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GAME 24 6 NCAA TITLES, 15 CWS APPEARANCES, 14 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010vs. Binghamton LSU BASEBALL March 31 • 6:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (10,150) Schedule/Results (20-3, 5-1 SEC) Binghamton Bearcats (6-10) at #4 LSU Tigers (20-3) Date Opponent Time/Result February RANKINGS 19 (Fri.) CENTENARY W, 5-4 • LSU - No. 4 Collegiate Baseball; No. 4 USA Today/ESPN; No. 4 NCBWA; No. 5 Baseball America 20 (Sat.) CENTENARY W, 25-8 • BU - unranked 21 (Sun.) CENTENARY W, 4-0 24 (Wed.) McNEESE STATE W, 2-1 27 (Sat.) WILLIAM & MARY W, 10-9 RADIO 28 (Sun.) WILLIAM & MARY (Game 1) W, 9-6 • LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates/Baton Rouge affiliate is WDGL 98.1 FM 28 (Sun.) WILLIAM & MARY (Game 2) W, 7-4 INTERNET March • www.LSUsports.net – live video, audio and stats 4 (Thu.) PEPPERDINE W, 8-1 TV 5 (Fri.) BROWN W, 13-7 None 6 (Sat.) PEPPERDINE W, 3-2 7 (Sun.) BROWN W, 9-2 9 (Tue.) LOUISIANA-MONROE W, 18-7 SERIES RECORD 12 (Fri.) KANSAS L, 9-11 First Meeting 13 (Sat.) KANSAS W, 4-2 • Binghamton University, located in Binghamton, N.Y., has won the America East Conference championship 14 (Sun.) KANSAS L, 4-8 in each of the last three seasons, and the Bearcats participated in the 2009 NCAA Regional in Greensboro, 17 (Wed.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 10-3 19 (Fri.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports TV) L, 3-6 N.C. 20 (Sat.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports TV) W, 8-7 21 (Sun.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports TV) W, 5-1 PITCHING MATCHUP 24 (Wed.) LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE W, 4-3 LSU – Fr. RHP Michael Reed (0-0, 7.20 ERA, 15.0 IP, 9 BB, 12 SO) 26 (Fri.) at Tennessee (CSS) W, 6-2 27 (Sat.) at Tennessee (FSN) (Game 1) W, 10-6 BU – So. RHP Aaron Schuldt (0-2, 4.50 ERA, 6.0 IP, 3 BB, 5 SO) 27 (Sat.) at Tennessee (Game 2) W, 8-6 31 (Wed.) BINGHAMTON 6:30 p.m. NOTES ON THE TIGERS • LSU coach Paul Mainieri earned the 1,000th win in his collegiate career when the Tigers defeated April 2 (Fri.) GEORGIA (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. Centenary 25-8 on February 20 … Mainieri is in his 28th season as a college coach with six seasons at St. 3 (Sat.) GEORGIA (Fox Sports Net) 4 p.m. Thomas University (1993-88), six seasons at Air Force (1989-94), 12 seasons at Notre Dame (1995-2006 4 (Sun.) GEORGIA (CSS) Noon and four seasons at LSU (2007-present) … his overall record is now 1,018-557-7. 6 (Tue.) ALCORN STATE 6:30 pm. 7 (Wed.) * vs. Southern Miss (Jumbo Sports) 7 p.m. 9 (Fri.) at Auburn (CSS) 7 p.m. • LSU is ranked No. 4 this week in the Collegiate Baseball and USA Today/ESPN polls, and No. 5 in the 10 (Sat.) at Auburn (SportSouth) 2 p.m. Baseball America poll released Monday. The Tigers have appeared in the Top 10 of at least one college 11 (Sun.) at Auburn 1 p.m. baseball poll for 30 consecutive weeks, a streak that began on May 19, 2008. 14 (Wed.) TULANE 6:30 p.m. 16 (Fri.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports TV) 7 p.m. 17 (Sat.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports TV) 7 p.m. • LSU posted a three-game SEC sweep at Tennessee last weekend, the Tigers’ first league sweep since 18 (Sun.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports TV) 1 p.m. winning three games from Auburn last season (April 24-26) in Baton Rouge. LSU has now won 15 of its last 20 (Tue.) # vs. Northwestern State 6 p.m. 16 SEC regular-season series, dating back to April 2008. 21 (Wed.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. 23 (Fri.) at Ole Miss (ESPNU) 7 p.m. 24 (Sat.) at Ole Miss (Fox Sports Net) 3 p.m. • LSU has won eight straight SEC series on the road, dating back to the 2008 season. The Tigers’ last SEC 25 (Sun.) at Ole Miss (CSS) 1:30 p.m. series road loss was at Ole Miss on April 11-13, 2008. 27 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. 30 (Fri.) at Florida (CSS) 6 p.m. • Sophomore right-hander Matty Ott earned his ninth save of the season Saturday at Tennessee, increasing May his career total to 25. Ott is in second place on the all-time LSU saves list, trailing only Rick Greene, who 1 (Sat.) at Florida (ESPNU) 1 p.m. had 29 saves for the Tigers from 1990-92. 2 (Sun.) at Florida (ESPN) Noon 4 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 6:30 p.m. • LSU senior first baseman Blake Dean has increased his career RBI total to 217, moving him into fourth 7 (Fri.) VANDERBILT 7 p.m. 8 (Sat.) VANDERBILT (CSS) 6 p.m. place on the all-time LSU RBI list. Dean, a senior from Crestview, Fla., has also increased his career hits 9 (Sun.) VANDERBILT (Cox Sports TV) 1 p.m. total to 278 and is tied for seventh place with Tookie Johnson (1988-91) on the LSU hits list. Dean has 55 14 (Fri.) at Kentucky 5:30 p.m. career doubles, which is eighth all-time in LSU annals. 15 (Sat.) at Kentucky (SportSouth) 2 p.m. 16 (Sun.) at Kentucky Noon 18 (Tue.) at Tulane (Cox Sports TV) 6:30 p.m. • LSU second baseman Tyler Hanover was named LSWA Hitter of the Week Tuesday after he led the Tigers 20 (Thu.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (Cox Sports TV) 7 p.m. to four consecutive wins last week. He batted .533 (8-for-15) with three doubles, seven RBI, three runs, two 21 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (Cox Sports TV) 7 p.m. steals and a .632 on-base percentage. In LSU’s three-game sweep at Tennessee, Hanover hit .545 (6-for- 22 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (CSS) 3 p.m. 11) with one double, six RBI, three runs, two steals and a .667 on-base percentage. Hanover is the Tigers’ May 26-30 (Wed.-Sun.) leading hitter in SEC play, batting .524 (11-for-21) in six games with two doubles, one triple, seven RBI, six SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. runs and a .655 on-base percentage. June 4-6/7 (Fri.-Sun./Mon.) • Sophomore shortstop Austin Nola enjoyed a productive weekend at Tennessee, batting .500 (5-for-10) with NCAA Regional Tournament Site TBA one double, four RBI, five runs and a .615 on-base percentage. Sophomore rightfielder Mikie Mahtook hit June 11-13/12-14(Fri.-Sun./Sat.-Mon.) .455 (5-for-11) against the Volunteers with two doubles, one RBI, four runs, one steal and a .538 on-base NCAA Super Regional Series Site TBA percentage. June 19-29/30 (Sat.-Tue./Wed.) • Junior right-hander Anthony Ranaudo worked the first two innings of LSU’s first game Saturday at College World Series Omaha, Neb. Tennessee, marking his first appearance since the season opener versus Centenary on Feb. 19 … Ranaudo, who was out for five weeks with a stress reaction in his throwing elbow, fired 23 pitches against the # - at Fair Grounds Field (Shreveport, La.) Vols, recording two perfect innings with one strikeout … Ranaudo is scheduled to start this Friday’s series * - at Zephyr Field (Metairie, La.) opener versus Georgia in Alex Box Stadium. LSU Sports Information P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 2010 LSU BASEBALL Overall Statistics for LSU (as of Mar 29, 2010) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 20-3 Home: 17-3 Away: 3-0 SEC: 5-1 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 34 Blake Dean .3 6 3 23-23 9120337042752 .5 7 1 15 0 10 3 .4 4 0 3 0 0-0 168 14 1 .9 9 5 33 Micah Gibbs .3 6 0 23-22 86 13 31 4 2 3 24 48 .5 5 8 6 5 11 2 .4 2 9 1 0 4-4 161 11 1 .9 9 4 8 Mikie Mahtook .3 5 1 23-23 7721279231749 .6 3 6 17 1 19 0 .4 7 4 0 0 12-15 51 1 1 .9 8 1 6 Leon Landry .3 4 6 23-23 81 21 28 3 3 3 21 46 .5 6 8 9 2 9 0 .4 1 1 3 1 9-10 40 2 0 1.000 11 Tyler Hanover .3 2 6 23-23 8622287111540 .4 6 510572 .4 1 7 2 0 2-3 44 61 3 .9 7 2 3 Trey Watkins .3 2 2 23-23 87 34 28 2 5 2 11 46 .5 2 9 15 8 17 2 .4 6 4 0 1 13-18 38 0 2 .9 5 0 36 Austin Nola .3 1 5 23-23 8915285001433 .3 7 1 93101 .3 8 8 2 2 0-0 56 73 5 .9 6 3 35 Matt Gaudet .3 0 3 22-21 76 13 23 1 0 9 27 51 .6 7 1 11 1 26 1 .3 8 9 2 0 0-0 13 0 0 1.000 9 Wet Delatte .2 1 6 17-16 51811100 212 . 2 3 5 52141 .3 1 0 0 0 0-1 7183 .8 9 3 -------------------- 7 Grant Dozar .3 5 7 7-2 145520037 .5 0 02040 .4 3 8 0 0 1-1 15 4 2 .9 0 5 5 Mason Katz .2 5 0 5-0 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .2 5 0 2 1 0 0 .5 7 1 0 0 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 27 Beau Didier .2 4 1 12-6 295710048 .2 7 6 10111 .2 5 8 1 1 0-0 7152 .9 1 7 21 Johnny Dishon .1 6 7 12-2 12 5 2 1 0 1 2 6 .5 0 0 4 0 6 0 .3 7 5 0 1 3-4 10 0 0 1.000 13 Alex Edward .0 0 0 6-0 70000000 .0 0 01010 .1 2 5 0 0 0-0 3001.000 16 Matt Fury .0 0 0 4-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 41 Michael Turnbull .