 BA, 5 HRs, 33 RBIs)
7) LF Jake Brown (.286, 3 HRs, 10 RBIs)
8) RF Ashton Larson (.320, 3 HRs, 14 RBIs)
9) C Alex Milazzo (.287 BA, 0 HRs, 13 RBIs)

First off the Bench
Paxton Kling (.221 BA, 1 HR, 21 RBIs)
Mac Bingham (.252 BA, 8 HRs, 25 RBIs)
Brady Neal (.276 BA, 9 HRs, 28 RBIs)
Ethan Frey (.222 BA, 0 HRs, 9 RBIs)

Gents, below are the Saturday night SEC updates now that all of today’s games are complete and the dust has settled (projections, RPI, record, schedule).

So, the saying is Cardiac Tigers. Does anyone notice every time there is a crazy college football or baseball game recently, it seems like LSU is one of the teams? Rally Opossum. Shoe-gate, Plate-gate, I could go on and on…

Since starting this run at the midway point of conference play, we are now 18-5, 14-5 conference and we have seen our RPI improve from the mid-50s to #20.

La. Tech also had a big comeback today although not as crazy as ours.

Not sure who we are going to pitch tomorrow but my guess is Holman, Jump, and Herring are probably not going to pitch. But nothing would surprise me. Maybe even give each of them a couple innings just to stay in game shape, check timing, etc.

SEC Locks
*Tennessee (49-11, 22-8, RPI #1) - Top-8 seed (tomorrow @ LSU, 2:00pm)
Texas A$M (44-13, 19-11, RPI #2) - Top-8 seed
Kentucky (40-14, 22-8, RPI #3) - Top-8 seed
Arkansas (43-14, 20-10, RPI #5) - Top-8 seed
Georgia (39-15, 17-13, RPI #6) - Regional Host (#9 seed)
Mississippi State (38-21, 17-13, RPI #24) - at-large #2 seed
*LSU (40-20, 13-17, RPI #20) - at-large #2 seed (tomorrow vs Tennessee, 2:00pm)
Vandy (38-21, 13-17, RPI #19) - at-large #2 Seed
USCe (36-23, 13-17, RPI #21) - at-large #2 Seed
*still playing in the SEC Tournament

SEC Currently In
Alabama (33-22, 13-17, RPI #25) - at-large #3 Seed
Gaytors (28-27, 13-17, RPI #30) - at-large #3 Seed

SEC Out
Ole Miss (27-29, 11-19, RPI #33)

Louisiana Locks
LSU (40-20, 13-17, RPI #20) - at-large #2 seed (tomorrow vs Tennessee, 2:00pm)
Louisiana Tech (45-16, 18-6, RPI #28) - at-large #2 seed (tomorrow @ Dallas Baptist, 1:00pm)
Lafayette (40-18, 23-7, RPI #32) - at-large #2 seed
Nicholls (34-20, 16-8, RPI #62) – Automatic bid #3 seed

Louisiana Still Alive
Tulane (34-24, 15-12, RPI #91) (tomorrow vs Wichita, 11:00am)
Grambling (24-26, 18-8, RPI #241) (tomorrow @ Jackson State, 12:00pm)

Louisiana Out
McNeese (30-27, 11-13, RPI #113)
New Orleans (28-26, 14-10, RPI #123)
Southeastern (28-28, 10-14, RPI #145)
Monroe (25-30, 11-19, RPI #171)
Northwestern State (20-33, 11-13, RPI #185)
Southern (19-29, 15-12, RPI #291)

(6) of (12) Louisiana schools could make the tournament. That might be a record.

I’m not sure if yall saw the reports that he won’t be coaching tomorrow, but Peter Burns with ESPN is reporting that he WILL be coaching tomorrow.

Saw someone ask this on our observations piece, but this will reach more people. Here's how the Tigers currently stand pitching wise (PSA I'm not a pitching guru, so I don't really know, but this is my best guess):

Haven't been used this week:

• Cam Johnson
• Nic Bronzini
• Micah Bucknam
• Kade Woods
• Jaden Noot (He got hurt after coming back, but his status is still unknown. wouldn't expect to see him)

Used Saturday:

• Javen Coleman - 58 TP
• Aiden Moffett - 26 TP
• Primeaux - 17
• Dutton - 32
• Loer - 9
• Hellmers - 18
• Anderson - 24
• Guidry - 20
• Herring - 1

Used Thursday:

• Hurd - 55
• Ackenhausen - 35
• Little - 51
• Loer - 14
• Ulloa - 32

Used Wednesday:

• Holman - 100
• Guidry - 35

Used Tuesday:

• Jump - 105
• Herring - 33

Guys I don't think will be available to throw tomorrow:

• Jump
• Holman
• Coleman
• Hurd

Guys I think COULD go tomorrow:

• Little (least likely of this group)
• Dutton
• Ulloa
• Moffett
• Guidry
• Loer
• Primeaux
• Anderson
• Hellmers

Guys I think are 100% available:

• Woods
• Johnson
• Bronzini
• Bucknam
• Herring

I think we'll 100% see Herring tomorrow and some of those guys from the could category will probably throw limited innings. It's going to be a very makeshift pitching staff, but that's what happens when you play five games in six days.

Hey guys, Ben Parker from Stanford Rivals here. Figured I would swing by and share my recap from Friday's softball game. LSU destroyed Stanford to take game one in the Super Regional: 11-1 ending in five innings. Read all about that here.

Today??

2025 4-star OL Carius Curne has set a visit with LSU for June 14th. He’ll also visit Missouri and Arkansas.

The Arkansas native is 6’3, 305Ibs and is the 7th ranked guard in the class.

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Gents, Saturday updates (projections, RPI, record, schedule) for SEC invites. Things are looking better for our Tigers with each passing game. Anyone know who is going to start today?

SEC Locks
Texas A$M (44-13, 19-11, RPI #1) - Top-8 seed
*Tennessee (48-11, 22-8, RPI #2) - Top-8 seed (@ Vandy today after LSU/USCe)
Kentucky (40-14, 22-8, RPI #3) - Top-8 seed
Arkansas (43-14, 20-10, RPI #5) - Top-8 seed
Georgia (39-15, 17-13, RPI #6) - Regional Host (#9 seed)
Mississippi State (38-21, 17-13, RPI #25) - at-large #2 seed
*LSU (39-20, 13-17, RPI #24) - at-large #2 seed (vs USCe today at 12:00)
*Vandy (38-20, 13-17, RPI #18) - at-large #2 Seed (vs Tennessee today after LSU/USCe)
*USCe (36-22, 13-17, RPI #27) - at-large #2 Seed (@ LSU today at 12:00)
*still playing in the SEC Tournament

SEC Currently In
Alabama (33-22, 13-17, RPI #23) - at-large #3 Seed
Gaytors (28-27, 13-17, RPI #27) - at-large #3 Seed

SEC Out
Ole Miss (27-29, 11-19, RPI #34)

I threw in the Louisiana schools below for kicks

Louisiana Locks
LSU (39-20, 13-17, RPI #24) - at-large #2 seed (vs USCe today at 12:00)
Louisiana Tech (43-16, 18-6, RPI #29) - at-large #2 Seed (vs Liberty today)
Lafayette (40-18, 23-7, RPI #32) - at-large #2 Seed

Louisiana Still Alive
Nicholls (33-20, 16-8, RPI #68) (vs Lamar / McNeese winner today)
Tulane (33-24, 15-12,RPI #94) (vs FAU today)
McNeese (29-26, 11-13, RPI #121) (vs Lamar today)
Grambling (23-26, 18-8, RPI #247) (vs Florida A&M today)

Louisiana Out
New Orleans (28-26, 14-10, RPI #128)
Southeastern (28-28, 10-14, RPI #147)
Monroe (25-30, 11-19, RPI #173)
Northwestern State (20-33, 11-13, RPI #186)
Southern (19-29, 15-12, RPI #291)

So if LSU loses tomorrow with 1 loss, they are out?

gents, we have shellacked #6 Georgia and #1 Kentucky and won a twice come-from-behind thriller over #20 USCe. We are now 39-20, 13-17, RPI #24 and are now projected to be a #2 seed in Norman, Oklahoma.

As well, it appears Baseball America now projects a record (11) SEC teams making the dance and (5) as top-8 seeds. See current projections below.

Locks
Kentucky (40-13, 22-8, RPI #1) - Top-8 seed
Texas A$M (44-13, 19-11, RPI #2) - Top-8 seed
Tennessee (47-11, 22-8, RPI #4) - Top-8 seed
Arkansas (43-14, 20-10, RPI #5) - Top-8 seed
Georgia (39-15, 17-13, RPI #6) - Top-8 seed
Mississippi State (38-20, 17-13, RPI #21) - at-large #2 seed (currently projected as the #17 team so they still have a shot to host, beat Tennessee today and that may do it)
LSU (39-20, 13-17, RPI #24) - at-large #2 seed
Vandy (38-20, 13-17, RPI #17) - at-large #2 Seed
USCe (35-22, 13-17, RPI #20) - at-large #3 Seed

Currently in
Alabama (33-22, 13-17, RPI #22) - at-large #3 Seed
Gaytors (28-27, 13-17, RPI #29) - at-large #3 Seed

Out
Ole Miss (27-29, 11-19, RPI #34)

thoughts...

I’m sure the workers would not be thrilled 😁
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Man i'm still stoked! What a game!! Resilient !
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Anybody going, I’m heading out got tickets for tomorrow. If they win I’ll get some for Sunday.

EA will be paying schools for being in the new CFB game based on AP rankings over the last 10 years.

Here’s the full payout tiers:

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Login to view embedded media Moore announced on X that he is decomitting from LSU.

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Paul Skenes held the Giants to one run over 6 frames

Unfortunately the Bucs pen yielded 6 runs in a 7-6 loss

He’s developed a new pitch …a splinter …cross between a splitter and a sinker

It’s almost unfair combining it with his Hondos ..102-103 Mph

Does anyone know if he declined or is there some other reason he didn't make it?

Article on CBS sports not sure how to link.