LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri will start Alex Lange on the mound tonight against Arkansas, instead of Jared Poche, who has been the Tigers Friday night starter for most of the season. Mainieri likes how Lange has been throwing the ball lately…:
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LSU enters tonight’s game with an 11-10 record in SEC Play, while Arkansas is just 7-and-14.

Louisiana Lafayette is facing the team with the worst overall record in the league as Appalachian State visits the Tigue. The Ragin Cajuns will be celebrating “Ron Guidry Weekend,” to honor the baseball legend. UL-Lafayette is in second place in the Sun Belt standings with nine games remaining.

Back to college baseball, Louisiana Tech hosts Middle Tennessee in a three game Conference USA series. The home series will also honor several Ruston community leaders, and Mayor Ronnie Walker will through out the first pitch today. Tech is currently ranked fourth in C-USA.

Southeastern Louisiana opens a key Southland Conference series against Lamar on the road. The Lions lead the conference by one game over Sam Houston State, and two games over the Cardinals.

ULM travels to face Troy starting today. Northwestern State is at Arkansas State. Nicholls State is at Houston Baptist. Tulane is at South Florida. Grambling hosts Arkansas Pine Bluff. McNeese State is at Stephen F Austin.

LSU coach Les Miles announced Thursday that the Tigers will host satellite camps in New Orleans and Shreveport.

LSU men’s basketball star Ben Simmons won’t be taking part in the upcoming NBA Draft combine. This reportedly continues to be a trend of players expected to go high in the June draft opting to skip the combine.