GAMES 9-10 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 LSU BASEBALL vs. Michigan State March 4-5 • 6:30 p.m., 3 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium (7,760) Schedule/Results (7-1) Michigan State Spartans (3-4) at LSU Fighting Tigers (7-1) Date Opponent Time/Result SERIES RECORD February Series tied, 1-1 (the teams split a pair of games in 1975 in Alex Box Stadium) 22 (Fri.) INDIANA W, 7-1 23 (Sat.) INDIANA W, 5-4 PITCHING MATCHUPS 24 (Sun.) INDIANA L, 6-7 Game 1 26 (Tue.) SOUTHERN (Cox Sports) W, 6-1 27 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 9-1 LSU - Jr. LHP Blake Martin (1-0, 4.05 ERA, 6.2 IP, 2 BB, 10 SO) 29 (Fri.) DUQUESNE W, 10-1 MSU -- TBA March Game 2 1 (Sat.) DUQUESNE W, 22-11 LSU - Jr. LHP Ryan Byrd (0-0, 13.50 ERA, 6.0 IP, 2 BB, 1 SO) 2 (Sun.) DUQUESNE W, 12-2 MSU -- TBA 4 (Tue.) MICHIGAN STATE 6:30 p.m. 5 (Wed.) MICHIGAN STATE 3 p.m. RADIO 7 (Fri.) STETSON 7 p.m. LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates 8 (Sat.) STETSON 2 p.m. (the Baton Rouge affiliate on Tuesday is WDGL 98.1 FM; the Baton Rouge affiliate on Wednesday is WTGE 107.3 FM ) 9 (Sun.) STETSON 1 p.m. 11 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 6:30 p.m. INTERNET 14 (Fri.) at Tennessee 6 p.m. www.LSUsports.net – live video, audio and stats on Friday and Saturday; live stats only on Sunday 15 (Sat.) at Tennessee (SportSouth) Noon 16 (Sun.) at Tennessee Noon NOTES 19 (Wed.) TULANE 6:30 p.m. 21 (Fri.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports) 7 p.m. • Michigan State coach David Grewe worked for three seasons (2003-05) as an assistant coach at Notre Dame under LSU 22 (Sat.) ARKANSAS 3 p.m. coach Paul Mainieri. During that three-year period, Notre Dame won three straight Big East titles and advanced to an NCAA 23 (Sun.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports) 1 p.m. Regional each season. 25 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. 26 (Wed.) NEW ORLEANS 6:30 p.m. • LSU completed a three-game sweep of Duquesne last weekend, launching 13 homers in the series. The Tigers had just 28 (Fri.) at Florida 5:30 p.m. one homer in their first five games before the power surge. 29 (Sat.) at Florida 3 p.m. 30 (Sun.) at Florida (FSN Florida) Noon • Paul Mainieri, now in his 26th collegiate coaching season, earned his 900th career victory in Sunday’s 12-2 win over April Duquesne. He recorded 179 wins in six seasons at St. Thomas University, 152 wins in six seasons at Air Force, 533 wins 1 (Tue.) at Southern 6 p.m. in 12 seasons at Notre Dame, and he has 36 wins in his second season at LSU. Mainieri's cumulative record is 900-519- 2 (Wed.) CENTENARY 6:30 p.m. 5 (.634). 4 (Fri.) ALABAMA 7 p.m. 5 (Sat.) ALABAMA Noon • The Tigers' 22-11 win over Duquesne on Saturday featured a 12-run third inning that included four home runs. Blake 6 (Sun.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports) 1 p.m. Dean, Matt Clark and Matt Gaudet drilled back-to-back-to-back home runs during the frame, and Clark hit another dinger 9 (Wed.) at Southern Mississippi 6:30 pm. 11 (Fri.) at Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. in his second at-bat of the inning. LSU hit three consecutive homers and four in one inning for the first time since former 12 (Sat.) at Ole Miss 4 p.m. Tigers Blake Gill, Ryan Patterson, Clay Harris and Nick Stavinoha hit four straight out of the park against Arizona State on 13 (Sun.) at Ole Miss 1:30 p.m. March 13, 2005. 15 (Tue.) NICHOLLS STATE 6:30 p.m. 16 (Wed.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. • The 12-run inning marked LSU's highest total for a single frame since that same Arizona State game on March 13, 2005. 18 (Fri.) GEORGIA 7 p.m. LSU tallied its most runs in a game (22) since it recorded 24 against Duquesne on Feb. 24, 2001, and LSU recorded its 19 (Sat.) GEORGIA 3 p.m. highest hits total (23) since collecting 23 hits versus Kentucky on May 9, 2004. 20 (Sun.) GEORGIA Noon 22 (Tue.) at Tulane 6 p.m. • The Tigers came back to launch six homers in Sunday's game versus Duquesne, the most by LSU since March 13, 2005 23 (Wed.) McNEESE ST. (Cox Sports) 6:30 p.m. when it also hit six dingers versus Arizona State. 25 (Fri.) SOUTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. 26 (Sat.) SOUTH CAROLINA 3 p.m. • Junior first baseman Matt Clark batted .667 (8-for-12) in the Duquesne series with one double, five homers, nine RBI 27 (Sun.) SOUTH CAROLINA 1 p.m. and eight runs. Clark homered twice in one inning on Saturday, launching two dingers during the Tigers' 12-run outburst 29 (Tue.) UL-LAFAYETTE (Cox Sports) 6:30 p.m. in the third frame. Clark, a transfer from Riverside (Calif.) Community College, is hitting .385 (10-for-26) on the season May 2 (Fri.) at Kentucky 5:30 p.m. with team-highs of five homers and 12 RBI. 3 (Sat.) at Kentucky 1 p.m. 4 (Sun.) at Kentucky Noon • Junior left-hander Ryan Verdugo was named SEC Pitcher of the Week Monday after earning two wins in his first two 9 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI ST, (Cox Sports)7 p.m. career LSU starts last week, posting victories over Southern on Tuesday and Duquesne on Sunday. In a total of 10 innings, 10 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (FSN) 3 p.m. he allowed just one run on three hits, recording a 0.90 ERA. Verdugo registered six walks and 13 strikeouts in his two 11 (Sun.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (Cox Sports)1 p.m. appearances and limited opponents to a .097 batting average. In the win over Duquesne, he worked five innings, limiting 13 (Tue.) New Orleans * (Metairie, La.) 6:30 p.m. the Dukes to one run on two hits with three walks and four strikeouts. Verdugo pitched five shutout frames against 15 (Thu.) at Auburn 6 p.m. Southern, allowing just one hit with three walks and nine strikeouts. 16 (Fri.) at Auburn 6 p.m. 17 (Sat.) at Auburn 2 p.m. LSU Michigan State 21-25 SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. Record 7-1 Record 3-4 30-June 1/2 NCAA Regional Tournament Site TBA Ranking not ranked June Ranking not ranked 6-8/7-9 NCAA Super Regional Series Site TBA Coach Paul Mainieri Coach David Grewe 14-24/25 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Career Record 900-519-5 (26th year) Career Record 54-60 (third year) LSU Record 36-27-1 (second year) MSU Record same * - at Zephyr Field (Metairie, La.) Mainieri vs. MSU 0-1 Grewe vs. LSU 0-0 all times are Central and subject to change LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 2008 LSU Baseball Overall Statistics for LSU (as of Mar 03, 2008) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 7-1 Home: 7-1 Away: 0-0 SEC: 0-0 Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 34 Blake Dean....... .481 8-8 27 10 13 2 0 3 12 24 .889 6 0 3 1 .576 0 0 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 16 Ryan Schimpf..... .444 7-7 27 11 12 3 1 1 3 20 .741 2 2 4 0 .516 0 0 4-4 7 14 0 1.000 3 Jared Mitchell... .412 5-4 17 5 7 1 0 0 2 8 .471 2 0 6 0 .474 0 1 2-3 7 0 0 1.000 9 Matt Clark....... .385 7-7 26 10 10 1 0 5 12 26 1.000 3 0 7 0 .448 0 0 0-0 46 4 0 1.000 14 Sean Ochinko..... .385 6-6 26 5 10 4 0 0 4 14 .538 0 0 4 1 .385 0 0 0-0 51 2 1 .981 6 Leon Landry...... .292 7-6 24 2 7 2 1 0 5 11 .458 1 2 3 0 .370 0 0 2-3 8 0 0 1.000 35 Matt Gaudet...... .292 7-7 24 6 7 3 0 1 6 13 .542 3 0 3 1 .370 0 0 0-0 14 0 0 1.000 17 DJ LeMahieu...... .290 8-8 31 8 9 0 0 3 5 18 .581 2 0 5 0 .333 0 0 2-2 6 22 3 .903 7 Michael Hollander .240 8-6 25 4 6 1 0 0 5 7 .280 2 0 0 0 .296 0 0 0-0 2 21 3 .885 -------------- 2 Buzzy Haydel..... 1.000 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2.000 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0-0 10 0 0 1.000 5 Derek Helenihi... .417 4-2 12 5 5 0 0 0 2 5 .417 1 0 2 0 .462 0 0 0-0 7 8 0 1.000 18 Nicholas Pontiff. .333 6-3 12 5 4 2 0 0 1 6 .500 2 0 2 0 .429 0 0 0-0 5 0 0 1.000 21 Johnny Dishon...