Da Boot Sports
11/24/2025
By: Da Boot Sports Staff


   BATON ROUGE, LA - Jay Johnson met with the media on Monday afternoon to review fall practice and preview the 2026 season. Players, Zack Yorke and Cooper Moore also answered questions from the media.

​   *Video of press conference posted below.
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Da Boot Sports
11/9/2025
LSU Sports Communications
By: William Franques


   HAMMOND, La. – LSU outscored Southeastern Louisiana, 9-3, Sunday in an 18-inning exhibition scrimmage at Alumni Field.
 
   The Tigers held a 7-2 advantage in the first nine-inning game, and LSU edged the Lions, 2-1, in the second nine-inning contest.
 
   A solo homer by catcher Omar Serna Jr. and an RBI double by designated hitter Edward Yamin IV highlighted LSU’s offensive output in Game 2.
 
   The Tigers’ dominant pitching staff limited Southeastern to one run on four hits in the nightcap, as Marcos Paz, William Schmidt, Santiago Garcia, Reagan Ricken, Deven Sheerin and Ethan Plog combined to record 18 strikeouts.
 
   Schmidt and Garcia each logged four strikeouts in two innings of work.
 
   A two-run homer by first baseman Zach Yorke in the top of the first inning of Game 1 gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead. Centerfielder Derek Curiel lined an seventh-inning single to increase the advantage to 3-0.
 
   After Southeastern narrowed the gap to 3-2 with a pair of runs in the eight, LSU responded with a four-run inning highlighted by another Curiel run-scoring single and a two-run double by catcher Cade Arrambide.
 
   LSU pitchers Casan Evans, Cooper Moore, Cooper Williams, Mavrick Rizy and Grant Fontenot combined to limit the Lions to two runs on six hits with 11 strikeouts.
 
   Evans started the game and fired two perfect innings with three strikeouts, and Fontenot closed the contest with 1.1 perfect innings and two strikeouts.
 
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Da Boot Sports
11/2/2025
LSU Sports Communications
By: William Franques


   BILOXI, Miss. – LSU defeated Samford, 20-14, in a 21-inning baseball exhibition scrimmage Sunday at Keesler Federal Park, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers’ Double-A affiliate, the Biloxi Shuckers.
   The scrimmage consisted of three seven-inning games, and the Tigers outscored Samford, 6-3, in the first game, 10-7 in the second game, and the third game ended in a 4-4 tie.

   LSU will play its second exhibition scrimmage of the fall at 1 p.m. CT next Sunday, November 9, when the Tigers travel to Hammond, La., to face Southeastern Louisiana at Alumni Field.

   The Tigers’ offense on Sunday was highlighted by a display of power from senior infielder Brayden Simpson, who blasted two home runs against Samford.

   Simpson, a native of Moseley, Va., is a transfer from High Point, where he hit .389 (91-for-234) last season with 24 doubles, 22 homers, 78 RBI, 75 runs and 14 stolen bases.

   True freshman infielder Mason Braun launched a grand slam on Sunday, and junior outfielder Jake Brown belted a two-run homer to boost the Tigers’ effort at the plate.

   Braun, a product of South Bend, Ind., was rated the No. 1 high school first baseman in the country last season by Perfect Game. The left-handed power hitter unloaded a 430-foot homer at the 2025 MLB Draft Combine.

   Brown, a native of Sulphur, La., returns for his third season at LSU after playing an integral role in the Tigers’ drive to the 2025 College World Series title.

   Brown batted a team-high .385 (5-for-13) in the CWS with four RBI and two runs scored, and he hit .324 (11-for-34) in LSU’s 11 NCAA Tournament games with one double, one homer, nine RBI and six runs.

   True freshman catcher Omar Serna Jr. also contributed a two-homer for LSU on Sunday. Serna Jr., a product of Houston, Texas, was rated No. 15 on the 2026 Prep Baseball Report list of the Top 100 College Freshmen, and he was ranked as the nation’s No. 4 high school catcher by Perfect Game.

   LSU opens the 2026 season on Friday, February 13, when the Tigers play host to Milwaukee in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

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