2017 LSU Tigers baseball team

The 2017 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by head coach Paul Mainieri, in his 11th season at LSU. The Tigers hosted both the Baton Rouge Regional and Super Regional, before advancing to the 2017 College World Series. The Tigers lost to Florida in the series.

2017 LSU Tigers baseball
SEC regular season co-champions 2017 SEC Tournament champions
Baton Rouge Regional Baton Rouge Super Regional College World Series Runner-up
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
CB	No. 2
Record	52–20 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach	Paul Mainieri (11th season)
Hitting coach	Micah Gibbs (1st season)
Pitching coach	Alan Dunn (6th season)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			52	–	19	–	0		.732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			43	–	23	–	0		.652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	15	–	13	–	1		.534			36	–	25	–	1		.589
Missouri  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			36	–	23	–	0		.610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			35	–	25	–	0		.583
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	7	–	21	–	0		.250			27	–	25	–	0		.519
Western
No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			52	–	20	–	0		.722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11	–	0		.621			45	–	19	–	0		.703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	27	–	0		.597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	23	–	0		.641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			37	–	26	–	0		.587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Alabama  ‍‍‍	5	–	24	–	1		.183			19	–	34	–	1		.361
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous season

In 2016, the Tigers finished the season 3rd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 45–21–0, 19–11–0 in conference play. They qualified for the 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament and fell to Florida in the semifinal, 1–0. They qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament as an At–large bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included Rice, Southeastern Louisiana, and Utah Valley. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Utah Valley, 7–1, and Rice, 4–2. In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Rice. In the first game of the regional final, the Owls defeated the Tigers, 10–6. The Tigers went on to win game two, 5–2, eliminating Rice and advancing to the Baton Rouge Super Regional, where they faced the Coastal Carolina. In game one of the Super Regionals, the Tigers fell 11–8. In Game 2, Coastal Carolina hit a walk-off hit to upset the Fighting Tigers 4–3, moving onto the 2016 College World Series, where the Chanticleers would go on to win the National Championship.

Personnel

Roster

2017 LSU Tigers roster[1]
	Pitchers 10 – Eric Walker – Freshman 16 – Jared Poché – Senior 18 – Austin Bain – Junior 21 – Doug Norman – Junior 27 – Matthew Beck – Freshman 29 – Nick Bush – Freshman 30 – Collin Strall – Senior 32 – Alden Cartwright – Senior 33 – Cole McKay – Sophomore 35 – Alex Lange – Junior 37 – Will Reese – Freshman 38 – Zach Hess – Freshman 40 – Hunter Kiel – Junior 41 – Caleb Gilbert – Sophomore 43 – Todd Peterson – Freshman 45 – Russell Reynolds – Senior 46 – Blair Fredrick – Freshman 55 – Hunter Newman – Senior		Catchers 2 – Michael Papierski – Junior 22 – Rankin Woley – Freshman 28 – Jordan Romero – Senior Infielders 3 – Kramer Robertson – Senior 4 – Josh Smith – Freshman 5 – Jake Slaughter – Freshman 7 – Greg Deichmann – Junior 8 – Cole Freeman – Senior 13 – Nick Coomes – Junior 17 – Chris Reid – Sophomore 23 – Mason Templet – Freshman 25 – Bryce Jordan – Junior 44 – Bryce Adams – Senior		Outfielders 6 – Brennan Breaux – Sophomore 9 – Zach Watson – Freshman 20 – Antoine Duplantis – Sophomore 24 – Beau Jordan – Junior

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at LSU	Alma Mater
Paul Mainieri	Head Coach	11	Florida International University (1980)
Micah Gibbs	Assistant Coach	1	Louisiana State University (2010)
Alan Dunn	Assistant Coach	6	University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991)

Schedule

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss
	Postponement
Bold	LSU team member

2017 LSU Tigers Game Log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record February 17 Air Force #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 9–0 Lange Ball 10,834 1–0 – February 18 Army #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–0 Poche' Giovinco 11,174 2–0 – February 19 Air Force #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 10–3 Walker DeVreis 11,129 3–0 – February 21 New Orleans #4 Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA 8–11 Griffin Strall 2,421 3–1 – February 22 Hofstra #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 8–1 Hess M. James 10,002 4–1 – February 24 Maryland #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–1 Lange B. Shaffer 10,488 5–1 – February 25 Maryland #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 14–0 Poche' T. Bloom 10,608 6–1 – February 26 Maryland #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 9–5 Gilbert T. Blohm Newman 10,221 7–1 – February 28 Nicholls State #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 3–2 Peterson K. Craft Newman 11,404 8–1 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record March 3 #1 TCU #4 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX 6–9 Howard Lange King 8–2 – March 4 vs. Baylor #4 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX 4–0 Poche' Parsons 9–2 – March 5 #21 Texas Tech #4 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX 4–5 McMillon Newman 9–3 – March 8 McNeese St. #6 Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA 4–5 Fontenot Peterson 9–4 – March 10 Wichita State #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–1 Lange Schwanke 10–4 – March 11 Wichita St. #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 12–5 Poche' Tyler 11–4 – March 12 Wichita St. #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 9–2 Walker Lewis 12–4 – March 14 Louisiana College #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 13–0 Hess Buchanan 10,166 13–4 – March 15 New Orleans #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 4–7 Stephens Strall 10,009 13–5 – March 17 Georgia #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 22–9 Bain Gist 10,722 14–5 1–0 March 18 Georgia #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 5–1 Poche' Locey Gilbert 11,327 15–5 2–0 March 19 Georgia #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–6 Walker Adkins Gilbert 10,608 16–5 3–0 March 22 Southeastern Louisiana #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 8–2 Hess Koestler 11,211 17–5 3–0 March 24 #12 Florida #4 McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL 0–1 Faedo Lange Dyson 4,485 17–6 3–1 March 25 #12 Florida #4 McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL 1–8 Singer Poche' 4,751 17–7 3–2 March 26 #12 Florida #4 McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL 10–6 Bush Baker Gilbert 3,811 18–7 4–2 March 28 Tulane #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–7 Bjorngjeld Reynolds Colletti 10,732 18–8 4–2 March 30 Texas A&M #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 0–4 Hill Lange 10,072 18–9 4–3 March 31 Texas A&M #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–4 Poche' Kolek 11,308 19–9 5–3
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record April 1 Texas A&M #6 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 3–4 Martin Gilbert Kilkenny 11,109 19–10 5–4 April 4 Grambling State #13 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 13–2 Reynolds Beizer 9,883 20–10 5–4 April 7 #14 Arkansas #13 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 3–9 Knight Lange 10,741 20–11 5–5 April 8 #14 Arkansas #13 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 10–8 Beck Chadwick Newman 11,827 21–11 6–5 April 9 #14 Arkansas #13 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 2–0 Walker Alberius 9,016 22–11 7–5 April 11 UL-Lafayette #8 Shrine on Airline • Metairie, LA 3–2 Peterson Burk Newman 9,963 23–11 7–5 April 13 Ole Miss #8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 15–2 Lange McArthur 10,439 24–11 8–5 April 14 Ole Miss #8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 1–4 Parkinson Poche' Woolfolk 11,203 24–12 8–6 April 15 Ole Miss #8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 3–2 Walker Rolison Newman 10,757 25–12 9–6 April 18 Lamar #8 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 10–4 Gilbert Johnson 10,603 26–12 9–6 April 21 #10 Kentucky #8 Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 5–12 Hjelle Poche' 26–13 9–7 April 21 #10 Kentucky #8 Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 4–3 Hess Salow 3,847 27–13 10–7 April 23 #10 Kentucky #8 Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 2–10 Lewis Walker 3,311 27–14 10–8 April 25 Tulane #11 Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA 6–9 Solesky Hess Colletti 5,000 27–15 10–8 April 27 Alabama #15 Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 8–2 Lange Duarte 3,666 28–15 11–8 April 28 Alabama #15 Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 7–4 Poche' Eicholtz Newman 4,464 29–15 12–8 April 29 Alabama #15 Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL 4–311 Newman Vainer 4,918 30–15 13–8
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record May 5 #25 South Carolina #11 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 2–3 Reagan Lange Johnson 10,542 30–16 13–9 May 6 #25 South Carolina #11 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 5–2 Poche' Hill Newman 10,968 31–16 14–9 May 7 #25 South Carolina #11 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–610 Hess Johnson 10,581 32–16 15–9 May 9 South Alabama #10 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–7 Arguelles Bush Peacock 10,312 32–17 15–9 May 11 #13 Auburn #10 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 4–0 Lange Mitchell 10,261 33–17 16–9 May 12 #13 Auburn #10 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 5–3 Hess Thompson Newman 10,431 34–17 17–9 May 13 #13 Auburn #10 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 9–1 Walker Mize 10,736 35–17 18–9 May 16 Northwestern State #5 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 9–3 Peterson Swanson 10,931 36–17 18–9 May 18 #8 Mississippi State #5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 3–1 Lange Pilkington Newman 7,613 37–17 19–9 May 19 #8 Mississippi State #5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 11–5 Poche' McQuary Hess 9,434 38–17 20–9 May 20 #8 Mississippi State #5 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 11–7 Gilbert Gordon 9,007 39–17 21–9
Post-season
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record May 24 Missouri Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 10–3 Gilbert Sikkema 40–17 21–9 May 25 #10 Kentucky Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 10–0 Lange Hjelle 9,823 41–17 21–9 May 27 South Carolina Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 11–0 Poche' Lee 42–17 21–9 May 28 #13 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 4–2 Walker Kopps Newman 13,128 43–17 21–9
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record June 2 Texas Southern #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 15–7 Gilbert Martinez 44–17 21–9 June 3 Southeastern Louisiana #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 11–6 Lange Sceroler 11,661 45–17 21–9 June 4 Rice #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 5–0 Walker Moss 10,639 46–17 21–9
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Super Regional Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record June 10 #11 Mississippi State #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 4–3 Hess Riley Self 11,836 47–17 21–9 June 11 #11 Mississippi State #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 14–4 Gilbert McQuary 11,706 48–17 21–9
NCAA tournament – College World Series Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record June 17 #6 Florida State #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 5–4 Poche' Holton Hess 25,305 49–17 21–9 June 19 #1 Oregon State #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 1–13 Fehmel Walker 24,874 49–18 21–9 June 21 #6 Florida State #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 7–4 Poche' Sands Hess 22,133 50–18 21–9 June 23 #1 Oregon State #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 3–1 Lange Thompson Hess 21,257 51–18 21–9 June 24 #1 Oregon State #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 6–1 Gilbert Fehmel 15,618 52–18 21–9 June 26 #3 Florida #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 3–4 Singer Reynolds Byrne 25,679 52–19 21–9 June 27 #3 Florida #2 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE 1–6 Dyson Poche' Kowar 26,607 52–20 21–9

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2017 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2017 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	5–24		1–2	3–0	0–3	.	.	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	0–2	ALA	W7	1–9	1–6
ARK	18–11	2–1		1–2	.	3–0	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	1–1	2–1	2–1	ARK	W2	6–3	2–0
AUB	16–14	0–3	2–1		3–0	2–1	.	0–3	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	AUB	W5	7–3	1–2
FLA	21–9	3–0	.	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	.	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	FLA	E1	8–2	4–1
UGA	11–19	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	UGA	E6	4–6	0–3
KEN	19–11	.	.	.	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	KEN	E2	7–3	2–0
LSU	21–9	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–2		3–0	.	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	LSU	W1	7–3	4–0
MSU	17–13	3–0	0–3	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	0–3		.	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	MSU	W3	6–4	3–2
MIZZ	14–16	3–0	1–2	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	.		1–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	MIZZ	E4	4–6	2–2
MISS	14–16	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1		.	.	2–1	2–1	MISS	W6	5–5	1–2
SCAR	13–17	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	.		3–0	.	1–2	SCAR	E5	2–8	1–0
TENN	7–21	.	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	.	0–3		1–2	1–1	TENN	E7	1–7	0–4
TAMU	16–14	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	.	2–1		1–2	TAMU	W4	5–5	2–1
VAN	15–13	2–0	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	.	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1		VAN	E3	5–4	0–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

Rankings

See also: 2017 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'	3	3*
Baseball America	4
Collegiate Baseball^	2
NCBWA†	3

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

• OF Greg Deichmann: consensus All-America, first-team All-SEC
• SP Alex Lange: first-team All-SEC
• SS Kramer Robertson: second-team All-SEC
• 3B Josh Smith: freshman All-SEC, All-SEC defensive
• OF Zach Watson: freshman All-SEC
• SP Eric Walker: freshman All-SEC
• C Michael Papierski: All-SEC defensive

^[2]

References

1. "Official Baseball Roster". LSU Tigers. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
2. Lopez, Andrew (May 22, 2017). "7 LSU players honored on All-SEC baseball teams". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved June 25, 2017.