The LSU Tigers are a six national seed in the NCAA Baseball Tournament and will host a Regional this weekend and the super Regionals if they win the Baton Rouge Regional. LSU is 30-5 at home this season. And the Tigers offense can use some home cooking to get the bats going. The Tigers had just two hits in the final 15 innings at the SEC Tournament. Coach Jay Johnson says SEC pitching can lead to struggles at the plate…
LSU will open the Regional on Friday by hosting Little Rock at 2 PM. The Trojans have the lowest RPI out of the 64 teams in the tournament. The other two teams in the B-R Regional are Dallas Baptist and Rhode Island.
LSU-Shreveport was victorious again last night as the Pilots won six to three over the defending NAIA Champions, Hope International to stay in the winner’s bracket of the NAIA World Series. L-S-U-S is now a remarkable 56-and-0 on the season. Draven Zeigler led the way on the mound, by striking out ten over seven innings and Ian Montz drove in two runs. LSU-S will play again tomorrow night.
Loyola of New Orleans run in the NAIA World Series ended yesterday with a nine to eight loss to the Cumberlands Patriots. The Wolfpack were down nine to nothing at one point, and got within one run in the eighth inning, but could not bring home the tying run home.
The SEC Spring meetings start today. Revenue sharing with student-athletes, a possible nine-game schedule in football and the future of the college football playoff are the big topics. Commissioner Greg Sankey said yesterday he’s not settled on a preferred format for the CFP.