2019 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2019 LSU Tigers baseball
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Baton Rouge Regional champions
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
CB No. 14
Record40–26 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Alan Dunn
  • Nolan Cain
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  xy2370 .76758120 .829
No. 18 Georgia  y2190 .70046170 .730
Tennessee  y14160 .46740210 .656
Missouri  13161 .45034221 .605
Florida  y13170 .43334260 .567
South Carolina  8220 .26728280 .500
Kentucky  7230 .23326290 .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  xy20100 .66752150 .776
No. 6 Arkansas  xy20100 .66746200 .697
No. 14 LSU  y17130 .56740260 .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  y16131 .55039231 .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  y16140 .53341270 .603
No. 9 Auburn  y14160 .46738280 .576
Alabama  7230 .23330260 .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.

Contents

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

3rd Team

SEC media poll

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

Media poll (West)
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1LSU88 (10)
2Ole Miss65 (1)
3Arkansas59 (1)
4Auburn57 (1)
5Texas A&M48 (1)
6Mississippi State47
7Alabama21

Preseason All-SEC teams

2nd Team

Roster

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

Legend
 LSU win
 LSU loss
 Postponement
BoldLSU team member
2019 LSU Tigers Baseball Game Log
Regular season (34–22)
Postseason (6–4)
NCAA Tournament – Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2)
DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
June 8 Florida State No. 12Alex Box StadiumL 4-6Velez (4-2)Fontenot (5-3)Flowers (12)ESPN11,63640-253-1
June 9Florida StateNo. 12Alex Box StadiumL 4-5Velez (5-4)Fontenot 5-4ESPN211,71340-263-2
Schedule Source: [5]

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

Baton Rouge Regional

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
2Southern Miss15
3Arizona State3
1LSU
3Southern Miss
Lower round 1Lower final
2Arizona State12
4Stony Brook53Southern Miss13
2Arizona State13

Record vs. conference opponents


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

Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 7–231–21–20–30–3.1–20–3.1–22–1.1–20–3ALAW71–90–4
ARK 20–102–12–1..2–13–02–13–01–2.3–01–21–2ARKW17–33–0
AUB 14–162–11–2.1–2.1–21–2.2–12–13–01–20–3AUBW64–61–1
FLA 13–173–0..0–32–11–21–23–00–32–11–2.0–3FLAE54–62–3
UGA 21–93–0.2–13–02–12–10–33–0.3–01–2.2–1UGAE28–24–1
KEN 7–23.1–2.1–21–20–3.1–22–11–20–30–30–3KENE71–90–4
LSU 17–132–10–32–12–11–23–03–01–21–2..2–1.LSUW36–42–1
MSU 20–103–01–22–12–13–0.0–3.3–02–12–12–1.MSUW28–23–1
MIZZ 13–16.0–3.0–30–32–12–1.2–13–02–11–11–2MIZZE45–41–3
MISS 16–142–12–11–23–0.1–22–10–31–2.1–23–0.MISSW55–52–1
SCAR 8–221–2.1–21–20–32–1.1–20–3.1–21–20–3SCARE61–90–3
TENN 14–16.0–30–32–12–13–0.1–21–22–12–1.1–2TENNE35–51–2
TAMU 16–132–12–12–1..3–01–21–21–10–32–1.2–1TAMUW46–31–1
VAN 23–73–02–13–03–01–23–0..2–1.3–02–11–2VANE18–25–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

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

Rankings

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 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.

2019 MLB draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Josh Smith SS267 New York Yankees
Zach Watson OF379 Baltimore Orioles
Zack HessRHP7202 Detroit Tigers
Todd Peterson RHP7213 Washington Nationals
Antoine DuplantisOF12358 New York Mets

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