1986 LSU Tigers baseball team

1986 LSU Tigers baseball
SEC Champions SEC Tournament champions NCAA South I Regional champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	55–14 (22–5 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman (3rd year)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ← 1985 1987  →

1986 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 LSU  ‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	5		.815			55	–	14		.797
No. 21 Alabama  ‍‍‍y	18	–	9		.667			43	–	20		.683
Auburn  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			31	–	24		.564
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			38	–	17		.691
Georgia  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			35	–	24		.593
Florida  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			27	–	26		.509
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			34	–	21		.618
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	10	–	17		.370			27	–	23		.540
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			25	–	29		.463
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	20		.259			25	–	28		.472
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium, and played as part of the Southeastern Conference. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his third season as head coach at LSU.

The Tigers reached the College World Series, their first appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for 5th place after a win against Maine and losses to Loyola Marymount and eventual third-place finisher Miami (FL). ^{[2] [3]}

Personnel

Roster

1986 LSU Tigers roster [4]
	Pitchers 2 - Greg Naquin - Sophomore 18 - Corey Gomez - Freshman 19 - Greg Fontenot - Junior 20 - Scott Boudreaux - Junior 21 - Stan Loewer - Junior 30 - Gregg Patterson - Sophomore 32 - Randy LaRose - Junior 35 - Joe Zimmerman - Junior 36 - Dan Kite - Freshman 39 - Barry Manuel - Sophomore 40 - Willie Forbes - Junior 44 - Mark Guthrie - Junior		Catchers 9 - Alan Galy - Freshman 14 - Rob Leary - Senior 17 - Tim Beamon - Freshman 51 - Craig Faulkner - Junior Outfielders 5 - Eric Johnson - Junior 8 - Joey Belle - Sophomore 10 - Michael Papajohn - Junior 12 - Terry Belle - Sophomore 13 - Brad Duplantis - Sophomore 23 - Rob Hartwig - Junior 28 - Willie Prevost - Freshman 45 - Todd Waggoner - Freshman 37 - Jack Voigt - Sophomore		Infielders 1 - Burke Broussard - Senior 3 - Wayne Stofsky - Freshman 4 - Andy Galy - Sophomore 7 - Jeff Reboulet - Senior 24 - Darrin Bartel - Junior 27 - Pete Bush - Freshman 29 - Troy Bourque - Freshman 31 - Jeff Yurtin - Senior 33 - Jim Bowie - Junior

Coaches

1986 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff [4]
Skip Bertman - Head coach - 3rd Season Tom Brown - Assistant coach - 3rd season Smoke Laval - Assistant coach - 3rd Season Cliff Dees - Graduate Assistant Coach Mike Jenkins - Graduate Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss

1986 LSU Tigers baseball game log [5]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Feb 18 Louisiana College* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–0 1–0 Feb 19 New Orleans* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 3–2 2–0 Feb 22 Arkansas* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 3–0 Feb 23 Arkansas* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 6–7 3–1 Feb 24 Southwestern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–0 4–1 Feb 26 vs Southeastern Louisiana* North Park • Denham Springs, LA W 17–4 5–1
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Mar 1 at Florida Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 9–17 6–1 1–0 Mar 1 at Florida* Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 18–47 7–1 2–0 Mar 2 at Florida* Perry Field • Gainesville, FL W 12–5 8–1 3–0 Mar 4 Northeast Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–6 9–1 Mar 6 Tulane* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–1 10–1 Mar 8 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–77 11–1 4–0 Mar 8 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–17 12–1 5–0 Mar 9 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–10 13–1 6–0 Mar 11 Southeastern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–3 14–1 Mar 14 Kansas State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–4 15–1 Mar 15 Missouri* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–1 16–1 Mar 18 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–5 17–1 Mar 18 New Orleans* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–8 18–1 Mar 19 at Southwestern Louisiana* Moore Family Field • Lafayette, LA W 5–411 19–1 Mar 22 at Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 6–510 20–1 7–0 Mar 23 at Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL W 8–6 21–1 8–0 Mar 23 at Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL L 4–5 21–2 8–1 Mar 25 at Northeast Louisiana* Lou St. Amant Field • Monroe, LA W 13–5 22–2 Mar 26 at Centenary* Centenary Park • Shreveport, LA W 9–5 23–2 Mar 27 at Stephen F. Austin* Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 10–7 24–2 Mar 29 Tennessee Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 3–211 25–2 9–1 Mar 29 Tennessee Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 3–27 26–2 10–1 Mar 30 Tennessee Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–5 27–2 11–1
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Apr 2 at Nicholls State* Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 8–37 28–2 Apr 2 at Nicholls State* Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA L 1–27 28–3 Apr 3 at Northwestern State* H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field • Natchitoches, LA W 24–07 29–3 Apr 5 Ole Miss Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–67 30–3 12–1 Apr 5 Ole Miss Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–67 30–4 12–2 Apr 6 Ole Miss Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–1 31–4 13–2 Apr 8 Louisiana Tech* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–3 32–4 Apr 9 Nicholls State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 16–4 33–4 Apr 12 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–07 34–4 14–2 Apr 12 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 4–07 35–4 15–2 Apr 13 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 5–6 35–5 15–3 Apr 15 Southwestern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 5–4 36–5 Apr 16 at New Orleans* Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA L 2–8 36–6 Apr 19 Georgia Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 3–17 37–6 16–3 Apr 19 Georgia Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 8–1111 37–7 16–4 Apr 20 Georgia Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–8 38–7 17–4 Apr 23 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 18–57 39–7 Apr 24 at Tulane* Tulane Diamond • New Orleans, LA W 6–5 40–7 Apr 26 at Vanderbilt McGugin Field • Nashville, TN W 14–47 41–7 18–4 Apr 26 at Vanderbilt McGugin Field • Nashville, TN W 7–57 42–7 19–4 Apr 27 at Vanderbilt McGugin Field • Nashville, TN L 4–6 42–8 19–5 Apr 29 at New Orleans* Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA L 1–7 42–9 Apr 30 Centenary* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–3 43–9
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 3 Auburn Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–17 44–9 20–5 May 3 Auburn Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–37 45–9 21–5 May 4 Auburn Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–3 46–9 22–5
Postseason
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SECT Record May 9 (4) Georgia (1) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–6 47–9 1–0 May 10 (2) Alabama (1) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–7 48–9 2–0 May 11 (4) Georgia (1) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–4 49–9 3–0
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record May 17 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 1–57 49–10 May 17 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–27 50–10 May 18 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–8 50–11 May 19 at Florida State Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL L 4–6 50–12
NCAA South I Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 22 Jackson State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–11 51–12 1–0 May 23 Oklahoma Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–5 52–12 2–0 May 24 Louisiana Tech Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–4 53–12 3–0 May 25 Tulane Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–6 54–12 4–0
College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record May 30 Loyola Marymount Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–4 54–13 0–1 June 1 Maine Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 8–4 55–13 1–1 June 2 Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 3–4 55–14 1–2

References

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3. Ross Dellenger (March 24, 2016). "LSU's 1986 College World Series sparked a blazing trail". The Advocate . Baton Rouge, LA. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
4. "Baseball Roster 1986". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
5. "Baseball Schedule 1986". LSU Tigers. Retrieved January 2, 2026.