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LSU senior infielder Grant Dozar sprints to first base Friday during the Tigers’ 10-6 win against Arkansas in Alex Box Stadium

Baseball: No. 15 LSU sweeps No. 3 Arkansas, ties for SEC West lead

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
April 1, 2012

Freshman center fielder Jared Foster emerged before No. 15 LSU's weekend series with No. 3 Arkansas with a new haircut - business in the front, party in the back. Though likely a result of some good-natured...

LSU sophomore catcher Ty Ross (26) rounds third base March 30 during the Tigers' 10-6 win against the University of Arkansas in Alex Box Stadium.

Baseball: Mainieri, Tigers can’t avoid double plays against Hogs

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
April 1, 2012

Lost in the excitement generated by sweeping the No. 3 team in the country was the continuation of a disturbing trend. LSU's hitters grounded into two double plays Sunday, one of which killed a potential...

Baseball: No. 15 LSU clinches series with walk-off victory against No. 3 Arkansas

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 31, 2012

  Before sophomore catcher Ty Ross went to the plate Saturday with a tied game in the ninth inning, LSU coach Paul Mainieri stared him in the eyes and gave him a simple sentence of encouragement. "I...

Baseball: No. 15 LSU blasts three homers in 10-6 victory against No. 3 Arkansas

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
March 31, 2012

  With their respective aces on the hill, Friday night's game between No. 15 LSU and No. 3 Arkansas figured to be a low-scoring affair. But LSU (20-6) put on a batting clinic in the series opener,...

Sophomore pitcher Joe Broussard winds up to pitch in the Tigers' game against ULL on Wednesday.

Baseball: Tigers get ready for SEC matchup

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
March 30, 2012

With temperatures rising toward their sweltering summer norms, the competitive fires are also rising in individual LSU baseball players as they enter the thick of Southeastern Conference play. The No....

Baseball: Tigers wear pink to raise awareness

By Luke Johnson
Sports Writer
March 29, 2012

PRETTY IN PINK The Tigers had a slightly different look when they took the field Wednesday night. In lieu of their normal purple or red batting helmets, players from both teams were wearing pink helmets...

The LSU baseball team runs onto the field Wednesday before the game against ULL. The Tigers defeated the Ragin’ Cajuns, 5-0.

Baseball: Tigers shut out Ragin’ Cajuns amid stormy weather

By Chandler Rome
Sports Contributor
March 29, 2012

The LSU baseball bats awoke for the first three innings at Alex Box Stadium Wednesday night, torching the Louisiana-Lafayette pitching staff for five runs on five hits in what would be the only runs of...

Baseball: Sciambra to miss rest of season with broken neck

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
March 27, 2012

Freshman center fielder Chris Sciambra will miss the rest of the season with a non-displaced fracture in his C-1 vertebra and a mild concussion. Sciambra injured himself Sunday during the game against...

LSU head baseball coach Paul Mainieri and his 17-year-old son, Tommy, look upon the field at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb., where the College World Series is held every summer.

Mainieri, son form strong bond in dugouts, baseball stadiums

By Chandler Rome
Sports Contributor
March 27, 2012

There came a point in 2002 when Karen Mainieri couldn't take it any longer. She was tired of chasing her rambunctious 7-year-old son Tommy around the stands in Notre Dame's Frank Eck Stadium, and finally...

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 27, 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 27, 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 26, 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,...