Tigers Open ‘Live Like Lou Jax Classic’ Friday vs. Indiana–LSU
No. 1 LSU Tigers (5-0)
DATES/TIMES
• vs. Indiana (1-3) – Friday, February 20 @ 2 pm ET/1 pm CT
• vs. Notre Dame (2-1) – Saturday, February 21 @ 12 pm ET/11 am CT
• vs. UCF (3-1) – Sunday, February 22 @ 3 pm ET/2 pm CT
STADIUM
• VyStar Ballpark in Jacksonville, Fla. (11,000)
RANKINGS
• LSU – No. 1 NCBWA, No. 1 Perfect Game; No. 2 Baseball America; No. 2 D1 Baseball
• IU, ND, UCF – unranked
RADIO
• LSU Sports Radio Network associates
• Live audio at LSUsports.net/live; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com
ON-LINE
• The video games might be streamed reside on D1Baseball.com | How to Watch
LSU SERIES RECORDS VS. TEAMS IN THE LIVE LIKE LOU JAX COLLEGE CLASSIC
• LSU has a 5-2-1 all-time document vs. Indiana, because the groups first confronted one another in 1926 … the Tigers and Hoosiers final met in 2020 in a three-game season-opening sequence in Baton Rouge, and LSU received two of three contests … LSU is 5-5 all-time in opposition to Notre Dame, and the Tigers first met the Irish in 1928 … Saturday’s assembly would be the first since 2018, when Notre Dame received two of three video games over LSU in a season-opening sequence in Baton Rouge… LSU is 16-4 all-time in opposition to UCF in a sequence that started in 1985… the groups final met in 2009, when the Tigers swept the Knights in a three-game sequence in Baton Rouge.
PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday
LSU – So. RH Casan Evans (0-0, 10.80 ERA, 3.1 IP, 2 BB, 7 SO)
IU – Gr. LH Tony Neubeck (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 3 BB, 2 SO)
Saturday
LSU – Jr. RH Cooper Moore (1-0, 1.50 ERA, 6.0 IP, 0 BB, 11 SO)
ND – LH Fr. Caden Crowell (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.0 IP, 4 BB, 3 SO)
Sunday
LSU–TBA
UCF–TBA
QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON
“We’re completely satisfied to be right here in Jacksonville, it is a stupendous ball park. I believe there’s a bonus to getting out of city and enjoying on the highway, as a result of there aren’t so many issues happening outdoors of baseball, and that is a constructive. If you are going to have a profitable 12 months, you are going to have to achieve success away from residence, so this can be a good alternative for us in opposition to some superb groups this weekend. It’s a possibility to study extra about our staff and attempt to put our gamers able to win.”
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• LSU opened the 2026 season with a three-game sweep of Milwaukee final weekend in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field, and the Tigers improved to 4-0 on Monday night time with a 10-7 win over Kent State … LSU received its fifth straight sport on Wednesday with a 12-1 victory over Nicholls … the Tigers’ 15-5 victory over Milwaukee final Friday marked LSU’s twenty fifth straight victory in a season-opening sport.
• Junior rightfielder Jake Brown was named Tuesday to the Baseball America National Team of the Week for his excellent efficiency within the Tigers’ first 4 video games of the 2026 season … Brown, a product of Sulfur, La., is hitting .529 (9-for-17) in LSU’s first 4 video games with two doubles, 4 homers, 10 RBI and 7 runs … he hit two homers in back-to-back video games versus Milwaukee on Sunday and versus Kent State on Monday, changing into the primary LSU participant to perform the feat since March 11 and 12, 2023, when Jared Jones blasted two homers in consecutive video games versus Samford… Brown launched his first profession faculty grand slam and picked up a career-high six RBI in Sunday’s win over Milwaukee.
• Redshirt junior right-hander Gavin Guidry final Friday made his first look on the mound since June 2, 2024, and he delivered a dominating reduction effort … Guidry, who missed the complete 2025 season attributable to a again damage, earned the win over Milwaukee for the Tigers by working the ultimate two innings, permitting no runs on one hit with no walks and 5 strikeouts … he adopted up with one other sensible effort on Monday versus Kent State, incomes the save by working 2.1 excellent innings with 5 strikeouts… in 4.1 innings this season, Guidry has allowed only one hit with no walks and 10 strikeouts.
• Junior right-hander Cooper Moore was named Tuesday to the Baseball America National Team of the Week after he defeated Milwaukee final Saturday, permitting only one run on 4 hits in 6.0 innings with no walks and a career-best 11 strikeouts … his earlier collegiate profession excessive for strikeouts got here on May 10, 2025, when he recorded 10 strikeouts for Kansas in a sport in opposition to BYU … Moore threw 76 pitches in his outing on Saturday, 61 for strikes, marking an 80 % strikes price.
• The LSU pitching employees recorded 49 strikeouts within the three-game Milwaukee sequence final weekend, marking probably the most Ks pitched by the Tigers in a three-game sequence since at the least 1992 … LSU surpassed the earlier excessive whole of 45 strikeouts recorded within the final season’s three-game sequence versus Purdue Fort Wayne … LSU has led the nation in strikeouts in every of the final two seasons, with 780 in 2024 and 733 in 2025.
• LSU is hitting .355 (61-for-172) as a staff by way of its first 5 video games with 17 doubles, one triple, 12 homers and 63 runs … the Tigers have posted a .467 on-base share that features 31 walks and 7 hit batsmen … LSU hit .385 (40-for-104) within the three-game Milwaukee sequence final weekend with 12 doubles, one triple, six homers, 41 runs and three stolen bases.
• Sophomore catcher Cade Arrambide batted .500 (6-for-12) in final weekend’s sweep over Milwaukee with two doubles, one homer, 4 RBI, and 5 runs scored … he launched a three-run homer within the seventh inning on Friday to interrupt a 5-5 tie and spotlight a six-run outburst within the body.
• Infielders Seth Dardar and Trent Caraway every loved excellent debuts in LSU uniforms over the weekend vs. Milwaukee … Dardar, a switch from Kansas State, lined up a double, launched two homers and picked up six RBI … Caraway, a switch from Oregon State, produced one double, one triple and 5 RBI within the sequence … Caraway launched his first profession LSU residence run on Wednesday versus Nicholls, a grand slam that highlighted a five-run first inning for the Tigers.
ABOUT THE LIVE LIKE LOU JAX COLLEGE CLASSIC TEAMS
• Indiana is 1-3 this season after dropping three straight video games at North Carolina final weekend earlier than posting a 15-3 win over Bradley on Tuesday in Bloomington, Ind. … the Hoosiers recorded a 32-24 total mark final season and completed sixth within the Big Ten with a 16-14 league document within the 17-team convention (Wisconsin is the one Big 10 member that does have a baseball program).
• Notre Dame is 2-1 this 12 months because the Irish opened the season with two wins in a three-game sequence at Florida Atlantic… the Irish had been 32-21 total final season, 14-16 in ACC play (eleventh place).
• UCF is 3-1 this season, because the Knights swept three video games from Siena to begin the 12 months earlier than dropping an 8-7, 13-inning resolution at Miami on Tuesday… UCF was 29-26 total final season, 9-21 within the Big 12 (thirteenth place).
