Gents, obviously we need to win this series is we want to have any realistic chance of making the tournament and avoid sharing history of shame with the cows and ole piss.
Red hot Jared Jones stays in the lead off position, slumping team leader Hayden Travinski drops to #6 in the batting order. Tennessuck set a team record for home runs in a series last week (14) against Auburn so that entire team is red hot.
Those Tennessuck team batting stats below read like 2023 LSU.
Would be great to start this series with a win, let's Geaux Tigers!
Game 1
Friday, April 12 @ 6:30 p.m. CT (ESPNU, LSU Sports Radio, Z98, and Teddy Ruxpin YouTube Channel)
LSU – So. LH Gage Jump (2-0, 3.98 ERA, 31.2 IP, 11 BB, 38 SO)
UT – TBA
Game 2
Saturday, April 13 @ 4:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network, LSU Sports Radio, Z98, and Teddy Ruxpin YouTube Channel)
LSU – Jr. RH Luke Holman (6-1, 2.01 ERA, 44.2 IP, 13 BB, 71 SO)
UT – Jr. RH Drew Beam (4-1, 3.63 ERA, 44.2 IP, 7 BB, 40 SO)
Game 3
Sunday, April 14 @ 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network, LSU Sports Radio, Z98, and Teddy Ruxpin YouTube Channel)
LSU – TBA
UT – Sr. LH Zander Sechrist (1-0, 3.37 ERA, 26.2 IP, 5 BB, 32 SO)
Probable Starting Lineup:
1) 1B Jared Jones (.304 BA, 14 HRs, 34 RBIs)
2) 3B Tommy White (.334 BA, 11 HRs, 29 RBIs)
3) RF Ashton Larson (.333, 2 HRs, 7 RBIs)
4) LF Mac Bingham (.298 BA, 8 HRs, 23 RBIs)
5) 2B Josh Pearson (.229 BA, 5 HRs, 14 RBIs)
6) DH Hayden Travinski (.298 BA, 8 HRs, 31 RBIs)
7) C Brady Neal (.266 BA, 4 HRs, 19 RBIs) or Alex Milazzo , (.324 BA, 0 HRs, 5 RBIs)
8) SS Michael Braswell (.287 BA, 1 HR, 18 RBIs)
9) CF Paxton Kling (.221 BA, 1 HR, 16 RBIs)
notes:
QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON
“We’re looking forward to this weekend; I think we will be an improved team. Tennessee recruits at as high a level as anyone in the country, and they have an extremely talented team. I think it’s going to be a great series. We need to make this about baseball; our approach is just taking on ‘what’s next,’ and that’s how we’re going to roll the rest of the season.”
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• LSU first baseman Jared Jones tied the school single-game record for home runs with three Tuesday night to lead the Tigers to a 16-0 win over McNeese. Jones, batting in the lead-off position for the Tigers on Tuesday night, was 4-for-5 with three homers, one double, six RBI and four runs scored. He tied the LSU single-game record for homers set on several occasions, most recently by outfielder Leon Landry on May 16, 2009, at Mississippi State. Jones has a team-high 14 homers this season, and he leads LSU in RBI with 34.
• Jared Jones is hitting .400 (8-for-20) in his last five games with one double, four homers, 10 RBI, six runs, two walks, a .458 on-base percentage and a 1.050 slugging percentage.
• Junior right-hander Luke Holman defeated sixth-ranked Vanderbilt last Thursday night, limiting the Commodores to four earned runs on four hits in 5.2 innings with no walks and 10 strikeouts … he threw 97 pitches in the outing, recording 62 for strikes, and he pitched 4.1 perfect innings before allowing a Vanderbilt baserunner in the fifth inning … Holman is 6-1 this season with a 2.01 ERA in 34.2 innings … he has recorded 13 walks and 71 strikeouts, and he’s limiting opponents to a .174 batting average.
• Sophomore left-hander Griffin Herring recorded the save in last Thursday’s win over No. 6 Vanderbilt … he worked 3.1 innings and allowed no runs on three hits with one walk and six Ks … Herring is 2-0 this season with a 2.42 ERA and three saves in 22.1 IP with seven BB and 31 Ks.
• Junior third baseman Tommy White is hitting .353 (6-for-17) in his last five games with two homers, four RBI, seven runs, five walks and a .522 on-base percentage … White is the Tigers’ leading hitting on the year, batting .324 with four doubles, 11 homers, 29 RBI and 33 runs.
ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS
• Tennessee is No. 1 in the SEC in team batting average, hitting .338 with 94 doubles, three triples and 89 home runs … Tennessee and Georgia are tied for first in the league in homers.
• The Volunteers’ pitching staff is No. 5 in the SEC with a 3.90 cumulative ERA, and Tennessee has recorded 302 strikeouts in 270.0 innings while allowing 33 home runs.
• First baseman Blake Burke is batting .410 for Tennessee with 19 doubles, 11 homers and 30 RBI; outfielder Kavares Tears is also hitting .410 on the year, and he has eight doubles, 10 homers and 29 RBI … outfielder Dylan Dreiling has a team-high 40 RBI, and infielder Christian Moore lead the Vols in homers with 13.
Will be in and out today so looking for Doc, Richyb, BigC, Chevy, Luke, etc. to help if y'all are free.
Red hot Jared Jones stays in the lead off position, slumping team leader Hayden Travinski drops to #6 in the batting order. Tennessuck set a team record for home runs in a series last week (14) against Auburn so that entire team is red hot.
Those Tennessuck team batting stats below read like 2023 LSU.
Would be great to start this series with a win, let's Geaux Tigers!
Game 1
Friday, April 12 @ 6:30 p.m. CT (ESPNU, LSU Sports Radio, Z98, and Teddy Ruxpin YouTube Channel)
LSU – So. LH Gage Jump (2-0, 3.98 ERA, 31.2 IP, 11 BB, 38 SO)
UT – TBA
Game 2
Saturday, April 13 @ 4:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network, LSU Sports Radio, Z98, and Teddy Ruxpin YouTube Channel)
LSU – Jr. RH Luke Holman (6-1, 2.01 ERA, 44.2 IP, 13 BB, 71 SO)
UT – Jr. RH Drew Beam (4-1, 3.63 ERA, 44.2 IP, 7 BB, 40 SO)
Game 3
Sunday, April 14 @ 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network, LSU Sports Radio, Z98, and Teddy Ruxpin YouTube Channel)
LSU – TBA
UT – Sr. LH Zander Sechrist (1-0, 3.37 ERA, 26.2 IP, 5 BB, 32 SO)
Probable Starting Lineup:
1) 1B Jared Jones (.304 BA, 14 HRs, 34 RBIs)
2) 3B Tommy White (.334 BA, 11 HRs, 29 RBIs)
3) RF Ashton Larson (.333, 2 HRs, 7 RBIs)
4) LF Mac Bingham (.298 BA, 8 HRs, 23 RBIs)
5) 2B Josh Pearson (.229 BA, 5 HRs, 14 RBIs)
6) DH Hayden Travinski (.298 BA, 8 HRs, 31 RBIs)
7) C Brady Neal (.266 BA, 4 HRs, 19 RBIs) or Alex Milazzo , (.324 BA, 0 HRs, 5 RBIs)
8) SS Michael Braswell (.287 BA, 1 HR, 18 RBIs)
9) CF Paxton Kling (.221 BA, 1 HR, 16 RBIs)
notes:
QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON
“We’re looking forward to this weekend; I think we will be an improved team. Tennessee recruits at as high a level as anyone in the country, and they have an extremely talented team. I think it’s going to be a great series. We need to make this about baseball; our approach is just taking on ‘what’s next,’ and that’s how we’re going to roll the rest of the season.”
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• LSU first baseman Jared Jones tied the school single-game record for home runs with three Tuesday night to lead the Tigers to a 16-0 win over McNeese. Jones, batting in the lead-off position for the Tigers on Tuesday night, was 4-for-5 with three homers, one double, six RBI and four runs scored. He tied the LSU single-game record for homers set on several occasions, most recently by outfielder Leon Landry on May 16, 2009, at Mississippi State. Jones has a team-high 14 homers this season, and he leads LSU in RBI with 34.
• Jared Jones is hitting .400 (8-for-20) in his last five games with one double, four homers, 10 RBI, six runs, two walks, a .458 on-base percentage and a 1.050 slugging percentage.
• Junior right-hander Luke Holman defeated sixth-ranked Vanderbilt last Thursday night, limiting the Commodores to four earned runs on four hits in 5.2 innings with no walks and 10 strikeouts … he threw 97 pitches in the outing, recording 62 for strikes, and he pitched 4.1 perfect innings before allowing a Vanderbilt baserunner in the fifth inning … Holman is 6-1 this season with a 2.01 ERA in 34.2 innings … he has recorded 13 walks and 71 strikeouts, and he’s limiting opponents to a .174 batting average.
• Sophomore left-hander Griffin Herring recorded the save in last Thursday’s win over No. 6 Vanderbilt … he worked 3.1 innings and allowed no runs on three hits with one walk and six Ks … Herring is 2-0 this season with a 2.42 ERA and three saves in 22.1 IP with seven BB and 31 Ks.
• Junior third baseman Tommy White is hitting .353 (6-for-17) in his last five games with two homers, four RBI, seven runs, five walks and a .522 on-base percentage … White is the Tigers’ leading hitting on the year, batting .324 with four doubles, 11 homers, 29 RBI and 33 runs.
ABOUT THE VOLUNTEERS
• Tennessee is No. 1 in the SEC in team batting average, hitting .338 with 94 doubles, three triples and 89 home runs … Tennessee and Georgia are tied for first in the league in homers.
• The Volunteers’ pitching staff is No. 5 in the SEC with a 3.90 cumulative ERA, and Tennessee has recorded 302 strikeouts in 270.0 innings while allowing 33 home runs.
• First baseman Blake Burke is batting .410 for Tennessee with 19 doubles, 11 homers and 30 RBI; outfielder Kavares Tears is also hitting .410 on the year, and he has eight doubles, 10 homers and 29 RBI … outfielder Dylan Dreiling has a team-high 40 RBI, and infielder Christian Moore lead the Vols in homers with 13.
Will be in and out today so looking for Doc, Richyb, BigC, Chevy, Luke, etc. to help if y'all are free.
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