2013 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2013 LSU Tigers baseball
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SEC Western Division Champion
2013 SEC baseball tournament Champion
Baton Rouge Regional Champion
Baton Rouge Super Regional Champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWest
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
CB No. 7
Record57-11 (23-7 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachJavi Sanchez
Pitching coach Alan Dunn
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field
Seasons
  2012
2014 
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  xy263 .8975412 .818
No. 13 South Carolina  y1712 .5864320 .683
Florida  y1416 .4672930 .492
Kentucky  1119 .3673025 .545
Missouri  1020 .3331832 .360
Tennessee  820 .2862230 .423
Georgia  720 .2592132 .396
Western
No. 7 LSU  xy237 .7675711 .838
No. 18 Arkansas  y1811 .6213922 .639
No. 2 Mississippi State  y1614 .5335120 .718
Ole Miss  y1515 .5003824 .613
Alabama  y1415 .4833528 .556
Texas A&M  y1316 .4483429 .540
Auburn  1317 .4333323 .589
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2013 [1] [2] [3] [4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2013. The Tigers played their home games in the new Alex Box Stadium, which opened in 2009. On May 17, 2013, the playing field at Alex Box Stadium was designated Skip Bertman Field, in honor of the LSU coach with the most wins in the program's history. At the end of the game against Ole Miss, the program celebrated the best regular season record in its history with 48 wins. [5]

Contents

The team was coached by Paul Mainieri who was in his seventh season at LSU. In the 2012 season, the Tigers failed to reach the College World Series; however, the Tigers did win the regular season and post season SEC championship. Overall, the Tigers finished 47–18, 19–11 in the SEC.

Pre-season

Key losses

Key players returning

Personnel

Roster

2013 LSU Tigers baseball roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 Aaron Nola - Sophomore
  • 12 Hunter Devall - Freshman
  • 21 Joe Broussard - Junior
  • 24 Cody Glenn - Sophomore
  • 25 Joey Bourgeois - Senior
  • 27 Mitch Sewald - Freshman
  • 29 Nate Fury - Junior
  • 33 Kevin Berry - Senior
  • 36 Will LaMarche - Junior
  • 37 Ryan Eades - Junior
  • 38 Nick Rumbelow - Junior
  • 39 Kurt McCune - Junior
  • 40 Taylor Butler - Freshman
  • 45 Russell Reynolds - Freshman
  • 49 Brent Bonvillain - Senior
  • 55 Hunter Newman - Freshman
  • 58 Chris Cotton - Senior
 

Catchers

  • 11 Michael Barash - Freshman
  • 20 Chris Chinea - Freshman
  • 26 Ty Ross - Junior
 

Infielders

  •  2 Tyler Moore - Sophomore
  •  8 Mason Katz - Senior
  • 14 Christian Ibarra - Junior
  • 17 Jared Foster - Sophomore
  • 23 JaCoby Jones - Junior
  • 28 Casey Yocom - Senior
  • 30 Alex Bregman - Freshman
 

Outfielders

 

2013 LSU Tigers Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=27867 Archived 2018-02-19 at the Wayback Machine

Coaching staff

2013 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff
  • Paul Mainieri - Head Coach - 7 years at LSU
  • Alan Dunn - Pitching Coach - 2 year
  • Javi Sanchez - Hitting Coach - 5 years
  • Will Davis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 5 years
  • Blake Dean - Undergraduate Assistant - 1st year
  • Ross Brezovsky - Coordinator of Baseball Operations - 4 years

2013 LSU Tigers Baseball Coaches & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=28707 Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

Schedule/Results

2013 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Post-season
SEC tournament
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT Record
57 [59] May 22Alabama Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
3–0Glenn (7–2)Sullivan (5–6)Cotton (13)6,19749–81-0
58 [60] May 23ArkansasHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
1–4Stanek (9–2)Bourgeois (3–2)Suggs (12)-49–91-1
59 [61] May 24AlabamaHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
3–2Fury (2–1)Oczypok (4–2)Cotton (14)-50–92-1
60 [62] May 25ArkansasHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
3–1LaMarche (2–0)Moore (1–4)Cotton (15)-51–93-1
61 [63] May 24VanderbiltHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
5–4 (11)Cotton (4–1)Miller (5–2)-10,59052–94-1
NCAA tournament: Regionals
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
PaidActual
62 [64] May 31 Jackson St. Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
11–7McCune (4–1)Juday, A. (7–5)-11,5779,31653–91-0
63 [65] June 1 Sam Houston St. Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
8–5Nola (11–0)Scott, A. (2–1)Cotton (16)12,08510,75254–92-0
64 [66] June 2UL-LafayetteAlex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
5–1Bonvillain (3–0)Boutte, C (8–4)-11,83810,19155–93–0
NCAA tournament: Super Regionals
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
PaidActual
65 [67] June 7#19 Oklahoma Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
2–0Nola (12–0)Gray, J. (10–3)-12,00711,09556–94-0
66 [68] June 8#19 OklahomaAlex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
11–1LaMarche (3–0)Overton, D. (9–3)-12,15311,40157–95-0
College World Series
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
PaidActual
67 [69] June 16#2 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
(Omaha, Nebraska)
2–1Plutko (9–3)Nola (12–1)Berg (22)-26,34457–105-1
68 [70] June 18#2 North Carolina TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
(Omaha, Nebraska)
2–1Thornton, T (12–1)Glenn (7–3)McCue, C (2)-21,38057–115-2

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.

Record vs. conference opponents


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

Source: 2013 SEC baseball game results, 2013 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 14–151–22–1.3–0.1–20–32–10–3.2–12–01–2ALAW55–51–2
ARK 18–112–11–2.2–02–11–22–1.1–23–02–12–1.ARKW27–31–0
AUB 13–171–22–12–12–1.0–31–21–22–1..2–10–3AUBW75–50–2
FLA 14–16..1–21–21–20–31–22–12–13–02–1.1–2FLAE34–61–1
UGA 7–200–30–21–22–11–2..1–2.0–31–00–31–2UGAE71–80–3
KEN 11–19.1–2.2–12–10–32–11–22–10–31–2.0–3KENE44–60–3
LSU 23–72–12–13–03–0.3–02–13–02–11–2.2–1.LSUW19–14–0
MSU 16–143–01–22–12–1.1–21–2.1–22–1.3–00–3MSUW35–52–1
MIZZ 10–201–2.2–11–22–12–10–3..1–21–20–30–3MIZZE53–70–3
MISS 15–153–02–11–21–2.1–21–22–1..3–01–20–3MISSW44–62–1
SCAR 17–12.0–3.0–33–03–02–11–22–1.3–03–00–2SCARE26–44–2
TENN 8–201–21–2.1–20–12–1..2–10–30–31–20–3TENNE62–70–3
TAMU 13–160–21–21–2.3–0.1–20–33–02–10–32–1.TAMUW64–62–2
VAN 26–32–1.3–02–12–13–0.3–03–03–02–03–0.VANE110–06–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' 33*3232222233322
Baseball America 10998774333233222
Collegiate Baseball^44444333212233311
NCBWA321

^ 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.

LSU Tigers in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft

The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2013 MLB Draft. [71]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Ryan Eades RHP243 Minnesota Twins
JaCoby Jones CF387 Pittsburgh Pirates
Mason Katz2B4125 St. Louis Cardinals
Nick Rumbelow RHP7224 New York Yankees
Will LaMarcheRHP9276 Detroit Tigers
Ty RossC12372 San Francisco Giants
Chris CottonLHP14407 Houston Astros
Raph Rhymes OF15456 Detroit Tigers
Christian Ibarra3B32959 Pittsburgh Pirates

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