11:40 LRN sportscast

The LSU Tigers held a practice this morning at Alex Box Stadium ahead of their matchup with the Tulane Green Wave tomorrow afternoon to open up the Baton Rouge Regional. The Bayou Bengals are expected to make it to Omaha and the College World Series and LSU star Tre Morgan believes they will be tough to beat…
Cut 16 (15) “…biggest advantage.”
LSU ace pitcher Paul Skenes was named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the year today. He’s the third LSU player to receive this award. Ben McDonald in 1989 and Lloyd Peever in 1992 were the other two.

The junior from Lake Forest, California, is 10-2 with a 1.89 ERA and has recorded 167 strikeouts while walking just 17.