GAME 35 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 LSU BASEBALL vs. Mississippi Valley State April 11, 2007 • 6:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (7,760) Schedule/Results (18-15-1, 4-7-1 SEC) Tigers Play Host To Mississippi Valley State Date Opponent Time/Result LSU (18-15-1) resumes its seven-game homestand Wednesday night when the Tigers play host to Mississippi Valley State February (7-4) (14-22 prior to Tuesday night game vs. Delta State) at 6:30 p.m. in Alex Box Stadium. 9 (Fri.) ST. MARY’S (CALIF.) W, 4-3 10 (Sat.) ST. MARY’S (CALIF.) W, 7-6 >Broadcast Info 11 (Sun.) ST. MARY’S (CALIF.) W, 6-2 The game will be carried by the affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network (WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge). The audio 16 (Fri.) at Stetson L, 1-8 broadcast and streaming video is available in the Geaux Zone at www.LSUsports.net. Jim Hawthorne and Charles Hanagriff 17 (Sat.) at Stetson L, 1-14 call the action. There is no television for the contest. 18 (Sun.) at Stetson W, 8-4 21 (Wed.) NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 6-2 >Last Time Out 23 (Fri.) CENTRAL FLORIDA W, 4-1 LSU defeated Auburn, 10-1, on Sunday to end a three-game losing streak. The Tigers lost the first two games of the series. 24 (Sat.) CENTRAL FLORIDA W, 13-6 LSU fell 6-1 on Friday night and lost the series 7-0 on Saturday. In Sunday’s win, junior Jared Bradford worked seven 25 (Sun.) CENTRAL FLORIDA L, 4-5 innings, allowing only one run on six hits and striking out nine to record his fifth win of the year. Chris Jackson, making 27 (Tue.) TULANE (CST tape delayed) L, 3-8 his first start of the season at third base, posted a career-high four hits. Centerfielder Jared Mitchell scored three runs, and March (8-8-1, 2-5-1 SEC) shortstop Michael Hollander homered. 2 (Fri.) LIPSCOMB L, 6-7 3 (Sat.) LIPSCOMB L, 7-10 >Notables 4 (Sun.) LIPSCOMB W, 8-4 Seven out of LSU’s next eight games are against opponents from the state of Mississippi ... The Tigers host Ole Miss this 6 (Tue.) at Centenary % W, 2-1 weekend before traveling to Starkville the following weekend for a three-game series at Mississippi State ... Wednesday’s 9 (Fri.) SOUTHERN MISS W, 2-1 game marks the first meeting between LSU and Mississippi Valley State ... MVSU represents LSU’s third opponent from 10 (Sat.) SOUTHERN MISS W, 15-8 the SWAC ... The Tigers hold a 40-2 series advantage over Southern University, and LSU has a 4-0 mark against Jackson 11 (Sun.) SOUTHERN MISS L, 3-5 13 (Tue.) McNEESE STATE W, 6-3 State ... Designated hitter Blake Dean extended his hitting streak to 14 games Sunday in the Tigers’ win over Auburn ... 16 (Fri.) at #3 South Carolina (JSN) L, 0-5 Dean, a native of Crestview, Fla., is batting .368 (21-for-57) during the streak with four doubles, seven RBI and eight runs 17 (Sat.) at #3 South Carolina (JSN) W, 6-5 ... His 14-game hitting streak is the longest by a Tiger since Ryan Patterson and Clay Harris hit safely in 15 straight games 18 (Sun.) at #3 South Carolina (JSN) L, 5-9 in 2005 ... LSU is ranked 37th in the latest Boyd’s World RPI ... Chris Jackson returned to the starting lineup Friday ver- 21 (Wed.) SOUTHEASTERN LA. (CST) W, 5-3 sus Auburn and enjoyed a very productive weekend series ... Jackson, who had been out of the lineup since suffering a 23 (Fri.) #11 KENTUCKY L, 2-16 shoulder injury on March 10 versus Southern Mississippi, started at first base in Games 1 and 2 last weekend, and he 24 (Sat.) #11 KENTUCKY L, 5-6 started Game 3 at third base ... Jackson batted .357 (5-for-14) in the three games against Auburn with two doubles, one 25 (Sun.) #11 KENTUCKY T, 9-9 27 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS W, 6-3 RBI and three runs scored 30 (Fri.) at #25 Alabama (JSN) W, 5-4 31 (Sat.) at #25 Alabama (JSN) L, 2-5 April (2-3, 2-2 SEC) Pitching Matchup 1 (Sun.) at #25 Alabama (JSN) W, 7-3 3 (Tue.) at #21 Tulane $ L, 9-16 LSU -- Fr. RHP Matt Jackson (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 18.0 IP, 6 BB, 9 SO) 6 (Fri.) AUBURN L, 1-6 • True freshman who is set to make his first career start 7 (Sat.) AUBURN L, 0-7 • Opponents only hitting .194 against him this season, which is the lowest by any pitcher on the staff 8 (Sun.) AUBURN (CST) W, 10-1 11 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE 6:30 p.m. • Has only allowed two runs in his last 11 innings of work and one run in his last 9.1 innings of work 13 (Fri.) OLE MISS 7 p.m. • Fired four perfect innings of relief in his last outing -- April 6 vs. Auburn 14 (Sat.) OLE MISS 3 p.m. • Did not allow a hit, walked two and struck out three against the Plainsmen 15 (Sun.) OLE MISS 1 p.m. • Threw three perfect innings against Southeastern Louisiana on March 21; struck out two 18 (Wed.) at New Orleans $ 7 p.m. 20 (Sat.) at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. MVSU -- TBA 21 (Sat.) at Mississippi State 2 p.m. 22 (Sun.) at Mississippi State (JSN) 1:30 p.m. 25 (Wed.) SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. LSU Probable Position Starters 27 (Fri.) TENNESSEE 7 p.m. Pos. Player Cl.-Exp. B/T Avg. HR RBI Notable 28 (Sat.) TENNESSEE 3 p.m. C Robert Lara So.-1L R/R .246 1 8 2-for-3 with a run and RBI in series finale vs. AU 29 (Sun.) TENNESSEE (CST) 1 p.m. May (0-0, 0-0 SEC) 1B Sean Ochinko Jr.-1L R/R .241 5 22 Team-high .994 fielding percentage 1 (Tue.) NICHOLLS STATE (CST) 6:30 p.m. 2B Chris McGhee So.-1L R/R .250 1 8 Suicide squeeze and 3 SB in Sunday win at Bama 4 (Fri.) at Arkansas 7:05 p.m. SS Michael Hollander Jr.-2L R/R .265 4 19 Provided LSU’s only HR in Auburn series on Sun. 5 (Sat.) at Arkansas (FSN) 3 p.m. 3B Chris Jackson So.-1L R/R .250 1 7 Career-high four hits on Sun. vs. Auburn 6 (Sun.) at Arkansas (JSN) 1:05 p.m. LF Ryan Schimpf Fr.-HS L/R .275 4 9 3-for-4 with a three-run homer vs. Tulane last Tues. 11 (Fri.) FLORIDA (CST) 7 p.m. CF Jared Mitchell Fr.-HS L/L .291 1 12 16x16 in SB this season; 4th in the SEC 12 (Sat.) FLORIDA (FSN) 3 p.m. RF Steven Waguespack Sr.-1L L/L .194 4 19 Made two game-winning plays in games this year 13 (Sun.) FLORIDA (CST) 1 p.m. 17 (Thu.) at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. DH Blake Dean Fr.-HS L/L .331 2 26 14-game hit streak; .400 with 3 2Bs, 3 RBI last 4 gm 18 (Fri.) at Vanderbilt 7 p.m. 19 (Sat.) at Vanderbilt (JSN) 1 p.m. LSU Mississippi Valley State 23-27 SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) 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