The national rankings are all over the place when it comes to LSU, but D1-Baseball-dot-com has the Tigers projected as an 11-seed and hosting a regional in the upcoming NCAA tournament. Pitching remains the biggest question mark for the Tigers, as it has been since the start of the season. Though Ma’Khail Hilliard has delivered, LSU doesn’t have a consistent number two. Editor Kendall Rogers says there are ways to work around that.
Cut 18 (20) “…it pans out.”
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Former Tiger Kramer Robertson collected his first at-bat and RBI in the big leagues Wednesday night. Pinch-hitting in the bottom of the eighth for the Cardinals, Kramer drove Brendan Donovan home from third with a groundout as part of a 10-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
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College baseball series starting tonight include McNeese trying to hold on to first place in the Southland with a road doubleheader at Houston Baptist while Southeastern tries to do the same against Nicholls. UNO and Northwestern State are among four teams tied for second in the standings, and they face off in Natchitoches to jockey for position.
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In the Southland Softball tournament, Northwestern State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi are underway. That one will be followed by top-seeded McNeese taking on two-seed Southeastern at 1:30 pm. The winner of that game advances to Friday’s championship.
UL-Lafayette topped Coastal Carolina 4-2 yesterday, and the Ragin Cajuns are currently in action against Troy in the Sun Belt tournament. Southern is still alive in the SWAC tourney, with the Jags facing Bethune-Cookman this afternoon.
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Details of the Saints’ 2022 schedule are out. New Orleans opens with three straight NFC South matchups; at Atlanta in Week 1, home against Tampa in Week 2, and then on the road for two straight weeks with games at Carolina and in London against Minnesota. Joe Burrow and the Bengals visit New Orleans Oct. 16 and the Super Bowl champion Rams are in the dome Nov. 20.