The second ranked LSU baseball team takes on a struggling Mississippi State squad tonight as the two long time rivals begin a three-game series at Alex Box Stadium. The Bulldogs are 6-and-18 in the SEC, while LSU is 16-and-7.

LSU center fielder Dylan Crews enters the game with a .457 batting average, which is the second-best in the nation. Last year Crews posted a .349 average. Coach Jay Johnson maintains Crews is the best college hitter he’s ever seen…
Cut 18 (18) “…plate discipline.”
Mississippi State ranks last in the SEC with a team ERA of 6.74. First pitch is at 7:30.

Also, the Cajuns host a good Texas State squad that’s won five in a row, Louisiana Tech faces Florida Atlantic in Ruston, McNeese is at Northwestern State. The Demons have won the last three series against the Pokes.

The Saints 2023 schedule came out last night and it looks very manageable. New Orleans will kick off the regular season at home hosting the Tennessee Titans. None of their games in November, December and January will be impacted by winter weather. The Black and Gold have three primetime games, two of them on Thursday night. Week two they are at Carolina for a Monday night game and they’ll host Jacksonville on a Thursday in Week 7 and the Week 16 matchup with the Rams in L-A is also on a Thursday.

At the state baseball tournament in Sulphur. Avoyelles Public Charter blanked Family Christian three to nothing in the Select Division Five state championship game. It’s the first state championship in school history for the Vikings. Pitkin defeated Anacoco in the non-select Division Five title game as the Tigers won their first baseball title in four years.

At the Sun Belt Softball tournament in Lafayette, The top seeded Cajuns will take on Texas State tonight. UL Lafayette swept the Bobcats earlier this season.