Tigers Open SEC Series vs. Missouri Thursday Night at “The Box”

Missouri Tigers (22-12, 5-10 SEC) at No. 22 LSU Combating Tigers (24-12, 7-8 SEC)

DATES/TIMES
• Thursday, April 21 @ 7 p.m. CT
• Friday, April 22 @ 6:30 p.m. CT
• Saturday, April 23 @ 12 p.m. CT

STADIUM
Alex Field Stadium, Skip Bertman Discipline (10,326)

RANKINGS
• LSU – No. 22 D1 Baseball; No. 23 USA As we speak
• Missouri – unranked

RADIO
• LSU Sports activities Radio Community associates
• Dwell audio at www.LSUsports.web/reside; Dwell stats at www.LSUstats.com

TV/ONLINE
• Thursday’s sport might be televised reside on ESPNU
• All three video games could also be considered reside on SEC Community +

SPECIAL EVENTS
• Friday’s sport will have a good time 50 Years of Ladies’s Athletics at LSU in recognition of the implementation of Title IX in 1972
• Members of LSU’s 1997 nationwide championship group might be acknowledged earlier than the sport on Saturday as they have a good time the twenty fifth anniversary of their Faculty World Sequence title

LSU SERIES RECORD VS. MISSOURI
• LSU has an all-time file of 15-3 versus Missouri in a collection that started in 1986. Within the groups’ most up-to-date assembly, Missouri gained two of three video games over LSU on April 12-14, 2019, in Columbia, Mo. Since Mizzou joined the SEC starting with the 2013 season, LSU owns a 13-3 mark within the collection that features three-game sweeps at Columbia in 2013 and 2016, a three-game sweep in Baton Rouge in 2015, a 10-3 SEC Match victory in 2017 in Hoover, Ala., and a 2-1 collection victory in 2018 in Baton Rouge. LSU held a 13-0 edge within the collection earlier than Mizzou posted a 12-6 win in Recreation 2 of a weekend matchup in 2018 at Alex Field Stadium. LSU has an 8-1 mark versus Missouri in video games performed in Baton Rouge.

QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON
“Missouri is having an excellent 12 months proper now; it looks like they’ve received their tradition in place and their guys are competing. They’ve good arms on the mound and athletic place gamers, so I’m anticipating a battle this weekend. I don’t anticipate this to be any completely different than some other SEC weekend that we’ve performed. It’s a very powerful one, as a result of it’s the subsequent one. We’ve been hanging in there, and I’m pleased with our group for that. Now, it’s about persevering with to enhance, assault these video games and attempt to win each one in every of them.”

ABOUT THE LSU TIGERS
• LSU begins Week 6 of SEC play by taking part in host to Missouri at 7 p.m. CT Thursday … LSU, which is 7-8 within the SEC, is in fifth place within the Western Division, however the Tigers are just one sport out of second place within the division.
• Shortstop Jordan Thompson’s two-run homer highlighted a five-run fourth inning Tuesday night time as LSU posted an 8-4 win over UL Lafayette within the Wally Pontiff Jr. Basis Basic at Alex Field Stadium, Skip Bertman Discipline … LSU beginning pitcher Ty Floyd (4-2) earned the win, limiting the Cajuns to 2 runs on 4 hits in 5 innings with no walks and eight strikeouts.
• LSU’s batters have been hit by a pitch 77 occasions by 36 video games of the common season; the Tigers are No. 4 within the nation and No. 1 within the SEC in batters hit-by-pitches, and the next-closest SEC group in that class is Missouri with 59 HBPs.
• LSU is close to the highest of the SEC in a number of offensive classes, together with batting common (No. 3 – .294); slugging proportion (No. 2 – .510); on-base proportion (No. 2 – .409); runs scored (No. 2 – 300); RBI (No. 2 – 281); doubles (No. 3 – 76); residence runs (No. 5 – 59) and complete bases (No. 3 – 630).
• Senior right-hander Ma’Khail Hilliard delivered a stable begin in final Thursday’s sport at Arkansas, working 5 innings and limiting the Razorbacks to 1 earned run on three hits with 4 walks and 5 strikeouts … sophomore right-hander Blake Cash turned within the longest SEC outing of his profession final Friday towards the Razorbacks, as he pitched 6.2 innings and allowed 4 runs on seven hits with two walks and one strikeout.
• Freshman right-hander Samuel Dutton supplied a superb begin to final Saturday’s sport for the Tigers, pitching 4 innings and limiting Arkansas to 1 run on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts … sophomore left-hander Riley Cooper made two appearances within the Arkansas collection and recorded six strikeouts in 3.2 innings.
• The LSU pitching employees is close to the highest of the SEC in various classes, together with ERA (No. 4 – 3.50); opponent batting common (No. 4 – .222); fewest hits allowed (No. 4 – 267); fewest walks allowed (No. 4 – 127); fewest runs allowed (No. 4 – 158); and fewest earned runs allowed (No. 4 – 124).

ABOUT THE MISSOURI TIGERS
• Missouri has gained three straight video games, together with the ultimate two video games of its SEC collection final weekend versus Kentucky and a win over Missouri State on Tuesday night time … Missouri is tied with Kentucky (5-10) for sixth place within the SEC Jap Division.
• Missouri is No. 9 within the SEC with a .287 group batting common, and the Tigers have launched 35 homers whereas recording 49 steals in 56 makes an attempt … Missouri’s pitching employees is No. 11 within the league with a 5.16 ERA.
• Infielder Torin Montgomery leads the Tigers with 30 RBI on the 12 months, and he’s batting .351 with 10 doubles and three homers … infielder Luke Mann has a team-high 9 homers, and he’s second on the membership with 27 RBI … infielder Josh Day is hitting .331 with eight doubles, one triple, six homers and 23 RBI.
• Missouri is No. 12 within the SEC in fielding proportion (.972) … right-handed reliever Austin Cheeley is No. 6 within the league in saves with 4.