Copy of Game Notes

Copy of Game Notes

GAME 36 5 NCAA TITLES, 13 CWS APPEARANCES, 13 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 LSU BASEBALL vs. Nicholls State April 15 • 6:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, La. • Alex Box Stadium Schedule/Results (22-13, 6-9 SEC) Nicholls State Colonels (6-29) at LSU Fighting Tigers (22-13) Date Opponent Time/Result SERIES INFORMATION February LSU leads the overall series with Nicholls State, 43-21, as the squads first met in 1968. The Tigers have won 22 (Fri.) INDIANA W, 7-1 23 (Sat.) INDIANA W, 5-4 16 straight games against the Colonels, including an 8-3 win last season in Alex Box Stadium. Nicholls State 24 (Sun.) INDIANA L, 6-7 last defeated LSU in 1994, posting a 3-2 win in Thibodaux. 26 (Tue.) SOUTHERN (Cox Sports) W, 6-1 27 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 9-1 PITCHING MATCHUP 29 (Fri.) DUQUESNE W, 10-1 March LSU - Jr. RHP Louis Coleman (1-0, 2.08 ERA, 13.0 IP, 1 BB, 17 SO) 1 (Sat.) DUQUESNE W, 22-11 NSU - Sr. LHP Justin Breaux (1-3, 9.97 ERA, 21.2 IP, 19 BB, 16 SO) 2 (Sun.) DUQUESNE W, 12-2 4 (Tue.) MICHIGAN STATE W, 5-3 RADIO/INTERNET 5 (Wed.) MICHIGAN STATE W, 12-1 8 (Sat.) STETSON (Game 1) W, 9-3 LSU Sports Radio Network/www.LSUsports.net 8 (Sat.) STETSON (Game 2) W, 6-5 9 (Sun.) STETSON L, 2-7 TV 11 (Tue.) SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA L, 3-6 None 14 (Fri.) at Tennessee L, 5-6 16 (Sun.) at Tennessee (Game 1) L, 3-7 16 (Sun.) at Tennessee (Game 2) L, 3-7 NOTES 19 (Wed.) TULANE W, 7-5 • LSU hit five home runs last week to increase its season total to 42 through 35 games. The Tigers hit just 21 (Fri.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports) W, 8-7 40 home runs in 56 games last season. 22 (Sat.) ARKANSAS L, 13-14 23 (Sun.) ARKANSAS (Cox Sports) W, 4-2 25 (Tue.) NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 10-3 • LSU sophomore second baseman Ryan Schimpf drove in six runs in the Tigers' four games last week, as 26 (Wed.) NEW ORLEANS L, 6-8 he hit .353 (6-for-17) with two doubles and three homers. His first homer of the week was a grand slam to 28 (Fri.) at Florida L, 5-8 highlight a six-run fourth inning at Southern Miss last Wednesday. Schimpf hit two solo homers and a dou- 29 (Sat.) at Florida L, 1-7 30 (Sun.) at Florida (FSN Florida) W, 6-3 ble and scored three runs in the Tigers' series at Ole Miss. April 1 (Tue.) at Southern (Pelican Sports) W, 8-3 • Freshman catcher Micah Gibbs enjoyed the best offensive day of his LSU career Sunday at Ole Miss as 2 (Wed.) CENTENARY W, 6-0 he was 3-for-5 at the plate with one homer, four RBI and two runs. Gibbs' homer - a solo shot to lead off the 4 (Fri.) ALABAMA W, 3-0 5 (Sat.) ALABAMA L, 5-6 sixth inning and extend LSU's lead to 4-2 - was the first dinger of his collegiate career. Gibbs batted .400 (4- 6 (Sun.) ALABAMA (Cox Sports) W, 9-7 for-10) in the Ole Miss series with one double, one homer, four RBI and three runs scored. 9 (Wed.) at Southern Mississippi W, 8-4 11 (Fri.) at Ole Miss L, 1-2 • Junior left-hander Ryan Verdugo recorded the first complete game of his LSU career Sunday in the Tigers' 12 (Sat.) at Ole Miss L, 1-7 13 (Sun.) at Ole Miss (JSN) W, 8-2 8-2 win at Ole Miss. Verdugo wasn't scheduled to start the game; however, when right-hander Jared 15 (Tue.) NICHOLLS STATE 6:30 p.m. Bradford encountered problems with a blister on his hand during pregame warm-ups, Verdugo was called 16 (Wed.) at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. into action just minutes prior to first pitch. He responded with an tremendous outing, limiting the Rebels to 18 (Fri.) GEORGIA 7 p.m. two runs on three hits in nine innings with two walks and two strikeouts. 19 (Sat.) GEORGIA 3 p.m. 20 (Sun.) GEORGIA (JSN) Noon 22 (Tue.) at Tulane (Cox Sports) 6 p.m. • Verdugo's complete game was the second by an LSU pitcher this season - the other was recorded by 23 (Wed.) McNEESE ST. (Cox Sports) 6:30 p.m. Bradford at Florida on March 30. Verdugo also started last Wednesday's game at Southern Miss and pitched 25 (Fri.) SOUTH CAROLINA 7 p.m. three shutout innings in the Tigers' victory. For the entire week, Verdugo worked 12 innings and posted a 26 (Sat.) SOUTH CAROLINA 3 p.m. 1.50 ERA, allowing just two runs on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts. 27 (Sun.) SOUTH CAROLINA (JSN) 1 p.m. 29 (Tue.) UL-LAFAYETTE (Cox Sports) 6:30 p.m. May • Junior right-hander Jordan Brown turned in his best outing of the season on Friday at Ole Miss as he lim- 2 (Fri.) at Kentucky (JSN) 5:30 p.m. ited the Rebels to just one run on six hits in seven innings with no walks and eight strikeouts. Brown was not 3 (Sat.) at Kentucky (JSN) Noon involved in the decision of the Rebels' 2-1 win. 4 (Sun.) at Kentucky (Cox Sports) Noon 9 (Fri.) MISSISSIPPI ST, (Cox Sports) 7 p.m. 10 (Sat.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (FSN) 3 p.m. • LSU fans are invited to vote online now to select the members of the All-Alex Box Stadium "Omaha Era" 11 (Sun.) MISSISSIPPI ST. (Cox Sports) 1 p.m. Team. The Omaha Era team will include players that performed for the Tigers from 1984 to the present. 13 (Tue.) New Orleans * 6:30 p.m. Fans can select the members of the team by visiting www.LSUsports.net, where they will find a ballot and 15 (Thu.) at Auburn (Cox Sports) 6 p.m. 16 (Fri.) at Auburn (Cox Sports) 6 p.m. statistical information on the players. 17 (Sat.) at Auburn 2 p.m. 21-25 SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala. • Voting for the Omaha Era team will continue through May 8. The results will be announced during LSU's 30-June 1/2 NCAA Regional Tournament Site TBA May 9-11 SEC series versus Mississippi State. The selection of the team coincides with the commemoration June 6-8/7-9 NCAA Super Regional Series Site TBA of LSU's final season in 70-year-old Alex Box Stadium. The New Alex Box Stadium, now under construction, 14-24/25 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) will open in February 2009. * - at Zephyr Field (Metairie, La.) all times are Central and subject to change LSU Nicholls State Record 22-13, 5-7 SEC Record 6-29, 2-13 Southland Highest Ranking not ranked Highest Ranking not ranked Coach Paul Mainieri Coach Chip Durham Career Record 915-531-5 (26th year) Career Record 123-198 (sixth year) LSU Record 51-39-1 (second year) NSU Record 29-114 (third year) Mainieri vs. NSU 1-0 Durham vs. LSU 0-1 LSU Sports Information P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 2008 LSU Baseball Overall Statistics for LSU (as of Apr 14, 2008) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 22-13 Home: 18-6 Away: 4-7 SEC: 6-9 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% 5 Derek Helenihi... .361 29-26 108 19 39 8 3 1 19 56 .519 9 0 21 0 .410 0 3 8-9 34 41 4 .949 9 Matt Clark....... .325 34-34 120 25 39 5 0 13 28 83 .692 23 1 34 3 .438 0 0 1-1 216 23 1 .996 16 Ryan Schimpf..... .318 34-34 132 33 42 9 4 7 24 80 .606 16 7 22 1 .417 1 2 8-10 72 69 2 .986 17 DJ LeMahieu...... .317 35-35 126 23 40 2 0 4 23 54 .429 11 2 21 0 .379 1 2 6-6 45 93 10 .932 34 Blake Dean....... .305 34-34 131 27 40 5 2 7 29 70 .534 14 3 23 2 .380 2 0 3-4 61 0 0 1.000 7 Michael Hollander .304 27-25 92 16 28 5 2 2 16 43 .467 8 2 10 0 .369 1 4 1-2 14 65 8 .908 6 Leon Landry...... .269 32-27 104 16 28 5 4 1 11 44 .423 5 2 16 2 .315 0 0 7-12 52 2 4 .931 14 Sean Ochinko..... .239 27-23 92 12 22 6 0 1 11 31 .337 3 3 15 3 .283 1 0 0-1 206 17 2 .991 -------------- 32 Chris McGhee..... .429 13-1 7 4 3 1 0 0 1 4 .571 3 0 1 0 .600 0 0 2-2 0 3 1 .750 28 Taylor Davis..... .333 5-1 9 3 3 0 0 1 2 6 .667 2 0 2 0 .455 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 33 Micah Gibbs...... .315 21-16 54 9 17 4 0 1 12 24 .444 7 2 7 0 .406 1 1 1-1 95 23 0 1.000 35 Matt Gaudet...... .270 21-17 63 11 17 5 0 2 15 28 .444 8 0 14 2 .352 0 0 0-0 15 0 0 1.000 2 Buzzy Haydel....

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