GAME 25 6 NCAA TITLES, 15 CWS APPEARANCES, 14 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011vs. McNeese State LSU BASEBALL March 30 • 6:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium Schedule/Results (17-7, 1-5 SEC) McNeese State Cowboys (13-12) at #16 LSU Tigers (17-7) Date Opponent Time/Result February RANKINGS 18 (Fri.) WAKE FOREST (CST) W, 15-4 • LSU - No. 16 USA Today/ESPN; No. 17 Baseball America; No. 25 Collegiate Baseball 19 (Sat.) WAKE FOREST W, 4-3 • MSU - unranked 20 (Sun.) WAKE FOREST W, 9-1 RADIO 22 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS W, 13-0 • LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates/Flagship station WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge 25 (Fri.) HOLY CROSS W, 12-3 26 (Sat.) HOLY CROSS W, 14-3 INTERNET 27 (Sun.) HOLY CROSS W, 15-4 • www.LSUsports.net – live video, audio and stats TV March none 1 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LA. W, 7-3 2 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. W, 10-8 4 (Fri.) PRINCETON W, 8-2 SERIES RECORD 5 (Sat.) PRINCETON W, 7-2 • LSU leads the all-time series with McNeese State, 23-9, including a 2-1 victory over the Cowboys last 6 (Sun.) PRINCETON L, 7-8 season in Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers have won five straight games over the Cowboys; McNeese State’s 9 (Wed.) SACRED HEART W, 6-1 last win over LSU came in 2000, a 4-3 decision in Lake Charles. 11 (Fri.) CAL ST. FULLERTON (CST) W, 7-6 12 (Sat.) CAL ST. FULLERTON W, 7-6 13 (Sun.) CAL ST. FULLERTON (CST) W, 10-2 PITCHING MATCHUP 16 (Wed.) at Nicholls State W, 12-8 LSU – Fr. LHP Forrest Garrett (first appearance of 2011 – 0-0, 6.75 ERA, 4.0 IP, 5 BB, 4 SO in 2010) 18 (Fri.) FLORIDA (CSS) L, 4-5 19 (Sat.) FLORIDA (Fox Sports Fla.) L, 0-1 MSU – Sr. RHP Jonathan Conrad (1-1, 4.57 ERA, 21.2 IP, 6 BB, 16 SO) or 20 (Sun.) FLORIDA (CST) L, 3-7 22 (Tue.) LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE L, 5-11 Sr. LHP Phil Parcell (2-1, 6.39 ERA, 31.0 IP, 6 BB, 18 SO) 25 (Fri.) at Georgia (WSB-TV) W, 7-3 26 (Sat.) at Georgia (CSS) L, 5-9 (7) 27 (Sun.) at Georgia L, 2-3 (7) NOTES ON THE TIGERS 30 (Wed.) McNEESE STATE 6:30 p.m. • LSU coach Paul Mainieri is in his fifth season at LSU with a 192-91-2 mark. He has a 1056-583-7 record in April 29 career seasons, and he is No. 11 among active NCAA coaches in victories. Mainieri directed the Tigers to 1 (Fri.) OLE MISS 7 p.m. the 2009 College World Series title and he earned National Coach of the Year recognition in 2008 and 2009. 2 (Sat.) OLE MISS (CST) 6:30 p.m. Under Mainieri, the Tigers have advanced to two College World Series (2008, 2009), won the 2009 SEC 3 (Sun.) OLE MISS 1 p.m. 5 (Tue.) at Tulane (CST) 6:30 pm. championship and captured three straight SEC Tournament titles (2008, 2009, 2010). 8 (Fri.) at Arkansas 6:35 p.m. • Mainieri is one of only six active coaches to have won a National Championship and 1,000 games 9 (Sat.) at Arkansas (ESPNU) 7 p.m. • He is one of only 12 active coaches to have won a National Championship 10 (Sun.) at Arkansas 1:05 p.m. • He is one of only 16 active coaches to have won 1,000 games 12 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. 13 (Wed.) ALCORN STATE 6:30 p.m. 15 (Fri.) AUBURN 7 p.m. • Redshirt freshman left-hander Forrest Garrett will start on the mound Wednesday for the Tigers. It will mark 16 (Sat.) AUBURN 6:30 p.m. the first appearance of the season for Garrett, who had surgery on his throwing elbow last April. Garrett, 17 (Sun.) AUBURN 1 p.m. a 41st-round selection of the Texas Rangers in the 2009 MLB Draft out of Norcross (Ga.) High School, 20 (Wed.) Southern Mississippi * 7 p.m. 22 (Fri.) at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. appeared in three games for the Tigers early last season. He recorded five walks and four strikeout in four 23 (Sat.) at Vanderbilt (SportSouth) 2:30 p.m. innings of work. 24 (Sun.) at Vanderbilt (ESPN2) 2 p.m. 26 (Tue.) NICHOLLS STATE 6:30 p.m. • Junior centerfielder Mikie Mahtook hit .455 (5-for-11) in the Tigers’ three-game series at Georgia last week- 28 (Thu.) KENTUCKY (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. 29 (Fri.) KENTUCKY (CST) 7 p.m. end with two homers and four RBI. His two-run homer on Friday in Game 1 of the series broke a 2-2 tie in 30 (Sat.) KENTUCKY 1 p.m. the sixth inning and proved to be the game-winning hit in the Tigers’ 7-3 victory. May • Junior shortstop Austin Nola batted .400 (4-for-10) in the Georgia series with one double, three RBI and two *3 (Tue.) TULANE (CST) 6:30 p.m. 6 (Fri.) at Alabama 6:35 p.m. runs scored, and sophomore designated hitter Raph Rhymes batted .375 (6-for-16) in the Tigers’ four games 7 (Sat.) at Alabama (CSS) 6:35 p.m. last week with one RBI and one run scored. 8 (Sun.) at Alabama 1:05 p.m. 13 (Fri.) TENNESSEE (CST) 7 p.m. • Freshman right-hander Kurt McCune fired a complete-game six-hitter on Friday to lead the Tigers over 14 (Sat.) TENNESSEE (CSS) 3 p.m. 15 (Sun.) TENNESSEE 1 p.m. Georgia … McCune, in his first career SEC road start, limited Georgia to three runs on six hits with one walk 17 (Tue.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. and seven strikeouts as he recorded the first complete game of the season by an LSU pitcher … McCune’s 19 (Thu.) at Mississippi State (CSS) 6 p.m. outing marked the first complete game by a Tigers’ hurler since May 29, 2010, when Ben Alsup recorded a 20 (Fri.) at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. complete-game victory over Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament 21 (Sat.) at Mississippi State 2 p.m. May 25-29 (Wed.-Sun.) • Freshman right-hander Ryan Eades turned in a strong relief outing Sunday at Georgia in Game 2 of the SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. doubleheader, as he fired three scoreless innings and limited the Bulldogs to three hits. June 3-5/6 (Fri.-Sun./Mon.) NCAA Regional Tournament Site TBA • Junior right-hander Matty Ott became LSU’s all-time saves leader on March 11, when he earned a save on against Cal State Fullerton … Ott also picked up a save on March 12 and now has 31 career saves, surpass- June 10-12/11-13 (Fri.-Sun./Sat.-Mon.) ing the mark of 29 saves set by Rick Greene from 1990-92. NCAA Super Regional Series Site TBA • LSU leads the all-time series with McNeese State, 23-9, including a 2-1 victory over the Cowboys last season June 18-28/29 (Sat.-Tue./Wed.) in Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers have won five straight games over the Cowboys; McNeese State’s last win College World Series Omaha, Neb. over LSU came in 2000, a 4-3 decision in Lake Charles. * - at Zephyr Field (Metairie, La.) all times are Central and subject to change LSU Sports Information P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Phone - 225.578.8226 2011 LSU BASEBALL Overall Statistics for LSU (as of Mar 28, 2011) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 17-7 Home: 15-5 Away: 2-2 SEC: 1-5 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% 8 Mikie Mahtook .3 6 5 24-24 8532316182663 .7 4 1 16 2 14 0 .4 7 6 0 0 13-16 58 0 0 1.000 4 Raph Rhymes .3 6 5 24-24 96 19 35 8 0 1 20 46 .4 7 9 5 1 8 1 .3 9 4 2 4 3-5 5 0 1 .8 3 3 23 JaCoby Jones .3 5 3 24-24 8514303131744 .5 1 8 32140 .3 8 9 0 2 5-7 30 59 4 .9 5 7 36 Austin Nola .3 2 9 24-24 82 19 27 8 2 1 21 42 .5 1 2 10 0 10 0 .3 8 9 3 3 2-3 37 58 9 .9 1 3 11 Tyler Hanover .3 0 9 24-24 8123253001528 .3 4 614170 .4 0 4 3 6 5-6 12 35 4 .9 2 2 26 Ty Ross .3 0 2 20-18 53 12 16 2 0 0 7 18 .3 4 0 6 2 8 1 .3 8 7 1 2 0-1 119 9 1 .9 9 2 5 Mason Katz .2 9 4 24-24 8520257132343 .5 0 6 50150 .3 2 6 2 2 5-5 39 3 0 1.000 13 Alex Edward .2 6 0 18-16 50 12 13 3 0 0 12 16 .3 2 0 4 6 6 1 .3 7 7 1 0 0-0 122 12 2 .9 8 5 3 Trey Watkins .2 2 5 24-24 8025184021728 .3 5 0 11 5 17 0 .3 4 7 2 6 10-11 42 0 3 .9 3 3 -------------------- 21 Joe Broussard .5 0 0 4-0 40200022 .5 0 00010 .5 0 0 0 0 0-0 000 .0 0 0 37 Ryan Eades .5 0 0 3-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .5 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 0 1.000 2 Spencer Ware .4 2 9 8-0 71310014 .5 7 12010 .5 5 6 0 0 0-0 5001.000 14 Mike Lowery .3 6 8 14-2 19 3 7 2 0 0 3 9 .4 7 4 1 0 5 0 .4 0 0 0 0 0-0 20 5 0 1.000 6 Jordy Snikeris .2 6 9 14-6 265700017 .2 6 92140 .3 4 5 0 2 1-1 57 3 2 .9 6 8 7 Grant Dozar .2 1 4 17-6 28 3 6 1 0 0 3 7 .2 5 0 2 0 9 0 .2 6 7 0 0 1-1 65 5 1 .9 8 6 27 Beau Didier .2 0 0 7-0 50100001 .2 0 01020 .3 3 3 0 0 0-0 1101.000 41 Kirk Cunningham .0 0 0 5-0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .1 4 3 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 16 Matt Fury .0 0 0 4-0 41000000 .0 0 01020 .2 0 0 0 0 0-0 121 .7 5 0 35 Jackson Slaid .0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 17 Jimmy Dykstra .0 0 0 1-0 20000000 .0 0 00010 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0201.000 Totals .3 0 8 24 802 189 247 48 5 18 168 359 .4 4 8 84 20 126 3 .3 8 2 14 27 45-56 630 228 36 .9 6 0 Opponents .2 3 2 24 779 103 181 25 3 13 96 251 .3 2 2 75 14 176 16 .3 0 8 8 14 28-36 591 231 53 .9 3 9 LOB - Team (169), Opp (157).