2017 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2017 LSU Tigers baseball
Louisiana State University (block logo).svg
SEC regular season co-champions
2017 SEC Tournament champions
Baton Rouge Regional
Baton Rouge Super Regional
College World Series Runner-up
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CB No. 2
Record52–20 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachMicah Gibbs (1st season)
Pitching coachAlan Dunn (6th season)
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
Seasons
 2016
2018  
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  xy2190 .70052190 .732
No. 10 Kentucky  y19110 .63343230 .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  y15131 .53436251 .589
Missouri  14160 .46736230 .610
South Carolina  13170 .43335250 .583
Georgia  11190 .36725320 .439
Tennessee  7210 .25027250 .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  xy2190 .70052200 .722
No. 22 Arkansas  y18110 .62145190 .703
No. 13 Mississippi State  y17130 .56740270 .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  y16140 .53341230 .641
No. 29 Auburn  y16140 .53337260 .587
Ole Miss  14160 .46732250 .561
Alabama  5241 .18319341 .361
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Paul Mainieri, in his 11th season at LSU. The Tigers would host both the Baton Rouge Regional and Super Regional, before advancing to the 2017 College World Series. The Tigers would eventually lose to Florida in the series.

Contents

Previous season

In 2016, the Tigers finished the season 3rd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 45–21–0, 19–11–0 in conference play. They qualified for the 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament and fell to Florida in the semifinal, 1–0. They qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament as an At–large bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included Rice, Southeastern Louisiana, and Utah Valley. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Utah Valley, 7–1, and Rice, 4–2. In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Rice. In the first game of the regional final, the Owls defeated the Tigers, 10–6. The Tigers went on to win game two, 5–2, eliminating Rice and advancing to the Baton Rouge Super Regional, where they faced the Coastal Carolina. In game one of the Super Regionals, the Tigers fell 11–8. In Game 2, Coastal Carolina hit a walk-off hit to upset the Fighting Tigers 4–3, moving onto the 2016 College World Series, where the Chanticleers would go on to win the National Championship.

Personnel

Roster

2017 LSU Tigers roster [1]
 

Pitchers

  • 10 – Eric Walker – Freshman
  • 16 – Jared PochéSenior
  • 18 – Austin Bain – Junior
  • 21 – Doug Norman – Junior
  • 27 – Matthew Beck – Freshman
  • 29 – Nick Bush – Freshman
  • 30 – Collin Strall – Senior
  • 32 – Alden Cartwright – Senior
  • 33 – Cole McKay – Sophomore
  • 35 – Alex LangeJunior
  • 37 – Will Reese – Freshman
  • 38 – Zach Hess – Freshman
  • 40 – Hunter Kiel – Junior
  • 41 – Caleb Gilbert – Sophomore
  • 43 – Todd Peterson – Freshman
  • 45 – Russell Reynolds – Senior
  • 46 – Blair Fredrick – Freshman
  • 55 – Hunter Newman – Senior
 

Catchers

  • 2 – Michael Papierski – Junior
  • 22 – Rankin Woley – Freshman
  • 28 – Jordan Romero – Senior

Infielders

  • 3 – Kramer RobertsonSenior
  • 4 – Josh Smith – Freshman
  • 5 – Jake Slaughter – Freshman
  • 7 – Greg DeichmannJunior
  • 8 – Cole Freeman – Senior
  • 13 – Nick Coomes – Junior
  • 17 – Chris Reid – Sophomore
  • 23 – Mason Templet – Freshman
  • 25 – Bryce Jordan – Junior
  • 44 – Bryce Adams – Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 6 – Brennan Breaux – Sophomore
  • 9 – Zach WatsonFreshman
  • 20 – Antoine Duplantis – Sophomore
  • 24 – Beau Jordan – Junior
 

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
LSU
Alma Mater
Paul Mainieri Head Coach11 Florida International University (1980)
Micah GibbsAssistant Coach1 Louisiana State University (2010)
Alan Dunn Assistant Coach6 University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991)

Schedule

Legend
 LSU win
 LSU loss
 Postponement
BoldLSU team member
2017 LSU Tigers Game Log
Regular season
Post-season
NCAA tournament – College World Series
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
June 17#6 Florida State #2 TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, NE 5–4Poche'HoltonHess25,30549–1721–9
June 19#1 Oregon State #2TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE1–13FehmelWalker24,87449–1821–9
June 21#6 Florida State #2TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE7–4Poche'SandsHess22,13350–1821–9
June 23#1 Oregon State #2TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE3–1LangeThompsonHess21,25751–1821–9
June 24#1 Oregon State #2TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE6–1GilbertFehmel15,61852–1821–9
June 26#3 Florida #2TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE3–4SingerReynoldsByrne25,67952–1921–9
June 27#3 Florida #2TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE1–6DysonPoche'Kowar26,60752–2021–9

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Record vs. conference opponents


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

Source: 2017 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 5–241–23–00–3..0–30–30–30–31–2.0–30–2ALAW71–91–6
ARK 18–112–11–2.3–0.1–23–02–11–2.1–12–12–1ARKW26–32–0
AUB 16–140–32–13–02–1.0–32–1.2–12–12–11–2.AUBW57–31–2
FLA 21–93–0.0–33–02–12–1.3–03–02–11–2.2–1FLAE18–24–1
UGA 11–19.0–31–20–32–10–32–11–2.2–12–1.1–2UGAE64–60–3
KEN 19–11...1–21–22–11–22–12–12–13–03–02–1KENE27–32–0
LSU 21–93–02–13–01–23–01–23–0.2–12–1.1–2.LSUW17–34–0
MSU 17–133–00–31–2.1–22–10–3.3–02–13–02–1.MSUW36–43–2
MIZZ 14–163–01–2.0–32–11–2..1–22–13–00–31–2MIZZE44–62–2
MISS 14–163–02–11–20–3.1–21–20–32–1..2–12–1MISSW65–51–2
SCAR 13–172–1.1–21–21–21–21–21–21–2.3–0.1–2SCARE52–81–0
TENN 7–21.1–11–22–11–20–3.0–30–3.0–31–21–1TENNE71–70–4
TAMU 16–143–01–22–1..0–32–11–23–01–2.2–11–2TAMUW45–52–1
VAN 15–132–01–2.1–22–11–2..2–11–22–11–12–1VANE35–40–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' 33*
Baseball America 4
Collegiate Baseball^2
NCBWA3

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

Awards and honors

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References

  1. "Official Baseball Roster". LSU Tigers. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  2. Lopez, Andrew (May 22, 2017). "7 LSU players honored on All-SEC baseball teams". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 25, 2017.