 Da Boot Sports 5/31/2022 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - The Tigers take on the Kennesaw State Owls on Friday in game two of the Hattiesburg Regional at 7:00pm. But who are these Owls that have earned a spot in the field of 64 in the NCAA baseball tournament? They are located in Kennesaw, Georgia and they are a NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Athletic Sun Conference (ASUN). They began competing in Division I in 2006. This season is only the second time that the Owl's have earned a trip to the NCAA baseball tournament. The other was in 2014 when they finished 40-24, winning the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season and tournament championships. They would win the Tallahassee Regional before being eliminated by the Louisville Cardinals in the Louisville Super Regional. Kennesaw State finished 35-26 in 2022 under first year head coach Ryan Coe. "We are extremely excited," Coe said. "I've been to Southern Miss before, and it's a great atmosphere. This entire Regional is very competitive, and we are looking forward to getting started." The Owls top pitchers are #11 Jack Myers (has a record of 5-3, 65 strikeouts, 49 BB, with an ERA of 4.01)... #31 John Bezdicek (has a record of 5-1, 81 strikeouts, 31 BB, with an ERA of 3.75) and #16 Jared Rine (has a record of 4-0, 34 strikeouts, 24 BB, with an ERA of 5.31 and leads the team in saves with 7).... At the plate KSU is lead by #13 Josh Hatcher (.386, 55 RBIs, 13 HRs)... #25 Donovan Cash (.356, 57 RBIs, 10 HRs)... and #4 Cash Young (.296, 58 RBIs, 17 HRs)... The Owls have a team batting average of .301 and have hit 67 home runs this season. If whoever takes the mound on Friday against the Owls can pitch deep into the game, combined with the return of Jacob Berry and Cade Doughty back into the lineup, the Tigers should come out on top in this one and move into the winners bracket. PREDICTION: LSU 12 - KSU 4 GEAUX TIGERS!    Photos By: ksuowls.com
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 Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 5/30/2022 By: Terrill J. Weil QUOTES FROM LSU COACH JAY JOHNSON – May 29, 2022 after NCAA Tournament bracket announcement On how the SEC Tournament prepares LSU for the NCAA Tournament … “There’s probably very few things you can do that can prepare you better for the postseason than the SEC Tournament, and it was a great exercise for our team. It was a good challenge, especially after going through the 30-game regular-season SEC schedule. To go against teams that are fighting to get into the NCAA Tournament, fighting to host, fighting for seeding, it was a good experience that will benefit from moving forward.” On the effect of Jacob Berry and Cade Doughty returning to the lineup … “They’re two Top 50 draft picks. (The previous LSU staff) recruited Cade here, and I’m glad that they did, he’s a great player. We brought Jacob here, and he’s a great player. I feel that we’re a better team when we have those two guys back in the lineup.” On four teams from the state of Louisiana receiving bids to the NCAA Tournament … “It’s awesome. It’s kind of a random coincidence, I played most of the state of Louisiana baseball programs when I was at Arizona. They came out to Tucson, and we had some really competitive games with them. I’m happy for them, and this is a good baseball state. We’ll be pulling for all of those teams to win their regionals.” On playing an NCAA Regional on the road (LSU has never advanced to the CWS by winning a regional and super regional on the road) … “I love doing things that have never been done before. The selection committee decided we’re playing on the road, we’re not changing their mind now, and I think we’re excited and ready to roll. The success we had in the SEC this season should give our team great confidence. We swept the defending national champion (Mississippi State) on the road, we swept the national runners-up (Vanderbilt) on the road. We won two out of three at Florida, which has been one of the premium programs in college baseball for the last 13, 14 years. If that doesn’t give our team confidence, I don’t know what will. This week will be all about being in the right frame of mind and playing good baseball.” On the team’s outlook for the Hattiesburg Regional … “It’s a great regional field in Hattiesburg and we’re excited to be a part of it. My teams (at Arizona) have gotten to Omaha entirely from the road, and they gotten to Omaha from our home stadium, so I know it can be done both ways. I’m just really excited for this team, to be going to the NCAA Tournament, to have a 38-win regular season while going through a lot of adversity. To do all of that and to play the road schedule that we did, I think it’s a great accomplishment, and it should give our team a lot of confidence going forward. Right now, all that matters is going forward.” On the characteristics of the LSU team … “There are some unique things about our team that make us tough to play. I think (LSU centerfielder) Dylan Crews is the best player in the country. (LSU third baseman) Jacob Berry hit .400 in SEC games this season. I think that makes us incredibly difficult to deal with. For the last month-and-a-half, we just haven’t had everybody in the lineup at the same time due to injuries. I think that speaks to the strength of our team; we’re still standing here, and we were on the cusp of playing a regional at home when we haven’t been fully healthy. I feel good about our team and how they’ll respond to the challenges we’ll face this weekend.”  Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 5/30/2022 By: David Penn BATON ROUGE, LA - Today the Fighting Tigers learned that their post season journey will begin in Hattiesburg, MS. LSU will be the second seed in the Hattiesburg regional and face off against the Kennesaw State Owls on Friday night at 6:00pm CT. Host University of Southern Miss will play the Black Knights of Army at 1:00pm. The Hattiesburg regional is paired with the Coral Gables regional where Miami is hosting Ole Miss, Arizona, and Canisius. The Tigers will have a chance to host a super regional at Alex Box Stadium if they win the Hattiesburg regional and Miami fails to win the Coral Gables regional. Coach Jay Johnson is looking forward to getting a pair of Tigers back from injury with the return of Jacob Berry and Cade Doughty to the lineup. “They’re two Top 50 draft picks. (The previous LSU staff) recruited Cade here, and I’m glad that they did, he’s a great player." Johnson said. "We brought Jacob here, and he’s a great player. I feel that we’re a better team when we have those two guys back in the lineup.” Coach Johnson is also aware that LSU has never appeared in the CWS without being a host site. “I love doing things that have never been done before. Said Johnson. "The selection committee decided we’re playing on the road, we’re not changing their mind now, and I think we’re excited and ready to roll. The success we had in the SEC this season should give our team great confidence. We swept the defending national champion (Mississippi State) on the road, we swept the national runners-up (Vanderbilt) on the road. We won two out of three at Florida, which has been one of the premium programs in college baseball for the last 13, 14 years. If that doesn’t give our team confidence, I don’t know what will. This week will be all about being in the right frame of mind and playing good baseball.”  Photo By: Terrill Weil Da Boot Sports 5/29/2022 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU (38-20 overall, 17-13 in SEC play) will not host a regional this season after a disappointing 1-2 performance in the SEC Tournament. The Tigers haven't hosted a regional at home since the 2019 season. The 2020 season was lost due to COVID-19... In 2021, LSU traveled to Oregon to play in the Eugene Regional which they won, before falling to Tennessee in the Knoxville Super Regional. LSU will find out their regional destination on Monday as the team will watch the NCAA Baseball Selection Show on ESPN2 at 11:00am in the Champions Club of Alex Box Stadium. The 2022 sixteen regional sites are listed below::
 Photo By: Terrill Weil Da Boot Sports 5/29/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: William Franques HOOVER, Ala. – Kentucky left-hander Tyler Bosma threw a no-hitter for six innings on Saturday as the Wildcats posted a 7-2 SEC Tournament win over LSU at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. Kentucky (33-25) advanced to Saturday night’s semifinal round against Tennessee, while LSU (38-20) was eliminated from the tournament. The Tigers are expected to receive a bid on Monday to play in the 64-team NCAA Tournament. The teams and regional host sites for the tournament will be announced at 11 a.m. CT Monday on ESPN2. “We’re excited to move on to the NCAA Tournament,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “I’m proud of our team for putting ourselves in position to be in the NCAA field. We’ve had a good overall season, but we didn't play well today. We'll be ready to go next Friday (for the first regional game). “I'm not pleased with today, but it's time to move on, so we'll either get ready to play at home or we'll get ready to get on a bus or a plane on Wednesday and go to work.” Bosma (4-3) had not allowed a hit through the first six innings of the game until catcher Tyler McManus tripled in the top of the seventh to score first baseman Tre’ Morgan, who had reached on an error to lead off the frame. McManus scored on a sacrifice fly by designated hitter Gavin Dugas, narrowing Kentucky’s lead to 7-2. Relievers Wyatt Hudepohl and Daniel Harper combined to pitch the final three innings of the game, allowing no runs on one hit. Bosma was charged with two runs – one earned – in his six innings of work, allowing one hit with two walks and 10 strikeouts. The Wildcats scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning against LSU starter Jacob Hasty (2-1). Second baseman Daniel Harris provided an RBI single and later scored on a Hasty wild pitch. Hasty work just 0.1 inning and was charged with two runs on two hits with three walks and one strikeout. Kentucky extended its lead to 3-0 when first baseman Jacob Plastiak homered against LSU reliever Eric Reyzelman in the bottom of the third. The Wildcats added two more runs in the fourth inning as leftfielder Hunter Jump delivered a sacrifice fly and third baseman Chase Estep contributed an RBI groundout. The Wildcats increased the advantage to 7-0 in the fifth, as rightfielder Adam Fogel homered against reliever Bryce Collins, and Jump lined a run-scoring single off of reliever Trey Shaffer.  Photo By: lsutigerswire.usatoday.com Da Boot Sports 5/28/2022 By: David Penn HOOVER, AL - The top seeded Tennessee Vols beat the LSU Tigers 5-2 in the late game on Friday night in the SEC Tournament in Hoover. The Vols rolled out SEC pitcher of the year Chase Dollander who worked 6.2 innings for the Vols and limited LSU to two runs on four hits. The loss sends LSU to the losers bracket where the Tigers will rematch the Wildcats from Kentucky for a chance to play Tennessee in the semis tonight. A pair of wins for the Tigers on the day will send LSU to the championship game on Sunday. After beating Kentucky in the opening game the Tigers RPI jumped to 20th and D1 Baseball currently projects that LSU will be the 15th national seed and host a regional at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers could use a little insurance, which they can gain by beating UK for the second time this tournament. Dylan Crews and Drew Bianco were the only base runners LSU was able to move across home plate, doing so in the fifth inning when the Vols defense committed errors on back to back hits by the Tigers. The Tigers were limited to six hits during the game with Crews accounting for two, Bianco, Tre’ Morgan, Gavin Dugas, and Tyler McManus accounting for the other four hits. LSU stranded eight runners over the course of the affair. Ty Floyd got the start for the Bayou Bengals and went 4.2 innings for the Tigers. Floyd surrendered five runs on six hits, walked three, and earned five Ks. Trent Vietmeier pitched the final 3.1 innings for the Tigers and gave up no runs, hits, or walks and struck out three batters. The Tigers will face the Wildcats after the conclusion of the Florida vs. Alabama game and are hoping to make it to the semis to face Tennessee again. A win for the Tigers in the semis would be a single elimination game and would advance LSU to the championship game on Sunday.  Photo By: wbrz.com Da Boot Sports 5/27/2022 By: Terrill J. Weil HOOVER, AL - After several weather delays the Tigers finally got their opportunity to take the field at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium on Thursday in the SEC Tournament night, dominating the Kentucky Wildcats, 11-6. Ma’Khail Hilliard had a strong performance for LSU on the bump as he pitched six innings, giving up only two runs on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts. Hilliard earned the win and is now 7-1 on the season. Offensively the Tigers picked up where they left off last weekend, staying hot at the plate with 13 hits despite missing both Jacob Berry (broken finger) and Cade Doughty (dislocated left shoulder) to injury. Josh Pearson led the Tigers going 5-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs. Pearson became the first LSU player to record five hits in an SEC Tournament game as he hit three singles, one double and a two run homer. “It was an unbelievable environment tonight, and I’m really thankful for our fans for coming and I thought it provided us a lot of energy.” Jay Johnson said. “I don't think there's a venue that could better prepare you for what's coming in the postseason. The SEC Tournament is a great, great event." The Wildcats struck first, scoring two runs in the top of the second inning. But LSU answered with three runs in the bottom of the third as Tre’ Morgan registered a RBI, grounding out with the sacks loaded. Tyler McManus then ripped a two-run double off of the left field wall. The Tigers plated three more runs in the fourth inning to increase their lead to 6-2 as Dylan Crews and Josh Pearson would each drive a run in with a couple of singles before Jordan Thompson laid down a sacrifice bunt for an RBI. In the sixth inning, LSU added three more runs before Pearson would blast a two run homer to give LSU an 11-3 lead. It would be his eighth home run of the season. Kentucky would add their final three runs in the top of the eighth inning on a three run home run by Devin Burkes. “Kentucky is playing for a lot right now." Johnson added. "So we knew we were going to get their best shot. So we were able to withstand that, and then settle into the game and just play really mature baseball, which I was really happy to see.” With the victory, LSU improves to 38-18 on the year, while Kentucky falls to 31-25. Next up the #4 seed Tigers will face perhaps their toughest challenge of the season as the will face the #1 ranked, red hot, Tennessee Volunteers on Friday. First pitch is set for 8:00pm CST and the contest will be televised on SEC Network. Da Boot Sports 5/24/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: William Franques BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU outfielder Dylan Crews and infielder Jacob Berry were named Tuesday by USA Baseball as semifinalists for the 2022 Golden Spikes Award. The Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country, will be presented on June 24 on ESPN. Cal Poly, Oregon State, Tennessee and Virginia Tech join LSU as the only schools with multiple semifinalists on the list. Crews, the 2022 SEC Co-Player of the Year, is hitting .345 (76-for-220) this season with eight doubles, four triples, 21 home runs, 67 RBI and 63 runs scored. His 21 homers represent the most by an LSU player since outfielder Ryan Schimpf hit 22 home runs in 2009. He was voted last week to the 2022 SEC Baseball Community Service Team for his dedicated philanthropic work with special needs children. Crews leads the SEC this season in homers (21) and runs scored (63), and he is No. 2 in the league in triples (4), No. 2 in total bases (155), No. 2 in RBI (67), No. 3 in hits (76) and No. 4 in slugging percentage (.705). Berry, who was also a Golden Spikes semifinalist last season as a freshman at Arizona, earned 2022 second-team All-SEC recognition. Berry is hitting a team-high .381 (72-for-189) on the year, including a remarkable .400 in SEC games. Berry has collected eight doubles, 15 homers, 47 RBI and 43 runs scored this season. He was forced to miss six games from May 7-15 due to a finger injury. Berry is No. 3 in the SEC in batting average (.381), No. 5 in on-base percentage (.473), No. 10 in slugging percentage (.661), No. 10 in total bases (125) and No. 10 in base hits (72). Beginning with the announcement of the semifinalists, a ballot will be sent to a voting body consisting of baseball media members, select professional baseball personnel and USA Baseball staff, and the previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 150 voters. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list of semifinalists. On June 8, USA Baseball will announce the finalists, and voting for the winner will begin that same day. Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2022. Beginning with the semifinalist announcement and continuing through the finalist round voting deadline, fans from across the country will be able to vote for their favorite player on GoldenSpikesAward.com. The winner of the 44th Golden Spikes Award will be named on Friday, June 24, on ESPN. To stay up-to- date on the 2022 Golden Spikes Award visit GoldenSpikesAward.com and follow @USAGoldenSpikes on Twitter and Instagram. The 2022 Golden Spikes Award timeline: June 6: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists fan voting ends June 8: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists announced, fan voting begins June 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists fan voting ends June 24: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award trophy presentation A complete list of the 2022 Golden Spikes Award semifinalists follows: Name, Position, School, Conference Chris Alleyne; OF; Maryland; Big Ten Conference Jacob Berry; INF; LSU; Southeastern Conference Chase Burns; RHP; Tennessee; Southeastern Conference Justin Campbell; RHP; Oklahoma State; Big 12 Conference Carlos Contreras; OF; Sam Houston; Western Athletic Conference Dylan Crews; OF; LSU; Southeastern Conference Gavin Cross; OF; Virginia Tech; Atlantic Coast Conference Sonny DiChiara; INF; Auburn; Southeastern Conference Kendal Ewell; OF; Eastern Kentucky; Atlantic Sun Conference Jake Gelof; INF; Virginia; Atlantic Coast Conference Peyton Graham; INF; Oklahoma; Big 12 Conference Tanner Hall; RHP; Southern Miss.; Conference USA Thomas Harrington; RHP; Campbell; Big South Conference Cooper Hjerpe; LHP; Oregon State; Pac-12 Conference Gabriel Hughes; RHP; Gonzaga; West Coast Conference Jace Jung; INF; Texas Tech; Big 12 Conference Dominic Keegan; UTIL; Vanderbilt; Southeastern Conference Ryan Lasko; OF; Rutgers; Big Ten Conference Brooks Lee; SS; Cal Poly; Big West Conference Trey Lipscomb; INF; Tennessee; Southeastern Conference Ryan McCarty; INF; Penn State Abington; United East Ivan Melendez; INF; Texas; Big 12 Conference Jacob Melton; OF/INF; Oregon State; Pac-12 Conference Parker Messick; LHP; Florida State; Atlantic Coast Conference Kevin Parada; C; Georgia Tech; Atlantic Coast Conference Tanner Schobel; INF; Virginia Tech; Atlantic Coast Conference Daniel Susac; C; Arizona; Pac-12 Conference Drew Thorpe; RHP; Cal Poly; Big West Conference Max Wagner; INF; Clemson; Atlantic Coast Conference Tommy White; INF; NC State; Atlantic Coast Conference Jacob Wilson; INF; Grand Canyon; Western Athletic Conference  Photo By: Michael Bacigalupi Da Boot Sports 5/23/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: William Franques HOOVER, Ala. – LSU outfielder Dylan Crews was named the Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Year Monday in a vote of the league’s 14 head coaches. Crews, a sophomore from Longwood, Fla., shared the honor with Auburn first baseman Sonny DiChiara. Crews becomes LSU’s first SEC Player of the Year since outfielder Raph Rhymes received the honor in 2012. Former LSU right-hander Aaron Nola was named SEC Pitcher of the Year in 2013 and in 2014. Crews is hitting .345 (76-for-220) this season with eight doubles, four triples, 21 home runs, 67 RBI and 63 runs scored. His 21 homers represent the most by an LSU player since outfielder Ryan Schimpf hit 22 home runs in 2009. Crews was named by USA Baseball earlier this season to the 2022 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List, and he was voted last week to the 2022 SEC Baseball Community Service Team for his dedicated philanthropic work with special needs children. He leads the SEC this season in homers (21) and runs scored (63), and he is No. 2 in the league in triples (4), No. 2 in total bases (155), No. 2 in RBI (67), No. 3 in hits (76) and No. 4 in slugging percentage (.705). Crews was named SEC Co-Player of the Week on May 9 after he led LSU to a series victory at Alabama, batting a remarkable .636 (7-for-11) in the series with one double, three homers, seven RBI and five runs. Crews was honored in 2021 as the Perfect Game National Freshman of the Year, hitting .362 last season (89-for-246) with 16 doubles, two triples, 18 homers, 42 RBI, 64 runs scored and 12 stolen bases. He was also voted 2021 Second-Team All-American and Second-Team All-SEC, and he was named to the NCAA Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team  Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 5/23/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: William Franques HOOVER, Ala. – Three LSU players received All-SEC baseball recognition Monday in a vote of the league’s 14 head coaches. Sophomore outfielder Dylan Crews was named the SEC Co-Player of the Year, first-team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive team; sophomore third baseman Jacob Berry was voted second-team All-SEC; and sophomore first baseman Tre’ Morgan was awarded SEC All-Defensive team honors. Crews, a sophomore from Longwood, Fla., shared the Player of the Year honor with Auburn first baseman Sonny DiChiara. Crews becomes LSU’s first SEC Player of the Year since outfielder Raph Rhymes received the honor in 2012. Former LSU right-hander Aaron Nola was named SEC Pitcher of the Year in 2013 and in 2014. Crews is hitting .345 (76-for-220) this season with eight doubles, four triples, 21 home runs, 67 RBI and 63 runs scored. His 21 homers represent the most by an LSU player since outfielder Ryan Schimpf hit 22 home runs in 2009. Crews was named by USA Baseball earlier this season to the 2022 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List, and he was voted last week to the 2022 SEC Baseball Community Service Team for his dedicated philanthropic work with special needs children. He leads the SEC this season in homers (21) and runs scored (63), and he is No. 2 in the league in triples (4), No. 2 in total bases (155), No. 2 in RBI (67), No. 3 in hits (76) and No. 4 in slugging percentage (.705). Crews was named SEC Co-Player of the Week on May 9 after he led LSU to a series victory at Alabama, batting a remarkable .636 (7-for-11) in the series with one double, three homers, seven RBI and five runs. Berry, a product of Queen Creek, Ariz., is hitting a team-high .381 (72-for-189) on the year, including a remarkable .400 in SEC games. Berry has collected eight doubles, 15 homers, 47 RBI and 43 runs scored this season. He was forced to miss six games from May 7-15 due to a finger injury. Berry, named by USA Baseball earlier this season to the 2022 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List, is No. 3 in the SEC in batting average (.381), No. 5 in on-base percentage (.473), No. 10 in slugging percentage (.661), No. 10 in total bases (125) and No. 10 in base hits (72). He led LSU to a series win over Georgia (April 29-May 1), batting .462 (6-for-13) in three games with one double, one homer and three RBI, and to a three-game sweep of Missouri (April 21-23), batting .600 (6-for-10) with three homers, four RBI and five runs. Berry, who played at Arizona last season, was the 2021 Collegiate Baseball National Co-Freshman of the Year, batting .352 with 54 runs scored, 19 doubles, five triples, 17 home runs and 70 RBI. He also received 2021 Collegiate Baseball first-team All-America recognition. Morgan, a native of New Orleans, La., was voted to the SEC All-Defense team for the second straight year. He is also No. 3 in the league this season in doubles (17), No. 3 in hit-by-pitch (14) and No. 7 in base hits (74). Morgan is LSU’s third-leading hitter this season, batting .329 (74-for-225) with 17 doubles, one triple, five homers, 47 RBI and 48 runs scored. He delivered the game-winning two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth inning at Mississippi State (April 8), erasing a 2-1 deficit and sparking LSU to a 5-2 victory Morgan was a 2021 First-Team Freshman All-American, batting .357 (89-for-249) with 16 doubles, four triples, six homers, 42 RBI, 64 runs scored and 15 stolen bases. 2022 SEC Baseball Awards Co-Player of the Year: Dylan Crews, LSU Co-Player of the Year: Sonny DiChiara, Auburn Pitcher of the Year: Chase Dollander, Tennessee Freshman of the Year: Drew Beam, Tennessee Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Ben Anderson, Georgia Coach of the Year: Tony Vitello, Tennessee First Team All-SEC C: BT Riopelle, Florida 1B: Sonny DiChiara, Auburn 2B: RJ Yeager, Mississippi State 3B: Trey Lipscomb, Tennessee SS: Jacob Gonzalez, Ole Miss OF: Enrique Bradfield Jr., Vanderbilt OF: Dylan Crews, LSU OF: Drew Gilbert, Tennessee SP: Chase Dollander, Tennessee SP: Jonathan Cannon, Georgia RP: Tyler Guilfoil, Kentucky DH/UT: Dominic Keegan, Vanderbilt Second Team All-SEC C: Logan Tanner, Mississippi State 1B: Tim Elko, Ole Miss 2B: Ryan Targac, Texas A&M 3B: Jacob Berry, LSU SS: Josh Day, Missouri OF: Wyatt Langford, Florida OF: Spencer Jones, Vanderbilt OF: Dylan Rock, Texas A&M SP: Chase Burns, Tennessee SP: Drew Beam, Tennessee RP: Blake Burkhalter, Auburn DH/UT: Brandt Belk, South Carolina* DH/UT: Austin Bost, Texas A&M* Freshman All-SEC Team Chase Burns, SP, Tennessee Drew Beam, SP, Tennessee Brady Tygart, RP, Arkansas Hunter Elliott, SP, Ole Miss Hagen Smith, SP, Arkansas Carter Holton, SP, Vanderbilt Hunter Hines, INF/OF, Mississippi State Blake Burke, 1B/OF, Tennessee Brandon Neely, P, Florida Devin Futrell, SP, Vanderbilt Michael Braswell, INF/P, South Carolina Dylan Ray, RP, Alabama* Chris Cortez, RP, Texas A&M* SEC All-Defensive Team C: Logan Tanner, Mississippi State 1B: Tre’ Morgan, LSU 2B: Robert Moore, Arkansas 3B: Blake Rambusch, Auburn SS: Ryan Ritter, Kentucky OF: Enrique Bradfield, Jr., Vanderbilt OF: Dylan Crews, LSU OF: Drew Gilbert, Tennessee P: Connor Noland, Arkansas *Ties (Ties are not broken)  Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 5/23/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: William Franques BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU outfielder Brayden Jobert was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week Monday by the league office after leading the Tigers to a series sweep at Vanderbilt over the weekend. Jobert, a sophomore from Slidell, La., enjoyed a phenomenal week, hitting .500 (8-for-16) in four games with one double, one triple, five homers and 13 RBI. In the three-game Vanderbilt series, he batted .500 (6-for-12) with one double, one triple, three homers and 10 RBI. In Sunday’s win over Vanderbilt that clinched the No. 4 seed in the SEC Tournament for the Tigers, Jobert tied the LSU single-game record for RBI with nine, as he blasted a grand slam, a three-run homer and a two-run double. He tied the school RBI record originally set on March 5, 1999, by Eric Hendrickson versus Ohio University. Jobert, who also homered twice and drove in three runs in the Tigers’ midweek win over Northwestern State, is second on the LSU club this season in homers (17) and RBI (55).  Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 5/21/2022 By: David Penn NASHVILLE, TN - The Tigers' quest to host a regional in front of the LSU faithful at Alex Box Stadium received a huge jolt this weekend after breaking out the brooms to sweep the Vandy Boys in Nashville with a 21-10 victory on Sunday afternoon. LSU put up 42 runs on the Commodores over the course of the three game series, but nothing as emphatic as the 11 run outburst the Bayou Bengals had in the top of the eight inning on Saturday. Every Tiger in the batting order scored during the eight inning with the exception of Josh Stevenson, who laid a pair of sacrifice bunts that moved base runners and scored runs. Sam Dutton started on the bump for the Tigers and retired the first five batters he faced, but the Vandy Boys strung together five runs on five hits in the second inning chasing Dutton for Riley Cooper. Cooper would give up six hits but limited Vandy to just one run while striking out four batters in the three innings he worked. Blake Money came on in relief to earn the last out of the fourth inning but would exit in the sixth after surrendering three runs. Bryce Collins would get the call and go the distance for the Tigers, not allowing any more damage from the Vandy bats and was credited with the win. The Tigers had been scrappy all game long, but blew the game wide open in the eighth inning with an 11 run eruption that Vandy would be unable to recover from. Brayden Jobert crushed two homeruns in the contest, and was a single short of hitting the cycle as he collected nine RBIs. Dylan Crews was mostly held in check but added an exclamation point of his own with a home run in the ninth, his 21st of the season and likely the emphasis needed to collect SEC player of the week honors. Tyler McManus also collected a homerun for LSU in the contest. Crews, Tre’ Morgan, Collier Cranford, and Josh Pearson all scored three runs each for LSU. McManus, Jobert, and Jordan Thompson each scored twice. Morgan was 3-3 at the plate and Jobert was 4-6, highlighting a spectacular day at the plate for the JUCO transfer from Slidell. “We made some small adjustments this week with Brayden, he went to work with it, and it’s really gratifying to see the results,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “It’s allowed him to connect his bat to his strength, and he’s incredibly strong, so it’s been a great week for him.” The Tigers will now shift their focus to the SEC tournament where they will be the four seed and will play the winner of game four on Wednesday evening, a tilt between Auburn and Kentucky. The Tigers are hoping to remain hot in order to become a national seed and host a regional at Alex Box Stadium. With the sweep, the Tigers finish the regular season 37-18 overall, 17-13 in SEC play.  Photo By: Michael Bacigalupi Da Boot Sports 5/20/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: William Franques NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Centerfielder Dylan Crews launched two homers Friday night to lead LSU to an 8-3 win over Vanderbilt at Hawkins Field. The Tigers improved to 36-18 overall and 16-13 in the SEC, while the Commodores dropped to 35-18 overall and 14-15 in conference play. Friday’s win clinched LSU’s first series victory in Nashville since 2005. The Tigers had lost four straight series at Vanderbilt prior to this weekend. The series concludes at 1 p.m. CT Saturday in a game that will be carried on the LSU Sports Radio Network and televised on the SEC Network. Crews was 2-for-4 at the plate Friday night with two homers and three RBI, increasing his home run total this season to 20. He is hitting .750 (6-for-8) in the weekend series with one double, three homers, seven RBI and five runs scored. “Obviously, a great night again for Dylan, and we had outstanding plate discipline throughout the lineup,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “We played a very complete game, and this is a good win for us. LSU starting pitcher Ty Floyd (5-3) earned the win, limiting the Commodores to one run on four hits in 5.1 innings with no walks and seven strikeouts. “I’m real proud of Ty,” Johnson said, “because I think we’re starting to see what he can become.” Vanderbilt starter Christian Little (1-2) was charged with the loss, as he allowed six runs on four hits in 3.1 innings with five walks and two strikeouts. Crews launched the first pitch of the game from Little over the left-center field wall for his 19th homer of the season. The Tigers exploded for four runs in the second inning in an outburst highlighted by Crews’ two-out, two-run home run. Second baseman Cade Doughty led off the inning with a walk and later scored on a wild pitch, and catcher Tyler McManus provided an RBI groundout. The Commodores narrowed the gap to 5-1 in the bottom of the second when third baseman Parker Noland unloaded his sixth homer of the season. LSU plated a run in the fourth when McManus walked, moved to second base on a walk to third baseman Collier Cranford, advanced to third on a walk to Crews and scored on leftfielder Josh Pearson’s groundout. The Tigers extended the lead to 8-1 in the seventh against Vanderbilt reliever Nick Maldonado when first baseman Tre’ Morgan doubled and scored on Doughty’s double, and shortstop Jordan Thompson lined an RBI single. “We need to come out focused tomorrow, because we’ll get Vanderbilt’s best shot,” Johnson said. “It will be a tough, competitive game, so we’ll have to be ready.”  Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 5/19/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: William Franques NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Centerfielder Dylan Crews drove in four runs and second baseman Cade Doughty blasted two homers Thursday night as LSU defeated Vanderbilt, 13-2, at Hawkins Field. LSU, which hit five home runs to increase its season total to 100, improved to 35-18 overall and 15-13 in the SEC. Vanderbilt dropped to 35-17 overall and 14-14 in conference play. The teams resume the series at 6 p.m. CT Friday in a game that will be carried on affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +. Crews was 4-for-4 at the plate with a three-run homer, a double and four RBI. Doughty delivered the second two-homer game of his career and collected three RBI. Senior right-hander Ma’Khail Hilliard (6-1) earned the win for the Tigers as he worked 5.1 innings and limited Vanderbilt to two runs – one earned – on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Vanderbilt starting pitcher Devin Futrell (8-2) was charged with the loss, as he allowed five runs on five hits in 1.1 innings with two walks and no strikeouts. “I’m really proud of our guys tonight,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “You could tell in the first inning they were focused and locked in, and they executed our game plan perfectly. We’ve got 100 homers and over 100 hit-by-pitches now, and that’s exactly what we want to do. A great job tonight by the pitching staff, and offensively we were in tune with what we needed to do tonight.” LSU sent 10 batters to the plate in the second inning and erupted for six runs against Futrell. Shortstop Jordan Thompson led off the frame with his sixth homer for the year. Designated hitter Brayden Jobert followed with a single and catcher Tyler McManus walked before third baseman Collier Cranford’s single scored Jobert. Crews then blasted a three-run shot – his 18th homer of the year – to give the Tigers a 5-0 lead, and Thompson added an RBI single to cap the outburst. LSU expanded the lead to 9-0 in the fourth against Vanderbilt reliever Patrick Reilly when third baseman Jacob Berry delivered an RBI groundout and Doughty launched a two-run homer, his 11th dinger of the year. Crews singled to lead off the sixth inning and later scored on first baseman Tre’ Morgan’s double, increasing the margin to 10-2. Jobert belted a solo homer in the seventh – his 14th of the season – and Doughty unloaded his second homer of the game to highlight a two-run eighth inning that included a Crews RBI single.  Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 5/18/2022 LSU Sports Communications By: William Franques BATON ROUGE, La. – Designated hitter Brayden Jobert and catcher Hayden Travinski combined for three homers and seven RBI Tuesday night to lead LSU to a 19-7 win over Northwestern State in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The game was halted after the top of the seventh inning due to the NCAA 10-run rule. LSU improved to 34-18 on the year, while Northwestern State dropped to 25-27. The Tigers open a three-game SEC series versus Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. CT Thursday in Nashville, Tenn. The game will be televised on ESPN2 and carried on affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network. Jobert blasted two homers and drove in three runs Tuesday night, increasing his season total of dingers to 14. Travinski blasted his sixth homer and LSU’s first grand slam of the season, and he doubled off the right-center field wall. RIghtfielder Josh Pearson, the Tigers’ lead-off hitter, was officially 0-for-0 at the plate, as he was hit by a pitch three times, drew two walks and scored four runs. LSU first baseman Tre’ Morgan provided two singles that plated three runs, and catcher Tyler McManus also collected three RBI. “This was an important game for us, we needed to win to put ourselves in the best possible position relative to RPI,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “I’m really proud of our team for their response in a game we needed to win, and I feel great about it.” LSU tied the single-game NCAA record for hit-by-pitches, as the Tigers were hit on 10 occasions by Northwestern State pitchers. LSU has been hit 107 times this season, just three shy of the school record of 110 set by the 2000 squad. Paul Gervase (3-1), the third of six LSU pitchers, was credited with the win as he worked 1.1 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit with one walk and three strikeouts. Northwestern State starting pitcher Dawson Flowers (0-3) was charged with the loss, as he surrendered three runs – two earned – on no hits in 1.0 inning with no walks and one strikeout. Flowers hit three LSU batters with pitches in the first inning of the contest. |
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