LSU Drops In The Latest College Baseball Rankings - March 25

LSU's overall record: 19-6 (2-4 SEC)
Record last week: 2-2

D1 Baseball.com: No. 8 (Last Week: No. 5)
Baseball America: No. 9 (No. 5)
Perfect Game: No. 9 (No. 5)
Coaches Poll: TBA (No. 4)

Current SEC Baseball Standings

Last Week’s Results (2-2)
March 19 (Tue.) – LOUISIANA TECH (W, 11-1 – 8 innings)
March 22 (Fri.) – FLORIDA (W, 6-1)
March 23 (Sat.) – FLORIDA (L, 4-6 – 11 innings)
March 24 (Sun.) – FLORIDA (L, 2-12 – 8 innings)

This Week’s Schedule
March 26 (Tue.) – SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 28 (Thu.) – at Arkansas, 6 p.m. CT (ESPN2)
March 29 (Fri.) – at Arkansas, 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
March 30 (Sat.) – at Arkansas, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)

Tigers Update
·LSU won two of its four games last week, and the Tigers this week are ranked No. 8 in the nation by D1 Baseball and No. 9 by Baseball America … the Tigers posted a midweek win over Louisiana Tech, then dropped two of three games last weekend versus Florida in an SEC series.

·Junior right-hander Luke Holman defeated sixth-ranked Florida on Friday night, limiting the Gators to one run on one hit in 6.0 innings with three walks and a career-high 13 strikeouts … he threw 104 pitches in the outing, recording 65 for strikes, and he allowed only two Florida players to advance beyond second base … Holman retired nine straight Florida batters to complete his outing, including four by strikeouts … Holman is 5-1 this season with a 0.78 ERA in 34.2 innings … he has recorded eight walks and 56 strikeouts, and he’s limiting opponents to a .157 batting average.

·Sophomore left-hander Griffin Herring recorded both a win and a save last week … he earned a relief win over Louisiana Tech on March 19, limiting the Bulldogs to no runs on one hit in 1.2 innings with no walks and two strikeouts … Herring was credited with the save in the March 22 win over Florida, as he worked 3.0 innings and allowed no runs on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts … for the week, Herring was 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and one save in 4.2 innings with no runs on four hits, no walks and five strikeouts.

·Graduate catcher/DH Hayden Travinski hit .417 (5-for-12) in four games last week with one double, two homers, three RBI and four runs … he also walked four times and posted a .563 on-base percentage.

·Sophomore outfielder Ethan Frey started two games in the Florida series at designated hitter, and he responded with a .429 (3-for-7) weekend at the plate with one RBI and one run scored.

·Sophomore first baseman Jared Jones homered three times in four games last week, driving in four runs and scoring five times.

·Saturday’s LSU-Florida game generated the second-largest paid attendance figure – 12,892 – in the history of Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field … Saturday’s attendance was second only to the 13,068 that paid to see the LSU-Tennessee game on March 30, 2023 … Friday’s LSU-Florida paid attendance figure of 12,539 was the sixth-highest home attendance mark in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

(Baseball report via LSU Athletics)