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Baseball

Cotton to begin season as “hybrid”

By Chandler Rome February 11, 2013

Much like he did with former standout pitchers Louis Coleman and Jared Bradford, LSU coach Paul Mainieri is again turning to the "hybrid" technique. Mainieri announced Monday that senior southpaw Chris...

LSU junior Ryan Eades practices pitching on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Alex Box Stadium.

Baseball: Nola, Eades lead weekend rotation

By Chandler Rome February 7, 2013

With his trademark cheery demeanor and cautious optimism, LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri made a strong prediction as he stood before reporters at LSU’s Media Day on Jan. 25. “I believe...

LSU head coach Paul Mainieri talks Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 to reporters before practice at Alex Box Stadium.

Baseball: Tigers face many of the SEC’s best at home in 2013

By Lawrence Barreca February 7, 2013

There’s no place like home, especially for the LSU baseball team. The numbers don’t lie: the Tigers were 35-9 at home and 10-7 on the road in 2012. Still, LSU coach Paul Mainieri feels...

LSU Freshman Mark Laird catches Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 fly balls during practice at Alex Box Stadium.

Baseball: Four players competing for center, right field

By Catherine Threlkeld February 6, 2013

It’s a battle in the Alex Box Stadium outfield. The competitors: sophomore Chris Sciambra, junior transfer Sean McMullen and freshmen Mark Laird and Andrew Stevenson. The prize: the starting center...

Junior catcher Ty Ross swings at a low pitch during Saturday, June 9, 2012 against Stony Brook.

Baseball: Ross anchors LSU defense behind the plate

By Chandler Rome February 5, 2013

As the nature of the sport dictates, attrition took its toll on the LSU baseball team as the Tigers lost two stout defensive players and an unquestioned team leader from last season’s squad. However,...

Mainieri names Aaron Nola opening night starter

By Chandler Rome February 5, 2013

Sophomore righty Aaron Nola will start opening night for LSU on Feb. 15 when the Tigers welcome Maryland to Alex Box Stadium, coach Paul Mainieri announced Wednesday. Mainieri said junior right hander...

LSU sophomore Jared Foster prepares to catch the ball during practice on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Alex Box Stadium.

Baseball: Veteran leaders to anchor right side of infield

By Lawrence Barreca February 4, 2013

The LSU baseball team has a number of unknowns heading into the 2013 season, but the right side of the infield isn’t one of them. It has been well-documented that both junior third baseman Christian...

LSU senior Mason Katz runs to catch the ball during practice on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at Alex Box Stadium.

New faces expected to solidify left side of infield

By Lawrence Barreca February 3, 2013

Something is eerily similar about the left side of the Tigers’ infield in 2013 compared to how it looked in 2012. On one hand, two new faces on the team, junior third baseman Christian Ibarra and...

LSU sophomore outfielder Chris Sciambra talks to a reporter on LSU Baseball Media Day in Alex Box Stadium on Jan. 25, 2013.

Baseball: Chris Sciambra downplays comeback

By Spencer Hutchinson January 31, 2013

Labeling LSU sophomore outfielder Chris Sciambra as a living miracle might not be too far out of the question. Walking off the field with a concussion and two non-displaced fractures in his C-1 vertebrae...

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman, right, displays his new jersey next to director of amateur scouting Gary Rajsich during a news conference to introduce Gausman as the team's 2012 first-round draft pick, in Baltimore, Friday on July 13, 2012. Photo: Patrick Semansky / AP

Former Tiger Kevin Gausman ranked No. 37 MLB prospect

By Lawrence Barreca January 30, 2013

Former Tiger ace of staff Kevin Gausman is garnering national attention once again. MLB.com writer and prospect expert Jonathan Mayo released his annual Top-100 MLB Prospects list for the 2013 season...

Alex Bregman

Baseball: Bregman stepping into spotlight as freshman

By Catherine Threlkeld January 29, 2013

After a November practice last semester, two players stayed in Alex Box Stadium long past sunset. The team had already finished weight and conditioning workouts for the day, but senior Mason Katz, a...

LSU junior pitcher Nate Fury (left) and senior out elder Mason Katz (right) lean on the railing Tuesday at Alex Box Stadium. The two players grew up together in Jefferson Parish.

Baseball: Best friends Katz, Fury back together on the diamond

By Chandler Rome January 29, 2013

Every June, tradition necessitated that Nate Fury would make the short walk down the street to Mason Katz’s home in Harahan, where the duo would sit mesmerized in front of the television to watch...