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The No. 1 LSU Tigers begin a three-game home series at No. 18 Texas starting this Friday night at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

LSU heads into the weekend with an 8-0 overall record while Texas is 7-3. The Longhorns lead the all-time series with LSU, 22-12-1.

Here is a look the pitching matchups for this weekend, according to LSUSports.net:

Game 1 - Friday, March 1- 6:30 p.m. CT:
LSU – Jr. RH Zack Hess (1-0, 5.19 ERA, 8.2 IP, 4 BB, 10 K)
Texas – So. RH Bryce Elder (1-0, 0.64 ERA, 14.0 IP, 3 BB, 15 K)

Game 2 - Saturday, March 2 - 3:30 p.m. CT:
LSU – Fr. RH Landon Marceaux (1-0, 4.76 ERA, 11.1 IP, 4 BB, 9 K)
Texas – Jr. RH Blair Henley (1-0, 8.31 ERA, 8.2 IP, 1 BB, 4 K)

Game 3 - Sunday, March 3 – 1 p.m. CT:
LSU – So. RH Eric Walker (1-0, 4.50 ERA, 6.0 IP, 2 BB, 5 K)
Texas – Fr. RH Coy Cobb (0-1, 2.61 ERA, 10.1 IP, 2 BB, 2 K)

*All three games will be aired on the Longhorn Network. Guide on how to watch.
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Spelt it rong62 months
Elder has some nice statistics, but they're compiled against 1-6 Purdue and 1-6 UL-Lafayette. He's gonna be facing a different animal on Friday.
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Shiftyplus162 months
Truth or Consequences time for Hess. Either he proves he's a Friday night starter or Manieri has some serious decisions to make.
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tgerb862 months
agreed. I'll just assume that Manieri knows more than I do at this point, but if I'm making room for Walker in the weekend rotation (which I think is a good call) I wouldn't do it by replacing Hill. Hess has to be on the chopping block after this weekend unless he shines.
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jbro1262 months
If Hess can turn into a reliable Friday night guy it would be huge for us in the postseason with Marceaux, Walker, and Hill starting in between. Having 4 quality starters that can eat up innings instead of using Johnny Wholestaff would give us a much better chance of a deep CWS run.
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Deltatiger62 months
tgerb8: Hill suffering from "soreness." This for real or lip service to get walker in the rotation?
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