2019 LSU Tigers baseball team

The 2019 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium. They, along with McNeese State and Southern, were the only three teams in the state to make the tournament.

2019 LSU Tigers baseball
Baton Rouge Regional champions
Baton Rouge Super Regional, 0-2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
CB	No. 14
Record	40–26 (17–13 SEC)
Head coach	Paul Mainieri (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Alan Dunn Nolan Cain
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‡‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			58	–	12	–	0		.829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			46	–	17	–	0		.730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Missouri  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1		.450			34	–	22	–	1		.605
Florida  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17	–	0		.433			34	–	26	–	0		.567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			52	–	15	–	0		.776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			46	–	20	–	0		.697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	26	–	0		.606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	16	–	13	–	1		.550			39	–	23	–	1		.627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	27	–	0		.603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			38	–	28	–	0		.576
Alabama  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			30	–	26	–	0		.536
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2019[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

3rd Team

• Daniel Cabrera - Outfielder (Collegiate Baseball)^[2]
• Zack Hess - Starting Pitcher (Baseball America) ^[3]

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Tigers predicted to win the Western Division.^[4]

Media poll (West)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	LSU	88 (10)
2	Ole Miss	65 (1)
3	Arkansas	59 (1)
4	Auburn	57 (1)
5	Texas A&M	48 (1)
6	Mississippi State	47
7	Alabama	21

Preseason All-SEC teams

2nd Team

• Antoine Duplantis - Outfielder
• Daniel Cabrera - Outfielder

Roster

2019 LSU Tigers roster
	Pitchers 10 Eric Walker - Sophomore 11 Landon Marceaux - Freshman 18 Cole Henry - Freshman 20 Will Ripoll - Freshman 21 Nick Storz - Sophomore 26 AJ Labas - Sophomore 27 Matthew Beck - Junior 28 Devin Fontenot - Sophomore 29 Chase Costello - Freshman 30 Trent Vietmeier - Sophomore 32 Aaron George - Junior 35 Clay Moffitt - Senior 38 Zack Hess - Junior 40 Riggs Threadgill - Freshman 41 Caleb Gilbert - Senior 43 Todd Peterson - Junior 44 Jaden Hill - Freshman 46 Rye Gunter - Freshman 52 Ma'Khail Hilliard - Sophomore 55 Easton McMurray - Freshman		Catchers 13 Saul Garza - Sophomore 22 Brock Mathis - Sophomore 45 Braden Doughty - Sophomore Infielders 3 Hal Hughes - Sophomore 4 Josh Smith - Junior 5 Drew Bianco - Freshman 6 Gavin Dugas - Freshman 16 Brandt Broussard - Senior 24 Cade Beloso - Freshman 48 Michael Kirsch - Sophomore 17 Chris Reid - Senior		Outfielders 2 Daniel Cabrera - Sophomore 7 Giovanni DiGiacomo - Freshman 8 Antoine Duplantis - Senior 9 Zach Watson - Junior Utility 23 CJ Willis - Freshman

Schedule and results

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss
	Postponement
Bold	LSU team member

2019 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Regular season (34–22)
February (8–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb. 15 Louisiana–Monroe No. 2 Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana 12–7 Fontenot (1–0) Gray (0–1) None SECN+ 12,404 1–0 Feb. 16 Army No. 2 Alex Box Stadium 6–5 Peterson (1–0) Messina (0–1) None SECN+ 11,656 2–0 Feb. 17 Air Force No. 2 Alex Box Stadium 17–5 Hill (1–0) Nichols (0–1) None SECN+ 11,403 3–0 Feb. 19 Southeastern Louisiana No. 2 Alex Box Stadium 6–5 Peterson (2–0) Biddy (0–2) None SECN+ 10,004 4–0 Feb. 22 Bryant No. 2 Alex Box Stadium 13–6 Hess (1–0) Mattison (1–1) None SECN+ 10,314 5–0 Feb. 23 Bryant No. 2 Alex Box Stadium 17–8 Marceaux (1–0) Morgese (0–1) None SECN+ 10,257 6–0 Feb. 24 Bryant No. 2 Alex Box Stadium 4–3 George (1–0) Wrighter (0–1) Peterson (1) SECN+ 10,306 7–0 Feb. 27 Southern No. 2 Alex Box Stadium 17–4 Walker (1–0) Dixon (0–1) None SECN+ 9,624 8–0
March (11–9) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar. 1 at No. 22 Texas No. 2 UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, Texas 1–8 Elder (2–0) Hess (1–1) Fields (1) LHN 7,680 8–1 Mar. 2 at No. 22 Texas No. 2 UFCU Disch–Falk Field 4–8 Henley (2–0) Marceaux (1–1) Quintanilla (2) LHN 7,601 8–2 Mar. 3 at No. 22 Texas No. 2 UFCU Disch–Falk Field 6–7 Madden (2–0) Peterson (2–1) None LHN 7,153 8–3 Mar. 6 Holy Cross No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 9–2 George (2–0) McKennitt (0–2) None SECN+ 9,718 9–3 Mar. 8 California No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 4–3 Beck (1–0) Stoutenborough (2–2) None SECN+ 10,468 10–3 Mar. 9 California No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 2–57 Holman (2–0) Peterson (2–2) Sullivan (3) SECN+ 10,882 10–4 Mar. 9 California No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 5–47 Fontenot (2–0) Delmore (1–1) None SECN+ 10,570 11–4 Mar. 12 at Northwestern State No. 13 Brown–Stroud Field Natchitoches, Louisiana 1–3 McDonald (2–0) George (2–1) Pigott (1) ESPN+ 3,240 11–5 Mar. 13 Texas Southern No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 16–5 Moffitt (1–0) Suarez (0–1) None SECN+ 9,712 12–5 Mar. 16 Kentucky No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 2–112 Fontenot (3–0) Lockhart (0–1) None SECN+ 10,509 13–5 1–0 Mar. 16 Kentucky No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 16–4 Henry (1–0) Macciocchi (1–1) Vietmeier (1) SECN+ 10,622 14–5 2–0 Mar. 17 Kentucky No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 7–2 Beck (2–0) Rigsby (0–1) None SECN+ 10,323 15–5 3–0 Mar. 20 Nicholls No. 10 Alex Box Stadium 5–410 Vietmeier (1–0) Bollinger (0–1) None SECN+ 10,531 16–5 Mar. 22 at No. 5 Georgia No. 10 Foley Field Athens, Georgia 1–0 Hess (2–1) Hancock 5–1 Fontenot (1) SECN+ 3,209 17–5 4–0 Mar. 23 at No. 5 Georgia No. 10 Foley Field 0–2 Glover (1–0) Henry (1–1) Schunk (8) SECN 3,344 17–6 4–1 Mar. 24 at No. 5 Georgia No. 10 Foley Field 7–9 Locey (4–0) Walker (1–1) Schunk (9) SECN 3,042 17–7 4–2 Mar. 26 McNeese State No. 17 Alex Box Stadium 0–2 Payne (1–0) Hilliard (0–1) Dion (2) SECN+ 10,156 17–8 Mar. 28 at No. 2 Mississippi State No. 17 Dudy Noble Field Starkville, Mississippi 5–6 Small (3–0) Hess (2–2) Gordon (7) ESPNU 9,797 17–9 4–3 Mar. 29 at No. 2 Mississippi State No. 17 Dudy Noble Field 10–5 Henry (2–1) Ginn (6–1) None SECN 11,262 18–9 5–3 Mar. 30 at No. 2 Mississippi State No. 17 Dudy Noble Field 11–2 Walker (2–1) Plumlee (1–1) None SECN+ 11,648 19–9 6–3
April (10–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 2 Grambling State No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 9–0 Moffitt (2–0) Boykins, Jr. (3–1) None SECN+ 9,804 20–9 April 3 South Alabama No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 2–0 Vietmeier (2–0) Arguelles (0–1) Fontenot (2) SECN+ 9,754 21–9 April 5 No. 9 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 2–1 Fontenot (4–0) Miller (4–1) None SECN+ 10,547 22–9 7–3 April 6 No. 9 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 4–6 Lacy (6–0) Walker (2–2) Kalich (8) SECN+ 10,602 22–10 7–4 April 6 No. 9 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 9–3 Henry (3–1) Jozwiak (3–3) None ESPN2 11,353 23–10 8–4 April 9 at Southern No. 9 Lee–Hines Field Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2–7 Finney (2–2) Marceaux (1–2) None ESPN+ 859 23–11 April 12 at Missouri No. 9 Taylor Stadium Columbia, Missouri 12–1110 Peterson (3–2) Gubelman (2–1) Fontenot (3) SECN+ 1,408 24–11 9–4 April 13 at Missouri No. 9 Taylor Stadium 1–4 Sikkema (4–2) Henry (3–2) Bedell (3) SECN+ 1,725 24–12 9–5 April 14 at Missouri No. 9 Taylor Stadium 5–11 Joven (3–0) Walker (2–3) None SECN 1,002 24–13 9–6 April 16 vs. Louisiana No. 14 Shrine on Airline Metairie, Louisiana 5–6 Schultz (1–1) Vietmeier (2–1) None CST 8,667 24–14 April 18 Florida No. 14 Alex Box Stadium 9–16 Mace (7–3) Hilliard (0–2) None SECN 10,132 24–15 9–7 April 19 Florida No. 14 Alex Box Stadium 13–1 Henry (4–2) Scott (3–3) Peterson (2) SECN 10,766 25–15 10–7 April 20 Florida No. 14 Alex Box Stadium 11–2 Walker (3–3) Leftwich (4–3) None ESPN2 11,327 26–15 11–7 April 23 Lamar No. 13 Alex Box Stadium 5–3 Marceaux (2–2) Dallas (0–5) Fontenot (4) SECN+ 10,364 27–15 April 26 at Alabama No. 13 Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1–6 Finnerty (6–5) Hess (2–3) None SECN+ 4,240 27–16 11–8 April 27 at Alabama No. 13 Sewell–Thomas Stadium 5–2 Walker (4–3) Love (4–4) Fontenot (5) SECN+ 4,453 28–16 12–8 April 28 at Alabama No. 13 Sewell–Thomas Stadium 5–4 Marceaux (3–2) Randolph (1–2) Fontenot (6) SECN+ 3,633 29–16 13–8
May (5–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 3 No. 13 Ole Miss No. 12 Alex Box Stadium 8–3 Hess (3–3) Ethridge (5–4) None SECN+ 11,119 30–16 14–8 May 4 No. 13 Ole Miss No. 12 Alex Box Stadium 1–5 Nikhazy (6–3) Walker (4–4) None SECN+ 11,409 30–17 14–9 May 5 No. 13 Ole Miss No. 12 Alex Box Stadium 15–1910 Miller (4–0) Fontenot (4–1) None ESPN2 10,671 30–18 14–10 May 7 Louisiana Tech No. 15 Alex Box Stadium 1–12 Robbins (4–3) Costello (0–1) None SECN+ 10,304 30–19 May 9 at No. 4 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas 4–14 Campbell (9–1) Hilliard (0–3) None SECN+ 9,220 30–20 14–11 May 10 at No. 4 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium 6–11 Kopps (5–3) Hess (3–4) None ESPNU 11,714 30–21 14–12 May 11 at No. 4 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium 3–2 Peterson (4–2) Kostyshock (1–2) None ESPN2 11,037 31–21 15–12 May 14 New Orleans No. 19 Alex Box Stadium 7–5 Beck (3–0) Ramirez (1–3) Hess (1) SECN+ 10,147 32–22 May 16 Auburn No. 19 Alex Box Stadium 7–1 Walker (5–4) Anderson (5–2) None SECN+ 10,305 33–21 16–12 May 17 Auburn No. 19 Alex Box Stadium 5–1 Marceaux (4–2) Owen (4–2) Hess (2) SECN+ 11,009 34–21 17–12 May 18 Auburn No. 19 Alex Box Stadium 4–511 Watson (1–1) Hess (3–5) Fuller (1) SECN+ 10,681 34–22 17–13
Postseason (6–4)
SEC Tournament (3–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT record May 21 vs. (12) South Carolina (5) No. 16 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama 8–6 Fontenot (5–1) Coyne (2–1) Peterson (3) SECN 10,128 35–22 1–0 May 22 vs. (4) No. 3 Mississippi State (5) No. 16 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 5–617 Keegan (4–1) Hilliard (0–4) None SECN 13,902 35–23 1–1 May 23 vs. (8) Auburn (5) No. 16 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 4–3 Peterson (5–2) Greenhill (2–3) None SECN 6,891 36–23 2–1 May 24 vs. (4) No. 3 Mississippi State (5) No. 16 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 12–27 George (3–1) Ginn (8–4) None SECN 14,294 37–23 3–1 May 25 vs. (1) No. 2 Vanderbilt (5) No. 16 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium 4-13 Rocker (8–5) Fontenot (5–2) None SECN 12,872 37–24 3–2
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31 (4) Stony Brook (1) No. 12 Alex Box Stadium 17–3 Marceaux (5–2) Marino (5–5) None ESPNU 10,542 38–24 1–0 June 1 (2) Southern Miss (1) No. 12 Alex Box Stadium 8–4 Hess (4–5) Carroll (3–3) None ESPN3 11,015 39–24 2–0 June 2 (2) Southern Miss (1) No. 12 Alex Box Stadium 6–4 Vietmeier (3–1) Lewis (1–1) Fontenot (7) ESPN3 10,718 40–24 3–0
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Super Regional (0–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 8 Florida State No. 12 Alex Box Stadium L 4-6 Velez (4-2) Fontenot (5-3) Flowers (12) ESPN 11,636 40-25 3-1 June 9 Florida State No. 12 Alex Box Stadium L 4-5 Velez (5-4) Fontenot 5-4 ESPN2 11,713 40-26 3-2

Schedule Source:^[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Baton Rouge Regional

Baton Rouge Regional Teams
(1) LSU Tigers	(2) Arizona State Sun Devils	(3) Southern Miss Golden Eagles	(4) Stony Brook Seawolves

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	LSU	17
	4	Stony Brook	3
						1	LSU	8
						3	Southern Miss	4
	3	Southern Miss	15
	2	Arizona State	3
											1	LSU
											3	Southern Miss
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						2	Arizona State	12
	4	Stony Brook	5			3	Southern Miss	13
	2	Arizona State	13

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2019 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	7–23		1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	.	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	ALA	W7	1–9	0–4
ARK	20–10	2–1		2–1	.	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	ARK	W1	7–3	3–0
AUB	14–16	2–1	1–2		.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	AUB	W6	4–6	1–1
FLA	13–17	3–0	.	.		0–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	0–3	FLA	E5	4–6	2–3
UGA	21–9	3–0	.	2–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	.	3–0	1–2	.	2–1	UGA	E2	8–2	4–1
KEN	7–23	.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2		0–3	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	KEN	E7	1–9	0–4
LSU	17–13	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0		3–0	1–2	1–2	.	.	2–1	.	LSU	W3	6–4	2–1
MSU	20–10	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	0–3		.	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	.	MSU	W2	8–2	3–1
MIZZ	13–16	.	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	.		2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	MIZZ	E4	5–4	1–3
MISS	16–14	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2		.	1–2	3–0	.	MISS	W5	5–5	2–1
SCAR	8–22	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	.		1–2	1–2	0–3	SCAR	E6	1–9	0–3
TENN	14–16	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		.	1–2	TENN	E3	5–5	1–2
TAMU	16–13	2–1	2–1	2–1	.	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	.		2–1	TAMU	W4	6–3	1–1
VAN	23–7	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	.	.	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	1–2		VAN	E1	8–2	5–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Missouri at Texas A&M series had one tie game.

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches'[6]	1	1*	1	9	13	11	15	12	8	14	16	14	17	20	17	17	16
Baseball America[7]	2	2	2	10	11	12	17	15	12	15	14	12	16	22	16	15	15
Collegiate Baseball^[8]	1	1	1	9	10	7	12	9	8	15	15	13	18	20	21	19	14
NCBWA†[9]	2	1	1	9	10	9	14	11	8	13	14	14	16	21	19	16	15
D1Baseball[10]	2	2	2	13	13	10	17	13	9	14	13	12	15	19	16	12	14

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

2019 MLB draft

Main article: 2019 MLB draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Josh Smith	SS	2	67	New York Yankees
Zach Watson	OF	3	79	Baltimore Orioles
Zack Hess	RHP	7	202	Detroit Tigers
Todd Peterson	RHP	7	213	Washington Nationals
Antoine Duplantis	OF	12	358	New York Mets