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6 NCAA TITLES (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009) • 18 CWS APPEARANCES • 17 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 LSU BASEBALL vs. Auburn - May 16 (6:30 p.m. CT); May 17 (7 p.m. CT); May 18 (2 p.m. CT) Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field Schedule/Results (32-21, 15-12 SEC) Auburn Tigers (31-21, 13-14 SEC) at No. 19 LSU Tigers (32-21, 15-12 SEC) February RANKINGS 15 (Fri.) LOUISIANA-MONROE W, 12-7 SECN+ 16 (Sat.) ARMY W, 6-5 SECN+ LSU – No. 19 D1 Baseball, No. 20 USA Today, No. 20 Collegiate Baseball, No. 22 Baseball America 17 (Sun.) AIR FORCE W, 17-5 SECN+ AU – unranked 19 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LA. W, 6-5 SECN+ RADIO 22 (Fri.) BRYANT W, 13-6 SECN+ LSU Sports Network; Baton Rouge affiliate is WDGL 98.1 FM - Live audio/stats at www.LSUsports.net 23 (Sat.) BRYANT W, 17-8 SECN+ ONLINE 24 (Sun.) BRYANT W, 4-3 SECN+ SEC Network + 27 (Wed.) SOUTHERN W, 17-4 SECN+ SERIES RECORD LSU has a 103-74 advantage over Auburn in a series that began in 1907. LSU has won 15 of its last 19 March games versus Auburn, but Auburn won two of three games over the Tigers last season at Plainsman 1 (Fri.) at Texas L, 1-8 LHN 2 (Sat.) at Texas L, 4-8 LHN Park. LSU has captured 13 of the last 20 SEC regular-season series between the clubs, dating back to 3 (Sun.) at Texas L, 6-7 LHN 1999. LSU had won five straight series over Auburn before AU’s series victory last season. LSU coach 6 (Wed.) HOLY CROSS W, 9-2 SECN+ Paul Mainieri has a 25-12 career mark against Auburn. 8 (Fri.) CALIFORNIA W, 4-3 SECN+ 9 (Sat.) CALIFORNIA (DH) L, 2-5 (7) SECN+ PITCHING MATCHUPS 9 (Sat.) CALIFORNIA (DH) W, 5-4 (7) SECN+ Game 1 12 (Tue.) at Northwestern State L, 1-3 ESPN+ LSU – So. RH Eric Walker (4-4, 5.21 ERA, 57.0 IP, 22 BB, 47 SO) 13 (Wed.) TEXAS SOUTHERN W, 16-5 SECN+ AU – Jr. LH Elliott Anderson (5-1, 3.70 ERA, 48.2 IP, 21 BB, 52 SO) 16 (Sat.) KENTUCKY (DH) W, 2-1(12) SECN+ Game 2 16 (Sat.) KENTUCKY (DH) W, 16-4 SECN+ 17 (Sun.) KENTUCKY W, 7-2 SECN+ LSU – Fr. RH Landon Marceaux (3-2, 6.56 ERA, 35.2 IP, 17 BB, 26 SO) 20 (Wed.) NICHOLLS W, 5-4(10) SECN+ AU – So. LH Jack Owen (4-1, 1.91 ERA, 42.1 IP, 7 BB, 40 SO) 22 (Fri.) at Georgia W, 1-0 SECN+ Game 3 23 (Sat.) at Georgia L, 0-2 SECN LSU – TBA 24 (Sun.) at Georgia L, 7-9 SECN AU – So. RH Tanner Burns (4-3, 2.83 ERA, 70.0 IP, 20 BB, 91 SO) 26 (Tue.) McNEESE STATE L, 0-2 SECN+ 28 (Thu.) at Mississippi State L, 5-6 ESPNU LSU COACH PAUL MAINIERI 29 (Fri.) at Mississippi State W, 10-5 SECN • LSU coach Paul Mainieri is in his 37th season as a college coach with six seasons at St. Thomas 30 (Sat.) at Mississippi State W, 11-2 SECN+ University (1983-88), six seasons at Air Force (1989-94), 12 seasons at Notre Dame (1995-2006) and he April is in his 13th season at LSU (2007-present) … his overall record is 1,447-742-7 and he is 583-250-3 at 2 (Tue.) GRAMBLING W, 9-0 SECN+ LSU ... he was inducted in January 2014 into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, 3 (Wed.) SOUTH ALABAMA W, 2-0 SECN+ and he served last summer as the head coach of the USA Collegiate National Team ... Mainieri is No. 5 (Fri.) TEXAS A&M W, 2-1 SECN+ 3 on the NCAA Division I active coaches win list, and he is one of only 10 coaches in NCAA Division I 6 (Sat.) TEXAS A&M (DH) L, 4-6 ESPN2 history to win at least 1,400 games ... he earned National Coach of the Year recognition in 2008, 2009 6 (Sat.) TEXAS A&M (DH) W, 9-3 SECN and 2015 ... Mainieri directed LSU to the 2009 College World Series title, and he also has led the Tigers 9 (Tue.) at Southern L, 2-7 ESPN+ to CWS appearances in 2008, 2013, 2015 and 2017 ... he has directed LSU to eight NCAA Tournament 12 (Fri.) at Missouri W,12-11(10)SECN+ National Seeds in the past 11 seasons ... Mainieri has guided the Tigers to seven NCAA Regional titles , 13 (Sat.) at Missouri L, 1-4 SECN+ five Super Regional championships, six SEC Tournament titles, six SEC Western Division titles and four 14 (Sun.) at Missouri L, 5-11 SECN 16 (Tue.) Louisiana-Lafayette * L, 5-6 CST SEC regular-season championships. 18 (Thu.) FLORIDA L, 9-16 SECN 19 (Fri.) FLORIDA W, 13-1 SECN ABOUT LSU 20 (Sat.) FLORIDA W, 11-2 ESPN2 • LSU is 15-12 in the Southeastern Conference and concludes the regular season with a three-game 23 (Tue.) LAMAR W, 5-3 SECN+ SEC versus Auburn beginning on Thursday 26 (Fri.) at Alabama L, 1-6 SECN+ • The Tigers are No. 21 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings … LSU has 17 wins over Top 50 RPI teams, 27 (Sat.) at Alabama W, 5-2 SECN+ which is the fifth-highest total in the nation 28 (Sun.) at Alabama W, 5-4 SECN+ • Senior rightfielder Antoine Duplantis has homered in each of LSU’s last two games, including a three- run blast in the eighth inning Saturday to lift LSU to a 3-2 win over fourth-ranked Arkansas … Duplantis May 3 (Fri.) OLE MISS W, 8-3 SECN+ has two doubles, two homers and six RBI in LSU’s last five games ... he has produced 18 RBI in LSU’s 4 (Sat.) OLE MISS L, 1-5 SECN+ last 14 games ... Duplantis is No. 3 in the SEC this season with 56 RBI … he entered this season with 5 (Sun.) OLE MISS L, 15-19 ESPN2 four career home runs, but has already exceeded that total with 10 dingers in 2019 7 (Tue.) LOUISIANA TECH L, 1-12 SECN+ • Antoine Duplantis is No. 2 on the career LSU hits list with 337, 15 hits behind former first baseman 9 (Thu.) at Arkansas L, 4-14 ESPNU Eddy Furniss (352 hits from 1995-98) … Duplantis already holds LSU’s record for career at-bats (1,048), 10 (Fri.) at Arkansas L, 6-11 SECN+ and he shares the school’s triples record (15) with former second baseman Todd Walker (1992-94) 11 (Sat.) at Arkansas W, 3-2 ESPN2 • Junior right-hander Todd Peterson delivered a brilliant relief performance in Saturday’s win at Arkansas 14 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS W, 7-5 SECN+ … Peterson entered the contest in the fifth inning and fired four shutout innings, limiting the Razorbacks 16 (Thu.) AUBURN 6:30 p.m. SECN+ to one hit with two walks and three strikeouts 17 (Fri.) AUBURN 7 p.m. SECN+ 18 (Sat.) AUBURN 2 p.m. SECN+ • Freshman right-hander Landon Marceaux delivered his best outing of the season last Saturday at 21-26 SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. Arkansas, as he worked five innings and limited the Razorbacks to two runs on seven hits with three 31 NCAA Regional Sites TBA walks and two strikeouts • Sophomore leftfielder Daniel Cabrera has two doubles, three homers and six RBI in the Tigers’ last June five games … Cabrera launched a pair of solo homers in last Thursday’s game at Arkansas, marking his 1-3 NCAA Regional Sites TBA second two-homer game of the season .. he also blasted two dingers in the Tigers’ season opener on 7-10 NCAA Super Regional Sites TBA February 15 versus Louisiana-Monroe ... Cabrera is No. 8 in the SEC this season in slugging pct. (590) 15-26 College World Series Omaha, Neb. • Junior shortstop Josh Smith is ranked No. 9 in the SEC in batting average (.345) and No. 5 in runs scored (57) ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL • Six members of the 2019 LSU baseball squad were honored last Friday in a graduation celebration held at the team’s hotel in Fayetteville, Ark. … since the Tigers were playing in Arkansas last week and could * - Wally Pontiff Jr. Classic at Shrine on Airline (Metairie, La.) not attend the commencement ceremonies on the LSU campus, the event was held at the hotel to honor the graduates … team members graduating from LSU this semester are infielder Brandt Broussard (business administration), outfielder Antoine Duplantis (sport administration), undergraduate assistant coach Jared Foster (sport administration), pitcher Caleb Gilbert (civil engineering), pitcher Clay Moffitt (finance) and infielder Chris Reid (sport administration) … also recognized Friday was former LSU outfielder Mark Laird, who has earned a degree in animal sciences and has been accepted into the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. LSU Athletic Communications Phone: 225.241.4359 Athletic Admin. Bldg., Baton Rouge, LA 70803 E-Mail: [email protected] LSU Pitcher Notes 27 Matthew Beck, RH Pitcher 6-7, 241, R-R, Jr., 2L Alexandria, La. (Alexandria HS) Excellent pitcher with a fastball that sits in the 90 mph range … has fired significant relief innings for the Tigers since 2017 A member of the 2018 Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll as a finance major Earned relief win on May 14 vs. New Orleans, firing two shutout innings with two strikeouts From March 2 through April 6, pitched 18 straight innings (10 appearances) without giving up an earned run, allowing just six hits with 15 strikeouts Made two appearances in Ole Miss series (May 4-5), allowing one run on two hits in two innings with no walks and three Ks Pitched 2.2 relief innings at Alabama (April 28), limiting the Tide to one run on one hit Worked three innings vs.