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LSU travels to Arkansas for a 3-game, Thursday-Saturday SEC baseball series. 14Powers.com SEC Baseball previews the series and predicts the series winner.
Ma’Khail Hilliard, LSU
Baum-Walker Stad. (10,737)
Casey Martin, Arkansas
Series Schedule May 9-11
Day
Start Time (CT)
TV
Tickets
Game 1
Thursday
6:30 PM CT
ESPNU
Tickets
Game 2
Friday
6:30 PM CT
SEC NETWORK +
Tickets
Game 3
Saturday
2:00 PM CT
ESPN2
Tickets
Team Statistical Comparison
Hitting
BA
OB%
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
CS
SB
LSU
0.273
0.359
329
453
75
7
47
300
192
17
46
Arkansas
0.309
0.410
392
526
110
14
64
364
266
13
64
Pitching & Fielding
ERA
K
OBA
H
R
ER
BB
2B
3B
HR
F%
LSU
4.67
420
0.250
414
247
224
189
83
4
43
0.977
Arkansas
4.00
479
0.227
369
223
193
192
60
3
38
0.971
Statistical Leaders
LSU Batting Leaders
Name
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
Josh Smith
0.348
0.444
0.525
0.969
56
63
11
0
7
28
22
35
15
Zach Watson
0.331
0.381
0.506
0.887
42
57
15
0
5
30
13
34
10
Antoine Duplantis
0.305
0.363
0.463
0.826
45
62
4
2
8
50
16
22
5
Chris Reid
0.304
0.438
0.420
0.858
22
34
10
0
1
26
27
19
1
Daniel Cabrera
0.293
0.365
0.541
0.906
28
46
8
2
9
40
17
40
0
Cade Beloso
0.280
0.332
0.440
0.772
24
47
3
0
8
41
15
30
1
LSU Pitching Leaders
Name
W
L
ERA
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
OBA
Cole Henry
4
2
3.26
0
0
49.2
43
20
18
12
60
0.228
Zack Hess
3
3
4.47
0
0
54.1
62
29
27
26
59
0.288
Eric Walker
4
4
5.30
0
0
52.2
51
31
31
20
45
0.255
Arkansas Batting Leaders
Name
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
SB
Matt Goodheart
0.383
0.494
0.526
1.020
24
51
12
2
1
31
28
30
5
Trevor Ezell
0.330
0.454
0.544
0.998
57
60
17
2
6
36
42
37
15
Heston Kjerstad
0.327
0.401
0.579
0.980
43
66
10
1
13
42
15
50
3
Dominic Fletcher
0.317
0.379
0.545
0.924
44
64
19
0
9
45
20
41
1
Jack Kenley
0.309
0.436
0.543
0.979
46
54
6
4
9
38
35
45
7
Christian Franklin
0.306
0.394
0.476
0.870
34
45
5
1
6
32
20
43
8
Casey Martin
0.302
0.386
0.575
0.961
51
64
19
3
11
47
25
57
8
Jacob Nesbit
0.272
0.356
0.373
0.729
28
43
7
0
3
40
23
37
6
Casey Opitz
0.246
0.382
0.294
0.676
23
31
3
0
1
23
27
31
5
Arkansas Pitching Leaders
Name
W
L
ERA
SHO
SV
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
OBA
Isaiah Campbell
8
1
2.54
0
0
78.0
61
29
22
13
87
0.213
Patrick Wicklander
5
1
3.91
0
0
50.2
35
25
22
29
71
0.198
Connor Noland
2
3
4.39
0
0
53.1
53
30
26
12
43
0.252
NCAA RPI
LSU Roster
No.
Name
Pos.
Bats-Throws
Ht.
Wt.
Class
City
State
2
Daniel Cabrera
OF
L/L
6′-1″
191
So.
Baton Rouge
LA
3
Hal Hughes
INF
R/R
5′-11″
174
So.
Norman
OK
4
Josh Smith
INF
L/R
5′-10″
172
Jr.
Greenwell Springs
LA
5
Drew Bianco
INF
R/R
6′-0″
219
Fr.
Oxford
MS
6
Gavin Dugas
INF
R/R
5′-10″
199
Fr.
Houma
LA
7
Giovanni DiGiacomo
OF
L/L
6′-1″
172
Fr.
Naples
FL
8
Antoine Duplantis
OF
L/L
5′-11″
177
Sr.
Lafayette
LA
9
Zach Watson
OF
R/R
6′-0″
160
Jr.
Ruston
LA
10
Eric Walker
RHP
R/R
6′-0″
173
So.
Arlington
TX
11
Landon Marceaux
RHP
R/R
6′-0″
190
Fr.
Destrehan
LA
13
Saul Garza
C
R/R
6′-3″
229
So.
Edinburg
TX
16
Brandt Broussard
INF
R/R
5′-10″
162
Sr.
Baton Rouge
LA
17
Chris Reid
INF
L/R
5′-9″
182
Sr.
Baton Rouge
LA
18
Cole Henry
RHP
R/R
6′-4″
214
Fr.
Florence
AL
20
Will Ripoll
RHP
R/R
6′-0″
177
Fr.
New Orleans
LA
21
Nick Storz
RHP
R/R
6′-6″
249
So.
Brooklyn
NY
22
Brock Mathis
C
R/R
6′-1″
200
So.
Fairfield
OH
23
CJ Willis
1B/OF/C
L/R
6′-2″
192
Fr.
Ruston
LA
24
Cade Beloso
1B
L/L
6′-0″
227
Fr.
River Ridge
LA
26
AJ Labass
RHP
R/R
6′-3″
222
So.
Fleming Island
FL
27
Matthew Beck
RHP
R/R
6’7″
241
Jr.
Alexandria
LA
28
Devin Fontenot
RHP
R/R
6′-1″
172
So.
The Woodlands
TX
29
Chase Costello
RHP
R/R
6′-4″
221
Fr.
Pompano Beach
FL
30
Trent Vietmeier
RHP
R/R
6′-3″
208
So.
Pittsburgh
PA
32
Aaron George
RHP
R/R
6′-5″
232
Jr.
Monroe
LA
35
Clay Moffitt
RHP
R/R
6′-4″
247
Sr.
Baton Rouge
LA
38
Zack Hess
RHP
R/R
6′-6″
219
Jr.
Forest
VA
40
Riggs Threadgill
RHP
R/R
6′-4″
225
Fr.
Fredericksburg
TX
41
Caleb Gilbert
RHP
R/R
6′-2″
201
Sr.
Hoover
AL
43
Todd Peterson
RHP
R/R
6′-5″
230
Jr.
Lake Mary
FL
44
Jaden Hill
RHP
R/R
6′-4″
217
Fr.
Ashdown
AR
45
Braden Doughty
C
R/R
6′-1″
184
So.
Denham Springs
LA
46
Rye Gunter
RHP
R/R
6′-5″
216
Fr.
Coppell
TX
52
Ma’Khail
RHP
R/R
6′-0″
154
So.
Central
LA
55
Easton McMurray
LHP
R/L
6′-4″
226
Fr.
Bakersfield
CA
Arkansas Roster
No.
Name
Pos.
Bats-Throws
Ht.
Wt.
Class
City
State
4
Trevor Ezell
INF
S/R
5′-8″
200
R-Sr.
Bryant
AR
3
Zack Gregory
INF
L/R
5′-10″
175
Fr.
Keller
TX
5
Jacob Nesbit
INF
R/R
6′-0″
175
R-Fr.
Coppell
TX
7
Jack Kenley
INF
L/R
6′-0″
185
Jr
Germantown
TN
8
Jordan McFarland
INF/OF
R/R
6′-3″
220
Jr.
Waterloo
IL
10
Matt Goodheart
INF/OF
L/R
6′-1″
180
So.
Magnolia
AR
12
Casey Opitz
C
S/R
5′-11″
175
So.
Centennial
CO
13
Connor Noland
RHP
R/R
6′-2″
215
Fr.
Greenwood
AR
14
Caleb Denny
INF
L/R
6′-2″
195
Fr.
Owasso
OK
15
Casey Martin
INF
R/R
5′-11″
175
So.
Lonoke
AR
16
Andrew Stanley
C
R/R
5′-9″
180
Fr.
Searcy
AR
17
Trey Harris
OF
R/R
5′-10″
165
Fr.
Little Rock
AR
18
Heston Kjerstad
OF
L/R
6′-3″
200
So.
Amarillo
TX
19
Coby Boulware
INF
R/R
5′-9″
170
So.
Anthem
AZ
20
Elijah Trest
RHP
L/R
6′-3″
205
Fr.
White Oak
TX
21
Jacob Burton
RHP
R/R
6′-0″
185
Fr.
Diana
TX
22
Curtis Washington,Jr.
OF/INF
R/R
6′-2″
165
Fr.
West Memphis
AR
24
Dominic Fletcher
OF
L/L
5′-9″
175
Jr.
Cypress
CA
25
Christian Franklin
OF
R/R
5′-11″
180
Fr.
Overland Park
KS
26
Travis Hester
RHP
R/R
6′-2″
195
Fr.
College Station
TX
27
Dillon Lifrieri
OF/INF
R/R
6′-0″
190
Fr.
Wilton
CT
28
Kole Ramage
RHP
R/R
6′-1″
195
So.
Southlake
TX
29
Marshall Denton
RHP
R/R
5′-11″
160
R-So.
Beebe
AR
31
Caleb Bolden
RHP
R/R
6′-2″
170
So.
Texarkana
TX
32
Matt Cronin
LHP
L/L
6′-2″
195
Jr.
Navarre
FL
33
Patrick Wicklander
LHP
R/L
6′-1″
175
Fr.
San Jose
CA
34
Steven Sanchez
LHP
L/L
6’7″
240
Fr.
Mundelein
IL
35
Jacob Kostyshock
RHP
R/R
6′-4″
175
Jr.
O’Fallon
MO
37
Caden Monke
LHP
L/L
6′-3″
160
Fr.
Mt. Olive
IL
39
Evan Taylor
LHP
L/L
6′-4″
235
Fr.
Florence
AL
45
Kevin Kopps
RHP
R/R
6′-0″
195
R-Jr.
Sugar Land
TX
44
Collin Taylor
RHP
R/R
5′-11″
220
R-So.
Florence
AL
48
Zack Plunkett
C
R/R
6′-2″
225
R-Sr.
Hurst
TX
46
Carter Sells
RHP
R/R
6′-0″
195
Fr.
Brentwood
TN
49
Liam Henry
LHP
L/L
6′-2″
180
Fr.
Kansas City
MO
54
Will Barker
RHP
R/R
6′-2″
185
Fr.
Sherwood
AR
55
Isaiah Campbell
RHP
R/R
6′-4″
225
R-Jr.
Olathe
KS
57
Cody Scroggins
RHP
R/R
6′-0″
195
R-Jr.
Bentonville
AR
88
Zebulon Vermillion
RHP
L/R
6′-4″
185
So.
Prairie Village
KS
Schedule/Results
LSU
Arkansas
Date
Opponent
Score
15-Feb
vs UL Monroe
W 12-7
16-Feb
vs Army
W 6-5
17-Feb
vs Air Force
W 17-5
19-Feb
vs SE Louisiana
W 6-5
20-Feb
@ Northwestern St
postponed
22-Feb
vs Bryant
W 13-6
23-Feb
vs Bryant
W 17-8
24-Feb
vs Bryant
W 4-3
26-Feb
vs South Alabama
postponed
27-Feb
vs Southern
W 17-4
1-Mar
@ Texas
L 8-1
2-Mar
@ Texas
L 8-4
3-Mar
@ Texas
L 7-6
6-Mar
vs Holy Cross
W 9-2
8-Mar
vs California
W 4-3
9-Mar
vs California
L 5-2
10-Mar
vs California
W 5-4
12-Mar-19
Northwestern State
L 3-1
13-Mar
vs Texas Southern
W 16-5
15-Mar
vs Kentucky
W 2-1
16-Mar
vs Kentucky
W 16-4
17-Mar
vs Kentucky
W 7-2
20-Mar
vs Nicholls
W 5-4
22-Mar
@ Georgia
W 1-0
23-Mar
@ Georgia
L 2-0
24-Mar
@ Georgia
L 9-7
27-Mar
vs McNeese
L 2-0
28-Mar
@ Mississippi St
L 6-5
29-Mar
@ Mississippi St
W 10-5
30-Mar
@ Mississippi St
W 11-2
2-Apr
vs Grambling
W 9-0
3-Apr-19
vs South Alabama
W 2-0
5-Apr
vs Texas A&M
W 2-1
6-Apr
vs Texas A&M
L 6-4
7-Apr
vs Texas A&M
W 9-3
9-Apr
@ Southern
L 7-2
12-Apr
@ Missouri
W 12-11
13-Apr
@ Missouri
L 4-1
14-Apr
@ Missouri
L 11-5
16-Apr
@ Louisiana
L 6-5
18-Apr
vs Florida
L 16-9
19-Apr
vs Florida
W 13-1
20-Apr
vs Florida
W 11-2
23-Apr
vs Lamar
W 5-3
26-Apr
@ Alabama
L 6-1
27-Apr
@ Alabama
W 5-2
28-Apr
@ Alabama
W 5-4
3-May
vs Ole Miss
W 8-3
4-May
vs Ole Miss
L 5-1
5-May
vs Ole Miss
L 19-15
7-May
vs La Tech
L 12-1
9-May
@ Arkansas
10-May
@ Arkansas
11-May
@ Arkansas
14-May
vs New Orleans
16-May
vs Auburn
17-May
vs Auburn
18-May
vs Auburn
Date
Opponent
Score
15-Feb
vs E Illinois
W 15-7
16-Feb
vs E Illinois
W 12-3
17-Feb
vs E Illinois
W 3-2
21-Feb
@ USC
W 6-3
22-Feb
@ USC
W 8-6
23-Feb
@ USC
L 6-4
27-Feb
vs Memphis
W 10-3
1-Mar
vs Stony Brook
W 3-1
2-Mar
vs Stony Brook
W 4-3
3-Mar
vs Stony Brook
W 15-7
5-Mar
vs Charlotte
Cancelled
6-Mar
vs Charlotte
W 9-2
8-Mar
vs La Tech
W 4-2
9-Mar
vs La Tech
L 12-7
10-Mar
vs La Tech
W 11-0
12-Mar
vs W Illinois
W 8-0
13-Mar
vs W Illinois
W 11-1
15-Mar
vs Missouri
W 2-0
16-Mar
vs Missouri
W 4-3
17-Mar
vs Missouri
W 3-2
19-Mar
@ Texas
W 11-4
20-Mar
@ Texas
L 7-6
22-Mar
@ Alabama
W 12-3
23-Mar
@ Alabama
L 10-0
24-Mar
@ Alabama
W 10-2
26-Mar
@ Missouri State
W 8-2
29-Mar
vs Ole Miss
W 5-3
30-Mar
vs Ole Miss
L 4-3
31-Mar
vs Ole Miss
L 10-5
2-Apr
vs Little Rock
L 17-7
5-Apr
@ Auburn
L 6-3
5-Apr
@ Auburn
W 9-6
6-Apr
@ Auburn
W 8-0
9-Apr
vs Oral Roberts
W 15-8
12-Apr
@ Vanderbilt
L 3-2
13-Apr
@ Vanderbilt
L 12-2
14-Apr
@ Vanderbilt
W 14-12
16-Apr
vs Ark-Pine Bluff
W 16-4
18-Apr
vs Mississippi St
W 5-3
19-Apr
vs Mississippi St
W 12-5
20-Apr
vs Mississippi St
W 10-2
23-Apr
vs Northwestern St
W 19-2
24-Apr
vs Northwestern St
L 10-7
26-Apr
vs Tennessee
W 11-9
27-Apr
vs Tennessee
W 15-3
28-Apr
vs Tennessee
W 4-3
30-Apr
vs Grambling
W 17-3
3-May
@ Kentucky
W 5-2
5-May
@ Kentucky
W 9-1
5-May
@ Kentucky
W 4-3
9-May
vs LSU
10-May
vs LSU
11-May
vs LSU
16-May
@ Texas A&M
17-May
@ Texas A&M
18-May
@ Texas A&M
LSU-Arkansas Prediction
This appears to be one of the better matchups for the weekend; historic SEC power LSU visiting Arkansas. In truth though, this isn’t your daddy’s LSU team that won back-to-back CWS titles back in the previous millennium. The Tigers are a middle of the pack SEC west team. They’ve won two more conference games than middle of the pack SEC east team Mizzou. On Tuesday night the Tigers fell to Louisiana Tech 12-1 in Baton Rouge. LSU isn’t horrible but they aren’t a contender in the SEC. Arkansas might sweep this series but the Tigers should at least pull out a win. Arkansas 2 wins, LSU 1 win.
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