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WEEKEND RELEASE NO. 14 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 Schedule/Results (33-16, 14-10 SEC) Date Opponent Time/Result LSU BASEBALL February Weekend Release No. 14 • vs. Tennessee 11 (Fri.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 12-1 May 13, 14 and 15, 2005 • 6:30 p.m., 3 p.m., Noon 12 (Sat.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 19-2 Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (7,760) 13 (Sun.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 6-3 15 (Tue.) UL-MONROE (COX) W, 9-6 Tigers And Vols Set For SEC East Versus West Showdown 18 (Fri.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 4-2 19 (Sat.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 11-8 No. 11 LSU (33-16, 14-10 SEC) plays host to No. 9 Tennessee (35-14, 15-8) this weekend in a three-game 20 (Sun.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 15-9 Southeastern Conference series at Alex Box Stadium. Game 1 of the series is set for 6:30 p.m. CDT Friday, Game 2 25 (Fri.) at Houston L, 1-2 begins at 3 p.m. CDT Saturday and Game 3 starts at Noon CDT Sunday. 27 (Sun.) at Houston (JSN) W, 11-5 >Broadcast Info 27 (Sun.) at Houston (JSN) W, 8-1 Friday's game will be televised by Cox Sports Television (Cable Ch. 37 in Baton Rouge), and Saturday's game will be March televised by Fox Sports Net (Cable Ch. 38 in Baton Rouge). There will be no television for Sunday’s game. All three 2 (Wed.) at Centenary L, 1-6 % games can be heard statewide on the LSU Sports Network (WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge). The radio broadcast and 4 (Fri.) UAB W, 12-6 live stats are also available on the LSU Athletics web site, www.LSUsports.net. 5 (Sat.) UAB W, 7-3 6 (Sun.) UAB L, 3-4 >Last Time Out 8 (Tue.) #1 TULANE (COX) L, 2-6 LSU won its fourth straight SEC series last weekend, capturing two of three games versus Kentucky. On Friday, the 11 (Fri.) ARIZONA STATE W, 6-5 Tigers erased a four-run deficit and held on to win 6-5. The Wildcats took Game 2 by a score of 7-1, but Greg Smith 12 (Sat.) WESTERN ILLINOIS W, 10-8 paced LSU past UK in the series finale with a convincing 8-3 win. 13 (Sun.) ARIZONA STATE W, 20-3 18 (Fri.) at #17 Georgia W, 8-2 >Notables 19 (Sat.) at #17 Georgia W, 5-3 LSU has won nine of their last 11 SEC games and is tied with Alabama for first place in the SEC West ... The Tigers 20 (Sun.) at #17 Georgia (JSN) W, 6-4 enter the weekend 1.5 games behind Tennessee in the overall league race ... LSU is 11-7 vs. ranked opponents on 23 (Wed.) Southeastern La. W, 4-2 $ the season, despite a 2-5 record at Alex Box Stadium ... The Tigers are 7-3 in their last 10 games against ranked oppo- 25 (Fri.) AUBURN L, 4-6 nents with series’ wins vs. No. 20 Ole Miss, at No. 11 Arkansas and at No. 25 Vanderbilt ... LSU is 7-5 vs. SEC East 26 (Sat.) AUBURN W, 6-3 opponents ... The Tigers won their first SEC series opener at home last week against Kentucky after previously going 27 (Sun.) AUBURN L, 5-7 0-3 ... Senior outfielder Ryan Patterson, a member of both the Golden Spikes and Dick Howser Watch Lists, is tops 29 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS (COX) W, 18-10 on the team in batting average (.383), runs (60), home runs (17), total bases (148) and slugging percentage (.767) April 1 (Fri.) at Alabama L, 0-4 Pitching Matchups 2 (Sat.) at Alabama (JSN) W, 11-2 Game 1 3 (Sun.) at Alabama (JSN) L, 4-5 (13) LSU -- Sr. LHP Lane Mestepey (6-6, 4.46 ERA, 80.2 IP, 20 BB, 43 SO) 5 (Tue.) at Nicholls State W, 3-2 UT -- Jr. RHP Luke Hochevar (11-2, 1.77 ERA, 96.2 IP, 32 BB, 107 SO) 6 (Wed.) #11 Rice (JSN) W, 8-2 8 (Fri.) #4 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 1-3 Game 2 9 (Sat.) #4 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 1-5 LSU -- So. LHP Clay Dirks (9-2, 3.13 ERA, 74.2 IP, 24 BB, 55 SO) 10 (Sun.) #4 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 5-7 UT -- So. RHP Craig Cobb (5-2, 4.19 ERA, 68.2 IP, 18 BB, 41 SO) 12 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 19-2 15 (Fri.) #20 OLE MISS L, 8-14 Game 3 16 (Sat.) #20 OLE MISS W, 7-6 LSU -- Jr. LHP Greg Smith (8-2, 2.31 ERA, 85.2 IP, 21 BB, 69 SO) 17 (Sun.) #20 OLE MISS (COX) W, 5-1 UT -- Fr. LHP James Adkins (7-2, 2.66 ERA, 88.0 IP, 35 BB, 82 SO) 19 (Tue.) at #1 Tulane (ESPN 2) L, 8-11 $ 22 (Fri.) at #11 Arkansas W, 10-7 LSU Probable Position Starters 23 (Sat.) at #11 Arkansas W, 7-0 24 (Sun.) at #11 Arkansas (JSN) W, 6-0 Pos. Player Cl.-Exp. B/T Avg. HR RBI Notable 30 (Sat.) at #25 Vanderbilt L, 4-9 C Matt Liuzza Jr.-2L R/R .241 2 20 Baseball America College Top 50 Prospect 30 (Sat.) at #25 Vanderbilt W, 9-3 1B Blake Gill Sr.-3L L/R .320 5 40 .385 (5-for-13), 2 2B, 3 RBI last four games May 2B Clay Harris Sr.-3L R/R .378 8 47 .444 (16-for-36), 3 HR, 15 RBI last 10 games 1 (Sun.) at #25 Vanderbilt (JSN) W, 3-0 SS Michael Hollander Fr.-HS R/R .239 1 13 Committed no errors last 10 games 3 (Tue.) SOUTHERN (COX) L, 5-9 -or- Derek Hebert Sr.-1L L/R .233 2 7 .286 (6-for-21), 1 HR, 1 RBI last 10 games 6 (Fri.) KENTUCKY (COX) W, 6-5 3B Chris Jackson Fr.-RS R/R .316 1 14 LSU is 10-4 with Jackson in the starting lineup 7 (Sat.) KENTUCKY L, 1-7 LF Quinn Stewart -or- Jr.-1L R/R .228 2 11 .375 (3-for-8) in four games last week 8 (Sun.) KENTUCKY W, 8-3 Ryan Patterson Sr.-2L R/R .383 17 44 Top 3 in SEC in six offensive categories 13 (Fri.) #9 TENNESSEE (COX) 6:30 p.m CF Ryan Patterson Sr.-2L R/R .383 17 44 BA Midseason All-Am.; Golden Spikes Watch 14 (Sat.) #9 TENNESSEE (SEC-TV) 3 p.m. -or- Bruce Sprowl Jr.-1L L/R .250 1 9 No errors in 42 games this season 15 (Sun.) #9 TENNESSEE Noon RF Nick Stavinoha Sr.-1L R/R .368 14 49 Leads team in doubles (20) and RBI (49) 18 (Wed.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. # DH Jordan Mayer Fr.-RS R/R .329 2 18 LSU’s leading hitter last 10 games; .435 BA 20 (Fri.) at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. 21 (Sat.) at Mississippi State 2 p.m. LSU Tennessee 22 (Sun.) at Mississippi State (JSN) 1:30 p.m. Record 33-16 (14-10 SEC) Record 35-14 (15-8 SEC) 25-29 SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) Ranking No. 16 Baseball America Ranking No. 9 Baseball America June No. 16 Collegiate Baseball No. 9 Collegiate Baseball 3-5 NCAA Regional (sites TBA) No. 11 ESPN/Sports Weekly No. 17 ESPN/Sports Weekly 10-12/11-13 NCAA Super Regional (sites TBA) Coach Smoke Laval Coach Rod Delmonico 17-26/27 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Career Record 409-238-1 (.632/11th year) Career Record 623-340 (.647/16th year) % - Fair Grounds Field # - Maestri Field LSU Record 168-79-1 (.679/fourth year) UT Record 623-340 (.647/16th year) $ - Zephyr Field Laval vs. UT 7-2 Delmonico vs. LSU 9-28 LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 Tracking the Tigers Statistical Comparison LSU Tennessee Week BA CB ESPN/SW .294 Batting Average .333 Preseason 2 5 4 3.69 Earned Run Average 3.44 Feb. 7 2 5 3 108 Doubles 114 Feb. 14 2 5 3 13 Triples 16 Feb. 21 2 3 2 64 Homers 58 Feb. 28 3 3 2 .481 Slugging Percentage .517 March 7 5 6 5 .375 On-Base Percentage .415 March 14 5 5 6 28/38 Stolen Bases/Attempts 87/105 March 21 3 3 3 .249 Opponents Batting Average .241 March 28 5 4 5 336 Batters Struck Out 417 April 4 8 9 6 12 Saves 10 April 11 22 19 12 April 18 20 18 12 .969 Fielding Percentage .970 April 25 16 14 9 May 2 16 13 8 In The Polls May 9 16 16 11 LSU dropped in two of the three major polls this week after posting a 2-2 mark last week. The Tigers remained No. 16 in Baseball America but fell three spots to No. 16 in Collegiate Baseball. LSU also dropped three places to No. 11 in ESPN/Sports Weekly. RPI Watch Baseball America (May 9) LSU dropped four positions to No. 13 in Boyd's World psuedo-RPI's this week. The Tigers were ranked ninth last week, before suferring losses to Southern (158) and Kentucky (69). Eleven SEC teams are listed in the top 30. Florida 1. Cal State Fullerton (36-12) leads the way with a RPI of sixth.