MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 0 2004LSU 104 The Early History ofLSUBaseball The EarlyHistory LSU’s 1939SEC Champions The EarlyYears contest anddefeatedtheninefromTulane University. day, LSUwasengaged initsfirstintercollegiateathletic against localcompetition. Theteamof1892wonallitsgamesof BatonRouge. no contestshadbeenscheduledwithanyclubsoutside rupted since1905. L On May 13, 1893, in connection with a military field On May13,1893,inconnectionwithamilitary Although baseballwasplayedatLSUpriorto1893, the firstteamin1893andhascontinueduninter- whichbegan with seasons)baseballhistory (108 111-year ouisiana State Universityhasacolorful The Early History of LSU Baseball INTRO

That was the only game of 1893 and captain E.B.Young, in best as it posted a 22-5 record for an .815 winning percentage. selecting materials for uniforms to be used for the May 13 con- The team was led by Paul Brotherton, test, chose the colors of Old Gold and Purple. The baseball Ken Kavanaugh, Sr. and Jesse Danna, and had a win- squad of 1893 had the honor of first wearing the colors that ning streak of 13 games before losing to Minnesota in a swing later were adopted as the official University colors. through the Western (Big 10) Conference. THIS IS LSU In 1904, a game was scheduled to start the year against a Besides the 1939 and 1943 championships, LSU also won local professional club. That game, however, was cancelled conference titles in 1946 - under Rabenhorst - and in 1961 when the Tiger captain and resigned upon the refusal under Ray Didier, but not again until 1975 under Jim Smith. of the university president to grant permission for the cadets to During Smith's tenure, however, the Tigers won or tied for the attend the contest. The team disbanded and no further contests SEC Western Division title on three occasions. were played that year. The 1975 team became the first LSU squad to participate In 1915 C.C. "Doc" Stroud took over as Tiger and in the NCAA Tournament, as the Tigers played in the South eventually became the first man to lead LSU for more than two Regional at Starkville, Miss. LSU won its first regional game PREVIEW seasons. In 1919 Stroud led LSU to a 12-4 campaign, a mark over Murray State, but was eliminated from the tournament that had been bettered only one time before and would not be after consecutive losses to Florida State and Miami (Fla.). surpassed again until 1936. In that 1919 season, the Tigers had LSU coaches in the early years supplemented their colle- a fine young pitcher named Tom Staples who threw a perfect giate schedules with competition against professional oppo- game in a 9-0 win over Louisiana College. He also pitched and nents. This gave the Tigers excellent chances to gain experi- won both games of a doubleheader that same year. ence, but rare chances for victory. Among the Tigers' most In 1927 was named head coach and noteworthy losses was a 17-7 defeat at the hands of the served in that capacity until 1956, with the exception of a in 1925. Other pro opponents included the TIGERS three-year period from 1943-45. During that three-year Detroit, Cleveland, New York and St. Louis major league teams, span, A.L. Swanson was the Tigers' field manager. In Indianapolis of the American Association, Nashville and New Swanson's first year, the Tigers lost their first three games of Orleans of the , plus several teams from the season, but bounced back to win 12 of the next 16 and Louisiana's celebrated Class "C" Evangeline League. LSU's second SEC championship. Through the early years, numerous Tigers made it into the The first SEC title came back in professional ranks. A.W. Baird in 1916 was the first Tiger CO 1939 under Rabenhorst. The '39 team known to have signed a pro contract. Since then, many play- A

was one of LSU's ers from LSU made their mark in the major leagues, CHES including Walker Cress, ; Dave Madison, Detroit Tigers; Buddy Blair, Tom Staples (middle) Philadelphia Athletics; Mark Freeman, New fired a perfect game in York Yankees; Connie Ryan, Braves; 1919 against Louisiana Alvin Dark, New York Giants; Joe Bill Adcock,

College. Milwaukee Braves; Art Swanson, Pittsburgh REVIEW Pirates; Mike Miley, California Angels; and Randy Wiles, Chicago White Sox. Those and other outstanding players have played on a number of diamonds on the LSU campus. In 1929, the Tigers' home games were played on a field located on HIST the Campanile Parade Grounds. In 1936, the playing field was OR located north of the football stadium and was equipped Y with wooden bleachers. In 1938, LSU baseball moved into what was later to be named , RECORDS the present home of the Fighting Tigers. LSU

Joe Bill Adcock enjoyed a 17-year Venerable Alex Box Stadium has served LSU’s 1961 SEC Champions MEDIA big league career. as the Tigers’ home since 1938.

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 105 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 0 2004LSU BASEBALL 106 The YearsThe SkipBertman (1984-2001) The BertmanYears coach atUM,tohistimehere inBatonRouge. Beach HighSchool, tohiseightyears asassociate head cessful 11-yearstintasheadbaseballcoach atMiami ing daysattheUniversityofMiami,tohishighly-suc- task inhislife--fromplay- hehasundertaken every catchy mottoorslogan; it’s howhehasapproached collegiate baseballsquad. Tigers, theteamhehadbuiltintonation’s premier O To strivingforexcellence isn’tjusta SkipBertman, be his18thandfinalatthehelmofFighting announcedthatthe2001seasonwould Bertman n July18,2000,LSUbaseballcoachSkip

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Bertman, who now serves as LSU’s athletics director, led As much as LSU’s dominance can be attributed to the Tigers to a sterling 870-330-3 mark (.724), giving him the Bertman, the players have also had a huge part in that success. highest winning percentage of any SEC baseball coach and the During Bertman’s tenure at LSU, more than 100 players were fourth-highest percentage among active coaches at the time of drafted into , with 32 of those players his retirement, trailing only Wichita State’s , reaching the major leagues. Bertman produced 11 first-team THIS IS LSU Gary Ward of Oklahoma State All-America performers, and more importantly, nearly 100 and Florida State’s Mike Martin. Bertman and USC The street in legend Rod front of Alex Dedeaux are the Box Stadium only coaches to was re-named win four or more Skip Bertman PREVIEW national champi- Drive on May 13, onships. 2001, in a spe- In addition to the five national championships cial ceremony (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000) Bertman’s LSU teams after Bertman’s captured, the Tigers also claimed seven SEC champi- final regular- onships, nine 50-win seasons, 11 CWS berths and six season home SEC Tournament championships. game. Bertman’s jersey #15 has been retired by LSU – the TIGERS first baseball number to receive that designation from the university – and the street in front of Alex Box Stadium has been re-named Skip Bertman Drive. Bertman was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in January, 2003. CO A CHES REVIEW

Skip Bertman was named LSU’s Skip Bertman and his wife, Sandy, wave farewell to Skip Bertman’s LSU program was characterized not athletics director on January 19, 2001. the Alex Box Stadium crowd after Bertman’s final only by winning championships, but also by its regular-season home game. accessibility and courtesy to Tiger fans. HIST OR LSU SUPERLATIVES UNDER BERTMAN Y

Five NCAA College Championships 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000

11 CWS Appearances RECORDS 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000

16 NCAA Tournament Berths 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Seven Championships

1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 LSU

Six SEC Tournament Titles 1986, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000

Nine SEC Western Division Championships 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001

Nine 50-Win Seasons MEDIA The only men to win five titles: LSU’s Skip 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000 Bertman and former Southern California coach .

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 107 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 0 2004LSU BASEBALL 108 Bertman’s secondyear atLSU. whichwas for Miami’s secondnationalchampionshipin1985, Bertman’s recruiting alsolaidmuchofthegroundwork 1982. nationalchampionshipin includingtheHurricanes’first CWS, Fraser partnershipproduced 427winsandfiveberthsinthe TheBertman- ing coachunderHallofFame coachRonFraser. where hewas associateheadcoachandpitch- stint atMiami, gram earnedtheirLSUdegrees. percent ofthosewhoplayed fourorfiveyears inthe Tiger pro- YearsThe SkipBertman ESNRCR EODFINISH RECORD RECORD SEASON 014-211-2(n)9th 1st 3rd 1st 14th 18-12 (2nd) 19-10 (2nd) 1st 328-159-2 (.673) 18-11-1 (3rd) 14th 44-22-1 21-9 (2nd) 870-330-3 (.724) 52-17 7th 22-7 (1st) Totals 41-24-1 20-10 (1st) 48-19 6th 2001 1st 17-12 (5th) 57-13 2000 21-6 (2nd) 1st 52-15 3rd 1999 47-18 1998 18-8-1 (1st) 3rd 18-6 (1st) 46-20 1997 NR 1996 19-7(1st) 4th 53-17-1 20-7 (1st) 50-16 5th 1995 18-9 (2nd) 1994 16-11 (5th) 55-18 54-19 1993 12-10 (5th) 55-17 20th 1992 22-5 (1st) 39-21 1991 West) NR 17-7 (1st, 49-19 1990 West) 12-12 (3rd, 55-14 1989 41-18 1988 32-23 1987 1986 1985 1984 SanFrancisco Giants pitcherBenMcDonald. pick inthe1989draft, 1 includingAll-StaroutfielderAlbertBelleandtheNo. tenure, 2001 Bertman coached16othermajorleaguersduringhisLSU AtlantaBraves Indians Cleveland 2001 SanDiegoPadres OF 1999-00 Todd Linden, 1998-00 RHP Roy Corcoran, RHP CincinnatiReds , 1998 Orioles Baltimore LHP , Detroit Tigers LHP 1997-99 BostonRedSox Randy Keisler, 1997 RHP 1993-96 , 1992-94 AtlantaBraves Chicago White Sox SS , 1989-91 2B 1991-93 , 1988-90 Todd 2B Walker, OF MAJORLEAGUE TEAM Armando Rios, YEARSAT LSU KansasCityRoyals LouisCardinals RHP Paul St. Byrd, C 1987-89 Keith Osik, 1985-86 1987-89 RHP ChicagoCubs Curtis Leskanic, RHP Russ Springer, 1984-87 IF Jeff Reboulet, LHP Mark Guthrie, PLAYER 2003 majorleaguerosters: Here are LSUTigers theformerSkipBertman-coached whoappeared on Bertman was alsoanaccomplishedinternationalcoach, Bertman cametoLSUafterahighlysuccessfuleight-year BERTMAN’S BIGLEAGUERS BERTMAN YEAR-BY-YEAR VRL E NATIONAL SEC OVERALL Skip Bertman celebrateshisfirstnationaltitlein1991(above)Skip Bertman and Games in in1996. ing theUSAtobronze medalattheCentennialOlympic thenlead- winning1988squad, the UnitedStates’gold-medal serving aspitchingcoachunderStanford’s MarkMarquess on his fifthnationaltitlein2000(below). Coach Bertman Costner at with actor the 2000 Kevin CWS. The Skip Bertman Years INTRO

THE BERTMAN FAMILY COACHING TREE

A look at some of Skip’s former players and assistants in college baseball: NAME YEARS UNDER BERTMAN CURRENT POSITION/OTHER POSITIONS THIS IS LSU LSU Assistant, 1984-93 Head coach at LSU; former head coach at Louisiana-Monroe Dan Canevari LSU Assistant, 1991-2002 Head coach at Southeastern Louisiana Player at LSU, 1988-89 Head coach at Ole Miss; former head coach at McNeese St. and assistant at LSU G.A. at LSU, 1987-89 Head coach at Alabama; former head coach at Northwestern State Player at LSU, 1985 Head coach at Northwestern State Randy Davis G.A. at LSU, 1988-90 Former head coach at Louisiana Tech and assistant at South Carolina Olympic Assistant, 1996 Head coach at South Carolina/former head coach at North Carolina State Olympic Assistant, 1996 Former head coach at Long Beach State PREVIEW Jerry Weinstein Olympic Assistant, 1996 Former head coach at Sacramento City College

In addition to becoming an accomplished coach, Bertman has authored two TIGERS books (Coaching Youth League Baseball and Skip: The Man and the System), produced a motivational video (Motivation and Teamwork: Winning the Big One), and has been a fea- tured speaker and clinician CO at banquets, civic organiza- A YEAR-BY-YEARS STATISTICS OF BERTMAN’S LSU TEAMS CHES tions and youth groups around the country. Batting Bertman’s Era of YEAR (W-L-T) G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-ATT SLG OBP AVG 1984 (32-23-0) 55 1606 309 443 76 20 51 263 92-139 .443 NA .276 Excellence as LSU’s baseball 1985 (41-18-0) 59 1883 412 557 102 17 63 343 108-145 .468 NA .296 coach has ended, but his 1986 (55-14-0) 69 2272 542 696 135 27 83 455 153-188 .499 NA .306 service to the university REVIEW 1987 (49-19-0) 68 2178 509 619 104 18 76 434 156-208 .453 .425 .284 continues on a more com- 1988 (39-21-0) 60 1823 390 490 92 19 41 331 69-104 .408 .443 .269 prehensive level. On 1989 (55-17-0) 72 2424 566 723 144 26 62 494 113-142 .456 .461 .298 January 19, 2001, the LSU 1990 (54-19-0) 73 2480 587 807 156 27 63 515 95-135 .486 .470 .325 Board of Supervisors paved 1991 (55-18-0) 73 2366 547 488 138 18 85 488 84-123 .478 .446 .297 1992 (50-16-0) 66 2261 509 681 132 17 67 438 125-159 .464 .447 .301 the way for another 1993 (53-17-1) 71 2385 603 737 152 37 85 527 122-151 .511 .414 .309 Bertman era, as the panel 1994 (46-20-0) 66 2273 504 659 124 15 87 439 116-142 .473 .394 .290 unanimously approved LSU 1995 (47-18-0) 65 2259 506 680 146 21 81 458 95-128 .492 .397 .301 Chancellor Mark Emmert’s HIST 1996 (52-15-0) 67 2384 648 759 143 18 131 585 99-120 .558 .419 .318 selection of Bertman to be

1997 (57-13-0) 70 2509 673 791 146 11 188 632 71-99 .607 .412 .315 the school’s seventh perma- OR 1998 (48-19-0) 67 2314 583 692 132 12 157 542 64-85 .570 .409 .299 nent athletics director since Y 1999 (41-24-1) 66 2317 556 699 122 14 104 502 77-101 .501 .406 .302 2000 (52-17-0) 69 2542 652 864 194 16 96 598 73-94 .542 .432 .340 LSU became a charter 2001 (44-22-1) 67 2372 574 754 137 10 98 514 90-115 .508 .417 .318 member of the Southeastern Conference in

Pitching 1933. Bertman assumed his RECORDS YEAR (W-L-T) G IP CG SHO SV H R ER BB SO OBA ERA duties as athletics director 1984 (32-23-0) 55 433.0 12 3 10 439 272 199 206 359 .259 4.13 on August 6, 2001. 1985 (41-18-0) 59 484.2 10 3 9 452 273 221 245 442 .247 4.11 As athletics director, 1986 (55-14-0) 69 579.0 10 5 17 511 303 245 291 541 .236 3.81 Bertman oversees a 20- 1987 (49-19-0) 68 577.1 13 8 14 502 266 197 223 552 .235 3.07 1988 (39-21-0) 60 497.2 20 1 11 437 262 199 292 519 .236 3.60 sport program that has 1989 (55-17-0) 72 629.0 10 5 20 546 326 254 278 655 .231 3.63 brought home 41 national 1990 (54-19-0) 73 630.1 13 5 12 631 324 264 249 555 .258 3.77 championships, more than 1991 (55-18-0) 73 621.0 5 6 19 613 330 253 259 626 .255 3.67 any other SEC school. With 1992 (50-16-0) 66 574.2 9 3 12 508 261 222 185 518 .238 3.48 a diverse and talented LSU 1993 (53-17-1) 71 620.0 15 7 7 586 318 257 246 511 .249 3.73 coaching staff as well as 1994 (46-20-0) 66 589.2 6 1 13 567 356 295 274 520 .253 4.50 some of the best facilities in 1995 (47-18-0) 65 579.0 9 4 10 517 323 261 245 623 .239 4.06 1996 (52-15-0) 67 601.0 8 10 13 549 283 226 233 635 .241 3.38 the nation, Bertman should 1997 (57-13-0) 70 621.0 7 3 13 653 380 319 206 682 .266 4.62 have no trouble keeping the 1998 (48-19-0) 67 588.1 5 4 14 613 365 287 232 646 .265 4.39 LSU program near the top 1999 (41-24-1) 66 580.0 8 2 12 651 402 329 212 591 .281 5.11 of the heap both in the SEC 2000 (52-17-0) 69 619.2 4 6 16 661 375 305 241 574 .272 4.43 and on the national stage. MEDIA 2001 (44-22-1) 67 595.2 6 2 12 640 388 314 279 446 .274 4.74

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MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 1 2004LSU BASEBALL 110 Year Baseball America Sports Weekly Sports America Baseball Year rass478.6 1 0 2 .467 4 0 8 0 0 6 .474 7 0 0 .490 10 0 .273 0 0 4 78 .273 0 9 8 0 2 .385 75 1 .333 0 8 5 .444 42 1 3 8 1 14 0 3 5 2ND 5 4 .524 Arkansas 0 5 .659 7 South Carolina 0 4 .571 10 1ST *Prior toSECMembership 4 .556 4 15 7 PCT. 11 6 3 4 TOTALS 29 LOST 5 8 Auburn WON 12 5 Ole Miss APP. 3 State Miss. 2 Florida Georgia Alabama South Carolina 6 Tennessee LSU 11 9 TEAM 5 1 SEC Teams intheCollegeWorld Series 11 16 3 9 7 1 1 11 1 2003 16 10 4 2002 1 1 14 2001 7 14 1 1 2000 3 8 1999 15 1 10 1998 1 1 1997 18 6 1996 7 1 1995 1 4 1994 9 7 1993 1 4 1992 4 5 1991 4 1990 20 4 1989 5 1987 24 1986 19 1985 22 1975 1961 LSU's FinalNationalRankings LSU ListsofNote olgaeBsbl ESPN/ Collegiate Baseball Skip Bertman hada.690(29-13)winningpercentage Skip Bertman in CollegeWorld Series all-time. games, fourth the entrancetoOmaha’s An LSUflagfliesabove Rosenblatt Stadium.Rosenblatt EMAP O OTPCT. LOST WON APP. TEAM Tournament SEC Teams intheNCAA ea .664(182-92) .677(113-54) .728(99-37) .684(147-68) .692 (119-53) .723(167-64) Texas Stanford Miami (Fla.) 2 Arizona State Southern California 2 2 LSU 2 NCAA Tournament WinningPercentage 3 3 Stanford 5 Oklahoma 5 4 Michigan 3 California Minnesota 5 Cal StateFullerton Arizona Miami (Fla.) Texas Arizona State 12 LSU membership .602 SEC to prior Southern California .333 totals SEC 264 in counted .368 College World Series Championships not totals .429 399 Carolina 6 South and 12 137 Arkansas .514 *Note: 8 .545 3 7 35 .571 20 6 3 36 6 37 .595 *Prior toSECMembership 24 4 .606 .598 16 48 17 .728 13 9 TOTALS 41 21 25 .645 37 20 Vanderbilt .630 61 6 22 Arkansas 99 24 17 6 Kentucky 40 Auburn 19 29 Ole Miss 16 Florida 7 Tennessee State Miss. Georgia South Carolina Alabama LSU rass1 52 .543 21 25 10 Arkansas ot aoia1 02 .615 25 40 12 South Carolina Warren Morris’ninth-inninghomerliftedLSUtothe1996CWStitle. LSU Lists of Note INTRO

CWS Winning Percentage 2003 Major League Players Southern California 74-26 .740 LSU 16 Minnesota 17-7 .708 Southern California 14 LSU 29-15 .659 UCLA 12 Arizona State 55-30 .647 Cal State Fullerton 12 THIS IS LSU Missouri 18-11 .621 Stanford 12 Wichita State 16-11 .593 Miami (Fla.) 11 Stanford 38-27 .585 Florida State 10 Texas 70-51 .579 Georgia Tech 10 Miami (Fla.) 44-32 .579 Pepperdine 9 Cal State Fullerton 27-20 .574 Arizona State 8 Tennessee 8 CWS Appearances PREVIEW Texas 30 Draft Selections (1994-2003) Southern California 21 Arizona State 83 Miami (Fla.) 20 Miami (Fla.) 74 Oklahoma State 19 Cal State Fullerton 72 Arizona State 18 Long Beach State 66 Florida State 18 Stanford 64 LSU 63

Stanford 15 TIGERS Arizona 14 Texas A&M 63 LSU 12 Southern California 62 Cal State Fullerton 12 Rice 61 Wichita State 58 Coaches’ CWS Winning Percentage Rod Dedeaux, Southern California .789 (60-16)

Bobby Winkles, Arizona State .762 (16-5) CO

Dick Siebert, Minnesota .708 (17-7) A

Skip Bertman, LSU .690 (29-13) CHES , Arizona .682 (15-7) , CS-Fullerton/Texas .650 (26-14) Jim Morris, Miami (Fla.) .621 (18-11) Toby Greene, Oklahoma State .625 (15-9) Hi Simmons, Missouri .621 (18-11) LSU has made 12 CWS

Jim Brock, Arizona State .600 (36-24) appearances since 1986. REVIEW , Texas .595 (44-30) Coaches’ CWS Victories Rod Dedeaux, Southern California 60 Cliff Gustafson, Texas 44 , Arizona State 36

Mark Marquess, Stanford 34 HIST Skip Bertman, LSU 29

Ron Fraser, Miami (Fla.) 26 OR

Augie Garrido, CS-Fullerton/Texas 26 Y , Texas 20 Gary Ward, Oklahoma State 19 Hi Simmons, Missouri 18

Jim Morris, Miami (Fla.) 18 RECORDS Current Consecutive Regional Appearances Miami (Fla.) 31 (1973-2003) Florida State 26 (1978-2003) Clemson 17 (1987-2003) LSU 15 (1989-2003) Cal State Fullerton 12 (1992-2003) Stanford 10 (1994-2003) Rice 9 (1995-2003) LSU South Alabama 9 (1995-2003)

Todd Walker was one of 16 former LSU players appearing on 2003 MEDIA major league rosters.

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 111 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 1 2004LSU BASEBALL 112 1991 NationalChampions rg atro SuetAs.Coach Gregg Patterson -Student Asst. 1991 Skip Bertman-HeadCoach a aeai-As.Coach Dan Canevari - Asst. mk aa st Coach Smoke Laval - Asst. eteBie st Coach Beetle Bailey - Asst. atCabran RHP Matt Chamberlain, er anes RHP Henri Saunders, hetMCb,RHP Bhrett McCabe, onyTleha 1B Johnny Tellechea, rg oc,RHP Gregg Moock, oneRnz LHP Ronnie Rantz, ie lcwl,OF Tiger Blackwell, akLRs,LHP Mark LaRosa, C Adrian Antonini, okeJhsn 2B Tookie Johnson, ieSrta LHP , rad is CF Armando Rios, eanCo,INF Keyaan Cook, ieGaa,OF Mike Graham, ikGen,RHP , ai er,RHP David Herry, ar ero,OF Harry Berrios, ihCrai OF Rich Cordani, hdOe,RHP , efNqi,RHP Jeff Naquin, yeMuo,RF , hi oc,3B Chris Moock, Mike Biandolillo nySet,SS , usGri,INF Luis Garcia, ieNa,INF Mike Neal, a art,DH Pat Garrity, alBr,RHP , ae ua OF Jared Mula, ayHml C , C Dale Adams, Scott Newman Andy Sonnier i ae,C Tim Bauer, MANAGERS Russ Rome TRAINERS COACHES PLAYERS and fourintheCollege World Series. including fourintheSouthRegional consecutive gamesinthetournament, NCAA Tournament; LSUwon eight national titlewithoutalossinthe since Miami(Fla.)in1982towinthe World Seriesvictory. National Coachofthe Year by Bertmanwas recognized asthe sons. World Seriesinfiveofthepastsixsea- having ledhisteamtotheCollege the Tigers tothe1991NCAA titleafter national championshipfortheschool. national titleandthe19thoverall L Baseball The June9,1991,headlineoftheBatonRouge Sunday AdvocateheraldsLSU’s CWStitle. Tigers captured theirfirstbaseball season witha55-18record asthe SU completedamagnificent1991 sata,the Tigers setaCollege As ateam, The Tigers becamethefirstteam Head coachSkipBertmandirected magazine shortlyafterLSU’s Collegiate ing ateambattingaverage of.329, whilerecord- 48-15, Series opponents, win over Wichita State. shotinthechampionshipgame fielder Armando Rioslaunchedatwo- Pat Garritycontributed oneandcenter- designatedhitter Mouton beltedthree, rightfielderLyle blasted fourhomers, CatcherGary Hymel State in1981. tyingtherecord setby Arizona nine, Series markformosthomerunswith 148 chances. The Tigers committedonlyoneerror in with ateamfieldingpercentage of.993. Notre Damein1957. mark of11percontestestablishedby breaking theprevious runs pergame, World Seriesrecord by averaging 12 victory intheCWS finalagainst Wichitavictory State. All-American ChadOgea pitchedtheTigersto The Tigers outscored theirfour LSU equaledtheCollege World LSU alsosetanew Seriesmark 1991 National Champions INTRO including five doubles, four triples and nine home runs. (RIGHT) Pitcher Paul Byrd Hymel was named the Most Outstanding Player of the holds the championship Series, as he batted .500 with four homers and 10 RBI. Hymel trophy during the celebration at finished the season with a .310 batting average and a school- Alex Box Stadium. THIS IS LSU record 25 home runs to go along with 79 RBI. Hymel, Mouton, pitcher Chad Ogea and first baseman Johnny Tellechea were named to the College World Series All- Tournament team. (BELOW) President George Mouton batted .429 in the Series with three homers and Bush saluted the Tigers in a 10 RBI; Ogea earned wins over Florida and Wichita State, Rose Garden ceremony which compiling a 1.74 ERA in 10 1/3 ; Tellechea .438 also honored baseball legends with two doubles, one RBI and five runs. Joe DiMaggio and . PREVIEW LSU culminated its championship year on July 9, 1991, The Tigers gave the President an with a trip to the White House. President George Bush rec- LSU jersey embroidered with the ognized the Tigers in a special Rose Garden ceremony which No. 2, Bush’s jersey number as a also honored major league legends Joe DiMaggio and Ted college baseball player at Yale. Williams. LSU became only the thirdcollegiate baseball team to receive an invitation to the White House. TIGERS

1991 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FACTS

CWS Records Set By LSU Team Series Most Runs Per Game - 12 (48 runs in four games) Highest - .603 (88 total bases/146 at-bats) CO

Highest Fielding Percentage - .993 (one error in 148 chances) A CHES Team Single Game Most Players Used (Both Teams) - 38, LSU vs. Florida (June 5) Team Championship Game Most Hit Batsmen - 3, LSU vs. Wichita State (June 8) Championship Game Attendance 16,612 - LSU vs. Wichita State (June 8)

Individual Series REVIEW Highest Slugging Percentage - 1.357 (19 total bases/14 at-bats), Gary Hymel

CWS Records Tied By LSU Team Series Most Home Runs - 9 (four games) Team Championship Game Most Sacrifice Flies - 1, LSU vs. Wichita State (June 8) HIST Most Sacrifice Flies (Both Teams) - 2, LSU (1) vs. Wichita St. (1)

Most Hit Batters (Both Teams) - 3, LSU (0) vs. Wichita State (3) OR Individual Series Y Most Home Runs - 4, Gary Hymel (four games) Most Hit by Pitch - 3, Gary Hymel (four games) Individual Championship Game Most Sacrifice Flies - 1, Rich Cordani, LSU vs. Wichita State Smoke Laval meets with President Bush. Individual Career RECORDS Most Home Runs - 4, Gary Hymel (1990-91) 4, Lyle Mouton (1990-91)

1991 College World Series All-Tournament Team Catcher ...... Gary Hymel, LSU First Base ...... Johnny Tellechea, LSU Second Base ...... Mike McCafferty, Creighton Third Base ...... Jason Giambi, Long Beach State

Shortstop ...... Kevin Polcovich, Florida LSU Outfield ...... Lyle Mouton, LSU Outfield ...... Jim Audley, Wichita State Outfield ...... Steve Hinton, Creighton Designated Hitter ...... Mario Linares, Florida Pitcher ...... Kennie Steenstra, Wichita State Pitcher ...... Chad Ogea, LSU

Most Outstanding Player MEDIA Gary Hymel, LSU LSU outscored its four CWS opponents, 48-15.

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 113 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 1 2004LSUBASEBALL 114 1993 NationalChampions Rick Smith- Coach Volunteer Asst. noi enriCtoia RHP Antonio Leonardi-Cattolica, eteBie Amn Assistant Beetle Bailey - Admin. 1993 Skip Bertman-HeadCoach mk aa st Coach Smoke Laval - Asst. ieBac st Coach Mike Bianco- Asst. atCabran RHP Matt Chamberlain, er anes RHP Henri Saunders, ra aget,INF Brian Daugherty, ei isot,OF Kevin Ainsworth, utnBadn INF Dustin Brandon, hetMCb,RHP Bhrett McCabe, ra idr,RHP Brian Winders, rg oc,RHP Gregg Moock, ryRteg,RHP Trey Rutledge, arnMri,INF Warren Morris, oneRnz LHP Ronnie Rantz, atMljo RHP Matt Malejko, dinAtnn,C Adrian Antonini, ynHfmn OF Ryan Huffman, ct cut,RHP Scott Schultz, rad is OF Armando Rios, ieSrta LHP Mike Sirotka, en ako,1B Kenny Jackson, ao ilas 3B Jason Williams, enTau,RHP Sean Teague, rt atn RHP , o cwe,INF Tom Schwier, ar ero,OF Harry Berrios, usJhsn SS Russ Johnson, efNqi,RHP Jeff Naquin, hdCoe,OF Chad Cooley, rdWlo,INF Brad Wilson, akSoc,OF Mark Stocco, Stacy LeCompte Todd 2B Walker, ilHn,LHP Will Hunt, ct ead,C Scott Berardi, Dirck Decoteau Jason Decoteau aeBge,C Wade Bagley, i rey OF Jim Greely, ieNa,OF Mike Neal, ei ad C Kevin Ward, i air C Tim Lanier, Jim Mensch MANAGERS TRAINERS COACHES PLAYERS h lc”gameagainst Tulane in Alex the Clock” regular-season alsofeatured a “Turn Back The record witha33-gamehittingstreak. who establishedanSECsingle-season crown was spearheadedby , drive towintheirfourthstraight league The Tigers’ pared todefenditsSECtitle. through themonthofMarch asLSUpre- game winningstreak whichextended conference scheduledfeatured a12- The Tigers’pre- the collegebaseballpolls. 1teaminallthree of as thenation’s No. baseball power. LSU’s statusasthenation’s premier Skip Bertmanandhisplayers reinforced headcoach the Fighting Tiger program, Inthe100thanniversary seasonof final. Wichita StateintheCollege World Series three years withan8-0victory over A The June13,1993,headlineoftheBaton Rouge Advocate heraldsLSU’s secondCWStitle. The Tigers beganthe1993 campaign captured itssecondNCAA titlein asLSU 1993, culminated inJune, century ofbaseballexcellencewas 9-8 leadonaneighthinningsingleby overcoming a7-2deficitandgrabbing a top-seeded Texas A&M inthenextround, performance. nine cuffed the49erswithathree-hit, Left-handerMikeSirotka hand- RBI. runs andcollectedapersonal-bestfive fielder JimGreely launchedtwo home Beach StatetoopentheSeriesasleft Tigers disposedoffourth-seededLong Thefifth-seeded Championship crusade. Rosenblatt StadiumforanotherNational Series forthesixthtimeineightseasons. Tigers advanced totheCollege World the Regional finalat Alex BoxStadium, over South Alabama intheNCAA South aftera9-4win SEC championshipsand, team inleagueannalstowinfourstraight tory. memorated LSU’s 100-year baseballhis- Green Wave 6-3inagamewhichcom- The Tigers defeatedthe wooden bats. wore old-fashioneduniformsandused asplayers from bothteams Box Stadium, Team captain MikeNealproclaims LSU No.1 after the Tigers’ 8-0 victory overWichita St. victory after theTigers’8-0 LSU postedafuriousrally against The Tigers returned toOmaha’s LSU wentontobecomethefirst 1993 National Champions INTRO

(LEFT) The 1993 LSU faced Wichita State in the national championship National Champions game for the second time in three years, and unlike the first were honored with a cel- meeting in 1991, this game offered little suspense. Todd ebration in Tiger Walker’s two-run homer in the first began LSU’s surge Stadium the morning to another World Series title. LSU added three runs in the sec- THIS IS LSU after the CWS triumph. ond inning as Armando Rios sandwiched a sacrifice fly between RBI singles by Walker and by Jason Williams. (BELOW) Todd Walker While the Tigers bolted to the big lead, freshman right- (left), Brett Laxton (cen- hander Brett Laxton was in the process of making College ter) and Skip Bertman World Series history. Relying primarily on an exploding fastball met with CBS reporter with an occasional paralyzing slider, Laxton set a CWS champi- Lesley Visser after the onship game record with 16 staggering . Laxton lim- CWS title game. ited Wichita State to a mere three hits while retiring 16 of the PREVIEW final 20 Shocker batters, including Wichita State’s last hope, outfielder Carl Hall, who flied weakly to Harry Berrios in right field to conclude the Tigers’8-0 triumph. For the second time in three years, an unquenchable desire for victory was LSU’s most prominent characteristic as it catapulted the Tigers to college baseball’s summit. Todd Walker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Series and was joined on the All-Tournament team by Mike TIGERS Sirotka, Brett Laxton, Adrian Antonini, Jim Greely and Armando Rios. Walker, the 1993 SEC Player of the Year, record- ed a conference-record 102 RBI on the season and surpassed Albert Belle as LSU’s all-time RBI leader with 175. Mike Sirotka ended a fantastic four-year career as LSU’s career leader in with 372. He tied Ben

Armando Rios. Then, with the bases McDonald’s school record with 10 complete games, including CO

loaded,Todd Walker provided one of eight in his final nine starts. Laxton’s dazzling performance in A the series’ most scintillating the national title game capped a phenomenal season as the CHES moments, unloading his third grand National Freshman of the Year was 12-1 with an SEC-best 1.98 slam of the season to cap the 13-8 ERA. triumph. The 1993 team was expertly guided by Skip Bertman, who The momentum generated by for the third time in his 10-year career was named National the win over the Aggies was van- Coach of the Year. The Tigers completed the year with a 53-17- quished three days later as Long 1 record, marking LSU’s fifth-straight 50-win season, a feat REVIEW Beach State rallied for an improba- unmatched by any other school. ble 10-8 victory, striking for four runs in their final at-bat. Now LSU faced a third meet- 1993 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FACTS ing with Long Beach, with the win- ner advancing to the World Series CWS Records Set By LSU

championship game. The Tigers, on Individual Championship Game HIST the strength of a two-run by Most Strikeouts - 16, Brett Laxton, LSU vs. Wichita State Most Sacrifice Flies - 2, Armando Rios, LSU vs. Wichita State

Rios, tied the game 5-5 in the bot- OR tom of the ninth before Walker CWS Records Tied By LSU Y Mike Sirotka recorded two delivered the game-winning single Team Championship Game complete-game victories for a thrilling 6-5 victory. LSU was one victory away from fulfilling a Most Sacrifice Flies - 2, LSU vs. Wichita State in the 1993 CWS. Most Strikeouts (Both Teams) - 22, LSU vs. Wichita State season-long dream. RECORDS Individual Championship Game Fewest Hits Allowed- 3, Brett Laxton, LSU vs. Wichita State Most Putouts - 16, Adrian Antonini, LSU vs. Wichita State

1993 College World Series All-Tournament Team Catcher ...... Adrian Antonini, LSU First Base ...... Hunter Triplett, Oklahoma State Second Base ...... Todd Walker, LSU Third Base ...... Casey Blake, Wichita State

Shortstop ...... Jason Adams, Wichita State LSU Outfield ...... Jim Greely, LSU Outfield ...... Jason Heath, Oklahoma State Outfield ...... Armando Rios, LSU Designated Hitter ...... Jeff Liefer, Long Beach State Pitcher ...... Brett Laxton, LSU Pitcher ...... Mike Sirotka, LSU

Most Outstanding Player MEDIA Todd Walker, LSU

The Tigers won their second NCAA title in the 100th anniversary season of LSU Baseball.

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 115 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 1 2004LSU BASEBALL 116 1996 NationalChampions Daniel Tomlin - Coach Volunteer Asst. noi enriCtoia RHP Antonio Leonardi-Cattolica, a aeai-Amn Assistant Dan Canevari - Admin. Jim Schwanke - Assistant Coach 1996 Mike Bianco- Assistant Coach Skip Bertman-HeadCoach ra aget,RHP Brian Daugherty, arc ogn RHP Patrick Coogan, ao lrto,RHP Jason Albritton, ae epil OF James Hemphill, hi eoy LHP Chris Demouy, et oooa INF Keith Polozola, rcBrhlt LHP Eric Berthelot, o enad,OF Tom Bernhardt, onBace,INF John Blancher, Jeremy RHP Tyson, a uloy RHP Dan Guillory, di anl,LHP Eddie Yarnall, eai or,1B Jeramie Moore, eeyWte,OF Jeremy Witten, ao ilas SS Jason Williams, ryMCue INF Trey McClure, on nl,RHP Sonny Knoll, rt atn RHP Brett Laxton, arnMri,2B Warren Morris, ei hp,RHP Kevin Shipp, aeEtvs RHP Jake Esteves, oyPiih RHP Joey Painich, atCli,LHP Matt Colvin, ieKenr CF Mike Koerner, ahnDn,3B Nathan Dunn, ae ut,INF Casey Cuntz, oa otn C Conan Horton, utnBwe,RF Justin Bowles, rdWlo,DH Brad Wilson, hdCoe,LF Chad Cooley, dyFris 1B , efHri,RHP Jeff Harris, ..Ant,RHP Arnett, T.J. ei ad C Kevin Ward, Lara McNeely i air C Tim Lanier, Jimmy Goins Mike Boniol Jim Mensch MANAGERS TRAINERS Wes Penn COACHES PLAYERS S i esn,were thechampionsofcol- six seasons, CWS annals. just witnessedthegreatest finishin and cheered by 23,905fanswhohad was mobbedby hisjubilantteammates he Uponreaching homeplate, base. the airtriumphantlyasherounded first Morrisraised hisarmsinto bleachers, fence andlandedinthethird row ofthe homer inthebottomofninth. the nationalchampionshipwitha tory oftheCWSthatateamhadwon marked thefirsttimein50-year his- Theblast College World Seriesfinal. tory over Miami(Fla.)inthe1996 inning toliftLSUapulsating9-8vic- The June9,1996,headlineoftheBatonRouge Sunday Advocateheralds LSU’s CWStitle. h S ies forthethird timein The LSU Tigers, As theballcleared theright-field homer inthebottomofninth two-run launched atwo-out, econd baseman Warren Morris long listofachievements forthe1996 1996). 1993, (1991, three nationaltitlesinonedecade became onlythethird schooltowin LSUalso national championships. coach towinthree ormore baseball Skip Bertmanbecameonlythesixth and in the50-year history oftheevent, school towinthree ormore CWStitles team thenationaltitle. withthefinalwingivinghis victories, and heledthe Tigers toeightstraight lineup fortheNCAA SouthIIRegional, Hereturned totheLSU his righthand. games duetoabroken hamatebonein nativehadmissed39 La., Alexandria, asthe of theseasonforMorris, legiate baseball. victories overWichita State andFlorida. All-American Eddie Yarnall earnedCWS The CWSchampionshipcappeda LSU becamejusttheseventh itwas theonlyhomerun Fittingly,

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Tigers, including establishing an SEC record with 131 home runs on the season. The Tigers posted a 52-15 record, mark- ing LSU's sixth 50-win season in eight years and the seventh in school history. LSU recorded a 20-10 SEC mark, sharing THIS IS LSU the conference title with Florida and Alabama. Shortstop Jason Williams became the SEC career leader in runs scored (270), and he became LSU's all-time hits leader with 327. First baseman Eddy Furniss, a first-team all- America selection, set the SEC single-season mark for RBI (103) and the LSU single-season record (26). Pitcher Eddie Yarnall was also a first-team all-America choice,

as he posted an 11-1 record, including two victories in the PREVIEW College World Series. Furniss and pitcher Chris Demouy were named Academic all-Americans; Furniss had a 3.7 gpa in pre-medi- Seniors Chad Cooley (left) and Tim Lanier display the gold jersey LSU wore cine and Demouy a 3.8 gpa in management. Seven Tigers during its national title drive. The jerseys were later auctioned by the Tiger earned Academic all-SEC recognition, including Furniss, Athletic Foundation, raising $38,000 for LSU Baseball. Demouy, Morris (3.5 gpa in zoology), catcher Tim Lanier (3.6 in kinesiology), designated hitter Brad Wilson (3.0 in general TIGERS studies), catcher Kevin Ward (3.6 in electrical engineering) and pitcher Brian Daugherty (3.1 in kinesiology). For the third time in six seasons, Bertman was named National Coach of the Year, an honor he received from Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America and the American Baseball Coaches Association.

LSU was No. 1 in the grandstand as well, as the Tigers led CO

the nation in attendance by drawing a school-record 226,805 A fans to Alex Box Stadium. CHES It was a remarkable season, culminated by arguably the greatest moment in LSU athletic history, a decisive swing of the bat by Warren Morris, who magnificently added his name to the list of Tiger legends. REVIEW

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CWS Records Set By LSU Attendance Session -- 23,905, LSU vs. Miami (Fla.) HIST Warren Morris presents his CWS home run bat to LSU athletic Hits Both Teams, Championship Game -- 29, LSU vs. Miami (Fla.) director Joe Dean as head coach Skip Bertman looks on. The Sacrifice Flies OR presentation was made in Alex Box Stadium prior to Team USA’s Both Teams, Championship Game -- 5, LSU vs. Miami (Fla.) Y summer tour game versus Australia on June 20, 1996. Game Time Championship Game (9-inning game) -- 3:19, LSU vs. Miami (Fla.)

CWS Records Tied By LSU

Saves RECORDS Series -- 3, LSU Doubles Both Teams, Championship Game -- 6, LSU vs. Miami (Fla.)

1996 College World Series All-Tournament Team Catcher ...... Tim Lanier, LSU First Base ...... Chris Moller, Alabama Second Base ...... Rudy Gomez, Miami (Fla.) Third Base ...... , Miami (Fla.) Shortstop ...... Alex Cora, Miami (Fla.) LSU Outfield ...... Justin Bowles, LSU Outfield ...... Michael DeCelle, Miami (Fla.) Outfield ...... , Florida Designated Hitter ...... Chuck Hazzard, Florida Pitcher ...... J.D. Arteaga, Miami (Fla.) Pitcher ...... Eddie Yarnall, LSU

Most Outstanding Player MEDIA Pat Burrell, Miami (Fla.) The LSU dugout erupts after Warren Morris’ championship game-winning homer.

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 117 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 1 2004LSU BASEBALL 118 1997 NationalChampions 1997 noi enriCtoia RHP Antonio Leonardi-Cattolica, a aeai-Amn Assistant Dan Canevari - Admin. Jim Schwanke - Assistant Coach Daniel Tomlin - Assistant Coach Mike Bianco- Assistant Coach Kurt Hester-Strength Coach Skip Bertman-HeadCoach oni hbdax INF Johnnie Thibodeaux, ornyHradz C Courtney Hernandez, hita orei,1B Christian Bourgeois, ogTopo,RHP Doug Thompson, ra aget,RHP Brian Daugherty, oyHrson RHP Cody Hartshorn, utAnwrh RHP Kurt Ainsworth, arc ogn RHP Patrick Coogan, ao lrto,RHP Jason Albritton, hi eoy LHP Chris Demouy, ai uhs LHP David Hughes, an ign,INF Danny Higgins, rno asn SS Brandon Larson, o Brhrt OF Tom Bernhardt, non io,OF Antoine Simon, et oooa INF Keith Polozola, rcBrhlt LHP Eric Berthelot, rwTpa,INF Drew Topham, onBace,INF John Blancher, eeyTsn RHP Jeremy Tyson, erc ars OF Cedrick Harris, a uloy RHP Dan Guillory, ro ent,OF Bryon Bennett, eeyWte,OF Jeremy Witten, on nl,RHP Sonny Knoll, ei hp,RHP Kevin Shipp, oyPiih RHP Joey Painich, atCli,LHP Matt Colvin, ieKenr CF Mike Koerner, oa otn C Conan Horton, ln anat C Clint Earnhart, ryMCue 3B Trey McClure, ai aie,C Jamin Garidel, dyFris 1B Eddy Furniss, ae ut,3B Casey Cuntz, efHri,RHP Jeff Harris, li abe,2B Blair Barbier, ieDl,INF Mike Daly, e ai,OF Wes Davis, rdCes,C , efLpr,1B Jeff Lipari, MANAGERS Shawn Eddy Mike Boniol TRAINERS Mike Eisen COACHES PLAYERS Wes Penn O er receiving thatdesignationforthe Year, named the1997NationalCoachof Bertmanwas Series championships. only coachestowinfourCollege World Dedeaux ofSouthernCaliforniaasthe HeadcoachSkipBertmanjoinedRod 88. Stanford accomplishedthefeatin1987- team towinback-to-backtitlessince andthe Tigers becamethefirst 1997), 1996, 1993, onship ofthe1990s(1991, Omaha’s RosenblattStadium. nessed by arecord crowd of24,401 in Thegamewas wit- College World Series. inthechampionship gameofthe 13-6, Southeastern Conference rival Alabama, by defeating “Team ofthe ‘90s” America The June13,1997, headlineoftheBatonRouge Advocate heraldsLSU’s CWStitle. fourth LSU won itsfourthNCAA champi- bestowed uponthemby Tigers justifiedthepre-season status theLSUFighting 1997, n June 7, magazine ascollegebaseball’s Baseball et,41-24. nents, outscoringtheiroppo- game intheCWS, Tigers averaged betterthan10runsper The seven doublesand10homeruns. batted .328(45-for-137) intheSerieswith LSU 4) andStanford (10-5and13-9). Tigers postedCWSvictoriesover Rice(5- 16-0. championship gamestoaphenomenal NCAA (regional andCWS)tournament and the Tigers improved theirmarkin straight CWSgameover two seasons, LSUwon itseighth never lookedback. ed toa9-0leadaftertwo inningsand the Tigers explod- championship contest, ButintheCWS year baseballhistory. theworst lossinLSU’s 104- 28-2, Tigers, theCrimson Tide humiliatedthe match, fifth timeinhisstoried14-year career. Junior right-handerPatrick Coogan was ro otewnoe lbm,the Prior tothewinover Alabama, amonthbefore thetitle Ironically, the aceof‘97staff asheposted a 14-3 recordanda4.46ERAwith 144 strikeouts in125innings. 1997 National Champions INTRO

of 161 homers set by Brigham Young in 1988.The Tigers home- red at least once in all 70 of their games. All-American junior shortstop Brandon Larson enjoyed a remarkable season, batting .381 on the year with 40 homers and 118 RBI. He established SEC single-season records for homers, THIS IS LSU RBI and total bases (250), and he became just the fourth player in NCAA history to collect 40 or more homers in a season. Patrick Coogan (14-3, 4.63 ERA, 144 K), a junior right-han- der, earned first-team all-America honors, while first baseman Eddy Furniss (.378, 17 HR, 77 RBI) was a third-team all-America selection. Blair Barbier (.353, 15 HR, 57 RBI) earned Freshman all-America recognition.

Also enjoying outstanding campaigns were junior center PREVIEW fielder Mike Koerner (.353, 22 HR, 69 RBI), senior right fielder Senior pitcher Brian Daugherty lifts the 1997 NCAA championship trophy at a Tom Bernhardt (.322, 17 HR, 49 RBI) and Doug Thompson (12- special ceremony in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Nearly 8,000 fans 3, 4.63 ERA, 158 K), a junior right-hander who earned the vic- welcomed the Tigers home the day after their triumph in Omaha, Neb. tory in the national championship game. The ‘97 Tigers magnificently maintained LSU’s reign as the “Team of the ‘90s.” Not since Southern California won five The championship game straight national titles in the 1970s was one school so dominant completed a 57-13 campaign for in the college baseball landscape. TIGERS Skip Bertman and his club, as the Tigers established the Southeastern Conference record for most victories in a season. 1997 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FACTS LSU, which returned only two starting position players from its 1996 national championship CWS Records Set By LSU CO club, also claimed the ‘97 SEC Most At-Bats (9-inn. game)

Both Teams, Championship Game -- 79, LSU vs. Alabama A

championship, the school’s sixth CHES Most Runs conference crown of the 1990s. Both Teams, Championship Game -- 19, LSU vs. Alabama LSU roared to a blistering Most RBI 19-0 start, establishing the SEC Both Teams, Championship Game -- 19, LSU vs. Alabama mark for most consecutive victo- Most Strikeouts (9-inn. game) ries. The Tigers, who began the Both Teams, Championship Game -- 25, LSU vs. Alabama

season ranked No. 8 (Collegiate REVIEW CWS Records Tied By LSU Baseball) and No. 13 (Baseball Most Home Runs America) in the pre-season polls, Team, Game -- 5, LSU vs. Stanford ascended to No. 1 by March 10, Junior right-hander Doug Most Used holding that position for 10 con- Team, Game -- 7, LSU vs. Stanford Thompson was the winning pitcher secutive weeks. Most Hit Batters in the 1997 national championship After claiming the SEC title, Both Teams, Game -- 4, LSU vs. Stanford game, working the final 4.2 innings LSU played host to the NCAA Most At-Bats (9-inn.game)

in the 13-6 win over Alabama. HIST South I Regional, where the Individual, Championship Game -- 6, Brandon Larson, LSU vs. Alabama Tigers, after suffering a third- 6, Mike Koerner, LSU vs. Alabama OR round loss to South Alabama, Most Wild Pitches battled back to claim their ninth Individual, Game -- 3, Patrick Coogan, LSU vs. Alabama Y CWS berth in 12 seasons. LSU Team, Game -- 4, LSU vs. Alabama posted a thrilling 14-7, 11-inning Most Runs victory over Long Beach State in Team, Championship Game -- 13, LSU vs. Alabama Most RBIs an elimination game to force a RECORDS Team, Championship Game -- 13, LSU vs. Alabama rematch with South Alabama in Most Doubles the regional championship Both Teams, Championship Game -- 6, LSU vs. Alabama round. Needing two victories over USA, the Tigers launched 1997 College World Series All-Tournament Team eight homers in a doubleheader Catcher ...... Matt Frick, Alabama sweep en route to the regional First Base ...... Eddy Furniss, LSU title. LSU hit .339 (82-for-242) in Second Base ...... Joe Caruso, Alabama Third Base ...... Andy Phillips, Alabama its six regional games, outscoring Shortstop ...... Brandon Larson, LSU LSU the opposition 76-29 while Outfield ...... Mike Koerner, LSU unloading 20 home runs. Third Outfield ...... Tom Bernhardt, LSU baseman Trey McClure was Outfield ...... G.W. Keller, Alabama named the regional’s Most Designated Hitter ...... Mark Peer, Alabama Outstanding Player, as he hit .435 Pitcher ...... , Stanford (10-for-23) with five doubles, two Pitcher ...... Jarrod Kingrey, Alabama homers and 10 RBI. Most Outstanding Player Senior rightfielder Tom MEDIA LSU completed the year Brandon Larson, LSU with an NCAA-record 188 home Bernhardt led LSU with a .615 runs, breaking the previous mark batting average in the CWS.

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 119 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 2 2004LSU BASEBALL 120 2000 NationalChampions 2000 Curtis Tsuruda -Strength Coach Turtle Thomas - Assistant Coach ilFaqe di.Assistant Bill Franques - Admin. Dan Canevari - Assistant Coach Bill Dailey - Assistant Coach Skip Bertman-HeadCoach oni hbdax OF Johnnie Thibodeaux, hita orei,OF Christian Bourgeois, itrBufed INF Victor Brumfield, et cury P Heath McMurray, non io,OF Antoine Simon, hmsEas INF Thomas Evans, ahnMies C Nathan Meiners, erc ars OF Cedrick Harris, ieFneo,2B , ai amr OF David Raymer, eeyWte,OF Jeremy Witten, ynJresn C , om oe,OF Tommy Morel, eeyAfr,OF Jeremy Alford, utrGmz P Hunter Gomez, il crd,OF Billy McBride, hn omn P , al otf,OF Wally Pontiff, eeyLfie P Jeremy Loftice, elnGir,P Weylin Guidry, ai aie,C Jamin Garidel, ynTeit SS , rdHwe 1B , ynRcad P Ryan Richard, li abe,3B Blair Barbier, a rgt OF Ray Wright, ai hn,P David Shank, hdVuh,P Chad Vaught, ieDl,INF Mike Daly, ao cbe P Jason Scobie, ryHde,P Trey Hodges, ai ilr P , hcySn P Chucky Son, i uet P Tim Nugent, rdCes,C Brad Cresse, rdDvd P Brad David, ra alt P Brian Tallet, efLpr,1B Jeff Lipari, e ao,P Ben Saxon, MANAGERS Johnny Collins a ali P Sam Taulli, il ra,P Billy Brian, TRAINERS Shaun Duhe Shawn Eddy COACHES oPti,P Bo Pettit, Mike Boniol PLAYERS Jody Autery Joey Quilio Wes Penn T Blair Barbiersteppedtotheplatewith catch. above thewall tomakeasensational two-run homerby leaping inning, Stanford’s EdmundMuthofathird- right fielderRay Wright robbed when ond inninghadcomeondefense, LSU rally. Jeremy Witten singledduringatwo-run whenleftfield the secondinning, bined toholdthe Tigers hitlesssince Wayne and Stanford starterJason Young hadcom- Infact, relief innings. while recording seven strikeouts in3.1 allowingno hits subdued LSU’s bats, Justin WayneWayne had onthemound. especiallywithCardinal ace little hope, theLSU Tigers appeared tohave game, The June18,2000,headlineoftheBaton Rouge Sunday Advocateheralds LSU’s CWStitle. the 2000nationalchampionship the bottomofeighthinning railing Stanford 5-2withoneoutin hs whenLSUteamcaptain Thus, LSU’s onlyhighlightafterthesec- oebatSaim Barbier’s soloshot Rosenblatt Stadium. drive over theleftfieldwall of before finallyrippingaline offerings, stubbornly fouledoffseveral two-strike He and battledforhisteam’s survival. college career. of theseniorthird baseman’s brilliant likelythefinalat-bat fail inthisat-bat, they would bemeaninglessshouldhe yet heknew spark apositivereaction, Hehopedhiswords would BELIEVE?” askingthem,“DO YOU remain focused, imploringthemto in thedugout, hehadgathered histeammates inning, Priortothe much different scenario. the country onthemound. onship witharguably thebestpitcherin five outsaway from anationalchampi- theCardinal were just Afterall, tion. ed toward aStanford victory celebra- everything point- one outintheeighth, Most Outstanding Playerofthe2000CWS. o Barbierstoodinagainst Wayne So, envisioned a undaunted, Barbier, Pitcher Trey Hodgeswasvotedthe 2000 National Champions INTRO

was his third homer of the center field seats, just out of the reach of Cardinal left field- College World Series, and the er Andy Topham. Tigers had life, now down by The Rosenblatt Stadium crowd of over 24,000 erupted two runs. as Witten triumphantly rounded the bases, celebrating just Wally Pontiff then drew a his seventh homer of the season. LSU 5, Stanford 5 . . . and THIS IS LSU walk from Wayne, but the the drama was just beginning. Stanford right-hander retired Wayne retired Wright on a liner to left to end the eighth Cedrick Harris inning, but Stanford could not recover its lost momentum. on a fly ball to right field for LSU right-hander Trey Hodges, who had kept the Tigers in the second out. Witten, who the game with three scoreless relief innings, easily retired was hitting just .200 (3-for- the Cardinal in the top of the ninth, setting the stage for the 15) in the CWS, would be game’s final act. Wayne’s next challenge. LSU shortstop Ryan Theriot grounded Wayne’s first PREVIEW In his only other at-bat pitch of the ninth into left field to place the winning run on against Wayne, Witten, a first base. Head coach Skip Bertman, electing not to bunt fifth-year senior, fanned on Theriot down to second base, allowed second baseman Mike just three pitches. And, in this Fontenot to swing away. Fontenot skillfully drew a full-count at-bat, Witten again quickly walk from Wayne, placing the Tigers’ destiny in the potent fell behind in the count. bat of catcher Brad Cresse. Knowing that this was per- Cresse, like Barbier and Witten before him, was stand- TIGERS haps the final at-bat of his ing at the plate for the final time in an LSU uniform. The college career, indeed the nation’s leader in home runs (30) and RBI (105), the senior final at-bat of his entire base- was just 1-for-12 in the College World Series. He had struck Team Captain Blair Barbier displays ball career, Witten would not out in his two previous at-bats against Wayne, who desper- the NCAA Championship trophy succumb to Wayne’s darting ately needed a double play to work his way out of the jam. to the throng of fans which slider. Instead, he launched a As he had in his first two encounters with Cresse, welcomed home the Tigers.

soaring liner into the left- Wayne opened with his devastating slider. Strike one. Wayne CO fired the slider again, but this time Cresse smashed it, send- A

ing the ball sharply into left field. Theriot raced around third CHES base as Topham picked up the ball and heaved it toward home plate. But, the throw was up the line and Theriot slid safely across the plate as his teammates burst from the third- base dugout to embrace him. The wave of jubilant Tigers then moved to the infield, engulfing Cresse at first base.

LSU 6, Stanford 5. The Tigers had secured the school’s REVIEW fifth NCAA title since 1991 with a courageous effort, scoring four runs in their final two at-bats to erase a three-run deficit. Blair Barbier’s eighth-inning challenge to his team- mates was answered in resounding fashion. The 2000 LSU Tigers, without question, did believe. HIST

2000 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FACTS OR Y CWS Records Set or Tied by LSU Records Broken Hit Batters, Game, Both Teams - 6, Stanford (4) vs. LSU (2), June 17

Balks, Series, Team - 3, LSU RECORDS Records Tied Hit by Pitch, Series, Individual - 3, Blair Barbier, LSU Balks, Series, Individual - 2, Trey Hodges, LSU

2000 College World Series All-Tournament Team Catcher...... Beau Craig, Southern California First Base ...... Craig Thompson, Stanford Second Base...... Mike Fontenot, LSU Third Base...... Blair Barbier, LSU Shortstop...... Ryan Theriot, LSU LSU Outfield ...... Steven Feehan, Louisiana-Lafayette Outfield ...... Edmund Muth, Stanford Outfield ...... , Stanford Designated Hitter ...... Brad Hawpe, LSU Pitcher ...... Trey Hodges, LSU Pitcher ...... Jon McDonald, Florida State

Most Outstanding Player MEDIA Trey Hodges, LSU The Tigers posted a 52-17 record, including a 13-0 post-season mark.

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MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 2 2004LSU BASEBALL 122 1991 CWSBox Scores atro . 0 0 2 0 1 0 SO 1 1 A-16,329. T-2:55. Lopina. 0 Pedersen, Yeast, U-Rosenberry, BB 2 Greene. 1 R. 3 WP-Saitz, 2 Minor pitchedtofourbattersinninth. 0 ER 2 * Greenlee pitchertotwo battersinseventh. 0 0 4 4 1 3 1.0 5 0 0 Patterson R 2.0* 1 4 1 H Minor 5 2 0 7 0.1* Greenlee 1 2.1 6 IP 2 0 Salazar 3.1 8-6) 1 Saitz (L, 2 1 0 FRESNO STATE 1 1.0 Greene 2 R. 3 1 2.0 15 5 4- LaRosa 7 5 0 6.0 11-0) 3 7 3 1- Sirotka (W, 34 0 0 LSU 3 0 1 0 SF-TkJohnson. SH-Sheets. CS- TOTALS 0 Mouton. Falco (11). HR-Hymel2(23), 4 Sheets(4). Cook(1), 0 Moock(3), Wood3B-C. (17). 14 Moock(7), 0 C. 2B-Tellechea 2(23), 3 FSU7. 0 LOB-LSU8, FSU 1. 15 0 DP-LSU1, Patterson. Togher, 2 Judice, TdJohnson, Spearman, 15 E-Tk Johnson, 0 1 4 41 0 0 2 Fresno State 2 0 0 0 2 0 LSU 2 1 4 0 ph Brown, 1 3 1 3 lf TOTALS Spearman, 0 3 0 4 1 0 ss 0 1 0 Sheets, 3b 3 Falco, 0 0 1 3 1 0 3b 3 Garcia, 0 0 0 0 1 ph 5 0 3b Greene, 1 Moock, 0 1 E. ph 1 C. 1 Bonifazio, 2 3 0 dh 0 Champlin, 1b Tellechea, 3 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 ph RBI Cook, 0 0 rf 0 Judice, 2 3 2 H 4 dh 2 1 Garrity, 4 0 0 1b Togher, 1 0 0 ph-c 0 4 0 Antonini, R 5 c4 1 0 AB ss TdJohnson, Wood, 0 1 c 1 Hymel, 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 FRESNOSTATE 2b lf Romero, Cordani, 0 0 5 3 RBI ph-rf 0 0 1 Berrios, cf Noel, 0 0 5 H rf Mouton, 1 0 R ph-cf AB 1 Mula, 0 cf 0 Rios, 1 3 2b Neal, 2 0 2b Tk Johnson, 2 0 LSU 0 ROSENBLATT STADIUM NEB. -OMAHA, 3 0 4 0 LSU 15,Fresno State 3-June2,1991 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 2 A-12,403. T-2:59. Hagler. 0 1 Lopina, 1 Patch, 0 2 1.0 U-Yeast, PB-Linares. SO 4 WP-Burke. Hymelby Pricher. HBP-Johnson by Scott, 1 0 0 4 4.2 * Scottfacedthree battersinseventh. BB 1 3 1 ER 2.1 0 4 2 Greene 1 0 3 LaRosa 1.0 2.0* 1.0 3 R 13-5) Ogea (W, H Byrd 3 LSU IP 6 0 8 11 8 x- 4.0 Bonnano 1 0 11 Pricher 1 8 0- 4 8 0 Scott 0 31 8-5) 0 Burke (L, 1 0 0 TOTALS FLORIDA 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 SF-Hymel. 1 SB-Majeski(24). Garrity(2). 0 0 0 HR-Mouton 2(12), 2 0 0 3B- Majeski (3). 2B-Perry (2)17. 2b LSU6. 1 8 Johnson, 0 LOB-Florida9, 0 4 LSU1. 0 DP-Florida 4, E-Rich. 1 1 2 0 0 1 3b Moock, 3 0 1 34 1 1 C. LSU ss 3 1 1 0 Sheets, 1 0 1b Tellechea, Florida 3 4 1 RBI 0 0 1 5 dh 0 Garrity, 0 2 TOTALS 0 0 3 H c 4 0 Hymel, 0 1 2b 3 0 0 Rich, R 0 lf 0 4 Cordani, 4 0 1 AB dh rf 3 0 Camposano, Mouton, 1 0 1 1 ph 3 Bell, 5 0 0 2 0 4 cf 0 Duva, 3 cf 1 Rios, LSU 0 2b Johnson, c 4 Linares, 0 0 RBI 0 rf 1 4 Purvis, H 2 0 3b Perry, R 0 2 AB 1b 5 Killen, ss Polcovich, lf Majeski, FLORIDA ROSENBLATT STADIUM NEB. -OMAHA, LSU 8,Florida1-May 31,1991 ree . 0 0 2 2 0 SO 1 1 0 0 BB 0 1 0 5 ER 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 R 1.0 3 Greene 1.0 4 H 3 0 Herry 0 1.0 IP 4 LaRosa 1.0 3 8 13 0- 0 9 8 Ogea 1914 1 3- 13 5.0 8-3) Byrd (W, 3 0 8 0 0 LSU 40 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 TOTALS SF-Cordani. 0 Perry (9). Polcovich 0 (20), SB-Rios(4), Mouton(13). 0 Linares 2(14), 5 HR-Hymel 2(25), 0 16 Killen (15). 3 0 Moock(8), 2B-C. 2 Florida8. 0 14 LOB-LSU10, c 0 0 Purvis,Valdes. Bell, E-Polcovich, 0 2b 3 19 Rich, 0 0 0 43 0 6 0 Florida 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 dh Camposano, 0 LSU 0 1 0 1 2 cf 0 Duva, 1 4 0 0 1 TOTALS 5 1 1 5 2b Valdes, 0 2 ph-ss Neal, 3 c 0 Linares, 0 2 0 1 1 1 ss Sheets, rf 2 Purvis, 4 2 0 0 ph-3b 5 3b Garcia, 1 2 0 0 Russo, RBI 0 3b 3b Perry, 5 2 Moock, 0 0 0 C. 0 R 6 2 1 0 1 1 1b 4 3 Tellechea, 0 1b H Knight, 3 4 AB 3 ph 0 0 0 Cook, 2 1b Killen, 5 0 0 4 1 1 dh Garrity, 0 0 ss 3 0 ss MacDonald, 4 Polcovich, c 5 1 FLORIDA Hymel, 2 1 0 1 lf 2 RBI Cordani, 0 lf 0 Majeski, 3 ph-rf H Berrios, 0 3 2 1 3 rf R Mouton, 3 AB ph-cf Mula, 4 5 cf Rios, 2b Johnson, LSU ROSENBLATT STADIUM NEB. -OMAHA, LSU 19,Florida8-June5,1991 lm . 0 0 2 1 0 A-16,612. T-2:54. Lopina,Yeast. Pedersen, 2 Rosenberry, Patch, Hagler, 2 U- 3 PB-Hymel. Dreifort. 0 Moockby SO D. RiosandC. HBP-Hymel by Green. 0 2 3 BB fourth. 0 0 Green pitchedtoonebatterin * Ogeapitchedtotwo battersineighth. 0 4 ER 2 3 3 1.2 0 Bluma 4 4 4.1 1 R Dreifort 5 D. 2.0 H 2 3.0* 11-2) Green (L, WICHITA STATE IP 3 1 3 0 14) 4 Greene (S, 3 5 0- 0-68 5 7.0* 14-5) Ogea (W, 1 3 0 0 30 LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 0 Dreifort. 0 T. Cordani, 0 SF- Wimmer (54). 1 SB-Hall3(59), 2 Tilma 6 0 (6). HR-Rios(4), 3B- 0 0 Cordani 1 (3). 2B-Rios(11). 0 WSU5. 4 8 LOB-LSU7, WSU3. 0 0 DP-LSU1, 2 E-Green. dh 1b McClghn, White, 6 1 0 2 0 31 3 0 Wichita State 0 dh 1 Dreifort, D. 0 1 0 0 LSU 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 RBI TOTALS 3b 0 0 1 Jones, 3 3 rf 3 Dreifort, 0 0 T. 0 H 0 1 1 1 c ss 3 Mirabelli, R 2 Sheets, 0 3 0 AB 0 3 3b 1 0 Moock, 2 C. 4 3 cf Audley, 4 ss 1 Wimmer, 1 0 WICHITA STATE 1b Tellechea, 3 3 0 0 2 RBI dh Garrity, 0 4 2b 2 Hall, H c 2 Hymel, 3 R 4 0 3 lf Cordani, 1 AB rf Mouton, 1 4 cf Rios, 2b Johnson, LSU ROSENBLATT STADIUM NEB. -OMAHA, LSU 6,Wichita State 3-June8,1991 2 0 3 1 A-13,613. T-3:35. Rosenberry,Yeast. Lopina, U-Patch, PB-Hymel. 1 McClellan. WP-Herry, 3 HBP-Mouton andHymelby 0 Bonnano. 0 1 in ninth. 2 3 1 Brennan pitchedtothree batters 0 * Bonannopitchedtotwo battersinfifth. 4 2 3 2 6 1 1.0 8 4 McClellan 0.0* Brennan 4.0 2 1 8 Pricher 6 0.2* Bonanno 3.1 2-1) Corbitt (L, FLORIDA im,l 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 lf Tilma,

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LSU 7, Long Beach State 1 - June 4, 1993 LSU IP H R ER BB SO Chamberlain 4.1 6 5 4 4 2 ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. Hunt 2.2+ 4 2 2 2 1 LSU AB R H RBI LONG BEACH ST. AB R H RBI Sirotka (L, 11-6) 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 Williams, 3b 3 0 1 0 Cradle, cf 4 0 1 0 LONG BEACH STATE Rios, cf 4 1 0 0 Martins, 2b 3 0 1 0 Fontes 2.0 2 2 2 2 1 THIS IS LSU Johnson, ss 5 1 3 2 Swanson, 1b 3 0 0 0 Goldstein 3.2 7 5 3 4 5 Walker, 2b 4 0 0 0 Davis, ph 1 0 0 0 Gonzalez (W, 4-2) 3.1 1 1 0 2 4 Berrios, rf 4 0 1 0 Curtis, rf 3 0 0 0 Neal, dh 4 1 1 0 Smith, dh 3 0 0 0 Hunt pitched to one batter in eighth. Antonini, c 2 1 0 0 Rodriguez, ss 3 0 0 0 HBP-Falsken by Chamberlain, Liefer by Hunt. WP-Goldstein. U-Graham, January, Huffman, pr 0 1 0 0 Davisson, lf 3 0 0 0 Jenkins, Garman. T-3:28. A-13,727. Berardi, c 0 0 0 0 Whatley, c 3 1 1 0 Greely, lf 4 2 2 5 Falsken, 3b 3 0 0 0 Jackson, 1b 4 0 0 0 LSU 6, Long Beach State 5 - June 11, 1993 TOTALS 34 7 8 7 TOTALS 29 1 3 0 ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. PREVIEW LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 - 7 8 1 LONG BEACH ST. AB R H RBI LSU AB R H RBI Long Beach St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 Cradle, cf 2 1 0 0 Williams, 3b 4 2 2 0 E-Falsken, Sirotka. DP-LSU 1, LBS 2. LOB-LSU 6, LBS 2. 2B-Cradle (13), Whatley Martins, 2b 4 1 1 0 Rios, cf 5 2 3 3 (8), Neal (19). HR-Greely 2 (5), Johnson (8). SB-Williams (12). CS-Martins. Davis, lf 5 1 1 2 Johnson, ss 3 0 1 0 Curtis, rf 4 0 1 0 Walker, 2b 5 1 4 3 LSU IP H R ER BB SO Smith, 1b 4 0 2 0 Berrios, rf 4 0 1 0 Sirotka (W, 11-5) 9.0 3 1 0 0 9 Richardson, ph 1 1 0 0 Neal, dh 4 0 2 0 LONG BEACH STATE Swanson, 1b 0 0 0 0 Greely, lf 4 0 0 0 Choi (L, 16-2) 7.1 5 5 5 4 3 Liefer, dh 4 1 2 0 Antonini, c 4 0 1 0 Gonzalez 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Whatley, c 3 0 1 0 Huffman, pr 0 1 0 0 Goldstein 0.1 1 2 2 2 1 Rodriguez, ss 3 0 0 0 Jackson, 1b 3 0 0 0 TIGERS Wise 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Falsken, 3b 5 0 1 1 Stocco, ph 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 5 9 3 TOTALS 37 6 14 6 WP-Choi, Gonzalez. U-Jenkins, Thompson, Garman, L’Heureux. T-2:40. A-16,963. Long Beach St. 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 9 1 LSU 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 - 6 14 5 LSU 13, Texas A&M 8 - June 6, 1993 One out when winning run scored. E-Rios, Johnson, Sirotka, Whatley, Williams 2. DP-LBS 2. LOB-LBS 13, LSU 9. 2B- ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. Smith 2 (10), Rios 2 (13). HR-Davis (6), Walker (21). SB-Curtis (5). CS-Cradle. SH- TEXAS A&M AB R H RBI LSU AB R H RBI Whatley 2, Rodriguez 2. Harlan, lf 4 2 2 1 Williams, 3b 5 2 0 0 CO Harris, ss 5 1 1 1 Rios, cf 4 3 2 2 LONG BEACH STATE IP H R ER BB SO A

Thomas, cf 5 1 2 1 Johnson, ss 3 2 1 0 Fontana 6.2 10 3 3 1 3 CHES Curl, 1b 5 2 1 0 Walker, 2b 4 3 1 6 Gonzalez (L, 4-3) 1.2 4 3 3 2 1 Lewis, c 5 1 1 1 Berrios, rf 5 0 1 2 LSU Trimble, dh 1 1 1 0 Neal, dh 3 1 1 1 Sirotka (W, 12-6) 9.0 9 5 2 6 8 Minor, ph-dh 3 1 1 1 Greely, lf 3 0 2 0 Gonzalez, 2b 4 0 1 0 Cooley, pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Fedora, 3b 3 1 3 3 Antonini, c 3 1 1 0 WP-Gonzalez. U-January, L’Heureux, Graham, Thompson. T-3:12. A-12,388. Claybrook, rf 2 0 0 0 Jackson, 1b 4 1 1 1 Smith, ph-rf 2 0 0 0 REVIEW TOTALS 39 8 13 8 TOTALS 34 13 10 12 LSU 8, Wichita State 0 - June 12, 1993 Texas A&M 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 - 8 13 5 ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. LSU 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 6 x - 13 10 2 WICHITA STATE AB R H RBI LSU AB R H RBI E-Harris 2, Curl, Lewis, Greely, Moore, Walker. DP-A&M 2. LOB-A&M 14, LSU 4. Hall, rf 5 0 0 0 Williams, 3b 3 1 1 1 2B-Trimble (10), Harris (9), Jackson (17). HR-Walker (20). SB-Thomas (21). SF-Neal, Adams, ss 4 0 1 0 Rios, cf 3 0 1 4 Fedora. Taylor, cf 2 0 0 0 Johnson, ss 3 1 1 0 Smith, 1b 4 0 0 0 Walker, 2b 4 1 2 3 TEXAS A&M IP H R ER BB SO Dreifort, dh-p 3 0 1 0 Berrios, rf 4 0 2 0 Moore 6.2 5 7 3 5 6 J. Jackson, 2b 4 0 0 0 Neal, dh 4 1 1 0 HIST Clemons (L, 6-2) 1.1 5 6 6 1 0 Blake, 3b 3 0 0 0 Greely, lf 2 2 1 0 Tilma, lf 3 0 1 0 Huffman, lf 0 0 0 0 LSU McCollough, c 2 0 0 0 Antonini, c 2 1 0 0 Laxton 4 + 7 4 4 3 4 Lewallen, ph 1 0 0 0 K. Jackson, 1b 3 1 1 0 OR Hunt 1.0 2 3 3 3 0

Wheeler, c 0 0 0 0 Y Malejko 1 + 2 1 0 0 1 Mills, ph 1 0 0 0 Schultz (W, 7-3) 2 + 2 0 0 1 4 Totals 32 0 3 0 Totals 28 8 10 8 Rutledge 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Wichita St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 LSU 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 x - 8 10 2 Laxton pitched to two batters in fifth. Malejko pitched to one batter in seventh.

Schultz pitched to one batter in ninth. E-Greely, K. Jackson. DP-WSU 2. LOB-WSU 10, LSU 7. 2B-K. Jackson (18). HR- RECORDS HBP-Curl by Hunt, Harlan by Malejko. WP-Moore 2, Laxton, Schultz. U-Graham, Walker (22). SB-Greely (3), Johnson (19). SH-K. Jackson, Williams. SF-Rios 2. Jenkins, January, Garman. T-3:43. A-18,316. WICHITA STATE IP H R ER BB SO Wyckoff (L, 5-3) 1.1 3 5 5 3 0 Long Beach State 10, LSU 8 - June 9, 1993 Dreifort 1.2 4 2 2 2 2 ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. Baird 5.0 3 1 1 1 4 LSU AB R H RBI LONG BEACH ST. AB R H RBI LSU Williams, 3b 4 0 0 0 Cradle, cf 5 0 1 0 Laxton (W, 12-1) 9.0 3 0 0 5 16 Rios, cf 4 1 2 1 Martins, 2b 3 2 0 0 Johnson, ss 4 1 1 0 Swanson, lf 3 2 2 1 HBP-Antonini by Dreifort. U-Garman, January, Graham, Jenkins, Thompson,

Walker, 2b 3 1 0 0 Davis, ph-lf 1 1 1 2 L’Heureux. T-2:52. A-20,268. LSU Berrios, rf 5 1 1 0 Curtis, rf 4 2 2 2 Neal, dh 4 2 1 0 Liefer, dh 4 2 3 3 Greely, lf 4 1 3 2 Rodriguez, ss 5 0 1 1 Antonini, c 3 0 1 1 Smith, 1b 3 1 2 1 Jackson, 1b 4 1 1 0 Whatley, c 3 0 1 0 Falsken, 3b 2 0 1 1 TOTALS 35 8 10 4 TOTALS 33 10 14 10 LSU 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 - 8 10 1

Long Beach St. 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 x - 10 14 2 MEDIA E-Johnson, Martins 2. DP-LSU 2, LBS 1. LOB-LSU 8, LBS 9. 2B-Berrios (22), Greely (9), Smith (8). 3B-Greely (1). HR-Liefer (12), Davis (5), Curtis (12). SB-Rios 2 (20), Liefer (8). CS-Rios, Smith 2, Antonini. SH-Whatley. SF-Smith.

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 123 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 2 2004LSU BASEBALL 124 96CSBox Scores 1996 CWS S PHRE BSO 4 0 BB 1 4 0 2 ER 0 4 3 1 2 R SO 1 1 3 H 0 2 BB 3 1 0 3 IP 3 0 ER 3.2 6 1.0 A- 13,000. T-3:38. 0 1 Gillmore. 5 Jones, McKinney, U-Christal, 3 Wilkerson. WP-Roll, 911 5.1 R x- 0.1 Rodriguez pitchedtotwo battersinthefourth. 3 1 4 H 2) 2 Shipp (S, 49 9 0- 8-2) 3.2 Laxton (W, 3 11 1 4 LSU IP 0 9 0 Roll 7 33 0 Rigdon 0 3.0+ Wilkerson 2 0 4-1) Rodriguez (L, 0 TOTALS 1 FLORIDA 0 1 2 0 SF-Koerner. 2 2 S-Ogle. 2 0 CS-Williams. Morris(4). 1 (7), Williams 0 Chism (13), 1 2 SB-Wilkerson (14), 9 2 Bowles(22). Koerner Cooley (14), Eckstein(9), (12), HR-D. 0 3B-Lanier. 0 2 2B-Lanier. 1 4 LOB- LSU1. 3 4 LSU8. 0 DP-Florida1, Florida 12, Laxton2. 2 0 0 Furniss, 0 37 Dunn, Williams, 2 2 E-Ellis, 3 0 2b 2 0 Morris, 0 1 0 1 2 LSU c 0 Lanier, 0 0 3 0 RBI 1 4 Florida 1 1 1 0 rf Bowles, 0 4 1 1 0 H 5 TOTALS 0 1 1b 1 Moore, 1 1 lf 0 R Ogle, 5 3 0 2 1 dh Wilson, cf AB 3 0 Chism, 0 0 lf 0 Cooley, 2 3b Eckstein, R. 1b Furniss, 4 0 0 3b 0 0 Dunn, cf rf Koerner, Walsh, 0 1 2 0 5 1b Duncan, 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 c Castaldo, 0 LSU 0 0 0 4 ss Tamargo, ss Williams, 0 4 RBI 0 dh/1b Hazzard, 0 1 1 H rf/p 0 Wilkerson, 1 3 6 2 p Roll, R 2 0 ph AB Medina, 1 2 p 2 Rigdon, 5 0 3b Ellis, 3 2b Eckstein, 0 D. 3 FLORIDA SO 0 1 3 2 ROSENBLATT STADIUM NEB. -OMAHA, 0 0 3 BB 1 0 LSU 9,Florida4-June3,1996 1 2 2 1 SO 5 0.1 ER 1 1 T- Thompson. 0 A-22,154. Graham, 3.0 McKinney, BB 3:54. 3.0 1 U-Christal, 6 PB-Reese. WP-Shipp. R 5 2 0 5 ER ters inthe9th. 0 H 1 Cooganpitchedtotwo bat- Demouy pitchedtotwo battersinthe8th. 2.2 5 0 2 Looper 1 1 R IP Wyckoff 4 2 1.0+ 0 1.0 H 3 11 Bauer 0.2+ 9 7-6) 0- Baird (L, 0.2 1 IP WICHITA STATE 8 12 0 4 8 12 1- 1) Shipp (S, 0 9 8 Coogan 2 0 0 39 5.2 Demouy 2 1 2 0 1 Esteves 0 2 1 1 12-1) Yarnall 0 (W, 1 5 TOTALS 2 1 LSU 0 5 0 4 3 Stine 0 SF-Morris, CS-Young. 0 1 9 0 Ryan (3). 1 Bowles2(12),Young 2(68), (16), SB-Cooley ss Sorensen (4). Sorensen, 0 Blake(22), 1 c 11 1 0 Lanier(5), Reese, HR-Williams (6), (22). 1 0 Stine McCullough(18), 0 0 2B-Morris(2), 1 9 Wichita Wichita State15. State1. rf LOB-LSU 8, DP-LSU1, 0 2 Stine, 1 McCullough. 36 1 5 Esteves, 0 Dunn, E-Williams, 1 4 ph Thomas, 1 1 0 2 0 p 0 Looper, Wichita 6 State 0 0 1 0 1 1 dh/lf LSU Ryan, 1 3 RBI 4 0 4 2 1b 2 McCollough, 3 1 TOTALS 3b 2 Blake, H 0 3 4 2 1 0 1 R 0 2b lf/p Morris, Wyckoff, 5 0 AB 0 4 c 0 Lanier, cf Young, 1 rf 0 1 Bowles, 0 WICHITA STATE 1 dh 2 Wilson, 4 1 RBI 5 lf Cooley, 0 1 H 1b Moore, 5 1 1b R Furniss, AB 4 3b Dunn, cf Koerner, ss Williams, LSU ROSENBLATT STADIUM NEB. -OMAHA, LSU 9,Wichita State 8-June1,1996 opr b4020 2 0 4 2b Hooper, eoy0100000 0 0 SO 0 0 0 BB 1 0 0 8 0 ER 1 SO 0 5 0 0 R 0 BB 0 1 6 0 0 H 1 5 ER 0.1 2 0.2 3 0 1 x- A-17,212. T-3:06. 0.1 Thompson. McKinney, IP Graham, 7 U-Gillmore, 1 2 Wilson by Kaufman. 0 HBP-Morris by Kaufman, 1 R 1 0- 1 7 5 0 H 2) 2.2 Esteves (S, 0 2 1 7.2 Demouy 0 31 0 0 2 0 IP Coogan 0 0 0 4 11-1) Yarnall (W, 0 1 0 1 0 LSU TOTALS 0 5.1 3 1 2 0 Rigdon 1 0 1 0 11-5) Kaufman (L, 0 1 0 0 1 4 2b FLORIDA Morris, 0 c Lanier, 7 0 0 0 0 Duncan. 0 0 0 CS-Hazzard, 3 1 Koerner. 2B- 0 0 Castaldo, 3 LSU9. RBI rf 0 0 0 LOB-Florida9, Bowles, 0 32 Haught,Yarnall. 1 Duncan, 0 E-Wilkerson, 1 0 H 0 1 dh 0 Wilson, 1 0 0 0 LSU lf 0 R 1 1 Cooley, 4 0 3 Florida AB 4 0 1 0 4 1b Moore, 0 0 TOTALS 0 1b 0 Furniss, cf ph Koerner, 1 Walsh, 2 0 0 1 3b Dunn, cf Chism, 0 1 0 2 4 0 lf Ogle, 3 LSU 1 0 0 lf 1 Haught, ss Williams, 2 0 4 RBI 1b Duncan, 0 4 c H 0 Castaldo, 1 3 ss Tamargo, 4 R 1 dh AB Hazzard, 0 rf Wilkerson, 5 3b Ellis, 2b Eckstein, D. FLORIDA ROSENBLATT STADIUM NEB. -OMAHA, LSU 2,Florida1-June6,1996 S PHRE BSO BB 1 ER 7 SO 0 2 3 BB 2 R 1 H ER 2 3 3 1 IP 4 5 R 3 5 A-23,905. T-3:19. Jones. H Gillmore, 10 Thompson, McKinney, Christal, 2 3.1 U-Graham, WP-Morrison. 4 7 15 6.2 11 IP 9 5 2- 6-0) Coogan (W, 7 2 Shipp 5.2 2.0 LSU 15 2 9 4-2) Morrison (L, 0 0 38 Arteaga 2 0 1 1 0 MIAMI 3 2 0 2 Dunn. Koerner, DeCelle, 3 20 14 0 Rivero, 4 SF-Burrell, 3 - TOTALS Morris. Grimmett, 0 S- CS-Koerner. 0 8 Lanier(2). 0 3 Koerner 4 (24), 1 HR- SB-Gomez(28), 3B-Cora. 0 Morris (1). Morris. Bowles, 2 2B- Wilson, 0 8 Saggese, 1 1 LSU10. Cora, Marcinczyk, LOB-Miami9, 1 2 0 c 0 Furniss. RBI Lanier, 14 Dunn, 0 2b Rivero, Morris, 5 E-Burrell, 2 2 0 2 5 8 H 5 2 3 0 0 37 1 0 dh R 1runneronwhengameended. Wilson, Two outs, 2 3 4 AB 1 4 rf 2 0 Bowles, lf LSU 1 Cooley, 0 0 3 0 1 Miami 1b 4 Furniss, 5 0 0 3b 5 3 0 Dunn, TOTALS 2 0 2 c cf 4 1 Gargiulo, Koerner, 1 2 0 LSU dh Saggese, 0 1 ss Williams, 1 5 ss 0 Cora, RBI 4 1 1b 3 1 Marcinczyk, H 3 0 rf Moore, 4 1 R 0 lf DeCelle, AB 5 rf/lf 2 Rivero, 3b 3 Burrell, 2b Gomez, cf Grimmett, MIAMI ROSENBLATT STADIUM NEB. -OMAHA, LSU 9,Miami8-June8,1996 1997 CWS Box Scores INTRO

LSU 5, Rice 4 - May 30, 1997 LSU 13, Stanford 9 - June 4, 1997 ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. RICE (47-15) AB R H RBI LSU (54-13) AB R H RBI STANFORD (45-20) AB R H RBI LSU (56-13) AB R H RBI Richards, 2b 4 0 1 0 Higgins, dh 3 0 0 0 Kilburg, lf/rf 3 2 1 1 Higgins, dh 3 2 0 0 Cathey, ss 5 0 0 0 Barbier, 2b 2 1 1 0 Muth, rf 4 2 3 0 Barbier, 2b 3 2 2 2 THIS IS LSU Berkman, 1b 4 1 1 0 Larson, ss 4 1 1 2 Clark, ph/lf 1 0 0 0 Larson, ss 4 1 1 0 Crosby, cf 4 1 0 0 Furniss, 1b 3 2 2 0 Salter, ph 1 0 0 0 Furniss, 1b 3 2 1 2 Ford, rf 3 1 1 1 Koerner, cf 4 1 1 1 Hochgesang, 3b 5 1 3 5 Koerner, cf 3 3 2 5 McLaughlin, c 4 1 2 0 McClure, 3b 3 0 1 0 Quaccia, 1b 5 0 1 0 McClure, 3b 3 0 0 1 Berg, dh 3 0 1 1 Bernhardt, rf 3 0 3 1 Gall, dh 4 0 1 0 Cuntz, ph/3b 2 0 0 0 Baker, 3b 3 0 2 2 Witten, pr/rf 0 0 0 1 Gerut, cf 5 1 2 0 Bernhardt, rf 2 2 1 1 Savarino, lf 3 0 0 0 Davis, lf 3 0 0 0 Schaeffer, c 4 1 0 0 Witten, rf 1 0 0 0 Mathews, ph 1 0 0 0 Horton, c 3 0 0 0 Schrager, 2b 4 0 1 1 Davis, lf 3 1 1 0

TOTALS 34 4 8 4 TOTALS 28 5 9 5 Pecci, ss 5 2 4 1 Earnhart, c 4 0 1 1 PREVIEW Rice 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 4 8 1 TOTALS 41 9 16 8 TOTALS 31 13 9 12 LSU 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 x - 5 9 1 Stanford 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 - 9 16 1 E—Richards, Larson. DP—Rice 4, LSU 1. LOB—Rice 7, LSU 5. 2B— LSU 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 2 x - 13 9 1 Furniss. 3B—Berkman. HR—Larson (38). SB—Ford 2 (12), Higgins E—Hutchinson, Larson. DP—LSU 2. LOB—Stanford 11, LSU 6. 2B— (7). S—Ford. SF-Witten. Gall, Schrager, Davis. HR—Hochgesang (17), Koerner 2 (22). SB— Barbier (4), Koerner (17), Davis (12), Earnhart (7). SF—Koerner, RICE IP H R ER BB SO Bernhardt. Nichols 6 7 2 2 3 0 Anderson (L, 10-2) 2 2 3 2 2 2 STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO TIGERS LSU IP H R ER BB SO Hutchinson (L, 8-4) 2 2 6 5 4 4 Thompson 6 6 3 3 2 9 Cogan 2 3 2 2 1 1 Demouy (W, 6-1) 3 2 1 0 0 2 Peterson 4 4 5 5 2 7 LSU IP H R ER BB SO Nichols faced one batter in the 7th. Thompson 4.1 8 4 4 1 3 WP—Nichols, Anderson, Thompson. PB—Horton 2. HBP—Baker by Demouy 2 5 3 2 0 0 Thompson. U-Hernandez, Rodriguez, Davis, Magnussson. T—2:31. Shipp 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 CO A—20,551. Painich 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 Berthelot (W, 7-3) 1.1 1 1 1 0 3 A CHES LSU 10, Stanford 5 - June 1, 1997 Daugherty 0 2 1 1 0 0 Coogan (S, 3) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. LSU (55-13) AB R H RBI STANFORD (44-19) AB R H RBI Cogan faced one batter in the 5th. Shipp faced one batter in the 8th. Higgins, dh 3 1 1 0 Kilburg, lf 3 1 0 0 Daugherty faced three batters in the 9th Polozola, ph 1 0 0 0 Muth, rf 4 0 1 1 WP—Demouy. HBP—Bernhardt by Hutchinson, Larson by Barbier, 2b 4 0 0 0 Hochgesang, 3b 4 0 0 0 Hutchinson, Higgins by Cogan, Schaeffer by Daugherty. U— REVIEW Larson, ss 5 3 3 3 Schaeffer, c 4 0 1 2 Rodriguez, Mascorro, Hernandez, Garman. T—3:18. A—22,218. Furniss, 1b 4 3 2 2 Gall, dh 3 1 1 0 Koerner, cf 5 0 2 1 Gerut, cf 4 1 1 0 McClure, 3b 4 0 0 1 Quaccia, 1b 4 0 1 1 LSU 13, Alabama 6 - June 7, 1997 Bernahrdt, rf 4 0 1 0 Schrager, 2b 2 1 1 1 ROSENBLATT STADIUM - OMAHA, NEB. Witten, rf 0 0 0 0 Clark, ph 1 0 0 0 ALABAMA (56-14) AB R H RBI LSU (57-13) AB R H RBI Davis, lf 4 2 1 1 Pecci, ss 3 1 1 0 Tidwell, cf 3 2 2 0 Higgins, dh 4 1 2 3 Earnhart, c 3 1 2 2 Caruso, 2b 4 1 3 4 Barbier, 2b 5 1 1 0

Cresse, ph/c 1 0 0 0 Phillips, 3b 5 0 1 0 Larson, ss 6 1 2 3 HIST TOTALS 38 10 12 10 TOTALS 32 5 7 5 Mohr, rf 4 0 1 0 Furniss, 1b 5 1 3 0 Keller, lf 4 1 0 0 Koerner, cf 6 2 2 1

LSU 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 - 10 12 1 OR Stanford 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 - 5 7 0 Frick, c 5 1 1 0 McClure, 3b 3 1 0 0 Tucker, 1b 4 0 1 2 Bernhardt, rf 4 3 3 3 Y E—Larson. DP—LSU 1. LOB—LSU 4, Stanford 3. 2B—Koerner 2, Peer, dh 4 1 1 0 Witten, rf 0 0 0 0 Bernhardt, Gerut. HR—Larson 2 (40), Furniss (17), Davis (16), Earnhart Duncan, ss 4 0 1 0 Davis, lf 4 1 1 3 (6). SB—Larson (9), Koerner (16). CS—Kilburg. SF—Schrager. Earnhart, c 2 0 0 0 Horton, c 1 2 1 0 LSU IP H R ER BB SO RECORDS TOTALS 39 6 11 6 TOTALS 40 13 15 13 Coogan (W, 14-3) 7.1 6 5 3 1 6 Daugherty 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 Alabama 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 - 6 11 3 STANFORD IP H R ER BB SO LSU 6 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 x - 13 15 1 Peterson (L, 11-3) 5 9 7 7 1 4 E—Caruso, Duncan, Henderson, McClure. DP—Alabama 1, LSU 1. Cogan 3 3 3 3 1 2 LOB—Alabama 9, LSU 13. 2B—Caruso, Phillips, Tucker, Peer, Koons 1 0 0 0 0 1 Bernhardt, Davis. HR—Caruso (15), Higgins (11), Bernhardt (17). SB— Caruso (13). WP—Coogan. HBP—Barbier by Peterson, Kilburg by Coogan. U— Davis, Mascorro, Hernandez, Garman. T—2:42. A—23,867. ALABAMA IP H R ER BB SO Daniel (L, 5-1) 0.2 5 5 4 0 0 LSU Kingrey 3.2 5 4 0 6 4 Henderson 2.1 4 3 2 1 4 Hurst 1.1 1 1 1 2 2 LSU IP H R ER BB SO Coogan 4.1 6 4 4 1 8 Thompson (W, 12-3) 4.2 5 2 2 1 7

WP—Coogan 3, Thompson. PB—Earnhart, Horton. HBP—Keller by MEDIA Coogan, McClure by Henderson. U—Davis, Garman, Magnusson, Hernandez, Mascorro, Rodriguez. T—3:15. A—24,401.

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MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 2 2004LSU BASEBALL 126 2000 CWSBox Scores anse 0 2 0 0 0 SO 1 0 0 7 BB 0 0 SO -16000 Time -3:09 Att. Start -2:08p.m. 1 1 0 Mascorro. ER 3 Dan David Wiley, BB 3 AlDavis, 0 Umpires -Scott Graham, (Peavey). 1 1 by Hodges by Prior(Pontiff), HBP-by Prior(Barbier), 1 BK-Hodges. 1 5 ER R 0.2 1 1 Todd facedonebatterinthe8th. Petke facedonebatterinthe8th. H Saxon facedtwo battersinthe4th. 2 4 1 0 5 R 2 7 9 1 0 Bannister IP 4 10 4 H 0- 2 1 0- Montrenes 2 4 5 Todd 6.2 0 0 3 IP Petke 4 0 7 2 1 4 Flores 0.2 4 3 0 10-7) 6 Prior (L, 32 0 USC 1 1 0 4-2) Hodges (W, 0 2 0 2 Saxon 3 TOTALS 0 0 0 LSU 1 0 0 10 0 2 0 1 0 9 ph Peavey, Montanez (4). SH Thibodeaux (1), Concepion(8). Craig (18), 1 0 HR-Hawpe 10 2(11), 3 5. USC LOB-LSU7, 2 DP-USC1. 36 Prior2(1). 4 Lunetta(13), 0 E—Gemoll (9), 1b Concepion, 0 1 1 0 USC 0 1 cf Barre, 2 0 0 LSU 2 1 4 1 TOTALS 0 0 RBI 2 0 dh Persell, 1 4 0 0 0 2b H 1 Lunetta, 5 4 c 0 Craig, R 1 1 1 rf Wright, 1 3b AB 1 0 Gemoll, 0 1 lf5 Witten, rf 6 0 Garibaldi, 1 0 3 4 cf USC4(44-19) Harris, 2 ss 0 3 Davidson, 0 0 dh4 Pontiff, RBI 0 SO 0 2 4 3b3 Barbier, H 3 0 1 0 2 1b5 Hawpe, BB 3 R 2 c3 Cresse, 2 AB 0 3 2b4 ER 0 Fontenot, 0 ss5 Theriot, 1 SO LSU 10(50-17) 0 2 3 R ROSENBLATT STADIUM, NEB. OMAHA, 4 BB 1 5 H LSU 10,Southern California4-June12,2000 3 2 ER 3 1.2 4 IP Time: 3:03 Att.-23975 5 Start:6:07p.m. 1 Burleson. 3 Joe 1 14 ScottGraham, 7 David R Wiley, 8 Umpires - Al Davis, WP—Tallet (12). 13 2.1 9 0 x- Tomlinson H facedthree battersinthe 6th 5 7.1 0 0- 8 Gomez 0 13 10 IP 1 2 15-3) Tallet (W, 14 6 0 LSU 5.2 13 1 1 37 Clark 1 Tomlinson 0 12-6) Hale (L, 0 0 TEXAS TOTALS 1 0 4 Cresse (5). SF-Anderson(5), 5 1 Theriot(7). SB-West (23), Barbier2(8). 0 Fontenot (17), HR-Anderson(1), Witten 9 (15). 0 Barbier (14), Hawpe (36), Fontenot 2 (12), 1 Theriot(14), 0 Ontiveros (22), Emond (11), 5 2B- LSU7. LOB-Texas 5, DP-LSU1. 1 2 rf Jorgensen 35 (5). 0 E—West Wright, (10), 1 1 4 1 LSU cf 2 0 5 Harris, 3 Texas 1 dh 1 0 Pontiff, TOTALS 0 RBI 3 0 1 0 2 c Cresse, 1b 0 1 Hawpe, c H lf 3 Jorgensen, 0 Pumo, 1 3 2 0 R 0 1 2 0 0 2 AB 1 3b3 Brooks, 1 4 2b 2 0 Fontenot, 4 2 1b4 Ontiveros, 0 ss 1 LSU13(49-17) Theriot, 0 2 1 4 1 dh 3 RBI 5 Hubele, 0 2 c 3 H Anderson, 0 2 cf Emond, R 1 2b 4 Nicholson, AB ss4 West, TEXAS 5(46-20) ROSENBLATT STADIUM, NEB. OMAHA, LSU 13,Texas 5-June10,2000 hbdax h0000Mnae,l 3000 0 0 3 lf Montanez, 0 0 0 ph0 Thibodeaux, crd,r 0 0 0 rf0 McBride, 2 1 0 5 4 0 lf Witten, 3 1 3 0 0 3b 4 0 Barbier, ph1 Carmichael, 0 0 ph1 Houser, 0 0 ph1 France, ogs(,2 0200001 0 0 SO 0 1 BB 2 0 0 1 ER 0 0 3 0 1 R -19209 Time - 3:09 Att. 0 Start-6:22p.m. David Wiley. 0 0 AlDavis, Joe Burleson, Maners, H 4 0 2 2 SO by 0.2 by Umpires 0 - YoumanTonyVarnes(Jernigan), (Jernigan), (Barbier). 1 0.2 1 HBP-by Gomez BK-Gomez(2). PB-Cresse (4). WP—Youman (4). IP 1 BB 0 9 3 0.2 2 6 0 x- 2) Hodges (S, ER 3 0 6 1 1-2) 3 Guidry (W, 0 0 Youman 1.2 9 6 6 0 R Brian 3 0 6 0 0- 9 H Gomez 5.1 0 0 8 6 1 2 LSU 1 30 IP 0 7.1 Whidden 0.1 1 Lynch 0.1 1 0 11-4) Varnes (L, 0 0 TOTALS FLORIDA STATE 1 2 0 Wright(3). 93 CS-Barbier(3), 1 Fontenot (8). (14), 0 1 SB-Jernigan Wright(4). HR-Hawpe (12), 3 Cresse (21). McDougall (23), 2B-Smith(28), 1 LSU4. 0 0 LOB-FSU13, 33 LSU2. DP-FSU 1, E—Barbier (17). 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 LSU 0 0 1 0 1 Florida State 0 2 cf 3b 1 0 Barbier, Harris, 1 1 TOTALS 2 4 RBI dh Pontiff, 0 0 1 c1 McCaleb, 1b3 0 0 Hawpe, H 4 ss3 4 Groves, ss 0 Theriot, 0 0 0 R 0 c 1 Cresse, AB 1 0 1 0 2b 1 Fontenot, 0 2 dh3 Halliday, 2 0 2 0 LSU6(51-17) 3b 4 Balet, 2 2 2 1 5 cf Jernigan, RBI 2 0 5 1b Barthelemy, H 0 2b 4 McDougall, R lf 4 Griffin, AB rf Smith, ST.FLA. 3(53-19) ROSENBLATT STADIUM, NEB. OMAHA, LSU 6,FloridaState 3-June15,2000 S PHRE BSO 4 BB ER 1 7 SO 0 R 3 BB H 0 -24282 Att. 0 Time -3:42 8 Start-1:40p.m. ER David Wiley. Tony 4 Maners, Mascorro, IP Dan 2 6 Joe Burleson, AlDavis, Umpires -ScottGraham, 1- (Fontenot). 0 by byWayne Wayne (Barbier), by Hodges(Borchard), 13 (Witten), R 3 4 4 6 HBP-by by by 5 TalletYoungYoungBK-Hodges (4). (Alvarado), (Cresse), 0- H 0 4 8 0 0 5-2) 2 Hodges (W, 6 IP 0 30 4 0 Tallet 5 LSU 1 1 0 15-4) 0 Wayne (L, 4 0 TOTALS 2 5 Young 4 0 2 4 2 STANFORD 11 0 1 5 0 0 2 SH-Wright(2). 2 13 CS-O’Riordan (1). 0 SB-Bruntlett(11). 0 0 1 (7). Witten Barbier(9), HR-Thompson(12), Pontiff (20). 5 Fontenot (13), 5 rf 4 0 (6), 3 Wright, 1 3 2B-Thompson(21),VanZandt 39 LSU9. 1 LOB-Stanford 11, 1 DP-Stanford 1. lf 2 Witten, 1 0 cf 1 4 Harris, LSU 3 1 dh 2 0 0 1 Pontiff, 1 Stanford 1 3b 0 Barbier, 1 3 2 0 0 1 TOTALS 1b 1 0 Hawpe, 2 0 c3 0 0 Alvarado, 1 c 0 1 2 Cresse, 1 dh4 VanZandt, 3 0 3 2b 1 0 Fontenot, 5 1 lf5 Topham, 3 ss 0 2 Theriot, 0 2b5 O’Riordan, 0 0 0 rf4 Borchard, 4 1 0 3b5 Gall, 3 0 cf4 Muth, 1 ss4 Bruntlett, 1b5 Thompson, STANFORD 5(50-16) ROSENBLATT STADIUM, NEB. OMAHA, LSU 6,Stanford 5-June17, 2000 url,p itn f 0 0 1 0 rf Wright, 2 3 lf Witten, 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 ph1 Boyd, ph1 Futrell, BRHRILU6(21)A RBI H R AB LSU6(52-17) RBI H R AB