LSU Baseball Report – Tigers in top 12 nationally after perfect week

Overall Record: 6-1

Last Week’s Results (5-0)
Feb. 22 (Mon.) – LOUISIANA TECH (W, 16-7)
Feb. 24 (Wed.) – at UL Lafayette (W, 11-2)
Feb. 26 (Fri.) – YOUNGSTOWN STATE (W, 6-2)
Feb. 27 (Sat.) – YOUNGSTOWN STATE (W, 5-3)
Feb. 27 (Sat.) – NICHOLLS (W, 14-0)

This Week’s Schedule
March 2 (Tue.) – NICHOLLS, 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network +)
March 3 (Wed.) – SOUTHERN, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 5 (Fri.) – ORAL ROBERTS, 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 6 (Sat.) – ORAL ROBERTS, 3 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
March 7 (Sun.) – ORAL ROBERTS, 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)

Notes on the Tigers
LSU won all five of its games last week, defeating Louisiana Tech, UL-Lafayette, Youngstown State (twice) and Nicholls … LSU hit .332 in its five games last week with 52 runs, 62 hits, 10 doubles, one triple and 13 homers … LSU has an SEC-leading 15 homers on the year, its highest seven-game homer total since the 2009 season … the Tigers’ 14-0 blanking of Nicholls on Saturday was LSU’s first shutout since April 3, 2019, when the Tigers posted a 2-0 win over South Alabama … junior right-hander Landon Marceaux fired a career-high 10 strikeouts in six shutout innings to defeat Nicholls on Saturday … Marceaux allowed two hits with no walks while throwing 71 pitches, 50 for strikes … only one Nicholls hitter advanced beyond second base against Marceaux, who retired 11 batters in a row from the third until the sixth inning … Marceaux has not allowed a run this season in 11 innings with no walks, 14 strikeouts and a .108 opponent batting average … sophomore second baseman Cade Doughty batted .429 (9-for-21) in the Tigers’ five wins with two doubles, one triple, two homers, nine RBI and three runs scored … Doughty launched a two-run, two-out, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against Youngstown State on Saturday to lift LSU to a 5-3 victory … the walk-off homer was LSU’s first since February 16, 2019, when Cade Beloso blasted a walk-off dinger to defeat Army … Doughty was 3-for-5 at the plate in Saturday’s win with one double, one homer and three RBI … Doughty also had three hits in Wednesday’s win at UL-Lafayette, including a double and two RBI … freshman outfielder Brody Drost hit .500 (6-for-12) last week with one doubles, one homer, three RBI, four runs scored and one stolen base … Drost launched his first career collegiate homer on Wednesday night, a two-run blast in the Tigers’ win at UL-Lafayette … in LSU’s win over Nicholls on Saturday, Drost collected a career-best three hits in five at-bats with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored … junior right-hander Jaden Hill recorded a dominant effort in Friday’s win over Youngstown State, limiting the Penguins to one hit in six shutout innings … Hill allowed just one single while registering no walks and four strikeouts …. freshman rightfielder Dylan Crews hit .400 (8-for-20) last week with two doubles, two homers, three RBI and seven runs … Crews, LSU’s leadoff hitter, is batting a team-high .429 on the year with a .543 on-base percentage.