6:45 LRN Sportscast

The ninth ranked LSU baseball team hosts Grambling tonight. The Tigers scored 21 runs in their last two games after going through a four-game slump. Coach Paul Mainieri says in every season, there are ups and downs…
cut 17 (18) “….direction”
Senior third baseman Chris Reid was named SEC Baseball Co-Player of the Week. Reid was six for eight with a double and six RBIs and four runs scored. He also walked three times and was hit by a pitch. First pitch tonight is at 6:30.

Two teams playing well meet in Thibodaux tonight. Nicholls is coming off a road sweep at Lamar and the Colonels host the Southern Jaguars, who are in first place in the SWAC Western Division after winning three straight weekend series.

Northwestern State begins a two-game midweek series against Mississippi Valley State in Natchitoches. Southeastern Louisiana is at the Ragin Cajuns and then tomorrow UL-Lafayette heads to Hammond to face the Lions. Also, Tulane is at UNO.

The Saints announced that their voluntary offseason workout program will begin on April 22nd. The team’s mandatory minicamp will be held June 11th to the 13th.