Tigers Open SEC Schedule at Vanderbilt This Weekend – LSU
No. 9 LSU Tigers (13-5) at Vanderbilt Commodores (11-7)
DATES/TIMES
• Friday, March 13 @ 6 pm CT
• Saturday, March 14 @ 7 pm CT
• Sunday, March 15 @ 3 pm CT
STADIUM
• Charles Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tenn. (3,802)
RANKINGS
• LSU – No. 9 NCBWA; No. 13 Baseball America; No. 13 D1 Baseball; No. 13 USA Today
• VU – unranked
RADIO
• LSU Sports Radio Network associates
• Live audio at www.LSUsports.internet/dwell; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com
TV/ONLINE
• Friday – SEC Network +; Saturday – SEC Network; Sunday – ESPN2
LSU SERIES RECORD VS. VANDERBILT
• LSU leads the all-time collection with Vanderbilt, 62-49, and the groups first met in 1954 … the groups are assembly for the primary time since April 4-6, 2024, when the Commodores gained two of three video games over the Tigers in Baton Rouge … Vanderbilt has gained 9 of the previous 11 SEC regular-season collection between the faculties; However, LSU swept three video games from the Commodores when the groups final met in Nashville on May 19-21, 2022… the 2022 sweep broke a string of 4 straight SEC collection losses in Nashville for the Tigers.
PITCHING MATCHUPS
Game 1
LSU – So. RH Casan Evans (1-0, 4.66 ERA, 19.1 IP, 7 BB, 30 SO)
VU – Jr. RH Connor Fennell (2-0, 3.80, 21.1 IP, 3 BB, 30 SO)
Game 2
LSU – Jr. RH Cooper Moore (3-1, 2.25 ERA, 24.0 IP, 5 BB, 31 SO
VU – RH Fr. Wyatt Nadeau (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 11.0 IP, 6 BB 15 SO)
Game 3
LSU – So. RH William Schmidt (3-1, 2.45 ERA, 22.0 IP, 4 BB, 33 SO
VU – So. RH Nate Taylor (0-3, 4.91 ERA, 18.1 IP, 12 BB, 24 SO)
QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON
“We’re excited to journey to Nashville, get the lay of the land, and go compete in opposition to an athletic, basically sound Vanderbilt crew. I’m excited to get into SEC play and compete with our crew; I like the place our rotation is at proper now, and if we proceed to get sturdy performances from the bullpen, we be ok with how these items can come collectively. Offensively, we’ve to maintain working; we’ve good gamers and we have to put them ready to achieve success, and we will assist them to try this.”
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• LSU junior rightfielder Jake Brown tied the LSU single-game file with three homers final Friday night time to steer the Tigers to a 15-4 win over Sacramento State in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field … Brown was 4-for-5 at the plate Friday night time with three homers, a single, six RBI and 4 runs … he tied the LSU single-game homers file, which has been set on 13 earlier events, most not too long ago by Jared Jones on April 9, 2024, versus McNeese in Baton Rouge … Brown is batting a team-high .413 this season with six doubles, 9 homers, 28 RBI, 21 runs and 5 stolen bases … he’s hitting .474 (9-for-19) within the Tigers’ 5 video games final week with one double, 4 homers, eight RBI, seven runs and two steals.
• Sophomore right-hander Casan Evans recorded a dominant outing final Friday night time versus Sacramento State to file his first win of the season … Evans fired 5.0 good innings to start the outing, and he labored a complete of 5.2 innings, permitting two runs on three hits with no walks and 9 strikeouts … Evans is 1-0 on the yr with a 4.66 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 19.1 innings.
• Sophomore centerfielder Derek Curiel is batting .421 (8-for-19) in LSU’s final 5 video games with two doubles, one homer, three RBI and 4 runs scored … Curiel is hitting .329 (23-for-70) this season with 5 doubles, one homer, 14 RBI, 18 runs and two stolen bases.
• Sophomore left-hander Ethan Plog delivered two excellent reduction performances final week at UL Lafayette on March 4 and versus Sacramento State final Saturday … Plog labored a mixed 4.1 scoreless innings in two appearances with two hits, one stroll and 4 strikeouts … Plog is 1-0 on the yr with 5 walks and 9 strikeouts in 7.1 innings (six appearances), and he is permitting only a .167 opponent cumulative batting common.
• Sophomore right-hander William Schmidt pitched successfully final Sunday versus Sacramento State, limiting the Hornets to a few earned runs on 4 hits in 5.2 innings with no walks and eight strikeouts … Schmidt is 3-1 this season with a 2.45 ERA in 4 begins, limiting opponents to a .177 cumulative batting common … he has recorded solely 4 walks in 22.0 innings whereas recording 33 strikeouts.
• Sophomore right-hander Deven Sheerin earned his first profession LSU win on Tuesday night time with an outstanding reduction effort versus Creighton…. he labored 2.1 scoreless reduction innings, permitting only one hit with one stroll and 4 strikeouts… Sheerin has recorded 17 strikeouts in 9.0 innings (seven appearances) this season, and opponents are hitting solely .071 in opposition to him.
• Junior left-hander Santiago Garcia delivered a dominant reduction outing Tuesday night time versus Creighton to earn his first profession LSU save … Garcia blanked the Blue Jays over the ultimate 2.2 innings, giving up just one hit with no walks and 4 strikeouts … Garcia has labored a mixed 3.1 innings in his final three outings, permitting no runs, one hit, no walks and 5 strikeouts.
• Freshman catcher Omar Serna Jr. launched his first profession LSU dwelling run in Tuesday night time’s win versus Creighton, a fifth-inning grand slam that erased a 4-2 deficit and gave the Tigers a 6-4 lead… Serna has additionally already thrown our three of seven runners trying to steal this season.
ABOUT THE COMMODORES
• Vanderbilt is 11-7 this season, and the Commodores are batting .318 as a crew with 36 doubles, 4 triples, 44 homers and 20 steals in 25 makes an attempt … eight Vanderbilt hitters are batting .300 or higher on the yr.
• Infielder Ryker Waite is batting a team-high .396 with 5 doubles, one triple, two homers, 14 RBI and 5 stolen bases… utility participant Braden Holcomb is hitting .353 and leads Vanderbilt in homers (10) and RBI (31).
• The Commodores’ pitching employees has a 3.94 cumulative ERA with 180 strikeouts in 146.1 innings whereas permitting only a .217 opponent batting common
