2017 LSU Tigers baseball team

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.

2017 LSU Tigers baseball
SEC regular season co-champions
2017 SEC Tournament Champions
Baton Rouge Regional
Baton Rouge Super Regional
College World Series Runner-up
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
2017 record52–20 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachMicah Gibbs (1st season)
Pitching coachAlan Dunn (6th season)
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  xy 2190 .700  52190 .732
No. 10 Kentucky  y 19110 .633  43230 .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  y 15131 .534  36251 .589
Missouri   14160 .467  36230 .610
South Carolina   13170 .433  35250 .583
Georgia   11190 .367  25320 .439
Tennessee   7210 .250  27250 .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  xy 2190 .700  52200 .722
No. 22 Arkansas  y 18110 .621  45190 .703
No. 13 Mississippi State y 17130 .567  40270 .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  y 16140 .533  41230 .641
No. 29 Auburn  y 16140 .533  37260 .587
Ole Miss   14160 .467  32250 .561
Alabama   5241 .183  19341 .361
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 MainieriHead Coach11Florida International University (1980)
Micah GibbsAssistant Coach1Louisiana State University (2010)
Alan DunnAssistant Coach6University 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
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
June 17#6 Florida State#2TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, NE5–4Poche'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.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
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Baseball America 4 {{{ba_19}}} 
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NCBWA 3 {{{ncbwa_19}}} 
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^ 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

  • OF Greg Deichmann: consensus All-America, first-team All-SEC
  • SP Alex Lange: first-team All-SEC
  • SS Kramer Robertson: second-team All-SEC
  • 3B Josh Smith: freshman All-SEC, All-SEC defensive
  • OF Zach Watson: freshman All-SEC
  • SP Eric Walker: freshman All-SEC
  • C Michael Papierski: All-SEC defensive

[2]

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.
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