#10 SOUTH CAROLINA @ #2 LSU -- in the Box!!!

Fri 26 – 7:00 p.m. CT -- TELEVISED ON CST
Sat 27 – 6:30 p.m. CT -- TELEVISED ON CST
Sun 28 – 2:00 p.m. CT -- TELEVISED ON ESPN

3 of the Top 4 teams in the country are all getting tested this week...

#1 vs #9 -#1/1/1/1/1 North Carolina at #6/6/9/11/13 NC State (Sun ESPN 6pm)
#2 vs #13 - #10/11/14/15/15 South Carolina at #2/2/2/2/2 LSU
#4 vs #14 - #10/12/15/16/17 Mississippi State at #3/3/4/4/4 Vanderbilt

South Carolina in the Preseason Polls
#5 -- Coaches
#6 -- NCBWA
#7 -- Baseball America
#7 -- Collegiate Baseball
#11 -- Perfect Game

South Carolina and LSU have won 3 of the last 4 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mainieri:
“Our program has a lot of similarities to South Carolina’s, and we enjoy the challenge of competing against them ” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “They have a very talented group of ball players that play the game the right way, and they’re always well prepared. We’re looking forward to a tremendous weekend in Alex Box Stadium with a meeting of two Top 10 programs.” (South Carolina is ranked #10 in the Coaches' Poll)

 

collegebaseballinsider.com named South Carolina the SEC Team of Week last week, as South Carolina was 4-0 at home, topping College of Charleston before sweeping a three-game SEC set from Kentucky.

 

Top 1

Nola knocks em down 1 2 3 finishing w a K to Pankake ! ! ! !

 

Bot 1

LSU got double and that was it

 

Top 2

Nola knocks em down 1 2 3 w 2 Ks, including Dantzler ! ! !

K K K

 

SC starter tonite is Nolan Belcher
#4 in SEC with 1.70 ERA
#11 in SEC with .218 opposing batting avg
Only 5 walks in 74 innings pitched this season

Nola is #4 and #12 in those categories, and has 12 walks in 71 IP

LSU radio calls them two of the best control pitchers in the nation

 

Bot 2

Rhymes K'd

Ibarra K'd

Ross and Jones w back to back walks ! ! !

Foster base hit !

BASES LOADED. TOP ORDER UP FOR LSU

2 OUT, 2 RBI SINGLE BY MCMULLEN PUTS THE TIGERS UP 2-0 ! ! ! !

 

Laird K'd

K K K K for SC starter

 

2-0 LSU after 2