The saying goes, “There’s plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead,” and for LSU baseball, the season is just starting to live. There will be no rest for the Tigers just yet.LSU will host Louisiana-Monroe (5-4) tonight for its fifth game in six days.LSU will also play its first away game Wednesday night in Shreveport when the Tigers face Northwestern State (9-2). “Things don’t get any easier,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “We played four days in a row, and we’ve got one day off, and then we have two days in a row including a long trip up to Shreveport.”The Tigers swept all four games this past weekend with two wins each against Brown and Pepperdine. The four-game weekend has affected different parts of the LSU team in various ways. Outfielders said the amount of games in a short period would not be a factor because they’ve played at levels of baseball at which playing every day was the norm. They also said their ages would be a factor in how they’ll feel physically.”We’re young, so I don’t know if it’ll be too tough,” said sophomore right fielder Mikie Mahtook. “We’ll get our legs back under us [Monday].”Some members of the pitching staff said it has been extremely tough to keep their arms fresh through the stretch. “The good thing is we’ve got a lot of good arms on our staff,” said freshman pitcher Jordan Rittiner. “We’ve had a lot of people step up in relief on our staff, and that’s just what the coaches asked of us.”Rittiner said the coaches told all the pitchers they would be relied upon heavily during the stretch of games, and they could be called on to pitch at any moment. Regardless of how his team feels physically, Mainieri said the Tigers need to expect the Warhawks’ best shot.”Louisiana-Monroe will come in here with an opportunity to play the No. 1 team in the country, the flagship school of the state,” Mainieri said. “We haven’t played Monroe since I’ve been here … I’m sure they’re going to come down here all fired up.”LSU will start freshman pitcher Michael Reed to combat ULM. Mainieri said he purposely did not use Reed during the four-game stretch so he would be available for Tuesday’s game, but Reed has seen a moderate amount of action so far this season.He has appeared in two games, pitching a total of 4 2/3 innings. Reed has amassed a 7.71 ERA with one save while striking out three of the 20 batters he’s faced in that time. Reed has given up four earned runs and seven hits while walking four.Mainieri said Reed will get the start, but he doesn’t expect him to pitch extended innings against the Warhawks. “You don’t want to overuse guys,” Mainieri said. “You want to be able to count on a lot of different guys, and guys are getting their opportunities.”The Warhawks will start senior Corey Brown on the mound. Brown (0-1) has appeared in three contests with one start. He’s maintained a 9.64 ERA in those appearances while striking out eight and walking five.—-Contact Johanathan Brooks at [email protected]