2024 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2024 LSU Tigers baseball
LSU Athletics logo.svg
Astros Foundation Classic champions
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record43–23 (13–17 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nate Yeskie
  • Josh Jordan
  • Marc Wanaka
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium
Seasons
  2023
2025 
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Tennessee  xy228 .7336013 .822
No. 3 Kentucky  xy228 .7334616 .742
No. 11 Georgia  y1713 .5674317 .717
Vanderbilt  y1317 .4333823 .623
No. 8 Florida  y1317 .4333630 .545
South Carolina  y1317 .4333725 .597
Missouri  921 .3002332 .418
Western
No. 17 Arkansas  xy2010 .6674416 .733
No. 2 Texas A&M  y1911 .6335315 .779
No. 22 Mississippi State  y1713 .5674023 .635
Alabama  y1317 .4333324 .579
LSU  y1317 .4334323 .652
Ole Miss  1119 .3672729 .482
Auburn  822 .2672726 .509
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 24, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium. LSU entered this season seeking to defend their 2023 national title.

Contents

Previous season

The Tigers finished 54–17, 19–10 in the SEC to finish in second place in the Western division. The Tigers went 1–2 in the 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament. The Tigers were seeded first in the Baton Regional, and fifth overall, of the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they swept the regional with wins over Tulane and Oregon State. In the Baton Rouge Super Regional, the Tigers hosted Kentucky, where they swept them in two games. The Tigers qualified for the College World Series for the 19th time in program history, where they reached the final thanks to wins over Tennessee and top-seeded Wake Forest.

In the final, they beat Florida two games to one to win their seventh national title, and their first since 2009. [2] LSU pitcher, Paul Skenes, was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player. Additionally, Ty Floyd, Tre' Morgan, Gavin Dugas, Tommy White, Dylan Crews, and Cade Beloso were named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team. [3]

Signing day recruits

The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for LSU in 2023. [4]

PlayerHometownHigh School
Pitchers
Jake Brown Sulphur, Louisiana Sulphur (LA)
Kade Anderson Madisonville, Louisiana St. Paul's (LA)
MJ Seo Carrollton, Texas Hebron (TX)
Dylan Thompson Moss Bluff, Louisiana Sam Houston (LA)
Trenton Lape Bossier City, Louisiana Parkway (LA)
Cam Johnson Upper Marlboro, Maryland IMG Academy
Hitters
Steven Milam Las Cruces, New Mexico Centennial (AZ)
Ryan Kucherak Chandler, Arizona Hamilton (AZ)
Austen Roellig Rancho Cucamonga, California Etiwanda
Derrick Mitchell Plano, Texas John Paul II
Ashton Larson Overland Park, Kansas St. Thomas Aquinas (KS)
Griffin Cooley Kinder, Louisiana Kinder (LA)
Dallas Dale II Apopka, Florida Mount Dora Christian

Offseason

2023 MLB Draft

Thirteen LSU players were drafted in the 2023 MLB draft.

RoundPickPlayerPositionMLB Team
1 1 Paul Skenes RHP Pittsburgh Pirates
12 Dylan Crews OF Washington Nationals
CB-A38 Ty Floyd RHP Cincinnati Reds
251 Grant Taylor RHP Chicago White Sox
388 Tre' Morgan 1B Tampa Bay Devil Rays
6165Gavin DugasLF Washington Nationals
11333Garrett EdwardsRHP Tampa Bay Devil Rays
12361Blake MoneyRHP Baltimore Orioles
12365Brayden JobertOF St. Louis Cardinals
13391Riley CooperLHP Baltimore Orioles
15460Jordan ThompsonSS Los Angeles Dodgers
16490Javen ColemanLHP Los Angeles Dodgers
19576 Christian Little RHP New York Mets

Schedule and results

2024 LSU Tigers baseball game log (43–22)
Fall 2023 exhibitions (2–0)
Regular season (36–20)
Postseason (7–2)
NCAA Tournament – Chapel Hill Regional (3–1)
DateOpponentSeedSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
May 31vs. (3) Wofford (2) No. 24 Boshamer Stadium
Chapel Hill, NC
W 4–3Herring (5–1)Bouchard (0–5)NoneESPNU3,36341–211–0
June 1vs. (1) No. 6 North Carolina (2) No. 24Boshamer StadiumL 2–6Peterson (3–2)Holman (9–4)Pence (7)ESPN23,23041–221–1
June 2vs. (3) Wofford(2) No. 24Boshamer StadiumW 13–6Herring (6–1)Michaels (3–2)NoneESPN3,36242–222–1
June 2vs. (1) No. 6 North Carolina(2) No. 24Boshamer StadiumW 8–4Hurd (3–4)Haugh (4–2)NoneESPN+4,09843–223–1
June 3vs. (1) No. 6 North Carolina(2) No. 24Boshamer StadiumL 3–410Pence (4–1)Jump (6-2)NoneESPN24,02643–233–2
*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
 W  LSU win •  L  LSU loss •  Postponement or cancellation Bold denotes LSU player

Statistics

Record vs. conference opponents


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

Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 13–172–11–2.0–30–32–11–2.2–12–12–11–2.ALAW45–50–2
ARK 20–101–22–12–1.1–23–02–13–03–02–1.1–2.ARKW17–33–0
AUB 8–222–11–2..0–31–20–32–11–2.1–20–30–3AUBW72–80–4
FLA 13–17.1–2.2–11–22–12–10–3.1–21–22–11–2FLAE54–60–1
UGA 17–133–0..1–20–3.1–22–12–13–01–21–23–0UGAE35–53–1
KEN 22–83–02–13–02–13–0..2–13–01–21–2.2–1KENE28–24–0
LSU 13–171–20–32–11–2..1–22–13–0.0–32–11–2LSUW54–61–2
MSU 17–132–11–23–01–22–1.2–12–11–2..1–22–1MSUW36–41–0
MIZZ 9–21.0–31–23–01–21–21–21–2.1–20–3.0–3MIZZE71–91–3
MISS 11–191–20–32–1.1–20–30–32–1.2–11–22–1.MISSW64–60–3
SCAR 13–171–21–2.2–10–32–1..2–11–20–31–23–0SCARE64–61–2
TENN 22–81–2.2–12–12–12–13–0.3–02–13–0.2–1TENNE19–13–0
TAMU 19–112–12–13–01–22–1.1–22–1.1–22–1.3–0TAMUW27–32–0
VAN 13–17..3–02–10–31–22–11–23–0.0–31–20–3VANE44–62–3
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie Brkrs: TENN>KEN head to head. MSU>UGA head to head. ALA>VAN & FLA>SCAR & LSU TENN common. VAN>FLA head to head. SCAR>LSU ARK common. ARK SEC Tournament seed>KEN, ARK West champion.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [5] 2 (11)2 (11)*2224718
Baseball America [6] 222225925
NCBWA [7] 22223571825
D1Baseball [8] 433325818
Perfect Game [9] 333325916

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.

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