GAMES 25-27 6 NCAA TITLES, 15 CWS APPEARANCES, 14 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010vs. Georgia LSU BASEBALL April 2-4 • 7:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 12 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (10,150) Schedule/Results (21-3, 5-1 SEC) Georgia Bulldogs (9-15, 1-5) at #4 LSU Tigers (21-3, 5-1) 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 • UGA - unranked 21 (Sun.) CENTENARY W, 4-0 RADIO 24 (Wed.) McNEESE STATE W, 2-1 • LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates/Baton Rouge affiliate is WDGL 98.1 FM 27 (Sat.) WILLIAM & MARY W, 10-9 28 (Sun.) WILLIAM & MARY (Game 1) W, 9-6 INTERNET 28 (Sun.) WILLIAM & MARY (Game 2) W, 7-4 • www.LSUsports.net – live audio and stats for all three games • Saturday and Sunday’s games may be viewed at ESPN3.com March TV 4 (Thu.) PEPPERDINE W, 8-1 5 (Fri.) BROWN W, 13-7 • Friday – ESPNU 6 (Sat.) PEPPERDINE W, 3-2 • Saturday – Fox Sports Net 7 (Sun.) BROWN W, 9-2 • Sunday – CSS and CST 9 (Tue.) LOUISIANA-MONROE W, 18-7 12 (Fri.) KANSAS L, 9-11 13 (Sat.) KANSAS W, 4-2 SERIES RECORD 14 (Sun.) KANSAS L, 4-8 LSU leads, 55-18-2 17 (Wed.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 10-3 The Tigers won four of the five matchups between the clubs last season – LSU took two of three games dur- 19 (Fri.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports TV) L, 3-6 ing the regular season in Athens and the Tigers defeated UGA twice in the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala. 20 (Sat.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports TV) W, 8-7 21 (Sun.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports TV) W, 5-1 24 (Wed.) LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE W, 4-3 PITCHING MATCHUPS 26 (Fri.) at Tennessee (CSS) W, 6-2 Game 1 27 (Sat.) at Tennessee (Game 1) (FSN) W, 10-6 LSU – Jr. RHP Anthony Ranaudo (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 7.0 IP, 2 BB, 7 SO) 27 (Sat.) at Tennessee (Game 2) W, 8-6 31 (Wed.) BINGHAMTON W, 13-7 UGA – Jr. RHP Justin Grimm (2-2, 4.71 ERA, 28.2 IP, 13 BB, 34 SO) April Game 2 2 (Fri.) GEORGIA (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. LSU – Jr. RHP Austin Ross (3-1, 4.54 ERA, 33.2 IP, 9 BB, 37 SO) 3 (Sat.) GEORGIA (Fox Sports Net) 4 p.m. 4 (Sun.) GEORGIA (CSS) Noon UGA – Sr. RHP Jeff Walters (0-2, 9.36 ERA, 25.0 IP, 16 BB, 27 SO) 6 (Tue.) ALCORN STATE 6:30 pm. 7 (Wed.) * vs. Southern Miss (Jumbo Sports) 7 p.m. Game 3 9 (Fri.) at Auburn (CSS) 7 p.m. LSU – TBA 10 (Sat.) at Auburn (SportSouth) 2 p.m. 11 (Sun.) at Auburn 1 p.m. UGA – So. RHP Michael Palazzone (3-2, 7.48 ERA, 27.2 IP, 10 BB, 20 SO) 14 (Wed.) TULANE 6:30 p.m. 16 (Fri.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports TV) 7 p.m. NOTES ON THE TIGERS 17 (Sat.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports TV) 7 p.m. • LSU coach Paul Mainieri earned the 1,000th win in his collegiate career when the Tigers defeated 18 (Sun.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports TV) 1 p.m. 20 (Tue.) # vs. Northwestern State 6 p.m. Centenary 25-8 on February 20 … Mainieri is in his 28th season as a college coach with six seasons at St. 21 (Wed.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. Thomas University (1993-88), six seasons at Air Force (1989-94), 12 seasons at Notre Dame (1995-2006 23 (Fri.) at Ole Miss (ESPNU) 7 p.m. and four seasons at LSU (2007-present) … his overall record is now 1,019-557-7. 24 (Sat.) at Ole Miss (Fox Sports Net) 3 p.m. 25 (Sun.) at Ole Miss (CSS) 1:30 p.m. 27 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. • LSU is ranked No. 4 this week in the Collegiate Baseball and USA Today/ESPN polls, and No. 5 in the 30 (Fri.) at Florida (CSS) 6 p.m. Baseball America poll released Monday. The Tigers have appeared in the Top 10 of at least one college baseball poll for 30 consecutive weeks, a streak that began on May 19, 2008. May 1 (Sat.) at Florida (ESPNU) 1 p.m. 2 (Sun.) at Florida (ESPN) Noon • LSU has won seven consecutive games, including a 13-7 victory over Binghamton Wednesday night in Alex 4 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 6:30 p.m. Box Stadium. The Tigers are tied for first place in the overall SEC race with South Carolina, and LSU has a 7 (Fri.) VANDERBILT 7 p.m. one-game lead in the Western Division over Auburn, Ole Miss and Arkansas. 8 (Sat.) VANDERBILT (CSS) 6 p.m. 9 (Sun.) VANDERBILT (Cox Sports TV) 1 p.m. 14 (Fri.) at Kentucky 5:30 p.m. • LSU has won 15 of its last 16 SEC regular-season series, dating back to April 18-20, 2008, when the Tigers 15 (Sat.) at Kentucky (SportSouth) 2 p.m. dropped a league series to Georgia in the original Alex Box Stadium. LSU has won eight straight SEC series 16 (Sun.) at Kentucky Noon on the road, dating back to the 2008 season. The Tigers’ last SEC series road loss was at Ole Miss on April 18 (Tue.) at Tulane (Cox Sports TV) 6:30 p.m. 11-13, 2008. 20 (Thu.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (Cox Sports TV) 7 p.m. 21 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (Cox Sports TV) 7 p.m. 22 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (CSS) 3 p.m. • Since Georgia’s last visit to Baton Rouge on April 18-20, 2008, LSU has enjoyed a remarkable run that began with a win at Tulane on April 22, 2008. The Tigers are 103-23 (.817) from then until now -- including a May 26-30 (Wed.-Sun.) 48-12 (.800) mark against SEC teams – with one national championship, two College World Series appear- SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. ances, one SEC regular-season title and two SEC tournament crowns. June 4-6/7 (Fri.-Sun./Mon.) NCAA Regional Tournament Site TBA • Sophomore right-hander Matty Ott earned his NCAA-leading ninth save of the season last Saturday at Tennessee, increasing his career total to 25. Ott is in second place on the all-time LSU saves list, trailing only June 11-13/12-14(Fri.-Sun./Sat.-Mon.) NCAA Super Regional Series Site TBA Rick Greene, who had 29 saves for the Tigers from 1990-92. June 19-29/30 (Sat.-Tue./Wed.) • LSU senior first baseman Blake Dean has increased his career RBI total to 220, moving him into fourth place College World Series Omaha, Neb. on the all-time LSU RBI list. Dean, a senior from Crestview, Fla., has also increased his career hits total to 280 and is in sixth place on the LSU hits list. Dean has 55 career doubles, which is eighth all-time in LSU annals. # - at Fair Grounds Field (Shreveport, La.) * - at Zephyr Field (Metairie, La.) LSU Sports Information • P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Phone - 225.578.8226 LSU By The Numbers in 2010 MORE NOTES ON THE TIGERS Overall 21-3 • LSU second baseman Tyler Hanover, a sophomore from Kernersville, N.C., was named the SEC 5-1 Louisiana Sportswriters Association Hitter of the Week on March 30 as he led the Tigers to four con- Home 18-3 secutive wins last week, batting .533 (8-for-15) with three doubles, seven RBI, three runs, two steals Away 3-0 and a .632 on-base percentage. In LSU’s three-game sweep at Tennessee, Hanover hit .545 (6-for- Neutral Sites 0-0 11) with one double, six RBI, three runs, two steals and a .667 on-base percentage. He was 3-for-4 Day 11-1 at the plate in the Tigers’ Game 1 victory on Friday night with a double and a career-high four RBI. Night 10-2 Vs. Left-Handed Starter 6-0 • Senior OF/DH Matt Gaudet has launched a team-high 10 homers this season, and he tied wtih Vs. Right-Handed Starter 15-3 Arkansas’ Andy Wilkins for the SEC lead .... sophomore leftfielder Trey Watkins leads the SEC in TV Games 4-1 runs scored wtih 36, and he is No. 1 in the league with five triples. Vs. SEC West 2-1 Vs. SEC East 3-0 • The Tigers’ 10-9 victory over William & Mary on Feb. 27 featured an LSU comeback from an 8-0, Non-SEC Games 16-2 sixth-inning deficit. The Tigers tied the game with an eight-run bottom of the sixth before taking the vs. Louisiana opponents 7-0 lead for good with two more runs in the seventh. The comeback was the largest for an LSU squad since April 10.1988, when the Tigers trailed Ole Miss 13-3 through six innings in Alex Box Stadium vs. Ranked opponents 2-1 and rebounded to win 15-13. vs. America East Conference 1-0 vs. Colonial Athletic Association 3-0 • LSU’s season opener on Feb. 19 versus Centenary was played before a school-record crowd of vs. Ivy League 2-0 9,914 in Alex Box Stadium. The paid attendance figure for the game of 11,588 was also a school vs. Southland Conference 2-0 record in the two-year-old facility. vs. Summit League 3-0 vs.