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LSU senior infielder Austin Nola (36) eyes a pitch March 20 during the Tigers’ 15-5 win against Southern University in Alex Box Stadium.

No. 15 LSU looks to avenge last year’s loss to the Cajuns

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March 26, 2012

Tonight's game between No. 15 LSU (18-6) and Louisiana-Lafayette (13-10) has a little more on the line than the standard midweek game. For the Tigers, the key word is retribution - though they won't admit...

Baseball coach Mainieri turns to non-traditional methods to scout opponents

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 26, 2012

Major League Baseball teams spend millions of dollars on scouting departments. They send dozens of scouts across the country to gather as much information as possible on their opponents. LSU doesn't have...

Baseball: No. 11 LSU avoids sweep at Auburn

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Contributor
March 25, 2012

One-run ball games have become the norm for No. 11 LSU in Southeastern Conference play. After winning a pair of one-run contests last weekend against then-No. 21 Mississippi State to open the SEC schedule,...

Baseball: LSU heads to Auburn for SEC play

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 22, 2012

The Boston Red Sox may have The Green Monster at Fenway Park, but Auburn has an imposing turf-colored monstrosity of its own. The left-field wall at Plainsman Park measures 30 feet - seven feet shorter...

Baseball: Offense comes alive in 15-5 victory

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 20, 2012

There's a sentence in the Alex Box Stadium ground rules that warns fielders if a ball appears to be stuck in the right field wall, it actually isn't. That rule came into play in the seventh inning Tuesday...

Mason Katz

Baseball: Katz, Rhymes compete to hit most doubles

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 19, 2012

Few players need motivation to leg out a blooper and turn a single into a double, but a pair of LSU players added a little incentive to encourage taking that second base. Junior right fielder Raph Rhymes...

Mic’d Up: Despite rough first SEC start, Aaron Nola is the answer

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
March 18, 2012

I doubt LSU freshman pitcher Aaron Nola went to sleep Saturday with thoughts of getting shelled in his first-career Southeastern Conference start. But that's exactly what happened Sunday. The Bulldogs...

LSU, Southern game rescheduled

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 18, 2012

No. 11 LSU's meeting with Southern will come one day earlier than originally scheduled as both teams wanted to avoid Wednesday's predicted inclement weather. LSU coach Paul Mainieri spoke with Southern...

Baseball: Lack of focus costs Tigers in game against Bulldogs

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 17, 2012

MENTAL MISTAKES COST LSU AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE After LSU's 7-1 defeat against Mississippi State on Sunday, junior first baseman Mason Katz said the team had a "little league lack of focus." That description...

Baseball: Tigers hold off late push from Mississippi State

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
March 16, 2012

If the first two games between No. 13LSU (16-3) and No. 21 Mississippi State (14-7) were any indication of how Southeastern Conference games are going to play out for the Tigers, Baton Rouge may see a...

Baseball: LSU rallies in extra innings to take SEC opener

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
March 15, 2012

  The term pitching duel casually gets thrown around in low-scoring baseball games, but there is no other way to describe what happened in LSU's walk-off 3-2 win in its Southeastern Conference opener...

Baseball: Mainieri preps team for SEC play

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
March 14, 2012

Members of the No. 13 LSU baseball team (14-3) were saying all the right things a day before they open conference play against No. 21 Mississippi State (14-5). The team is taking it one day, one game at...