GAMES 20-22 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 LSU BASEBALL at Kentucky March 17-19, 2006 • 5:30 p.m., Noon, 11 a.m. CST Lexington, Ky. • Cliff Hagan Stadium (3,000) 2006 Schedule/Results (16-3, 0-0 SEC) Eighth-Ranked Tigers Open SEC Play At Kentucky Date Opponent Time/Result No. 8 LSU (16-3) travels to Lexington, Ky. this weekend as the Tigers begin Southeastern Conference play against the February (10-1) Kentucky Wildcats (15-3) in Cliff Hagan Stadium. Game 1 of the LSU-UK series is set for 5:30 p.m. CST Friday, Game 2 10 (Sat.) NORTH FLORIDA W, 11-1 begins at Noon CST Saturday and Game 3 starts at 11 a.m. CST Sunday. 11 (Sat.) NORTH FLORIDA W, 4-0 12 (Sun.) NORTH FLORIDA L, 3-4 (10) >Broadcast Info 14 (Tue.) CENTENARY W, 15-3 Games on Friday and Sunday will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network (WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge). 17 (Fri.) TENNESSEE TECH W, 9-6 Saturday’s game will be broadcast on WNXX/KNXX 104.5/104.9 FM in Baton Rouge if the LSU men’s basketball team is 18 (Sat.) TENNESSEE TECH W, 7-2 still playing in the NCAA Tournament. Charles Hanagriff (play-by-play) and Bill Franques (analyst) call the action. Saturday 19 (Sun.) TENNESSEE TECH W, 8-3 and Sunday’s contests will be televised by the Jumbo Sports Network. In Baton Rouge, cable ch. 6 (WGMB) will carry 21 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA W, 7-3 Saturday’s game. Sunday’s game can be seen on cable ch. 10 (WBRL) in Baton Rouge. Lyn Rollins (play-by-play) and 24 (Fri.) TEMPLE W, 4-1 Ronnie Rantz (analyst) call the action. Live stats are available on www.LSUsports.net. 25 (Sat.) TEMPLE W, 9-0 26 (Sun.) TEMPLE W, 14-4 (8) >Last Time Out March (6-2, 0-0 SEC) LSU closed a 19-game homestand with two victories over Stetson last weekend in Alex Box Stadium. Clay Dirks rebound- 1 (Wed.) UL-MONROE (COX) W, 8-5 ed from his last outing to earn Friday’s victory, 5-1. On Saturday, Quinn Stewart tied an LSU school record with three 3 (Fri.) HOUSTON L, 3-5 homers, leading the Tigers to a 11-7 win. The Hatters stunned LSU on Sunday, scoring four runs in the ninth to salvage 4 (Sat.) HOUSTON W, 7-0 the finale, 9-8. 5 (Sun.) HOUSTON W, 5-3 7 (Tue.) #12 TULANE (COX) W, 4-3 >Notables 10 (Fri.) STETSON W, 5-1 11 (Sat.) STETSON W, 11-7 LSU has won 11 straight regular season series, dating back to 2005 ... The Tigers lead the all-time series with Kentucky, 12 (Sun.) STETSON L, 8-9 33-15, including a 2-1 series victory by LSU last season in Baton Rouge ... The Tigers have captured six consecutive SEC 17 (Fri.) at Kentucky 5:30 p.m. series and their last seven over UK ... J.T. Wise was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Monday and is batting a team- 18 (Sat.) at Kentucky (JSN) Noon high .563 (9-for-16) in LSU’s last four games ... Quinn Stewart became the 10th player in LSU history to hit three homers 19 (Sun.) at Kentucky (JSN) 11 a.m. in a single game last Saturday versus Stetson ... Stewart has belted six homers in his last eight games ... The Tigers lead 22 (Wed.) Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. $ the SEC in batting (.340), hits (214), triples (11), total bases (328), slugging percentage (.521) and sacrifice bunts (19) 24 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 6:30 p.m. ... The LSU-UK series marks the first road games for the Tigers this season after opening with a 19-game homestand. 25 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 2 p.m. Pitching Matchups 26 (Sun.) MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 p.m. 28 (Tue.) at New Orleans 2:30 p.m. # Game 1 31 (Fri.) SOUTH CAROLINA 6:30 p.m. LSU -- Jr. LHP Clay Dirks (3-1, 1.84 ERA, 29.1 IP, 6 BB, 36 SO) April (0-0, 0-0 SEC) UK -- Sr. LHP Aaron Tennyson (3-1, 3.45 ERA, 28.2 IP, 5 BB, 17 SO) 1 (Sat.) SOUTH CAROLINA 4 p.m. 2 (Sun.) SOUTH CAROLINA 1 p.m. 4 (Tue.) SOUTHERN 6:30 p.m. Game 2 7 (Fri.) at Tennessee 6 p.m. LSU – Jr. RHP Derik Olvey (4-0, 1.85 ERA, 34.0 IP, 5 BB, 23 SO) 8 (Sat.) at Tennessee (FSN) 3 p.m. UK -- So. RHP Greg Dombrowski (4-0, 1.29 ERA, 28.0 IP, 0 BB, 14 SO) 9 (Sun.) at Tennessee (JSN) 11:30 a.m. 11 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE 6:30 p.m. Game 3 14 (Fri.) ALABAMA 6:30 p.m. LSU – Jr. LHP Daniel Forrer (1-0, 4.55 ERA, 27.2 IP, 12 BB, 31 SO) 15 (Sat.) ALABAMA 2 p.m. 16 (Sun.) ALABAMA 1 p.m. UK -- Sr. LHP Craig Snipp (3-0, 1.24 ERA, 29.0 IP, 5 BB, 31 SO) 18 (Tue.) at Tulane 7 p.m. $ 21 (Fri.) at Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. LSU Probable Position Starters 22 (Sat.) at Ole Miss (JSN) 4 p.m. 23 (Sun.) at Ole Miss (JSN) 1:30 p.m. Pos. Player Cl.-Exp. B/T Avg. HR RBI Notable 26 (Wed.) NEW ORLEANS (COX) 6:30 p.m. C Matt Liuzza Sr.-3L R/R .333 1 9 Rated No. 31 senior by Baseball America 28 (Fri.) ARKANSAS (COX) 6:30 p.m. 1B Jordan Mayer So-1L R/R .292 2 9 .357 (5-for-14), 1 HR, 2 RBI last 4 games 29 (Sat.) ARKANSAS 2 p.m. 2B Jason Ogata Fr.-HS R/R .238 0 6 No. 1 HS prospect in Northwest in 2005 30 (Sun.) ARKANSAS 1 p.m. -or- Nick Pontiff Fr.-RS R/R .444 1 8 .571 (4-for-7), 1st career homer, 4 RBI vs. Stetson May (0-0, 0-0 SEC) SS Michael Hollander Fr.-HS R/R .361 2 19 6th in SEC in RBI; .444 (8-for-18) last 4 games 5 (Fri.) at Auburn 7 p.m. 3B Will Harris Sr.-3L R/R .288 2 9 3-for-5, 1 run, 2 doubles in finale vs. Stetson 6 (Sat.) at Auburn (JSN) 7 p.m. 7 (Sun.) at Auburn (JSN) 1 p.m. LF Steven Waguespack Jr.-TR L/L .356 1 8 .358 (19-for-53) vs. RHP 12 (Fri.) VANDERBILT (COX) 6:30 p.m. CF Bruce Sprowl Sr.-2L L/R .386 0 10 12th in SEC in batting average; 4 triples leads SEC 13 (Sat.) VANDERBILT 2 p.m. -or- Jarred Bogany Fr.-HS R/R .476 0 2 Made first start last Fri. since wrist injury on Feb. 14 14 (Sun.) VANDERBILT 1 p.m. RF Quinn Stewart Jr.-1L R/R .357 7 25 SEC leader in HRs, SLG% (.757), total bases (53) 16 (Tue.) Rice 7 p.m. $ DH J.T. Wise Fr.-HS R/R .377 1 14 SEC Freshman of Week; .563 (9-for-16) last 4 gmsh 18 (Thu.) at Florida 5:30 p.m. 19 (Fri.) at Florida 5:30 p.m. 20 (Sat.) at Florida (FSN) Noon LSU Kentucky 24-28 SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) Record 16-3 (0-0 SEC) Record 15-3 (0-0 SEC) June (0-0, 0-0 SEC) Ranking No. 11 Baseball America Ranking NR Baseball America 2-5 NCAA Regional (sites TBA) No. 8 Collegiate Baseball NR Collegiate Baseball 9-11/10-12 NCAA Super Regional (sites TBA) No. 10 ESPN/Sports Weekly NR ESPN/Sports Weekly 16-26/27 NCAA College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Coach Smoke Laval Coach John Cohen Career Record 432-248-1 (.635/12th year) Career Record 214-144 (.598/seventh year) # - Maestri Field $ - Zephyr Field LSU Record 191-88-1 (.685/fifth year) UK Record 68-60 (.531/third year) all times are Central and subject to change Laval vs. UK 4-2 Cohen vs. LSU 2-4 LSU Sports Information Phone - 225.578.8226 P.O. 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