LSU baseball begins another series tonight against a team ranked in the Top 15. The Tigers are at 12th ranked Ole Miss. The Rebels are 27-10 overall, nine-six in the SEC West. Ole Miss is second in the SEC in hitting with a team batting average of .301, while the Tigers are 10th in the league in hitting. Coach Paul Mainieri says there are some positions that have not hit consistently…
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LSU is facing a potential first-round pick in this year’s Major League Baseball draft tonight. Junior right-hander Gunnar Hoglund is 3-and-2 with a 2.73 ERA for the Rebels. He also ranks second in the SEC in strikeouts with 87. First pitch on ESPN-U is at 7 PM.

U-L Lafayette coach Billy Napier is looking for a very competitive game tonight as the Cajuns conclude spring football with the Vermilion and White spring game at Cajun Field. At running back the Cajuns need to replace NFL draft prospects Elijah Mitchell and Trey Ragas, so expect to see Emani Baily, Chris Smith and Texas A-and-M transfer Jacob Kibodi to get carries. The scrimmage will start at 7 PM.

The NFL draft begins a week from today and the Saints own the 28th pick in the first round. While the organization has been hard at work scouting potential draftees, coach Sean Payton says there’s still work to be done.
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Payton also doesn’t believe they have to draft a quarterback, because Drew Brees retired. And Brees says because of injuries he only felt good in one game last season and that was the October 4th contest versus Detroit.