LSU hosts Tulane, Oregon State, Sam Houston State at Baton Rouge Regional

BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU was announced as the No. 5 national seed for the NCAA Baseball Tournament Monday, and the Tigers will open the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at 2 p.m. CT Friday when they face Tulane in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

The No. 5 National Seed marks LSU’s first appearance among the Top 8 seeds since 2017, when the Tigers were No. 4.

LSU (43-15) is the No. 1 seed in the Baton Rouge Regional and Tulane (19-40), the American Athletic Conference Tournament champion, is the regional’s No. 4 seed. The LSU-Tulane game will be televised on ESPNU and broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network.

No. 2 seed Oregon State will meet No. 3 seed Sam Houston at 7 p.m. Friday in the second game of the Baton Rouge Regional, and the contest will be streamed on ESPN +.

The regional continues through the weekend, with the winner advancing to the NCAA Super Regional next weekend versus the winner of the Lexington (Ky.) Regional.

2023 NCAA BATON ROUGE REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Friday, June 2
Game 1: (1) LSU vs (4) Tulane – 2 p.m. (ESPNU)
Game 2: (2) Oregon State vs (3) Sam Houston – 7 p.m. (ESPN +)

Saturday, June 3
Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – TBD
Game 4: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 – TBD

Sunday, June 4
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 – TBD
Game 6: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 4 – TBD

Monday, June 5
Game 7: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 4 – TBD *if necessary

2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Games
Friday, June 2, 2023 (all times Eastern)
Bracket (pdf)
Auburn Regional hosted by Auburn
#2 Southern Miss. (41-17) vs. #3 Samford (36-23), 2 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Auburn (34-21-1) vs. #4 Penn (32-14), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Baton Rouge Regional hosted by LSU
#1 LSU (43-15) vs. #4 Tulane (19-40), 3 p.m., ESPNU
#2 Oregon St. (39-18) vs. #3 Sam Houston (38-23), 8 p.m., ESPN+

Charlottesville Regional hosted by Virginia
#1 Virginia (45-12) vs. #4 Army West Point (38-16), Noon, ESPN+
#2 East Carolina (45-17) vs. #3 Oklahoma (31-26), 7 p.m., ESPN2

Clemson Regional hosted by Clemson
#1 Clemson (43-17) vs. #4 Lipscomb (36-24), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#2 Tennessee (38-19) vs. #3 Charlotte (34-26), 6 p.m., ESPNU

Columbia Regional hosted by South Carolina
#2 Campbell (44-13) vs. #3 NC State (35-19), 1 p.m., ACCN
#1 South Carolina (39-19) vs. #4 Central Conn. St. (36-12), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Conway Regional hosted by Coastal Carolina
#2 Duke (35-21) vs. #3 UNCW (34-21), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Coastal Carolina (39-19) vs. #4 Rider (35-19), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Coral Gables Regional hosted by Miami (FL)
#2 Texas (38-20) vs. #3 Louisiana (40-22), 2 p.m., LHN
#1 Miami (FL) (40-19) vs. #4 Maine (32-19), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Fayetteville Regional hosted by Arkansas
#1 Arkansas (41-16) vs. #4 Santa Clara (35-18), 3 p.m., ESPN+
#2 TCU (37-22) vs. #3 Arizona (33-24), 9 p.m., ESPNU

Gainesville Regional hosted by Florida
#2 UConn (43-15) vs. #3 Texas Tech (39-21), Noon, ESPNU
#1 Florida (44-14) vs. #4 Florida A&M (29-28), 5:30 p.m., ESPN+

Lexington Regional hosted by Kentucky
#1 Kentucky (36-18) vs. #4 Ball St. (36-21), Noon, SECN
#2 West Virginia (39-18) vs. #3 Indiana (41-18), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Nashville Regional hosted by Vanderbilt
#2 Oregon (37-20) vs. #3 Xavier (37-23), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Vanderbilt (41-18) vs. #4 Eastern Ill. (38-19), 8 p.m., SECN

Stanford Regional hosted by Stanford
#1 Stanford (38-16) vs. #4 San Jose St. (31-25), 5 p.m., ESPN+
#2 Texas A&M (36-25) vs. #3 Cal St. Fullerton (31-22), 10 p.m., ESPN2

Stillwater Regional hosted by Oklahoma St.
#2 DBU (45-14) vs. #3 Washington (34-18), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Oklahoma St. (41-18) vs. #4 Oral Roberts (46-11), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Terre Haute Regional hosted by Indiana St.
#1 Indiana St. (42-15) vs. #4 Wright St. (39-21), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#2 Iowa (42-14) vs. #3 North Carolina (35-22), 7 p.m., ACCN

Tuscaloosa Regional hosted by Alabama
#2 Boston College (35-18) vs. #3 Troy (39-20), 3 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Alabama (40-19) vs. #4 Nicholls (34-22), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Winston-Salem Regional hosted by Wake Forest
#2 Maryland (41-19) vs. #3 Northeastern (44-14), 1 p.m., ESPN+
#1 Wake Forest (47-10) vs. #4 George Mason (34-25), 7 p.m., ESPN+