The third ranked LSU baseball team begins an SEC series tonight at ninth ranked Auburn and the Tigers will see a familiar face on the mound. Auburn’s Friday night starter, Sam Dutton, is a former LSU Tiger. Coach Jay Johnson says there are no hard feeling that Dutton left LSU…

Cut 19 (17) “…by that”

Kade Anderson will start for LSU. The sophomore left-hander is coming off a complete game shutout where he struck out 14 and threw 135 pitches.

In other action this weekend, the Ragin Cajuns are at ULM. Louisiana Tech is at Middle Tennessee. McNeese takes a nine-game winning streak to UIW, Southeastern is at A-and-M Corpus Christi and Northwestern State is at Southland leader Houston Christian.

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English golfer Justin Rose is the leader after the first round of the Masters. Rose shot a 65, seven-under par and leads a host golfers by 3 shots, including 2024 Masters champ Scott Schefler. Former LSU golfer Sam Burns shot a one-over 73 and is in good shape to make the cut.

The Pelicans only had eight players available last night and lost to the Bucks 136 to 111 in their final road game of the season. New Orleans hosts Miami tonight and Sunday they host Oklahoma City in the regular season finale.

ULM football wrapped spring football last night. Coach Bryant Vincent says 90-percent of his roster participated in spring practice. Last year it was only 40-percent, so he’s feeling good about year two in Monroe…

Cut 29 (18) “…right direction”