2019 LSU Tigers baseball team

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.

2019 LSU Tigers baseball
Baton Rouge Regional champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
CBNo. 14
2019 record40–26 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Alan Dunn
  • Nolan Cain
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  xy 2370 .767  58120 .829
No. 18 Georgia  y 2190 .700  46170 .730
Tennessee  y 14160 .467  40210 .656
Missouri   13161 .450  34221 .605
Florida  y 13170 .433  34260 .567
South Carolina   8220 .267  28280 .500
Kentucky   7230 .233  26290 .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  xy 20100 .667  52150 .776
No. 6 Arkansas  xy 20100 .667  46200 .697
No. 14 LSU  y 17130 .567  40260 .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  y 16131 .550  39231 .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  y 16140 .533  41270 .603
No. 9 Auburn  y 14160 .467  38280 .576
Alabama   7230 .233  30260 .536
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

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 finish Team Votes (1st place)
1LSU88 (10)
2Ole Miss65 (1)
3Arkansas59 (1)
4Auburn57 (1)
5Texas A&M48 (1)
6Mississippi State47
7Alabama21

Preseason All-SEC teams

2nd Team

  • Antoine Duplantis - Outfielder
  • Daniel Cabrera - Outfielder

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)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 8Florida StateNo. 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 Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 LSU 17  
4 Stony Brook 3  
  1 LSU 8  
  3 Southern Miss 4  
3 Southern Miss 15
2 Arizona State 3  
  1 LSU 6 -
  3 Southern Miss 4 -
4 Stony Brook 5  
2 Arizona State 13  
  2 Arizona State 12
  3 Southern Miss 13  

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 Final 
Coaches'[6] 1 1* 1* 9 13 11 15 12 8 14 16 14 17 20 17 17 16 
Baseball America[7] 2 2 2 10 11 12 17 15 12 15 14 12 16 22 16 15 15 
Collegiate Baseball^[8] 1 1 1 9 10 7 12 9 8 15 15 13 18 20 21 19 14 
NCBWA[9] 2 1 1 9 10 9 14 11 8 13 14 14 16 21 19 16 15 
D1Baseball[10] 2 2 2 13 13 10 17 13 9 14 13 12 15 19 16 12 14

^ 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.

References

  1. "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. "Collegiate Baseball 2019 All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  3. Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  4. http://www.secsports.com/article/25945736/vanderbilt-picked-win-2019-sec-baseball-championship
  5. "LSU Releases 2019 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). LSU Department of Athletics. August 7, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  6. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  7. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  8. "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  9. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  10. "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
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