March 15 Baseball National Rankings, Report

Photo By: LSUsports.net

3/15/2021
LSU Sports Information
By: William Franques


Overall Record:  14-3 

Last Week's Results (5-0) 
March 9 (Tue.) – TEXAS SOUTHERN (W, 10-4)
March 10 (Wed.) – at New Orleans (W, 5-0)
March 12 (Fri.) – UT SAN ANTONIO (W, 3-1)
March 13 (Sat.) – UT SAN ANTONIO (W, 10-9 – 13 innings)
March 14 (Sun.) – UT SAN ANTONIO (W, 12-11 – 11 innings)

This Week's Schedule
March 16 (Tue.) – SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA, 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network +)
March 19 (Fri.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE, 6 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
March 20 (Sat.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 21 (Sun.) – MISSISSIPPI STATE, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +


Notes on the Tigers

   LSU won all five of its games last week, including a three-game weekend series sweep of Texas-San Antonio … Games 2 and 3 versus UTSA were walk-off wins for the Tigers, and LSU already has four walk-off wins this season … the Tigers launched 12 homers in five games last week and now have 33 dingers on the season … the last time LSU had 33 home runs after 17 games was in the 2009 season … LSU blasted six homers in Sunday's win over UTSA, marking the Tigers' first six-homer game since March 2, 2008, versus Duquesne … sophomore third baseman Cade Doughty collected five home runs, six runs scored and 12 RBI in leading LSU to five wins in five games last week … Doughty was 7-for-21 at the plate with five walks and a .444 on-base percentage … he hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning Saturday versus UT San Antonio to erase a 7-4 deficit and extend the game into the 11th inning … LSU went on to post a 10-9 victory in 13 innings … Doughty is batting .327 this season, and he leads LSU in home runs (7), RBI (22) and slugging percentage (.837) … Doughty is No. 2 in the SEC in home runs (7), RBI (22) and slugging percentage (.837) … freshman shortstop Jordan Thompson batted .381 (8-for-21) in five games last week and played a huge role in LSU's extra-innings wins over UT San Antonio on Saturday and Sunday … Thompson launched a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 13th inning on Saturday to lift the Tigers to a 10-9 … on Sunday, with LSU trailing 12-9 in the bottom of the 10th inning, Thompson unloaded a one-out, two-run blast to narrow the deficit to 12-11 … LSU went on to tie the game in the 10th and win it in the 11th by a 13-12 score … during the five-game week, Thompson scored six runs, recorded three steals and posted a 1.000 fielding percentage in 20 chances … freshman rightfielder Dylan Crews is tied for the SEC in base hits (27) with Jacob Young of Florida … Crews also leads the league in runs scored (24), and he is No. 2 in the conference in total bases (49), walks (16) and on-base percentage (.536) ... Crews is hitting a team-high .409 on the year, which ranks fourth in the SEC … junior right-hander Landon Marceaux is tied atop the SEC ERA rankings with Vanderbilt's Kumar Rocker; both pitchers have a 0.00 ERA … Marceaux pitched six shutout innings Saturday versus UT San Antonio, and he recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts … Marceaux is No. 7 in the SEC with a .150 opponent batting average, and he is eighth in the league in strikeouts with 32.


​Collegiate Baseball Top 30
March 15, 2021
Rank, Team (Record), Points, Previous
1. Arkansas (12-1), 496, 1
2. Vanderbilt (12-2), 494, 2
3. Florida (13-4), 492, 3
4. Mississippi (13-3), 490, 4
5. Texas Tech. (13-3), 486, 6
6. Mississippi St. (13-3), 484, 8
7. Georgia (13-3), 483, 7
8. East Carolina (13-2), 481, 9
9. Oklahoma St. (11-2-1), 478, 11
10. LSU (14-3), 474, 15
11. Louisville (11-4), 472, 14
12. Arizona St. (11-2), 469, 18
13. Michigan (7-1), 467, 19
14. Texas (11-5), 464, NR
15. UCLA (10-5), 462, 10
16. Miami, Fla. (8-4), 460, 16
17. North Carolina (10-4), 457, 23
18. South Carolina (11-3), 455, 5
19. Oregon (8-3), 452, 21
20. Georgia Tech. (9-5), 448, 12
21. Arizona (12-4), 447, 13
22. Oregon St. (11-3), 445, 17
23. Notre Dame (7-2), 443, NR
24. Alabama (14-3), 442, 24
25. Texas A&M (14-4), 439, NR
26. U.C. Santa Barbara (9-5), 437, 26
27. Southern Illinois (14-1), 435, 25
28. Pittsburgh (9-4), 432, NR
29. Tennessee (14-3), 430, 28
30. Indiana (7-1), 428, NR

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