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Post by tonythegator on Feb 29, 2020 6:36:44 GMT -5
Gators stay unbeaten with a 3-2 win over Troy.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 29, 2020 14:11:43 GMT -5
LSU takes on Baylor later today.
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Post by tonythegator on Feb 29, 2020 19:57:50 GMT -5
Gators win again, 10-7, over Troy.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Feb 29, 2020 20:43:38 GMT -5
Baylor wins 6 to 4 over the Tigers as the Tiger bullpen gives up 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th. Marceaux pitched six innings and Tigers were leading 4 to 2 and then in the 7th - relief pitching failed Tigers today.
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Post by tonythegator on Mar 1, 2020 15:42:21 GMT -5
Gators improve to 11-0 with a 7-1 win, and a sweep over Troy. Might sound like a gimme, but Troy was 8-1 coming into this series. They were not a pushover, by any means.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 1, 2020 18:27:32 GMT -5
Tigers drop a tough one today to Oklahoma. No hitter for 7 innings and Oklahoma leads off the 8th with a HR to go up 1 to 0. Oklahoma pitcher goes the whole game and ends up with a no hitter against LSU to win 1 to 0. Hat off to the Sooners.
Tigers lost two games this weekend. Analysis IMO for the Tigers - great starting pitching, flashes of a good bullpen, but really need to improve the hitting. Just 3 starters from last year with some flashes from the freshmen on the team. They really need to improve the hitting with runners in scoring position.
Geaux Tigers.
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Post by GoBigRed203 on Mar 1, 2020 22:11:54 GMT -5
Started with a win, then 7 straight losses before the losing streak ends with an 18 to 10 Husker victory against #12 Arizona State in Tempe.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 3, 2020 23:32:50 GMT -5
LSU defeats SE Louisiana 6 to 3 tonight. Record is now 8-5 for the season. If the Tigers are going to to be a factor in the SEC west - they need to get the bats going. They are striking out a lot more this year and that hurts. They have left a few runners stranded on 3rd with less that two outs. But a strikeout does not advance a base runner.
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Post by tonythegator on Mar 4, 2020 7:20:35 GMT -5
Gators get another win, 7-3 over FAU, to improve to 12-0. Play FAMU this evening.
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Post by tonythegator on Mar 5, 2020 5:41:11 GMT -5
Gators beat FAMU, 5-0, to improve record to 13-0.
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Post by tonythegator on Mar 6, 2020 21:59:31 GMT -5
Gators improve to 14-0 with a 9-1 win over USF.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 7, 2020 0:30:57 GMT -5
LSU defeats U MASS - Lowell at Alex Box Stadium by a score of 11 to 2. It was a chilly night in Baton Rouge but the Tiger bats heated up a little. They had 12 hits. Bats need to be ready as the SEC league play starts next week. LSU has two more games with U Mass - Lowell tomorrow and Sunday.
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Post by tonythegator on Mar 7, 2020 18:01:13 GMT -5
Gators lead USF, 13-3, in top of the seventh inning. I think it's safe to say that the Gators will get the win and improve to 15-0. I'm changing the channel now.
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Post by tonythegator on Mar 8, 2020 14:11:05 GMT -5
With a 2-1 victory over USF, the Gators improve to 16-0, and stand alone as the only unbeaten team in the nation.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 8, 2020 15:37:38 GMT -5
LSU won last night 12 to 2. They are behind today 4 to 3 in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 8, 2020 17:17:38 GMT -5
LSU scores 3 runs in the bottom of the eighth to claim a 6 to 4 win. Gavin Dugas had 2 two run homers and Devin Fontenot pitched two innings of relief to get the win.
Way to Geaux Tigers. They sweep U-MASS Lowell this weekend. SEC play starts next Friday.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 11, 2020 21:26:59 GMT -5
LSU defeated South Alabama 4 to 1 tonight. Might be the last game before fans until the end of March and longer if the conronavirus is still causing all the panic that it is doing.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 17, 2020 1:00:01 GMT -5
Season over - what a shame.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 21, 2020 19:45:40 GMT -5
Man, I am really missing college baseball.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 28, 2020 21:44:55 GMT -5
I watched a the end of a rerun of an 17 inning game between LSU and Miss St from the 2019 SEC tourney. LSU scored a run in the top of the 16th inning to go up 5 to 4, but LSU blew a chance to win when the 2nd basemen bobbled a slow roller to allow Miss St to tie the game. Miss St. scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 17th inning to get the win 6 to 5.
Two days later LSU got the 10 rule as they defeated Miss St. 12 to 2 in 7 innings.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Apr 10, 2020 23:54:38 GMT -5
I watched the last part (rerun) of the Georgia - Clemson that went 20 innings and had 50 strikeouts in the game. Georgia punched across the winning run in the bottom of the 20th inning to win 3 to 2. Game had been tied from the 7th inning.
I am sure missing college baseball. Reruns are good, but nothing like the live games.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Apr 12, 2020 13:54:27 GMT -5
SEC network showing a lot of 2019 SEC baseball games.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Apr 13, 2020 23:48:55 GMT -5
Things are getting tough - I watched a couple of innings of an Alabama - Auburn baseball game rerun last night.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Apr 24, 2020 23:05:24 GMT -5
Just finished a rerun of the 2000 college world series final between LSU and Stanford. Stanford had control of the game going into the bottom of the 8th inning leading 5 to 2. LSU ties the game with a sole HR and then a walk and then a 2 run HR to tie the game. Then in the bottom of the ninth LSU gets two men on with a walk and a hit. Runners on 1st and 2nd with Brad Cresse coming to the plate. He was 1 for 12 in the CWS after batting .442 in the regular season.
He was hitless in the game with two SO's. He took a called strike and then singled past the shortstop to drive in the winning run and the Tigers claimed their 5th CWS championship.
I sure miss college baseball.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on May 28, 2020 19:50:59 GMT -5
LSU assistant baseball coach Eddie Smith said the task of placing as many players from the Tigers program onto competitive summer league teams has evolved into a year-round practice.
When the coronavirus pandemic halted the 2020 college baseball season in mid-March with the 12-5 Tigers set to start SEC play, Smith said the challenge of assigning players to such teams not only became increasing difficult, but grew in importance to compensate for players losing three-fourths of their respective seasons.
“It was unusual,” Smith said. “It’s much like college in that these teams are competitive. They want to win, and they want good players. By September you usually feel good about all of your players being placed. Obviously COVID’s turned everyone’s world upside down.”
The reality of having summer league baseball – largely regarded as an important tool in the growth of players following their college seasons – didn’t gain true clarity until this month once respective states began opening back up after government-mandated shutdowns because of the growing COVID-19 health scare.
Adding to the scheduling chore for Smith and other college coaches was a reduction in summer leagues when the tradition-rich Cape Cod League and Valley League both announced cancellations.
“We had nine players scheduled to go to the Cade Cod and three to the Valley League,” Smith said. “Everyone’s sitting there wondering where they needed to send their guys. It kind of happened on a moment’s notice. We had to relocate three players when the Valley League cancelled. We had to make some adjustments.”
Smith said LSU will be represented by 21 players in summer leagues ranging from Florida to the Midwest and even in Baton Rouge.
The group of Tigers getting the earliest jump on the competition includes the sophomore infield duo of shortstop Collier Cranford (.286 batting average, 2 2Bs, 6 RBIs) and second baseman Cade Doughty (.278, 2 HRs, 12 RBIs) who will play for the Boca Raton Blazers in the South Florida League scheduled to begin June 12.
They will be joined by sophomore catcher Alex Milazzo (.186, 1 HR, 6 RBIs) of the Boynton Beach Buccaneers, junior first baseman Cade Beloso (.313, 1 HR, 12 RBIs) and sophomore infielder Zach Arnold of the West Boca Snappers along with junior outfielder Giovanni DiGiacomo (.351, 2 2Bs, 3B, 5 SBs) of the Florida Pokers in Deerfield Beach.
“We had to keep some things in perspective if it was just going to be a six-week season,” Smith said. “What was closer to home for these players, was is safe for these players, what league is most likely to play? The reality is that some states are opening a lot quicker than others. We felt the South Florida League fit all of those criteria really well and is in a position to likely to be able to play. It was close enough for most of our players.”
LSU will send nine players to the Northwoods League with an expected start date of July 1.
Senior pitcher Devin Fontenot (1-0, 0.90 ERA), a recent third team All-American selection by Collegiate Baseball, will team with junior pitchers A.J. Labas (1-2, 3.55) and Landon Marceaux (2-0, 2.70) and senior catcher Saul Garza (.229, 3 HRs, 12 RBIs) for the Rockford (Ill.) Rivets.
Junior pitchers Jaden Hill (0-0, 0.00 ERA), a third team All-American choice by Collegiate Baseball, and Cole Henry (2-1, 1.89) will play for the Fond du Lac (Wisc.) Spiders, junior outfielder Drew Bianco (.074, 2 RBIs) of the Waterloo (Iowa) Bucks, sophomore outfielder Wes Toups (.222, 2 2Bs, 4 RBIs) and sophomore Hayden Travinski (.059, 1 HR) of the Wisconsin Woodchucks, while senior Zack Mathis (.262. 1 HR, 9 RBIs) is headed to the Duluth (Minn.) Huskies.
“We were fortunate, we had coaches in the Northwoods and Prospect League willing to take in our guys,” Smith said. “These teams already had full rosters and then COVID hit and these teams were being asked to take on more players. I know every school in the country was scratching, clawing, and begging to make that happen.
“I think it also shows the power of LSU. People were willing to take our players at this time where there were roster crunches, they would do anything they could to get LSU players on their rosters.”
The Elkville, Ill.-based Prospect League will have junior pitcher Ma’khail Hilliard (1-0, 0.00), sophomore pitcher Jacob Hasty (0-0. 0.00) and sophomore outfielder Mitchell Sanford (.250, 2 RBIs) headed to the Danville (Ill.) Dans.
Senior catcher Braden Doughty and junior infielder/outfielder Gavin Dugas (.286, 3 HRs, 5 RBIs) will play for the Baton Rouge Rougarou of the Texas Collegiate League.
“We place players in these summer leagues every year because that work’s always important,” Smith said. “This year it’s more important than ever because we only played a quarter of our season. It’s like a guy who comes in and maybe gets hurt and only gets to play in 20 games. That summer becomes important for him because it essentially becomes his season for development and getting better as a player and now every player’s in that position.
“The summer’s going to be extra critical. You see every year where someone goes out after their freshman year and they come back in the fall as a different player, they carry themselves differently. It’s just that aura of confidence. I think this year will be the same story where these summer leagues may be more important than ever for those players to get that kind of feeling of resurged confidence in themselves.”
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