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Game 12: LSU vs. Long Beach St.—Friday, Mar. 1, 6:30 p.m., Alex Box Stadium Home again: LSU opens a three-game series tonight with About Tonight’s Game... Long Beach St., kicking off an 11-game homestand. Records ➣ The Tigers haven’t played since Sunday, when they took LSU 8-3, Long Beach St. 6-4 a 12-11 loss in the finale of a three-game series at Hous- ton. Rankings ➣ The Tigers were 2-2 on their road trip last week, winning LSU is ranked #7 by ESPN/Baseball 7-6 at Centenary and going 1-2 at Houston (3-11, 8-4, Weekly , #8 by Collegiate Baseball and 11-12). ➣ #9 by Baseball America. Long Beach St. LSU is 6-1 at home this season, with its only loss coming is ranked #21 by Collegiate Baseball and Feb. 12 to Southeastern Louisiana. #24 by ESPN/Baseball Weekly. ➣ LSU also hosts Tulane, UL-Monroe (3 games), UL- Lafayette and Vanderbilt (3 games) on the homestand. ➣ The Tigers’ next road game isn’t until Mar. 19 when they Radio/TV visit UL-Lafayette. All LSU games can be heard on the LSU Sports Network (WDGL-98.1 FM in Baton Scouting the 49ers: The “Dirtbags” are 6-4 following a 10- Rouge) and at LSU’s official website, 1 loss to Fresno St. on Tuesday. www.lswww.lsusports.net.usports.net. Charles Hanagriff ➣ Long Beach won two of three this past weekend against calls tonight’s game. LSU’s SEC West rival, Arkansas. The 49ers won 8-1 and 4-0 in the first two games before the Razorbacks won 5-3 Series on Sunday. LSU leads, 4-1 ➣ LBSU, like LSU, is also under new leadership , as long- time assistant Mike Weathers has taken over for the re- Last Meeting tired Dave Snow. Weathers has also been a head coach LSU 14, Long Beach St. 7 in 11 innings at Utah and Chapman College. (5/25/97 at NCAA South I Regional) ➣ The 49ers broke into the rankings three weeks ago after taking two of three at home against USC. Coaches ➣ The Dirtbags are 2-1 on the road, winning their only away Smoke Laval, LSU (8-3 at LSU; 241-159 series at California. in seven years at Louisiana-Monroe) Mike Weathers, LBSU (6-3 at LBSU; 283- About the Series: This will be the first regular-season meet- 281 in 12 years overall) ing between the schools, but LSU has a 4-1 lead in five NCAA tournament games. The rest of the Series ➣ The teams first met in the 1989 College World Series, Game 2 Saturday at 2 p.m. with LSU taking a 6-2 victory in an elimination game. ➣ The Tigers and 49ers met three times in the 1993 CWS, Game 3 Sunday at 1 p.m. with LSU winning the opening game between the clubs, 7-1. Long Beach came back for a 10-8 victory to stave off elimination, but the Tigers took a 6-5 victory in the On Deck bracket one final and eventually won the national cham- Tuesday ...... Tulane, 6:30 pionship. Mar. 8 ......... UL-Monroe, 6:30 ➣ The 49ers’ only visit to Baton Rouge came for the 1997 Mar. 9 ......... UL-Monroe, 2 South I Regional, as the Tigers won a 14-7, 11-inning Mar. 10 .......UL-Monroe, 1 contest in an elimination game. Mar. 12 .......UL-Lafayette, 6:30 ➣ This marks the first time that a California team has vis- Mar. 15 .......Vanderbilt, 6:30 ited Baton Rouge in regular season play. Mar. 16 .......Vanderbilt, 2 ➣ LSU will return the trip to Blair Field in 2003, Mar. 17 .......Vanderbilt, Noon Mar. 19 .......at UL-Lafayette, 6:30 p.m. Mar. 22-24 . at Ole Miss Tonight’s Starting Pitcher #34 Jr. RHP Bo Pettit (6-0, 200, Houston—Sharpstown HS) Bo Pettit will be looking to bounce back from his first loss in nearly two years tonight when he opens the Long Beach St. series. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2002: Is 1–1 with a 3.66 ERA in three starts. ➣ Tied a career high with 12 strikeouts in the Tigers’ Feb. 15 victory over Mercer. ➣ Went a career high 7.2 innings in Mercer game, not yielding an earned run and carrying a shutout into the eighth inning. ➣ Started season opener vs. Birmingham-Southern on Feb. 8 and struck out eight in 6.0 innings. ➣ Worked 6.0 innings in loss at Houston (Feb. 22), making pitching appearance in his hometown. 2001: Posted 4-0 mark with a 2.42 ERA, but only appeared in 7 games (4 starts) due to continuing shoul- der ailments. ➣ Struck out five in two innings in his first appearance of 2001 vs. Nicholls St. on Feb. 27 ➣ Earned his first win of the season against Southern on Mar. 13, going five innings and allowing two runs on two hits. ➣ Best outing of season came Mar. 23 at Mississippi St., as he allowed no earned runs in 6.1 innings to pick up the victory. ➣ Did not return to action again until May 1 at New Orleans, when he went three innings and allowed just one hit and no earned runs while striking out five. 2000: Went 5-3 with a 4.15 ERA in 16 games (7 starts), but season ended early due to tendonitis in his shoulder. ➣ Best effort came in Apr. 30 win at Ole Miss in first career SEC start. In that game, Pettit allowed one run on five hits and struck out a career-high 12 in seven innings. ➣ Earned his first career win in second game of doubleheader vs. Virginia on Feb. 12, starting and throwing six scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing just two hits. ➣ Threw two scoreless innings and allowed just one hit in relief stint vs. McNeese St. on Feb. 22. ➣ Hurled four scoreless and hitless innings in start vs. New Orleans on Mar. 22, picking up victory with six strikeouts. ➣ Final outing of season came on May 6 at Kentucky, where he earned win with six strikeouts over 6.2 in- nings. 1999: Was granted a medical redshirt after pitching in only three early-season games. ➣ Made his first career appearance on Feb. 27 against Central Florida, going 1.1 innings and giving up two runs on four hits, walking one and striking out one. PETTIT GAME-BY-GAME Date Opponent IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP DP IBB WW----LL SV ERA Feb. 8 Birmingham-Southern* 6.0 4 4 4 1 8 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0-0 0 6.00 Feb. 15 Mercer* 7.2 8 4 0 3 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 2.63 Feb. 22 AT Houston* 6.0 10 5 4 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-1 0 3.66 Totals (3 GG----33 GS) 19.2 22 13 8 7 23 4 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 11----11 0 3.66 PETTIT’S CAREER STATISTICS Year ERA WW----LL App GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 1999 15.43 0-0 3 0 0 0 2.1 5 5 4 2 3 2000 4.15 5-3 16 7 0 0 47.2 44 25 22 22 52 2001 2.42 4-0 7 4 0 0 26.0 21 9 7 7 25 2002 3.66 1-1 3 3 0 0 19.2 22 13 8 7 23 TOTAL 3.71 1010----33 29 14 0 0 95.2 92 52 42 38 103 LSU’s rotation for the remainder of the Long Beach series: Saturday—So. LHP Lane Mestepey (1-0, 4.12) Sunday—Jr. RHP Jake Tompkins (2-0, 4.05) LSU vs. Long Beach St. California comes to The Box Date Site Result One of the remnants left from the Skip Bertman 5/25/97 Baton Rouge* LSU, 14-7 (11) era is a two-year series with Long Beach St., with 6/11/93 Omaha# LSU, 6-5 the first of that home-and-home coming this week- 6/9/93 Omaha# LBSU, 10-8 end at Alex Box Stadium. 6/4/93 Omaha# LSU, 7-1 6/5/89 Omaha# LSU, 8-5 The visit from the 49ers marks the first time ever *—NCAA South I Regional that a school from California has come to Baton #—College World Series Rouge for a regular-season series. Several schools Overall: LSU leads, 4-1 from the Golden State have visited The Box for At Baton Rouge: LSU leads, 1-0 NCAA regional play, including Long Beach’s visit in At Omaha: LSU leads, 3-1 1997, where the 49ers went 2-2 and finished Skip Bertman vs. LBSU: 4-1 third behind LSU and South Alabama. Dave Snow vs. LSU: 2-4% %—Snow was 1-0 as coach at Loyola-Marymount against LSU, winning 4-3 in the 1986 CWS Five other California schools have trekked east to Baton Rouge seeking post-season glory: USC (1990 and 1994), Cal St. Fullerton (1992, 1995 and 1998), Fresno St. (1994), UCLA (2000) and California (2001). LSU vs. other California schools Date Opponent Result Cal St. Fullerton has had by far the most success 5/24/87 CS Fullerton!^ LSU, 7-3 at The Box, going 4-0 in winning the 1992 and 6/5/87 Stanford$ Stan., 6-5 (10) 1995 regionals here, with the 1995 championship 3/25/88 CS Fullerton@ CSF, 7-2 serving as the springboard to the Titans’ third na- 3/26/88 USC@ LSU, 10-7 3/27/88 UCLA@ LSU, 7-1 tional championship.