WEEKDAY RELEASE NO. 6 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 Schedule/Results (21-8, 5-4 SEC) Date Opponent Time/Result LSU BASEBALL February Weekday Release No. 6 • at Nicholls State 11 (Fri.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 12-1 April 5, 2005 • 6:30 p.m. 12 (Sat.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 19-2 Thibodaux, La. • Raymond Didier Field (1,000) 13 (Sun.) NICHOLLS STATE W, 6-3 15 (Tue.) UL-MONROE (COX) W, 9-6 18 (Fri.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 4-2 Tigers Continue Five-Game Road Swing At Nicholls State Sixth-ranked LSU (21-8) continues its five-game road stretch Tuesday as the Tigers travel to Thibodaux, La. to 19 (Sat.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 11-8 face Nicholls State. First pitch at Raymond Didier Field is set for 6:30 p.m. The LSU-Nicholls State game can be 20 (Sun.) ARK.-LITTLE ROCK W, 15-9 heard on the LSU Sports Network (98.1 FM in Baton Rouge) and on the Internet at www.LSUsports.net. 25 (Fri.) at Houston L, 1-2 The Tigers began their road swing last weekend at Alabama, as LSU dropped two of three games to the Crimson 27 (Sun.) at Houston (JSN) W, 11-5 Tide. LSU lost a series to Alabama for the first time since 1999, when the Crimson Tide defeated the Tigers in an 27 (Sun.) at Houston (JSN) W, 8-1 NCAA Super Regional in Tuscaloosa. March LSU plays Rice at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Zephyr Field in Metairie, La., before returning home Friday to begin a 2 (Wed.) at Centenary L, 1-6 % three-game SEC series with South Carolina in Alex Box Stadium. 4 (Fri.) UAB W, 12-6 Tuesday's game marks LSU's first trip to Thibodaux since the 1994 season, when Nicholls State defeated the 5 (Sat.) UAB W, 7-3 Tigers, 3-2. Since that '94 contest, the Tigers have won the last 14 meetings with the Colonels, including three wins 6 (Sun.) UAB L, 3-4 earlier this season (Feb. 11-13) in Baton Rouge by scores of 12-1, 19-2 and 6-3. 8 (Tue.) #1 TULANE (COX) L, 2-6 LSU coach Smoke Laval is expected to send senior right-hander Brandon Nall (1-1, 6.43 ERA) to the mound on 11 (Fri.) ARIZONA STATE W, 6-5 Tuesday. Nall, who will be making just his second career collegiate start, earned a relief victory last Tuesday over 12 (Sat.) WESTERN ILLINOIS W, 10-8 UNO. He worked three innings against the Privateers, allowing one earned run on two hits with three walks and no 13 (Sun.) ARIZONA STATE W, 20-3 strikeouts. Nicholls State coach B.D. Parker will counter with freshman left-hander Justin Breaux (0-2, 7.71 ERA). 18 (Fri.) at #17 Georgia W, 8-2 LSU outfielder Ryan Patterson enjoyed another superb week in the Tigers' four games versus UNO and Alabama, batting .389 (7-for-18) with two doubles, one triple, two homers, 10 RBI and six runs. Patterson launched his first 19 (Sat.) at #17 Georgia W, 5-3 career grand slam last Tuesday against the Privateers, and his three-run homer at Alabama on Saturday broke and 20 (Sun.) at #17 Georgia (JSN) W, 6-4 2-2 tie and propelled the Tigers to an 11-2 victory. Patterson has homered 11 times in LSU's last 13 games, and in 23 (Wed.) Southeastern La. W, 4-2 $ his last 10 games, Patterson is batting .442 (19-for-43) with four doubles, one triple, six homers and 16 RBI. On the 25 (Fri.) AUBURN L, 4-6 season, Patterson is hitting .425 (48-for-113) with 11 doubles, one triple, 13 homers, 33 RBI and 42 runs. 26 (Sat.) AUBURN W, 6-3 Infielder Blake Gill was LSU's leading hitter in the Alabama series, batting .417 (5-for-12) with one homer, three 27 (Sun.) AUBURN L, 5-7 RBI and two runs. Left-hander Clay Dirks earned his SEC-leading seventh win on Saturday at Alabama, as he worked 29 (Tue.) NEW ORLEANS (COX) W, 18-10 five innings, limiting the Tide to two runs on two hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Dirks is 7-0 this season April with a 3.02 ERA and one save with 44.2 innings of work. 1 (Fri.) at Alabama L, 0-4 Right-hander Edgar Ramirez turned in his most impressive performances of the season with two sterling relief 2 (Sat.) at Alabama (JSN) W, 11-2 outings at Alabama. Ramirez worked 4.1 scoreless innings in two appearances, allowing just two hits with two walks 3 (Sun.) at Alabama (JSN) L, 4-5 (13) and five strikeouts. 5 (Tue.) at Nicholls State 6:30 p.m. 6 (Wed.) Rice 7 p.m. $ TV: None 8 (Fri.) SOUTH CAROLINA 6:30 p.m. Radio: LSU Sports Network (Jim Hawthorne -- play-by-play, Bill Franques -- analyst); WDGL 98.1 in Baton Rouge 9 (Sat.) SOUTH CAROLINA 2 p.m. Pitching Matchup 10 (Sun.) SOUTH CAROLINA Noon 12 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. LSU -- Sr. RHP Brandon Nall (1-1, 6.43 ERA, 7.0 IP, 6 BB, 1 SO) 15 (Fri.) OLE MISS 6:30 p.m. NSU -- Fr. LHP Justin Breaux (0-2, 7.71 ERA, 18.2 IP, 16 BB, 11 SO) 16 (Sat.) OLE MISS 2 p.m. 17 (Sun.) OLE MISS (COX) 1 p.m. LSU Probable Position Starters 19 (Tue.) at Tulane (ESPN 2) 6 p.m. $ 22 (Fri.) at Arkansas 7:05 p.m. Pos. Player Cl.-Exp. B/T Avg. HR RBI Notable 23 (Sat.) at Arkansas 3:05 p.m. C Matt Liuzza Jr.-2L R/R .232 2 13 .300 (3-for-10), 2 RBI vs. Alabama 24 (Sun.) at Arkansas (JSN) 1:05 p.m. 1B Blake Gill Sr.-3L L/R .320 3 29 .417 (5-for-12), 1 HR, 3 RBI last 3 games 29 (Fri.) at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. -or- Will Harris Jr.-2L R/R .213 1 11 .286 (8-for-28) with runners in scoring position 30 (Sat.) at Vanderbilt 2 p.m. 2B Clay Harris Sr.-3L R/R .372 4 26 .643 (18-for-28) vs. left-handed pitchers May SS Michael Hollander Fr.-HS R/R .284 1 12 Current seven-game hitting streak 1 (Sun.) at Vanderbilt (JSN) 1 p.m. 3B Derek Hebert Sr.-1L L/R .213 1 4 .250 (1-for-4) vs. Alabama 3 (Tue.) SOUTHERN (COX) 6:30 p.m. -or- Bryan Harris So.-RS R/R .118 0 5 Started nine games in 2005 6 (Fri.) KENTUCKY (COX) 6:30 p.m. LF Ryan Patterson Sr.-2L R/R .425 13 33 11 homers in last 13 games 7 (Sat.) KENTUCKY 2 p.m. -or- Quinn Stewart Jr.-1L R/R .232 1 10 .357 (5-for-14) with runners in scoring position 8 (Sun.) KENTUCKY Noon CF Bruce Sprowl Jr.-1L L/R .257 1 7 Started 18 games at CF in 2005 13 (Fri.) TENNESSEE (COX) 6:30 p.m. -or- Ryan Patterson Sr.-2L R/R .425 13 33 .442 (19-for-43), 6 HR, 16 RBI last 10 games 14 (Sat.) TENNESSEE (SEC-TV) 3 p.m. RF Nick Stavinoha Sr.-1L R/R .345 6 25 .444 (14-for-33) with runners in score position 15 (Sun.) TENNESSEE Noon DH Jordan Mayer Fr.-RS R/R .277 1 12 .438 (7-for-16) vs. left-handed pitchers 18 (Wed.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. # -or- Dustin Weaver Sr.-2L R/R .226 3 14 .250 (2-for-8), 1 HR, 3 RBI vs. Alabama 20 (Fri.) at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. 21 (Sat.) at Mississippi State 2 p.m. LSU Nicholls State 22 (Sun.) at Mississippi State (JSN) 1:30 p.m. Record 21-8 (5-4 SEC) Record 14-15 (2-7 SLC) 25-29 SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) Ranking No. 8 Baseball America Ranking NR Baseball America June No. 9 Collegiate Baseball NR Collegiate Baseball 3-5 NCAA Regional (sites TBA) No. 6 ESPN/Sports Weekly NR ESPN/Sports Weekly 10-12/11-13 NCAA Super Regional (sites TBA) Coach Smoke Laval Coach B.D. Parker 17-26/27 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Career Record 397-230-1 (.633/11th year) Career Record 623-426 (.594/20th year) % - Fair Grounds Field # - Maestri Field LSU Record 156-71-1 (.687/fourth year) NSU Record 137-161 (.460/sixth year) $ - Zephyr Field Laval vs. NSU 26-6 Parker vs. LSU 0-6 LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Fax - 225.578.1861 Smoke Laval HEAD COACH • FOURTH YEAR Raymond "Smoke" Laval continues to enhance his reputation as one of the country's top college baseball coaches, as, in three seasons at the helm of the LSU program, he has guided the Tigers to two College World Series berths, two NCAA Super Regional titles, three NCAA Regional championships, one SEC title and Top 10 fin- ishes in each of the past two seasons. Laval, the 2003 SEC Coach of the Year, was named in 2004 the Louisiana Sportswriters Association Coach of the Year for the third straight season. Laval has directed LSU to the best SEC regular-season record in the past three seasons, posting a 57-31-1 (.646) mark. South Carolina has the second-best SEC record (57-32, .640), and Florida is third (50-39-1, .561).