2013 LSU Tigers baseball team

2013 LSU Tigers baseball
2013 SEC Western Division Champion
2013 SEC Baseball Tournament Champion
Baton Rouge Regional Champion
Baton Rouge Super Regional Champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
Division West
2013 record 57-11 (23-7 SEC)
Head coach Paul Mainieri
Hitting coach Javi Sanchez
Pitching coach Alan Dunn
Home stadium Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
#9 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‍y 26–3 .897  54–12 .818
#13 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 17–12 .586  43–20 .683
Florida  ‍‍‍y 14–16 .467  29–30 .492
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .367  30–25 .545
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .333  18–32 .360
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .321  22–30 .423
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .259  21–32 .396
Western
#7 LSU  x‍‍‡‍y 23–7 .767  57–11 .838
#18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18–11 .621  39–22 .639
#2 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 16–14 .533  51–20 .718
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 15–15 .500  38–24 .613
Alabama  ‍‍‍y 14–15 .483  35–28 .556
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 13–16 .448  34–29 .540
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  33–23 .589
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 26, 2013[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2013. The Tigers played their home games in the new Alex Box Stadium, which opened in 2009. On May 17, 2013, the playing field at Alex Box Stadium was designated Skip Bertman Field, in honor of the LSU coach with the most wins in the program's history. At the end of the game against Ole Miss, the program celebrated the best regular season record in its history with 48 wins.[3]

The team is coached by Paul Mainieri who is in his seventh season at LSU. In the 2012 season, the Tigers failed to reach the College World Series; however, the Tigers did win the regular season and post season SEC championship. Overall, the Tigers finished 47–18, 19–11 in the SEC.

Pre-Season

Key Losses

  • Kevin Gausman (RHP) - 4th overall selection in 2012 MLB Draft
  • Austin Nola (SS) - 4-year starter; 5th round selection in 2012 MLB Draft
  • Tyler Hanover (INF) - 4-year starter; 11th round selection in 2012 MLB Draft

Key Players Returning

  • Ryan Eades (RHP) - 5-3 with a 3.83 ERA in 2012
  • Mason Katz (1B) - 13 Home Runs in 2012 (Lead SEC)
  • Aaron Nola (RHP) - 7-4 with a 3.61 ERA in 2012
  • Raph Rhymes (OF) - 2012 SEC POY; Lead NCAA with .431 BA

Personnel

Roster

2013 LSU Tigers baseball roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 Aaron Nola - Sophomore
  • 12 Hunter Devall - Freshman
  • 21 Joe Broussard - Junior
  • 24 Cody Glenn - Sophomore
  • 25 Joey Bourgeois - Senior
  • 27 Mitch Sewald - Freshman
  • 29 Nate Fury - Junior
  • 33 Kevin Berry - Senior
  • 36 Will LaMarche - Junior
  • 37 Ryan Eades - Junior
  • 38 Nick Rumbelow - Junior
  • 39 Kurt McCune - Junior
  • 40 Taylor Butler - Freshman
  • 45 Russell Reynolds - Freshman
  • 49 Brent Bonvillain - Senior
  • 55 Hunter Newman - Freshman
  • 58 Chris Cotton - Senior
  

Catchers

  • 11 Michael Barash - Freshman
  • 20 Chris Chinea - Freshman
  • 26 Ty Ross - Junior
  

Infielders

  •  2 Tyler Moore - Sophomore
  •  8 Mason Katz - Senior
  • 14 Christian Ibarra - Junior
  • 17 Jared Foster - Sophomore
  • 23 JaCoby Jones - Junior
  • 28 Casey Yocom - Senior
  • 30 Alex Bregman - Freshman
  

Outfielders

  •  4 Raph Rhymes - Senior
  •  5 Chris Sciambra - Sophomore
  •  6 Andrew Stevenson - Freshman
  •  7 Sean McMullen - Junior
  •  9 Mark Laird - Freshman
  • 13 Alex Edward - Senior
  

2013 LSU Tigers Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=27867

Coaching Staff

2013 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff
  • Paul Mainieri - Head Coach - 7 years at LSU
  • Alan Dunn - Pitching Coach - 2 year
  • Javi Sanchez - Hitting Coach - 5 years
  • Will Davis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 5 years
  • Blake Dean - Undergraduate Assistant - 1st year
  • Ross Brezovsky - Coordinator of Baseball Operations - 4 years

2013 LSU Tigers Baseball Coaches & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=28707

Schedule/Results

2013 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Post-Season
SEC Tournament
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record
57[57]May 22AlabamaHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		3-0Glenn (7-2)Sullivan (5-6)Cotton (13)6,19749-81-0
58[58]May 23ArkansasHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		1-4Stanek (9-2)Bourgeois (3-2)Suggs (12)-49-91-1
59[59]May 24AlabamaHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		3-2Fury (2-1)Oczypok (4-2)Cotton (14)-50-92-1
60[60]May 25ArkansasHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		3-1LaMarche (2-0)Moore (1-4)Cotton (15)-51-93-1
61[61]May 24VanderbiltHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		5-4 (11)Cotton (4-1)Miller (5-2)-10,59052-94-1
NCAA Tournament: Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
62[62]May 31Jackson St.Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		11-7McCune (4-1)Juday, A. (7-5)-11,5779,31653-91-0
63[63]June 1Sam Houston St.Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		8-5Nola (11-0)Scott, A. (2-1)Cotton (16)12,08510,75254-92-0
64[64]June 2UL-LafayetteAlex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		5-1Bonvillain (3-0)Boutte, C (8-4)-11,83810,19155-93-0
NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
62[65]June 7#19 OklahomaAlex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		2-0Nola (12-0)Gray, J. (10-3)-12,00711,09556-94-0
63[66]June 8#19 OklahomaAlex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		11-1LaMarche (3-0)Overton, D. (9-3)-12,15311,40157-95-0
College World Series
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
62[67]June 16#2 UCLATD Ameritrade Park Omaha
(Omaha, Nebraska)		2-1Plutko (9-3)Nola (12-1)Berg (22)-26,34457-105-1
62[68]June 18#2 North CarolinaTD Ameritrade Park Omaha
(Omaha, Nebraska)		2-1Thornton, T (12-1)Glenn (7-3)McCue, C (2)-21,38057-115-2

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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 
Coaches' 3 3* 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2  
Baseball America 10 9 9 8 7 7 4 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2  
Collegiate Baseball^ 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 1 1  
NCBWA† 3 2 1

^ 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.

LSU Tigers in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft

The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2013 MLB Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team

References

  1. ↑ "SEC Baseball" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Southeastern Conference Standings". D1 Baseball. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Seth Landry (2013-05-17). "On Bertman's Night, LSU Uses Homer for Win". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  4. ↑ Maryland @ LSU - Game 1
  5. ↑ Maryland @ LSU - Game 2
  6. ↑ Maryland @ LSU - Game 3
  7. ↑ Seth Landry. "Baseball Suffers First Loss of 2013 to BYU, 9-4". Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  8. ↑ Seth Landry. "Baseball Batters Southeastern La., 13-1". Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  9. ↑ Seth Landry. "Baseball Makes Quick Work of UL-Lafayette, 11-2". Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  10. ↑ Bill Franques. "Baseball Set for Series with Brown, Nicholls". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  11. ↑ Seth Medvin. "Baseball Clinches Weekend Series, 7-1". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  12. ↑ Seth Medvin. "Glenn Paces Baseball Shutout of Nicholls, 2-0". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
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  14. ↑ Seth Medvin. "Baseball Earns 10-2 Win Over Sacred Heart". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
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  16. ↑ Seth Landry. "Baseball Wins Ninth-Straight, Clinches Series". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  17. ↑ Seth Landry. "Baseball Completes Weekend Sweep, 7-5". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
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  20. ↑ Bill Franques. "Eades, Baseball Power Past Mississippi St., 7-3". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  21. ↑ Bill Franques. "Baseball Falls in Series Finale in Starkville". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
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  23. ↑ Seth Landry. "Home Runs Lift Baseball to Friday Night Win, 9-4". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
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  27. ↑ Bill Franques. "Baseball Blanks Missouri, Wins Sixth-Straight". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
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  29. ↑ David Steinle. "Baseball Sweeps Again; Best Start Since 1986". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  30. ↑ Alcorn St. @ LSU
  31. ↑ Kentucky @ LSU - Game 1
  32. ↑ Kentucky @ LSU - Game 2
  33. ↑ Kentucky @ LSU - Game 3
  34. ↑ Southern @ LSU - April 9
  35. ↑ Southern @ LSU - April 10
  36. ↑ LSU @ Arkansas - Game 1
  37. ↑ LSU @ Arkansas - Game 2
  38. ↑ LSU @ Arkansas - Game 3
  39. ↑ Grambling @ LSU - April 17
  40. ↑ LSU @ Alabama - Game 1
  41. ↑ LSU @ Alabama - Game 2
  42. ↑ LSU @ Alabama - Game 3
  43. ↑ Tulane @ LSU
  44. ↑ So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 1
  45. ↑ So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 2
  46. ↑ So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 3
  47. ↑ McNeese St. @ LSU
  48. ↑ Florida @ LSU - Game 1
  49. ↑ Florida @ LSU - Game 2
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  51. ↑ Bill Franques. "After Delays, Baseball Loses First Series Opener". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  52. ↑ Bill Franques. "Baseball Closes Out Game 2 at Texas A&M, 7-4". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  53. ↑ Bill Franques. "Baseball Clinches Second-Straight SEC West Title". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  54. ↑ Seth Landry. "Baseball Cruises Past New Orleans, 11-2". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  55. ↑ Seth Landry. "Baseball Batters Ole Miss in Game 1, 7-1". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  56. ↑ "Ole Miss Takes Baseball Series Finale, 11-9". LSUsports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  57. ↑ LSU vs. Alabama - SECT May 22
  58. ↑ LSU vs. Arkansas - SECT May 23
  59. ↑ LSU vs. Alabama - SECT May 24
  60. ↑ LSU vs. Arkansas - SECT Semi-Finals
  61. ↑ LSU vs. Vanderbilt - SEC Championship
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  63. ↑ Seth Landry. "Record Crowd Lifts Baseball Into Regional Final". LSUSports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  64. ↑ Bill Martin. "Baseball Bests UL-Lafayette, Wins 20th NCAA Regional". LSUSports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
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  66. ↑ Todd Politz (2013-06-07). "Back Home in Omaha! Baseball Gets Super Sweep". LSUSports.net. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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