2019 LSU Tigers baseball
Baton Rouge Regional champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
CBNo. 14
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‡‍y 23–7–0 .76758–12–0 .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 21–9–0 .70046–17–0 .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46740–21–0 .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 13–16–1 .45034–22–1 .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13–17–0 .43334–26–0 .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8–22–0 .26728–28–0 .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7–23–0 .23326–29–0 .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 20–10–0 .66752–15–0 .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20–10–0 .66746–20–0 .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .56740–26–0 .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16–13–1 .55039–23–1 .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .53341–27–0 .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 14–16–0 .46738–28–0 .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 7–23–0 .23330–26–0 .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.

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 RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1LSU17
4Stony Brook3
1LSU8
3Southern Miss4
3Southern Miss15
2Arizona 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.

2019 SEC baseball records

Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA7–231–21–20–30–3.1–20–3.1–22–1.1–20–3ALAW71–90–4
ARK20–102–12–1..2–13–02–13–01–2.3–01–21–2ARKW17–33–0
AUB14–162–11–2.1–2.1–21–2.2–12–13–01–20–3AUBW64–61–1
FLA13–173–0..0–32–11–21–23–00–32–11–2.0–3FLAE54–62–3
UGA21–93–0.2–13–02–12–10–33–0.3–01–2.2–1UGAE28–24–1
KEN7–23.1–2.1–21–20–3.1–22–11–20–30–30–3KENE71–90–4
LSU17–132–10–32–12–11–23–03–01–21–2..2–1.LSUW36–42–1
MSU20–103–01–22–12–13–0.0–3.3–02–12–12–1.MSUW28–23–1
MIZZ13–16.0–3.0–30–32–12–1.2–13–02–11–11–2MIZZE45–41–3
MISS16–142–12–11–23–0.1–22–10–31–2.1–23–0.MISSW55–52–1
SCAR8–221–2.1–21–20–32–1.1–20–3.1–21–20–3SCARE61–90–3
TENN14–16.0–30–32–12–13–0.1–21–22–12–1.1–2TENNE35–51–2
TAMU16–132–12–12–1..3–01–21–21–10–32–1.2–1TAMUW46–31–1
VAN23–73–02–13–03–01–23–0..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

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Josh Smith SS 2 67 New York Yankees
Zach Watson OF 3 79 Baltimore Orioles
Zack Hess RHP 7 202 Detroit Tigers
Todd Peterson RHP 7 213 Washington Nationals
Antoine Duplantis OF 12 358 New York Mets

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. ↑ "Vanderbilt picked to win 2019 SEC Baseball Championship".
  5. ↑ "LSU Releases 2019 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). LSU Department of Athletics. August 7, 2018. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  6. ↑ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  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 December 22, 2018.
  10. ↑ "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
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