Preview: LSU Baseball This Weekend In The Frisco College Classic

LSU Baseball This Weekend in the Frisco College Classic

No. 2 LSU Tigers (8-1) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (4-4)

DATE/TIME
Friday, February 28 @ 2 p.m. CT
(LSU will also face Nebraska (3-4) at 4 p.m. CT Saturday and Sam Houston (2-6) at 4 p.m. CT Sunday)

STADIUM
Riders Field in Frisco, Texas (10,216)

RANKINGS
LSU – No. 2 D1 Baseball; No. 2 Perfect Game; No. 3 Baseball America
KSU – unranked; Nebraska – unranked; Sam Houston - unranked

RADIO
·LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates
·Live audio at www.LSUsports.net/live; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com

ONLINE
The games will be streamed live on D1Baseball.com


LSU SERIES RECORDS VS. KANSAS STATE, NEBRASKA AND SAM HOUSTON

• LSU has a 12-8 all-time mark vs. Kansas State; the teams last met in the 2023 Karbach Round Rock (Texas) Classic, where the Tigers posted a 7-3 victory over the Wildcats … LSU is 1-0 all-time vs. Nebraska; the teams’ only meeting came in the 2015 Astros College Classic in Houston, where the Tigers recorded a 4-2 win over the Cornhuskers … LSU is 2-0 all-time vs. Sam Houston, and the teams most recently met in the 2023 Karbach Round Rock (Texas) Classic, where the Tigers logged a 16-4 win over the Bearkats.

PITCHING MATCHUP (LSU vs. Kansas State)

LSU – So. LH Kade Anderson (2-0, 1.74 ERA, 10.1 IP, 3 BB, 16 SO)
KSU – Sr. LH Jacob Frost (0-0, 3.38 ERA, 8.0 IP, 6 BB, 10 SO)

QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON

“Kansas State is obviously playing great; they ‘stormed the castle’ last week and beat three really good teams, rather handily. They’re well-coached, Coach (Pete) Hughes has been doing this for a long time and has enjoyed a lot of success. It’s looks like they have a veteran lineup with older players, and they’re taking very confident and convicted at-bats.”

ABOUT THE TIGERS

-LSU opened this week with a 7-3 win over No. 17 Dallas Baptist Wednesday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas … second baseman Daniel Dickinson homered and drove in three runs, and starting pitcher Conner Ware threw 4.0 perfect innings to lead the Tigers’ effort … LSU leadoff hitter Derek Curiel sparked the Tigers’ 12-hit offensive attack by reaching base five times in six plate appearances … he was 2-for-3 at the plate with one double, three runs, two walks and one hit-by-pitch … Ware retired the first 12 batters he faced before allowing a leadoff homer in the fifth … Ware threw 60 pitches over 4.0 innings with no walks and six strikeouts.

-Junior first baseman Jared Jones is batting .474 (9-for-19) in the Tigers’ last five games with two doubles, one homer, 10 RBI and five runs while recording a .560 on-base percentage … Jones was 3-for-5 in last Saturday’s 12-1 win over Omaha with a double, one run scored and five RBI, and he was 2-for-2 in Monday’s win over Nicholls with a homer, three RBI and two runs scored.

-Freshman leftfielder Derek Curiel is hitting .389 (7-for-18) in LSU’s last five games with two doubles, one RBI and seven runs … Curiel is hitting a team-high .438 (14-for-32) this season with two doubles, one homer, 11 runs and seven RBI.

-Shortstop Steven Milam is batting .389 (7-for-18) in LSU’s last five games with one double, one homer, six RBI and five runs … Milam recorded a career-high five RBI in Monday’s win Nicholls, as he was 2-for-3 at the plate with a three-run homer.

-Sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson pitched a career-high 5.1 innings in last Friday’s win over Omaha, limiting the Mavericks to two runs on three hits with two walks and eight strikeouts … Anderson is 2-0 this season with a 1.74 ERA, three walks and 16 strikeouts in 10.1 innings.

-Junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson delivered an excellent outing versus Omaha last Saturday, working 6.0 shutout innings while allowing just three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

-Redshirt sophomore right-hander Chase Shores defeated Omaha last Saturday, firing 5.0 shutout innings with three hits, two walks and six strikeouts … Shores threw 84 pitches, 55 for strikes … the outing marked Shores’ second appearance since missing the 2024 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery; he was injured in March 2023 and returned to the mound on February 16 of this season versus Purdue Fort Wayne … Shores is 2-0 this season with a 0.90 ERA in 10.0 innings while logging two walks, 13 strikeouts and a .176 opponent batting average.

ABOUT THE KANSAS STATE

-Kansas State is 4-4 this season, and the Wildcats are riding a three-game winning streak with victories over No. 5 Arkansas, Michigan and No. 22 TCU last weekend at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas … Kansas State head coach Pete Hughes is the father of former LSU infielder Hal Hughes, who played for the Tigers from 2018-20.

-Kansas State is hitting .269 this season with 17 doubles, six home runs and 10 steals in 16 attempts … the Wildcats’ pitching staff has registered a 5.22 cumulative ERA and 82 strikeouts in 69 innings … KSU is led at the plate by infielder Maximus Martin, who is hitting .444 (8-for-18) with three doubles, one homer and six RBI … infielder Seth Dardar, a native of Mandeville, La., is batting .407 (11-for-27) with three doubles, two homers and four RBI.

(Release via LSU Athletics)