LSU Drops In National College Baseball Rankings - May 15th

LSU Baseball Report – May 15, 2023
Overall Record: 39-12 (17-9 in SEC)

National Rankings:

D1 Baseball.com: No. 5 (Last Week: No. 2)

Baseball America: No. 5 (No. 2)

Perfect Game: No. 5 (No. 2)

Current SEC Baseball Standings

Last Week’s Results (2-2)

May 9 (Tue.) – NORTHWESTERN STATE (W, 14-4 – 7 innings)
May 12 (Fri.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE (W, 12-1 – 7 innings)
May 13 (Sat.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE (L, 4-9)
May 14 (Sun.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE (L, 13-14)

This Week’s Schedule

May 16 (Tue.) – McNEESE, 6:30 p.m. CT (ESPN +)
May 18 (Thu.) – at Georgia, 5 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 19 (Fri.) – at Georgia, 5 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 20 (Sat.) – at Georgia, 12 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)

Tigers Update

·LSU enters the final week of the regular season in second place in the SEC Western Division, 1.5 games behind division leader Arkansas … the Tigers are in third place in the overall league standings, 1.5 games behind Arkansas and 0.5 behind Florida, which leads the SEC Eastern Division.

·LSU’s 39-12 record is its best through 51 games since 2015, when the Tigers were 43-8 … LSU’s 17-9 SEC record this season is the Tigers’ best conference mark through 26 games since the 2017 club was also 17-9 in league play.

·LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews increased his reached base streak to 55 straight games, which includes all 51 games this season and the final four games of last season.

·Junior right-hander Paul Skenes defeated Mississippi State on Friday night, working 7.0 innings and allowing one run three six hits with one walk and 13 strikeouts … he was credited with his first complete game of the season, as LSU established an 11-run margin in the bottom of the seventh inning to activate the 10-run rule … Skenes improved to 10-1 on the year, and he leads the nation with 152 strikeouts – his strikeouts total is already No. 7 on LSU’s all-time list for single-season strikeouts … Skenes is No. 1 in the SEC in ERA (1.69), innings pitched (79.2) and opponent batting average (.162).

·Sophomore third baseman Tommy White hit .611 (11-for-18) in four games last week with four doubles, two homers, nine RBI and six runs … in LSU’s SEC series versus Mississippi State, White batted .571 (8-for-14) with three doubles, one homer, five RBI and three runs … White now has 84 RBI, already the seventh-highest single-season total in LSU history … he leads the SEC in RBI, and he is No. 4 in the league in slugging percentage (.797).

·Junior leftfielder Tre’ Morgan recorded the first two-homer game of his career when he launched two dingers in Sunday’s game versus Mississippi State … Morgan drove in six runs and scored five times in the weekend series against the Bulldogs.

·Junior right-hander Ty Floyd posted a career-high 10 strikeouts in Saturday’s game versus Mississippi State … Floyd worked 6.0 innings and limited the Bulldogs to just one run on five hits with one walk and 10 Ks.

·Junior catcher Hayden Travinski started two games behind the plate in the Mississippi State series, and he hit .600 (3-for-5) with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored … Travinski has homered once in each of LSU’s last four SEC series – at Ole Miss, Alabama, at Auburn and Mississippi State.

(Release via LSU Athletics)