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GAMES 11-13 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 LSU BASEBALL vs. Stetson March 7-9 • 7 p.m., 1 p.m., 1 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (7,760) Schedule/Results (9-1) Stetson Hatters (6-4) at LSU Fighting Tigers (9-1) Date Opponent Time/Result ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD February Series tied, 3-3 (LSU won two of three games in Baton Rouge in 2006; Stetson posted a 2-1 series victory over the Tigers 22 (Fri.) INDIANA W, 7-1 in DeLand, Fla. in 2007) 23 (Sat.) INDIANA W, 5-4 24 (Sun.) INDIANA L, 6-7 PITCHING MATCHUPS 26 (Tue.) SOUTHERN (Cox Sports) W, 6-1 27 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 9-1 Game 1 29 (Fri.) DUQUESNE W, 10-1 LSU – Sr. RHP Jared Bradford (2-0, 0.71 ERA, 12.2 IP, 4 BB, 16 SO) March SU -- Jr. RHP Jake Hitchcock (0-1, 3.00 ERA, 12.0 IP, 0 BB, 5 SO) 1 (Sat.) DUQUESNE W, 22-11 2 (Sun.) DUQUESNE W, 12-2 Game 2 4 (Tue.) MICHIGAN STATE W, 5-3 LSU – Jr. LHP Ryan Verdugo (2-0, 0.90 ERA, 10.0 IP, 6 BB, 13 SO) 5 (Wed.) MICHIGAN STATE W, 12-1 SU – Sr. RHP Nick Pugliese (2-0, 2.92 ERA, 12.1 IP, 2 BB, 7 SO) 7 (Fri.) STETSON 7 p.m. 8 (Sat.) STETSON 1 p.m. Game 3 9 (Sun.) STETSON 1 p.m. LSU – Jr. LHP Blake Martin (1-0, 2.31 ERA, 11.2 IP, 6 BB, 14 SO) 11 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 6:30 p.m. SU -- So. RHP Robby Donovan (1-1, 9.58 ERA, 10.1 IP, 6 BB, 15 SO) 14 (Fri.) at Tennessee 6 p.m. 15 (Sat.) at Tennessee (SportSouth) Noon RADIO 16 (Sun.) at Tennessee Noon LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates 19 (Wed.) TULANE 6:30 p.m. 21 (Fri.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports) 7 p.m. (the Baton Rouge affiliate on Friday and Sunday is WDGL 98.1 FM; the Baton Rouge affiliate on Saturday is 22 (Sat.) ARKANSAS 3 p.m. WNXX 104.5/104.9 FM ) 23 (Sun.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports) 1 p.m. 25 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. INTERNET 26 (Wed.) NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. www.LSUsports.net – live video, audio and stats 28 (Fri.) at Florida 5:30 p.m. 29 (Sat.) at Florida 3 p.m. NOTES 30 (Sun.) at Florida (FSN Florida) Noon • LSU has won seven straight games, its longest win streak since the 2006 club won nine in a row prior to the start of April SEC play. 1 (Tue.) at Southern 6 p.m. 2 (Wed.) CENTENARY 6:30 p.m. • The Tigers are 2-0 so far this week, having defeated Michigan State on Tuesday and Wednesday by scores of 4 (Fri.) ALABAMA 7 p.m. 5-3 and 12-1. 5 (Sat.) ALABAMA Noon 6 (Sun.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports) 1 p.m. • Third baseman Michael Hollander’s two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted LSU’s to Tuesday’s 9 (Wed.) at Southern Mississippi 6:30 pm. 11 (Fri.) at Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. win over Michigan State. Freshman right-hander Daniel Bradshaw earned his first career collegiate win, pitching 1.1 score- 12 (Sat.) at Ole Miss 4 p.m. less innings with three strikeouts. 13 (Sun.) at Ole Miss 1:30 p.m. 15 (Tue.) NICHOLLS STATE 6:30 p.m. • First baseman Matt Clark and leftfielder Blake Dean combined to drive in seven runs in Wednesday’s 12-1 victory over 16 (Wed.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. Michigan State. Dean launched a two-run homer -- his fourth of the season -- and collected three RBI. Clark unloaded a 18 (Fri.) GEORGIA 7 p.m. grand slam -- the first by an LSU player since Blake Gill hit one against Arizona State on March 13, 2005. 19 (Sat.) GEORGIA 3 p.m. 20 (Sun.) GEORGIA Noon • Junior left-hander Ryan Byrd pitched brilliantly in Wednesday’s win over MSU, limiting the Spartans to one unearned run 22 (Tue.) at Tulane 6 p.m. on four hits in five innings with no walks and two strikeouts. 23 (Wed.) McNEESE ST. (Cox Sports) 6:30 p.m. 25 (Fri.) SOUTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. • LSU completed a three-game sweep of Duquesne last weekend, launching 13 homers in the series. The Tigers had just 26 (Sat.) SOUTH CAROLINA 3 p.m. one homer in their first five games before the power surge. 27 (Sun.) SOUTH CAROLINA 1 p.m. 29 (Tue.) UL-LAFAYETTE (Cox Sports) 6:30 p.m. • Junior first baseman Matt Clark batted .667 (8-for-12) in the Duquesne series with one double, five homers, nine RBI May 2 (Fri.) at Kentucky 5:30 p.m. and eight runs. Clark homered twice in one inning on Saturday, launching two dingers during the Tigers' 12-run outburst 3 (Sat.) at Kentucky 1 p.m. in the third frame. 4 (Sun.) at Kentucky Noon 9 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI ST, (Cox Sports)7 p.m. • Junior left-hander Ryan Verdugo was named SEC Pitcher of the Week Monday after earning two wins in his first two 10 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (FSN) 3 p.m. career LSU starts last week, posting victories over Southern on Feb. 26 and Duquesne on March 2. In a total of 10 innings, 11 (Sun.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (Cox Sports)1 p.m. he allowed just one run on three hits, recording a 0.90 ERA. Verdugo registered six walks and 13 strikeouts in his two 13 (Tue.) New Orleans * (Metairie, La.) 6:30 p.m. appearances and limited opponents to a .097 batting average. In the win over Duquesne, he worked five innings, limiting 15 (Thu.) at Auburn 6 p.m. the Dukes to one run on two hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Verdugo pitched five shutout frames against 16 (Fri.) at Auburn 6 p.m. 17 (Sat.) at Auburn 2 p.m. LSU Stetson 21-25 SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. Record 9-1 Record 6-4 30-June 1/2 NCAA Regional Tournament Site TBA Ranking not ranked June Ranking not ranked 6-8/7-9 NCAA Super Regional Series Site TBA Coach Paul Mainieri Coach Pete Dunn 14-24/25 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Career Record 902-519-5 (26th year) Career Record 1,050-629-3 (29th year) LSU Record 38-27-1 (second year) SU Record same * - at Zephyr Field (Metairie, La.) Mainieri vs. SU 2-3 Dunn vs. LSU 3-3 all times are Central and subject to change LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 2008 LSU Baseball Overall Statistics for LSU (as of Mar 06, 2008) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 9-1 Home: 9-1 Away: 0-0 SEC: 0-0 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 34 Blake Dean....... .455 10-10 33 13 15 2 0 4 15 29 .879 9 0 5 1 .571 0 0 1-1 17 0 0 1.000 9 Matt Clark....... .382 9-9 34 13 13 1 0 6 16 32 .941 4 0 10 1 .447 0 0 0-0 61 7 0 1.000 16 Ryan Schimpf..... .382 9-9 34 12 13 3 1 1 3 21 .618 4 3 4 1 .488 0 0 4-5 12 14 0 1.000 14 Sean Ochinko..... .375 8-7 32 6 12 4 0 0 4 16 .500 1 1 4 1 .412 0 0 0-1 60 3 1 .984 3 Jared Mitchell... .360 7-6 25 5 9 1 0 0 3 10 .400 2 0 9 0 .407 0 1 4-5 13 0 1 .929 17 DJ LeMahieu...... .316 10-10 38 9 12 0 0 3 8 21 .553 3 0 5 0 .366 0 0 3-3 9 28 3 .925 7 Michael Hollander .300 10-8 30 5 9 1 1 0 7 12 .400 3 1 0 0 .382 0 1 0-0 3 28 5 .861 35 Matt Gaudet...... .296 9-8 27 6 8 3 0 1 6 14 .519 4 0 5 1 .387 0 0 0-0 15 0 0 1.000 6 Leon Landry...... .241 9-8 29 3 7 2 1 0 5 11 .379 1 2 3 0 .313 0 0 3-4 9 0 1 .900 -------------- 2 Buzzy Haydel..... 1.000 4-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1.500 0 0 0 0 .667 1 0 0-0 11 0 0 1.000 5 Derek Helenihi... .462 5-2 13 6 6 0 1 0 3 8 .615 1 0 2 0 .500 0 0 0-0 7 10 0 1.000 28 Taylor Davis..... .429 4-0 7 2 3 0 0 1 2 6 .857 0 0 1 0 .429 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 18 Nicholas Pontiff. .333 8-3 15 6 5 2 0 0 2 7 .467 2 0 3 0 .412 0 0 0-0 6 0 0 1.000 8 Rene Escobar..... .333 1-1 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .333 2 1 1 0 .667 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 32 Chris McGhee....