2019 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2019 LSU Tigers baseball
Baton Rouge Regional champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
CBNo. 14
Record40–26 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Alan Dunn
  • Nolan Cain
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  xy 23 7 0   .767 58 12 0   .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 46 17 0   .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 40 21 0   .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 13 16 1   .450 34 22 1   .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 17 0   .433 34 26 0   .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 28 28 0   .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 26 29 0   .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 52 15 0   .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 46 20 0   .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17 13 0   .567 40 26 0   .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 13 1   .550 39 23 1   .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 41 27 0   .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 38 28 0   .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 30 26 0   .536
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2019 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium. They, along with McNeese State and Southern, were the only three teams in the state to make the tournament.

Preseason[edit]

Preseason All-American teams[edit]

3rd Team

SEC media poll[edit]

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to win the Western Division.[4]

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 LSU 88 (10)
2 Ole Miss 65 (1)
3 Arkansas 59 (1)
4 Auburn 57 (1)
5 Texas A&M 48 (1)
6 Mississippi State 47
7 Alabama 21

Preseason All-SEC teams[edit]

2nd Team

  • Antoine Duplantis - Outfielder
  • Daniel Cabrera - Outfielder

Roster[edit]

2019 LSU Tigers roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 Eric Walker - Sophomore
  • 11 Landon Marceaux - Freshman
  • 18 Cole Henry - Freshman
  • 20 Will Ripoll - Freshman
  • 21 Nick Storz - Sophomore
  • 26 AJ Labas - Sophomore
  • 27 Matthew Beck - Junior
  • 28 Devin Fontenot - Sophomore
  • 29 Chase Costello - Freshman
  • 30 Trent Vietmeier - Sophomore
  • 32 Aaron George - Junior
  • 35 Clay Moffitt - Senior
  • 38 Zack Hess - Junior
  • 40 Riggs Threadgill - Freshman
  • 41 Caleb Gilbert - Senior
  • 43 Todd Peterson - Junior
  • 44 Jaden Hill - Freshman
  • 46 Rye Gunter - Freshman
  • 52 Ma'Khail Hilliard - Sophomore
  • 55 Easton McMurray - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 13 Saul Garza - Sophomore
  • 22 Brock Mathis - Sophomore
  • 45 Braden Doughty - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 3 Hal Hughes - Sophomore
  • 4 Josh Smith - Junior
  • 5 Drew Bianco - Freshman
  • 6 Gavin Dugas - Freshman
  • 16 Brandt Broussard - Senior
  • 24 Cade Beloso - Freshman
  • 48 Michael Kirsch - Sophomore
  • 17 Chris Reid - Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 2 Daniel Cabrera - Sophomore
  • 7 Giovanni DiGiacomo - Freshman
  • 8 Antoine Duplantis - Senior
  • 9 Zach Watson - Junior

Utility

  • 23 CJ Willis - Freshman

Schedule and results[edit]

Legend
  LSU win
  LSU loss
  Postponement
Bold LSU team member
2019 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Regular season (34–22)
Postseason (6–4)
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
June 8 Florida State No. 12 Alex Box Stadium L 4-6 Velez (4-2) Fontenot (5-3) Flowers (12) ESPN 11,636 40-25 3-1
June 9 Florida State No. 12 Alex Box Stadium L 4-5 Velez (5-4) Fontenot 5-4 ESPN2 11,713 40-26 3-2
Schedule Source:[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Baton Rouge Regional[edit]

Baton Rouge Regional Teams
(1) LSU Tigers (2) Arizona State Sun Devils (3) Southern Miss Golden Eagles (4) Stony Brook Seawolves
First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1LSU17
4Stony Brook3
1LSU8
3Southern Miss4
3Southern Miss15
2Arizona State3
1LSU
3Southern Miss
Lower round 1Lower final
2Arizona State12
4Stony Brook53Southern Miss13
2Arizona State13

Record vs. conference opponents[edit]

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 7–23 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 ALA W7 1–9 0–4
ARK 20–10 2–1 2–1 . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 . 3–0 1–2 1–2 ARK W1 7–3 3–0
AUB 14–16 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 AUB W6 4–6 1–1
FLA 13–17 3–0 . . 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 FLA E5 4–6 2–3
UGA 21–9 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–0 . 3–0 1–2 . 2–1 UGA E2 8–2 4–1
KEN 7–23 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 KEN E7 1–9 0–4
LSU 17–13 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 . . 2–1 . LSU W3 6–4 2–1
MSU 20–10 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 0–3 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 . MSU W2 8–2 3–1
MIZZ 13–16 . 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 MIZZ E4 5–4 1–3
MISS 16–14 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 3–0 . MISS W5 5–5 2–1
SCAR 8–22 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 SCAR E6 1–9 0–3
TENN 14–16 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 TENN E3 5–5 1–2
TAMU 16–13 2–1 2–1 2–1 . . 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 TAMU W4 6–3 1–1
VAN 23–7 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 . . 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 1–2 VAN E1 8–2 5–0
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. Missouri at Texas A&M series had one tie game.

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[6]11*191311151281416141720171716
Baseball America[7]2221011121715121514121622161515
Collegiate Baseball^[8]111910712981515131820211914
NCBWA[9]2119109141181314141621191615
D1Baseball[10]222131310171391413121519161214

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

2019 MLB draft[edit]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Josh Smith SS 2 67 New York Yankees
Zach Watson OF 3 79 Baltimore Orioles
Zack Hess RHP 7 202 Detroit Tigers
Todd Peterson RHP 7 213 Washington Nationals
Antoine Duplantis OF 12 358 New York Mets

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Collegiate Baseball 2019 All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  4. ^ "Vanderbilt picked to win 2019 SEC Baseball Championship".
  5. ^ "LSU Releases 2019 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). LSU Department of Athletics. August 7, 2018. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  7. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  8. ^ "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  9. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  10. ^ "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved April 29, 2019.