No. 1 LSU Tigers (29-7, 9-5 SEC) at Ole Miss Rebels (21-16, 3-12 SEC)
Gents, time for our Tigers to step up. Ole Miss may be last in the SEC but they are still National Champions, and we are playing at Swayze Field where it is always tough. Skenes needs to set the tone for the weekend and Tanks and The Crews Missile need to set the tone for our bats. We need to mentally crush the rebels three straight days and adopt that Championship confidence and mentality previously discussed. Let's Geaux Tigers!!!
DATES/TIMES
Friday, April 21 @ 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
LSU – Jr. RHP Paul Skenes (6-1, 1.69 ERA, 53.1 IP, 9 BB, 104 SO)
Ole Miss - Jr. LHP Xavier Rivas (5-2, 5.40 ERA, 24BB, 51 K)
Saturday, April 22 @ 2 p.m. CT (ESPN2)
LSU – Jr. RHP Ty Floyd (5-0, 3.92 ERA, 39.0 IP, 17 BB, 40 SO)
Ole Miss - So. LHP Hunter Elliott (1-0, 3.60 ERA, 1 BB, 9 K)
Sunday, April 23 @ 1:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
LSU – Jr. RHP Christian Little (2-1, 3.86 ERA, 23.1 IP, 13 BB, 32 SO)
Ole Miss - TBA
notes:
- can't find any info about Dugas returning to the lineup this weekend
- LSU’s 29-7 record is its best through 36 games since 2015, when the Tigers were 31-5 … the 2023 Tigers have been ranked No. 1 in all of the college baseball polls for 10 consecutive weeks
- LSU enters this week at or near the top of several NCAA statistical categories: #1 in OBP (.454), #1 in runs per game (10.3), #1 in shutouts (7), #2 in runs scored (370), #3 in slugging percentage (.584), #4 in strikeouts per 9 innings (11.7), #5 in batting average (.328), #5 in HBP (82), #5 in hits allowed per nine innings (7.12), #10 in homeruns (68), and #12 in WHIP (1.25)
- LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews is # 1 in the nation in batting average (.491), on-base percentage (.647), walks (42) and runs scored (61), and #9 in slugging percentage (.828)
- LSU third baseman Tommy White is #1 in the nation in RBI per game (1.88) and #3 in total RBI (62)
- LSU RHP Paul Skenes leads the nation in strikeouts (104), strikeouts per nine innings (17.55), hits allowed per nine innings (4.72) and WHIP (0.69). Skenes is also #3 in strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.56) and #6 in ERA (1.69)
- LSU first baseman / left fielder Tre' Morgan leads the nation in plays that could only have only been otherwise completed by a trapeze artist
- Ole Miss has won three of the last four series against the Tigers, winning in 2018, 2019 and 2022
- Ole Miss has scored 143 runs in the first four innings of games. Over half (52.4%) of their run production has occurred in those early innings. They are outscoring opponents 75-32 in the first two innings of play
- 2022 Freshman All-American Hunter Elliott will make his return to the mound on Saturday, having made just one start this season on Opening Day
- Ole Miss is the best fielding team in the SEC and ranked seventh in the nation with a .982 fielding percentage
- Mike Bianco became the second-winningest SEC head coach of all time on April 4 against Memphis, passing our fellow Tiger Skip Bertman with his 871st win
- Ole Miss freshman infielder Will Furniss is the son of former LSU All-America first baseman Eddy Furniss, who helped lead LSU to the 1996 and 1997 College World Series titles, and he was voted the winner of the 1998 Dick Howser Award as the nation’s most outstanding player
Gents, time for our Tigers to step up. Ole Miss may be last in the SEC but they are still National Champions, and we are playing at Swayze Field where it is always tough. Skenes needs to set the tone for the weekend and Tanks and The Crews Missile need to set the tone for our bats. We need to mentally crush the rebels three straight days and adopt that Championship confidence and mentality previously discussed. Let's Geaux Tigers!!!
DATES/TIMES
Friday, April 21 @ 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
LSU – Jr. RHP Paul Skenes (6-1, 1.69 ERA, 53.1 IP, 9 BB, 104 SO)
Ole Miss - Jr. LHP Xavier Rivas (5-2, 5.40 ERA, 24BB, 51 K)
Saturday, April 22 @ 2 p.m. CT (ESPN2)
LSU – Jr. RHP Ty Floyd (5-0, 3.92 ERA, 39.0 IP, 17 BB, 40 SO)
Ole Miss - So. LHP Hunter Elliott (1-0, 3.60 ERA, 1 BB, 9 K)
Sunday, April 23 @ 1:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
LSU – Jr. RHP Christian Little (2-1, 3.86 ERA, 23.1 IP, 13 BB, 32 SO)
Ole Miss - TBA
notes:
- can't find any info about Dugas returning to the lineup this weekend
- LSU’s 29-7 record is its best through 36 games since 2015, when the Tigers were 31-5 … the 2023 Tigers have been ranked No. 1 in all of the college baseball polls for 10 consecutive weeks
- LSU enters this week at or near the top of several NCAA statistical categories: #1 in OBP (.454), #1 in runs per game (10.3), #1 in shutouts (7), #2 in runs scored (370), #3 in slugging percentage (.584), #4 in strikeouts per 9 innings (11.7), #5 in batting average (.328), #5 in HBP (82), #5 in hits allowed per nine innings (7.12), #10 in homeruns (68), and #12 in WHIP (1.25)
- LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews is # 1 in the nation in batting average (.491), on-base percentage (.647), walks (42) and runs scored (61), and #9 in slugging percentage (.828)
- LSU third baseman Tommy White is #1 in the nation in RBI per game (1.88) and #3 in total RBI (62)
- LSU RHP Paul Skenes leads the nation in strikeouts (104), strikeouts per nine innings (17.55), hits allowed per nine innings (4.72) and WHIP (0.69). Skenes is also #3 in strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.56) and #6 in ERA (1.69)
- LSU first baseman / left fielder Tre' Morgan leads the nation in plays that could only have only been otherwise completed by a trapeze artist
- Ole Miss has won three of the last four series against the Tigers, winning in 2018, 2019 and 2022
- Ole Miss has scored 143 runs in the first four innings of games. Over half (52.4%) of their run production has occurred in those early innings. They are outscoring opponents 75-32 in the first two innings of play
- 2022 Freshman All-American Hunter Elliott will make his return to the mound on Saturday, having made just one start this season on Opening Day
- Ole Miss is the best fielding team in the SEC and ranked seventh in the nation with a .982 fielding percentage
- Mike Bianco became the second-winningest SEC head coach of all time on April 4 against Memphis, passing our fellow Tiger Skip Bertman with his 871st win
- Ole Miss freshman infielder Will Furniss is the son of former LSU All-America first baseman Eddy Furniss, who helped lead LSU to the 1996 and 1997 College World Series titles, and he was voted the winner of the 1998 Dick Howser Award as the nation’s most outstanding player
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