2013 LSU Tigers baseball team

2013 LSU Tigers baseball
2013 SEC Western Division Champion 2013 SEC Baseball Tournament Champion Baton Rouge Regional Champion Baton Rouge Super Regional Champion
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	West
2013 record	57-11 (23-7 SEC)
Head coach	Paul Mainieri
Hitting coach	Javi Sanchez
Pitching coach	Alan Dunn
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field

2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
#9 Vanderbilt ^x†^y	26	–	3		.897			54	–	12		.818
#13 South Carolina ^y	17	–	12		.586			43	–	20		.683
Florida ^y	14	–	16		.467			29	–	30		.492
Kentucky	11	–	19		.367			30	–	25		.545
Missouri	10	–	20		.333			18	–	32		.360
Tennessee	9	–	19		.321			22	–	30		.423
Georgia	7	–	20		.259			21	–	32		.396
Western
#7 LSU ^x‡^y	23	–	7		.767			57	–	11		.838
#18 Arkansas ^y	18	–	11		.621			39	–	22		.639
#2 Mississippi State ^y	16	–	14		.533			51	–	20		.718
Ole Miss ^y	15	–	15		.500			38	–	24		.613
Alabama ^y	14	–	15		.483			35	–	28		.556
Texas A&M ^y	13	–	16		.448			34	–	29		.540
Auburn	13	–	17		.433			33	–	23		.589
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 26, 2013[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2013. The Tigers played their home games in the new Alex Box Stadium, which opened in 2009. On May 17, 2013, the playing field at Alex Box Stadium was designated Skip Bertman Field, in honor of the LSU coach with the most wins in the program's history. At the end of the game against Ole Miss, the program celebrated the best regular season record in its history with 48 wins.^[3]

The team is coached by Paul Mainieri who is in his seventh season at LSU. In the 2012 season, the Tigers failed to reach the College World Series; however, the Tigers did win the regular season and post season SEC championship. Overall, the Tigers finished 47–18, 19–11 in the SEC.

Pre-Season

Key Losses

• Kevin Gausman (RHP) - 4th overall selection in 2012 MLB Draft
• Austin Nola (SS) - 4-year starter; 5th round selection in 2012 MLB Draft
• Tyler Hanover (INF) - 4-year starter; 11th round selection in 2012 MLB Draft

Key Players Returning

• Ryan Eades (RHP) - 5-3 with a 3.83 ERA in 2012
• Mason Katz (1B) - 13 Home Runs in 2012 (Lead SEC)
• Aaron Nola (RHP) - 7-4 with a 3.61 ERA in 2012
• Raph Rhymes (OF) - 2012 SEC POY; Lead NCAA with .431 BA

Personnel

Roster

2013 LSU Tigers baseball roster
	Pitchers 10 Aaron Nola - Sophomore 12 Hunter Devall - Freshman 21 Joe Broussard - Junior 24 Cody Glenn - Sophomore 25 Joey Bourgeois - Senior 27 Mitch Sewald - Freshman 29 Nate Fury - Junior 33 Kevin Berry - Senior 36 Will LaMarche - Junior 37 Ryan Eades - Junior 38 Nick Rumbelow - Junior 39 Kurt McCune - Junior 40 Taylor Butler - Freshman 45 Russell Reynolds - Freshman 49 Brent Bonvillain - Senior 55 Hunter Newman - Freshman 58 Chris Cotton - Senior		Catchers 11 Michael Barash - Freshman 20 Chris Chinea - Freshman 26 Ty Ross - Junior		Infielders  2 Tyler Moore - Sophomore  8 Mason Katz - Senior 14 Christian Ibarra - Junior 17 Jared Foster - Sophomore 23 JaCoby Jones - Junior 28 Casey Yocom - Senior 30 Alex Bregman - Freshman		Outfielders  4 Raph Rhymes - Senior  5 Chris Sciambra - Sophomore  6 Andrew Stevenson - Freshman  7 Sean McMullen - Junior  9 Mark Laird - Freshman 13 Alex Edward - Senior

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Coaching Staff

2013 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff

Paul Mainieri - Head Coach - 7 years at LSU Alan Dunn - Pitching Coach - 2 year Javi Sanchez - Hitting Coach - 5 years Will Davis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 5 years Blake Dean - Undergraduate Assistant - 1st year Ross Brezovsky - Coordinator of Baseball Operations - 4 years

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Schedule/Results

2013 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Regular Season February # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record 1[4] February 15 Maryland Terrapins Alex Box Stadium 1-0 Nola (1-0) Reed (0-1) Cotton (1) 9,746 1-0 - 2[5] February 16 Maryland Alex Box Stadium 5-1 Berry (1-0) Kirkpatrick (0-1) - 7,104 2-0 - 3[6] February 17 Maryland Alex Box Stadium 14-3 Fury (1-0) Robinson (0-1) - 6,462 3-0 - 4 February 19 Lamar Alex Box Stadium 8-1 Devall (1-0) Carver (0-1) Cotton (2) 3,600 4-0 - 5 February 21 BYU Alex Box Stadium 6-5 Bourgeois (1-0) Milke (0-1) - 9,579 5-0 - 6[7] February 23 BYU Alex Box Stadium 4-9 Anderson, M (1-0) Fury (1-1) Lengal (1) 6,742 5-1 - 7[8] February 24 Southeastern Louisiana Alex Box Stadium 13-1 Eades (1-0) Hymel, J (0-1) - 6,953 6-1 - 8[9] February 26 Louisiana–Lafayette Alex Box Stadium 11-2 Glenn (1-0) Smith, K (0-1) - 3,790 7-1 - March # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record 9[10] March 1 Brown Alex Box Stadium 4-3 Cotton (1-0) Wright, Tay (0-1) - 4,265 8-1 - 10[11] March 2 Brown Alex Box Stadium 7-1 Eades (2-0) Mayo, Heath (0-1) - 3,553 9-1 - 11[12] March 13 Nicholls State Alex Box Stadium 2-0 Glenn (2-0) Byrd, T. (2-1) Cotton (3) 5,789 10-1 - 12[13] March 5 Stephen F. Austin Alex Box Stadium 9-2 Berry (2-0) Choate (1-1) - 3,282 11-1 - 13[14] March 6 Sacred Heart Alex Box Stadium 10-2 Rumbelow (1-0) Scribner (0-1) 2,788 12-1 - 14[15] March 8 Washington Alex Box Stadium 9-4 Nola (2-0) Palewicz (2-3) Cotton (4) 6,178 13-1 - 15[16] March 9 Washington Alex Box Stadium 8-4 Eades (3-0) Voth (2-2) - 7,254 14-1 - 16[17] March 10 Washington Alex Box Stadium 7-5 Glenn (3-0) Davis (2-0) Cotton (5) 4,823 15-1 - 17[18] March 13 Nicholls State Alex Box Stadium 9-3 Bonvillain (1-0) Langston, K (0-3) - 4,775 16-1 - 18[19] March 15 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 6-4 (10) Bourgeois (2-0) Cox (2-1) Cotton (6) 8,068 17-1 1-0 19[20] March 16 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 7-3 Eades (4-0) Mitchell, E. (0-1) - 9,341 18-1 2-0 20[21] March 17 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 2-10 Graveman (2-1) Glenn (3-1) - 7,686 18-2 2-1 21[22] March 20 Northwestern Alex Box Stadium 2-1 (13) LaMarche (1-0) Brewer, C. (0-1) - 4,476 19-2 2-1 22[23] March 22 Auburn Alex Box Stadium 9-4 Nola (3-0) Koger, D. (0-2) - 7,066 20-2 3-1 23[24] March 23 Auburn Alex Box Stadium 5-1 Eades (5-0) O'Neal, M. (4-2) - 5,877 21-2 4-1 24[25] March 24 Auburn Alex Box Stadium 8-2 Glenn (4-1) Kendall, W. (0-1) - 6,137 22-2 5-1 25[26] March 26 Tulane Turchin Stadium 14-1 Reynolds (1-0) B. Wilson (1-2) 4,725 23-2 5-1 26[27] March 29 Missouri Taylor Stadium 2-0 Nola (4-0) Zastryzny (1-5) Cotton (7) 1,263 24-2 6-1 27[28] March 30 Missouri Taylor Stadium 8-0 Eades (6-0) Graves (0-3) - 945 25-2 7-1 28[29] March 31 Missouri Taylor Stadium 6-5 Bonvillain (2-0) Steele (2-1) Cotton (8) 1,107 26-2 8-1 April # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record 29[30] April 2 Alcorn State Alex Box Stadium 7-3 Devall (2-0) Mundo (0-2) - 4,203 27-2 8-1 30[31] April 5 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium 11-1 Nola (5-0) Reed (2-4) - 7,433 28-2 8-1 31[32] April 6 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium 9-1 Eades (7-0) Grundy (5-3) - 8,569 29-2 10-1 32[33] April 7 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium 11-4 Glenn (5-1) Littrell (4-1) - 7,223 30-2 11-1 33[34] April 9 Southern Zephyr Field 11-2 McCune (1-0) Godoy (0-3) - 7,634 31-2 11-1 34[35] April 10 Southern Alex Box Stadium 16-2 Devall (3-0) Rochelle (1-2) - 4,075 32-2 11-1 35[36] April 12 Arkansas Baum Stadium 6-2 Nola (6-0) Astin (2-2) - 10,167 33-2 12-1 36[37] April 13 Arkansas Baum Stadium 3-8 Stanek (4-2) Eades (7-1) - 10,377 33-3 12-2 37[38] April 14 Arkansas Baum Stadium 5-3 (10) Cotton (2-0) Oliver (2-1) - 10,180 34-3 13-2 38[39] April 17 Grambling Alex Box Stadium 4-0 McCune (2-0) Jordan (1-3) - 3,654 35-3 13-2 39[40] April 19 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 5-0 Nola (7-0) Sullivan (3-4) - 4,089 36-3 14-2 40[41] April 20 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 11-8 (16) McCune (3-0) Oczypok (3-1) - 5,948 37-3 15-2 41[42] April 21 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 3-4 (10) Haack (1-1) Bourgeois (2-1) - 4,178 37-4 15-3 42[43] April 24 Tulane Alex Box Stadium 4-3 Berry (3-0) LeBlanc (2-3) Cotton (9) 4,522 38-4 15-3 43[44] April 26 South Carolina Alex Box Stadium 5-2 Nola (8-0) Belcher (6-4) - 9,006 39-4 16-3 44[45] April 27 South Carolina Alex Box Stadium 2-4 Westmoreland (5-1) Cotton (2-1) Webb (13) 10,246 39-5 16-4 45[46] April 28 South Carolina Alex Box Stadium 0-4 Wynkoop (6-2) McCune (3-1) Webb (14) 6,380 39-6 16-5 46[47] April 30 McNeese State Alex Box Stadium 7-3 Newman (1-0) McGee (2-5) - 3,104 40-6 16-5 May # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record 47[48] May 2 Florida Alex Box Stadium 3-2 Bourgeois (3-1) Harris (4-3) Cotton (10) 5,033 41-6 17-5 48[49] May 3 Florida Alex Box Stadium 5-0 Nola (9-0) Poyner (2-2) - 6,951 42-6 18-5 49[50] May 4 Florida Alex Box Stadium 18-6 Eades (8-1) Young (3-4) - 7,733 43-6 19-5 50[51] May 9 Texas A&M Olsen Field 1-2 Glenn (5-2) Mengden (6-3) Jester (13) 4,103 43-7 19-6 51[52] May 10 Texas A&M Olsen Field 7-4 Nola (10-0) Kent (2-3) Cotton (11) 5,488 44-7 20-6 52[53] May 11 Texas A&M Olsen Field 2-1 Cotton (3-1) Jester (2-3) - 5,862 45-7 21-6 53[54] May 14 New Orleans Alex Box Stadium 11-2 Newman (2-0) A. Smith (3-9) - 5,534 46-7 21-6 54[55] May 16 Ole Miss Alex Box Stadium 7-1 Glenn (6-2) M. Mayers (4-5) - 7,741 47-7 22-6 55[3] May 17 Ole Miss Alex Box Stadium 5-4 Berry (4-0) A. Greenwood (3-4) Cotton (12) 10,015 48-7 23-6 56[56] May 18 Ole Miss Alex Box Stadium 9-11 M. Denny (2-1) Berry (4-1) B. Huber (12) 8,167 48-8 23-7
Post-Season SEC Tournament # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record 57[57] May 22 Alabama Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Birmingham, Al.) 3-0 Glenn (7-2) Sullivan (5-6) Cotton (13) 6,197 49-8 1-0 58[58] May 23 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Birmingham, Al.) 1-4 Stanek (9-2) Bourgeois (3-2) Suggs (12) - 49-9 1-1 59[59] May 24 Alabama Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Birmingham, Al.) 3-2 Fury (2-1) Oczypok (4-2) Cotton (14) - 50-9 2-1 60[60] May 25 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Birmingham, Al.) 3-1 LaMarche (2-0) Moore (1-4) Cotton (15) - 51-9 3-1 61[61] May 24 Vanderbilt Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Birmingham, Al.) 5-4 (11) Cotton (4-1) Miller (5-2) - 10,590 52-9 4-1 NCAA Tournament: Regionals # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record Paid Actual 62[62] May 31 Jackson St. Alex Box Stadium (Baton Rouge, La) 11-7 McCune (4-1) Juday, A. (7-5) - 11,577 9,316 53-9 1-0 63[63] June 1 Sam Houston St. Alex Box Stadium (Baton Rouge, La) 8-5 Nola (11-0) Scott, A. (2-1) Cotton (16) 12,085 10,752 54-9 2-0 64[64] June 2 UL-Lafayette Alex Box Stadium (Baton Rouge, La) 5-1 Bonvillain (3-0) Boutte, C (8-4) - 11,838 10,191 55-9 3-0 NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record Paid Actual 62[65] June 7 #19 Oklahoma Alex Box Stadium (Baton Rouge, La) 2-0 Nola (12-0) Gray, J. (10-3) - 12,007 11,095 56-9 4-0 63[66] June 8 #19 Oklahoma Alex Box Stadium (Baton Rouge, La) 11-1 LaMarche (3-0) Overton, D. (9-3) - 12,153 11,401 57-9 5-0 College World Series # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record Paid Actual 62[67] June 16 #2 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (Omaha, NB) 2-1 Plutko (9-3) Nola (12-1) Berg (22) - 26,344 57-10 5-1 62[68] June 18 #2 North Carolina TD Ameritrade Park Omaha (Omaha, NB) 2-1 Thornton, T (12-1) Glenn (7-3) McCue, C (2) - 21,380 57-11 5-2

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	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*	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2
Baseball America	10	9	9	8	7	7	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2		2
Collegiate Baseball^	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	1	1
NCBWA†	3	2															1

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

LSU Tigers in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft

The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2013 MLB Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team

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34. Southern @ LSU - April 9
35. Southern @ LSU - April 10
36. LSU @ Arkansas - Game 1
37. LSU @ Arkansas - Game 2
38. LSU @ Arkansas - Game 3
39. Grambling @ LSU - April 17
40. LSU @ Alabama - Game 1
41. LSU @ Alabama - Game 2
42. LSU @ Alabama - Game 3
43. Tulane @ LSU
44. So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 1
45. So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 2
46. So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 3
47. McNeese St. @ LSU
48. Florida @ LSU - Game 1
49. Florida @ LSU - Game 2
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57. LSU vs. Alabama - SECT May 22
58. LSU vs. Arkansas - SECT May 23
59. LSU vs. Alabama - SECT May 24
60. LSU vs. Arkansas - SECT Semi-Finals
61. LSU vs. Vanderbilt - SEC Championship
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