LSU heads for Omaha tomorrow where they’ll play TCU on Sunday afternoon. Since the College World Series has moved to the new TD Ameritrade Park, runs have been at premium at the spacious park, where the win blows in. Reliever Zac Person says the pitchers have confidence their fielders can track balls down in the gaps…
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Coach Paul Mainieri doesn’t expect many home runs in Omaha, even though home runs were up in the regular season, because of a lower seamed baseball that college baseball is using this year.

In major league baseball draft today, LSU first baseman Chris Chinea was selected in the 17th round by the St. Louis Cardinals. The Padres selected ULM and West Ouachita product Kodie Tidwell in the 26th round. San Diego also picked former Louisiana Tech pitcher Phil Maton in the 20th round.

Saints Coach Sean Payton has confirmed that pass rusher Junior Galette has a pectoral injury. Payton says they are still waiting on a final opinion on whether Galette should undergo surgery. If he does undergo the knife, he’ll miss much of the 2015 campaign. Galette has 22 sacks over the last two seasons.

The UL Lafayette basketball team has announced Frank Bartley the Fourth has transferred in from BYU. He’s six-foot-three and averaged three points and two rebounds a game at BYU. Bartley led Christian Life in Baton Rouge to a pair of Class One-A state titles and his father, Frank Bartley the Third, was an all-conference football player at USL. He’ll be eligible to play at the start of the 2016-17 season.

New Louisiana Tech head coach Eric Konkol has hired a new assistant coach to replace Matt McMahon who was named the head coach at Murray State. Corey Barker takes McMahon’s place on the staff. Barker was an assistant coach at Bowling Green State last season.