LSU Baseball Update: Tigers Facing Uphill Climb Entering Final Stretch Of SEC Play

LSU Baseball Report – May 12, 2026

Overall Record: 29-24 SEC: 9-18

National Rankings: NR

SEC Baseball Standing

Last Week’s Results:

May 5 (Tue.) – TULANE (W, 13-6)
May 8 (Fri.) – at Georgia (L, 8-11)
May 9 (Sat.) – at Georgia (L, 8-13)
May 10 (Sun.) – at Georgia (L, 1-12 – 7 innings)

This Week’s Schedule:

May 14 (Thu.) – FLORIDA, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 15 (Fri.) – FLORIDA, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 16 (Sat.) – FLORIDA, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)

Tigers Update:

-Sophomore centerfielder Derek Curiel hit a team-high .538 (7-for-13) in four games last week with two doubles, one RBI, seven runs, five walks and a .632 on-base percentage … he hit .500 (5-for-10) in the three-game series at Georgia with one double, one RBI, four runs, three walks and a .571 on-base percentage … Curiel is No. 2 in the SEC this season in hits with 73, and he is No. 7 in the league in runs scored (58) and No. 8 in the conference in triples (2) … Curiel leads LSU in multiple-hit games (21), and he is tied with shortstop Steven Milam for the most multiple-RBI games on the club (14).

-Freshman first baseman Mason Braun batted .385 (5-for-13) in four games last week with one double, three runs, four walks, one hit-by-pitch and a .556 on-base percentage … Braun is No. 5 in the SEC this season in on-base percentage (.481), and he has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games … Braun is LSU’s leading hitter this season in SEC games, batting .344 (22-for-64) with two doubles, one triple, two homers, nine RBI and 13 runs.

-Freshman catcher/DH Omar Serna Jr. has reached base safely in 18 consecutive games … Serna Jr. is batting .353 (24-for-68) over his last 18 games with six doubles, five homers, 16 RBI and 16 runs scored … he is batting .326 (31-for-95) in SEC games this season – third on the team this season behind Mason Braun and Cade Arrambide – with seven doubles, six homers, 20 RBI and 17 runs.

-Junior shortstop Steven Milam has a current reached-base safely streak that has stretched to 30 games, and he composed a 17-game hitting streak that began on April 10 and ended on May 9 … he hit .353 (24-for-68) during the 17-game streak with six doubles, three homers, 19 RBI and 11 runs scored … Milam has recorded three doubles, six RBI, four runs, five walks and a .500 on-base percentage over LSU’s last four games … Milam has committed just two errors all season in 195 chances, producing a .990 fielding percentage.

-Sophomore catcher Cade Arrambide logged one double, two homers, seven RBI and four runs scored in LSU’s four games last week … he is No. 10 in the SEC this season in slugging percentage (.659) … Arrambide is batting .341 (29-for-85) this season in SEC games with four doubles, 10 homers, 29 RBI and 21 runs scored.

(Release via LSU Athletics)