College Baseball National Rankings - Feb. 26

LSU's overall record: 7-1
Record last week: 3-1

D1 Baseball.com: No. 3 (Last Week: No. 3)
Baseball America: No. 2 (No. 2)
Perfect Game: No. 3 (No. 3)

Current SEC Baseball Standings

Last Week’s Results (3-1)

Feb. 22 (Thu.) – NORTHERN ILLINOIS (W, 10-2)
Feb. 23 (Fri.) – STONY BROOK (L, 2-5)
Feb. 24 (Sat.) – NORTHERN ILLINOIS (W, 5-2)
Feb. 25 (Sun.) – STONY BROOK (W, 18-10)

This Week’s Schedule

Feb. 28 (Wed.) – at Rice, 7 p.m. CT (ESPN +)

March 1 (Fri.) – vs. Texas at Astros College Classic, 7 p.m. CT (Houston Astros Social Media Channels & Space City Home Network)

March 2 (Sat.) – vs. UL Lafayette at Astros College Classic, 7 p.m. CT (Houston Astros Social Media Channels & Space City Home Network)

March 3 (Sun.) – vs. Texas State at Astros College Classic, 3 p.m. CT (Houston Astros Social Media Channels & Space City Home Network)


Tigers Update

·LSU won three of its four games last week, and the Tigers this week are ranked No. 2 in the nation by Baseball America and USA Today, and No. 3 in the country by D1 Baseball.

·Junior right-hander Luke Holman fired seven shutout innings Saturday in a win over Northern Illinois … Holman limited the Huskies to two hits with no walks and eight strikeouts … he needed only 77 pitches in the efficient seven-inning outing, recording 50 pitches for strikes … after hitting the lead-off batter with a pitch in the third inning, Holman retired 10 consecutive NIU hitters, and after allowing a one-out single in the sixth, he retired five straight batters to complete his outing … Holman is 2-0 this season with a 0.00 ERA in 12.1 innings … he has recorded one walk and 18 strikeouts, and he’s limiting opponents to a .125 batting average.

·Sophomore outfielder Paxton Kling helped lead LSU to the 3-1 mark last week, batting .667 (6-for-9) with one homer, three RBI, five runs, six walks, three hit-by-pitches, two steals and a .789 on-base percentage … batting in the lead-off spot in the lineup, Kling reached base in all six of his plate appearances on Sunday versus Stony Brook with two singles, two walks and two hit-by-pitches … over the course of LSU’s four games, Kling reached base 15 times in 19 plate appearances, and he completed the week by reaching base nine consecutive times.

·LSU’s win on Saturday over Northern Illinois was the 100th victory for coach Jay Johnson as the Tigers’ head coach … now in his third season in Baton Rouge, Johnson is the fastest coach to earn 100 wins at LSU, accomplishing the feat in just 140 games … entering this Wednesday’s game at Rice, Johnson has a 101-40 (.716) record at LSU, including leading the Tigers the 2023 College World Series title.

·LSU blasted five home runs in its win over Northern Illinois on Thursday, marking the first five-homer game for the Tigers since June 4, 2023, in the NCAA Regional versus Oregon State in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

·Second baseman/outfielder Josh Pearson launched two home runs in Thursday’s win over Northern Illinois, marking the third two-homer game of his career … he also hit two dingers versus Nicholls and at Mississippi State during the 2022 season.

·Senior left-hander Nate Ackenhausen earned a relief win on Thursday over Northern Illinois, limiting the Huskies to one run on two hits in 3.2 innings with three walks and six strikeouts.

·Junior third baseman Tommy White collected a team-best six RBI in the Tigers’ four games last week, and he unloaded his first homer of the season Thursday versus Northern Illinois … junior shortstop Michael Braswell III also collected six RBI last week, as he was 3-for-7 at the plate in three games with one triple, one homer and three runs.

(Baseball Update via LSU)