2015 LSU Tigers baseball team

2015 LSU Tigers baseball

SEC Champions Baton Rouge Regional Champions Baton Rouge Super Regional Champions College World Series
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
2015 record	54–12 (21–8 SEC)
Head coach	Paul Mainieri (9th year)
Hitting coach	Andy Cannizaro (1st year)
Pitching coach	Alan Dunn (4th year)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium

2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
#2 Vanderbilt ^x^y	20	–	10	.667	51	–	21	.708
#3 Florida ‡^y	19	–	11	.633	52	–	18	.743
Missouri	15	–	15	.500	30	–	28	.517
Kentucky	14	–	15	.483	30	–	25	.545
South Carolina	13	–	17	.433	32	–	25	.561
Tennessee	11	–	18	.379	24	–	26	.480
Georgia	10	–	19	.345	26	–	28	.481
Western
#5 LSU ^x†^y	21	–	8	.724	54	–	12	.818
#11 Texas A&M ^y	18	–	10	.643	50	–	14	.781
#7 Arkansas ^y	17	–	12	.586	40	–	25	.615
Ole Miss ^y	15	–	14	.517	30	–	28	.517
Auburn ^y	13	–	17	.433	36	–	26	.581
Alabama	12	–	18	.400	32	–	28	.533
Mississippi State	8	–	22	.267	24	–	30	.444

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 LSU Tigers baseball team represent Louisiana State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Paul Mainieri, in his 9th season at LSU.

At the end of the regular season, junior shortstop Alex Bregman was selected by the Houston Astros as the second pick of the 2015 MLB Draft. Bregman was the fifth LSU Tiger to be drafted in the first round in seven years, the highest-drafted position player in LSU's history, and the second-highest overall behind pitcher Ben McDonald (1989).^[1]^[2]

Previous Season

In 2014, the Tigers finished the season 2nd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 46–16–1, 17–11–1 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament and defeated Florida in the final, 2–0, to win their 11th SEC Tournament title. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as the SEC's automatic bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included Houston, Bryant, and Southeastern Louisiana. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Southeastern Louisiana, 8–4, and Houston, 5–1. In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Houston. In the first game of the regional final, the Cougars defeated the Tigers, 5–4, in 11 innings. The Cougars went on to win game two, 12–2, eliminating LSU and advancing to the Austin Super Regional, where they lost in two games to Texas.

Personnel

Roster

2015 LSU Tigers roster^[3]

Pitchers

12 - Hunter Devall - Junior
13 - Brady Domangue - Senior
16 - Jared Poche' - Sophomore
18 - Austin Bain - Freshman
21 - Doug Norman - Freshman
28 - Kyle Bouman - Senior
29 - Jake Godfrey - Freshman
30 - Collin Strall - Sophomore
32 - Alden Cartwright - Sophomore
35 - Alex Lange - Freshman
37 - Jesse Stallings - Freshman
40 - Ryan May - Freshman
45 - Russell Reynolds - Sophomore
46 - Parker Bugg - Sophomore
49 - Zac Person - Senior
55 - Hunter Newman - Sophomore
67 - Jake Latz - Freshman

Catchers

2 - Michael Papierski - Freshman
22 - Kade Scivicque - Senior
25 - Bryce Jordan - Freshman
26 - Chris Chinea - Junior

Infielders

3 - Kramer Robertson - Sophomore
7 - Greg Deichmann - Freshman
8 - Alex Bregman - Junior
10 - Grayson Byrd - Freshman
20 - Conner Hale - Senior
27 - Danny Zardon - Sophomore

Outfielders

5 - Chris Sciambra - Senior
6 - Andrew Stevenson - Junior
9 - Mark Laird - Junior
17 - Jared Foster - Senior
23 - Jake Fraley - Sophomore
24 - Beau Jordan - Freshman

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at LSU	Alma Mater
Paul Mainieri	Head Coach	9	Florida International University (1980)
Andy Cannizaro	Assistant Coach	1	Tulane University (2001)
Alan Dunn	Assistant Coach	4	University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991)

Schedule

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss
	Postponement
Bold	LSU team member

2015 LSU Tigers Game Log

Regular Season

February
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
February 13	Kansas	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	4–1	Poche' (1–0)	Morovick (0–1)	Stallings (1)	11,122	1–0
February 14	Kansas	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	8–5	Lange (1–0)	Krauth (0–1)		10,903	2–0
February 15	Kansas	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	7–4	Devall (1–0)	Gilbert (0–1)	Stallings (2)	10,703	3–0
February 18	Nicholls State	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	3–6	Ernestine (1–0)	Norman (0–1)	Holmes (2)	10,271	3–1
February 20	Boston College	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	8–3	Poche' (2–0)	Gorman (0–1)		10,389	4–1
February 20	Boston College	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	7–4	Lange (2–0)	Burke (0–1)	Stallings (3)	10,582	5–1
February 21	Boston College	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	16–2	Godfrey (1–0)	Poore (0–1)		11,118	6–1
February 26	Southeastern Louisiana	#3	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	9–8	Strall (1–0)	Cashman (0–2)	Stallings (4)	10,069	7–1
February 27	Princeton	#3	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	3–2	Poche' (3–0)	Powers (0–1)	Stallings (5)	10,006	8–1
February 28	Princeton	#3	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	7–2	Godfrey (2–0)	Strieber (0–1)		11,151	9–1
February 28	Princeton	#3	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	15–4	Lange (3–0)	Smithers (0–1)		10,214	10–1

March
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
March 3	Stephen F. Austin	#3	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	8–1	Newman (1–0)	Polivka (0–1)		9,581	11–1
March 4	Grambling State	#3	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	7–1	Norman (1–1)	Mckinney (1–1)		9,502	12–1
March 6	vs. #12 Houston	#3	Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	4–2	Poche' (4–0)	Lantrip (3–1)	Stallings (6)	10,651	13–1
March 7	vs. Baylor	#3	Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	2–0	Lange (4–0)	Castano (0–2)	Stallings (7)	16,276	14–1
March 8	vs. Nebraska	#3	Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX	4–2	Godfrey (3–0)	Burkamper (1–1)	Bugg (1)	10,866	15–1	–
March 11	McNeese State	#2	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	7–0	Reynolds (1–0)	Stremmel (2–1)		9,684	16–1
March 13	Ole Miss	#2	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	6–4	Poche' (5–0)	Trent (3–1)	Stallings (8)	11,668	17–1	1–0
March 14	Ole Miss	#2	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	3–5 ⁽¹⁴⁾	Short (3–1)	Bouman (0–1)	Stokes (3)	12,164	17–2	1–1
March 15	Ole Miss	#2	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	18–6	Godfrey (4–0)	Smith (1–3)		11,148	18–2	2–1
March 17	at Southern	#3	Lee–Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA	4–2 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Strall (2–0)	Diaz (1–1)	Stallings (9)	1,180	19–2
March 19	at Arkansas	#3	Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	1–5	Taccolini (4–2)	Poche' (5–1)	Jackson (1)	7,304	19–3	2–2
March 20	at Arkansas	#3	Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	16–3	Lange (5–0)	Teague (0–1)		8,178	20–3	3–2
March 21	at Arkansas	#3	Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	7–4	Godfrey (5–0)	Killian (0–1)	Stallings (10)	9,734	21–3	4–2
March 24	at Tulane	#2	Greer Field • New Orleans, LA	13–7	Newman (2–0)	Duester (3–2)		4,994	22–3
March 27	Kentucky	#2	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	4–5 ⁽¹²⁾	Strecker (2–0)	Stallings (0–1)	Jack (4)	11,118	22–4	4–3
March 28	Kentucky	#2	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	7–3	Person (1–0)	Nelson (2–1)		11,516	23–4	5–3
March 29	Kentucky	#2	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	10–12 ⁽¹¹⁾	Jack (1–0)	Bugg (0–1)		10,732	23–5	5–4
March 31	vs. Louisiana–Lafayette	#5	Zephyr Field • Metairie, LA	8–6	Reynolds (2–0)	Toups (1–2)	Stallings (11)	10,853	24–5

April
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
April 2	at Alabama	#5	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	8–5 ⁽¹⁶⁾	Norman (2–1)	Wilhite (0–1)		4,117	25–5	6–4
April 3	at Alabama	#5	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	6–2	Lange (6–0)	Carter (1–4)		3,963	26–5	7–4
April 4	at Alabama	#5	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	6–4 ⁽¹³⁾	Stallings (1–1)	Burrows (0–3)		5,381	27–5	8–4
April 7	New Orleans	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	11–2	Reynolds (3–0)	Kelleher (1–4)		10,837	28–5
April 8	Northwestern State	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	9–6	Godfrey (6–0)	Tidwell (2–3)		10,676	29–5
April 10	Auburn	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	3–2	Poche' (6–1)	Lipscomb (4–1)	Newman (1)	10,064	30–5	9–4
April 11	Auburn	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	1–6	Thompson (7–2)	Bain (0–1)		10,743	30–6	9–5
April 12	Auburn	#4	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	6–2	Person (2–0)	McCord (2–3)		10,037	31–6	10–5
April 15	Lamar	#3	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	11–2	Bouman (1–1)	Love (0–1)		9,947	32–6
April 18	at Georgia	#3	Foley Field • Athens, GA	4–1	Lange (7–0)	Lawlor (4–5)	Newman (2)		33–6	11–5
April 18	at Georgia	#3	Foley Field • Athens, GA	9–1	Poche' (7–1)	McLaughlin (3–3)		3,138	34–6	12–5
April 19	at Georgia	#3	Foley Field • Athens, GA	Cancelled
April 21	Tulane	#1	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	6–0	Bain (1–1)	Duester (4–4)		10,614	35–6
April 23	#4 Texas A&M	#1	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	4–3	Strall (3–0)	Vinson (3–1)		10,822	36–6	13–5
April 24	#4 Texas A&M	#1	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	9–6	Reynolds (4–0)	Hendrix (3–1)	Newman (3)	12,042	37–6	14–5
April 25	#4 Texas A&M	#1	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	2–6	Simonds (3–1)	Bain (1–2)	Vinson (3)	11,489	37–7	14–6
April 28	Alcorn State	#1	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	6–1	Norman (3–1)	Morales (0–5)		10,185	38–7
April 30	at Mississippi State	#1	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	5–3 ⁽¹⁴⁾	Godfrey (7–0)	Fitts (2–4)	Stallings (12)	7,251	39–7	15–6

May
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 1	at Mississippi State	#1	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	11–4	Lange (8–0)	Brown (5–6)	Newman (4)	8,293	40–7	16–6
May 2	at Mississippi State	#1	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	7–8 ⁽¹²⁾	Hudson (1–0)	Bugg (0–2)		8,480	40–8	16–7
May 8	Missouri	#1	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	8–3	Norman (4–1)	McClain (6–6)	–	11,009	41–8	17–7
May 9	Missouri	#1	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	8–2	Lange (9–0)	Houck (7–4)		11,386	42–8	18–7
May 10	Missouri	#1	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	6–5 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Reynolds (5–0)	Williams (4–3)		11,208	43–8	19–7
May 12	at New Orleans	#1	Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA	9–1	Devall (2–0)	Kelleher (2–9)		2,380	44–8
May 14	at South Carolina	#1	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	7–10	Scott (2–3)	Godfrey (7–1)		7,507	44–9	19–8
May 15	at South Carolina	#1	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	9–2	Bain (2–2)	Schmidt (2–2)		8,242	45–9	20–8
May 16	at South Carolina	#1	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	8–1	Lange (10–0)	Widener (1–5)		8.242	46–9	21–8

Post-Season

SEC Tournament
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SECT Record
May 20	vs. Auburn	#1	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	9–8	Norman (5–1)	Wingenter (1–6)	Bugg (2)		47–9	1–0
May 21	vs. #30 Arkansas	#1	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	10–5	Reynolds (6–0)	Teague (4–4)		8,361	48–9	2–0
May 23	vs. #9 Florida	#1	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL	1–2	Lewis (6–1)	Stallings (1–2)		10,949	48–10	2–1

NCAA Tournament: Regionals
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
May 29	Lehigh	(2)	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	10–3	Newman (3–0)	Boswick (3–4)		10,945	49–10	1–0
May 30	UNC Wilmington	(2)	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	2–0	Lange (11–0)	Phillips (2–2)		11,251	50–10	2–0
June 1	UNC Wilmington	(2)	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	2–0	Poche' (8–1)	Crump (1–2)	Bugg (3)	11,301	51–10	3–0

NCAA Tournament: Super Regionals
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
June 6	Louisiana–Lafayette	(2)	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	4–3	Bugg (1–2)	Bacon (6–3)		11,179	52–10	4–0
June 7	Louisiana–Lafayette	(2)	Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	6–3	Poche' (9–1)	Leger (6–5)		11,795	53–10	5–0

College World Series
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
June 14	(7) TCU	(2)	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE	3-10	Morrison (12-3)	Poche' (9-2)		24,506	53-11	5-1
June 16	Cal State Fullerton	(2)	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE	5-3	Lange (12-0)	Seabold (5-4)		18,751	54-11	6-1
June 18	(7) TCU	(2)	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE	4-8	Teakell (3-1)	Bain (2-3)		26,803	54-12	6-2

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	4	4*	4*	5	4	2	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1*	1*
Baseball America	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1*	1*
Collegiate Baseball^	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
NCBWA†	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1*

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

Awards and honors

Paul Mainieri

SEC Coach of the Year^[4]
NCBWA Coach of the Year^[5]

Alex Bregman

Louisville Slugger Pre-season Second team All-American^[6]
Perfect Game USA Pre-season First team All-American^[7]
Baseball America Pre-season First team All-American^[8]
First team All-SEC^[4]
SEC All-Defensive Team^[4]
Louisville Slugger First team All-American^[9]
Baseball America First team All-American^[10]

Chris Chinea

Second team All-SEC^[4]
Louisville Slugger Third team All-American^[9]
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team^[11]

Jared Foster

SEC All-Tournament Team^[12]

Conner Hale

First team All-SEC^[4]
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team^[11]

Mark Laird

SEC All-Defensive Team^[4]

Alex Lange

SEC Freshman of the Year^[4]
First team All-SEC^[4]
Louisville Slugger First team All-American^[9]
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team^[11]
Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Baton Rouge Regional^[11]
NCBWA Freshman All-American^[13]
NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year^[14]
Baseball America First team All-American^[10]

Jared Poche'

Louisville Slugger Pre-season Second team All-American^[6]

Kade Scivicque

First team All-SEC^[4]
SEC All-Defensive Team^[4]
Louisville Slugger Second team All-American^[9]
Baseball America Second team All-American^[10]

Jesse Stallings

NCBWA Freshman All-American^[13]

Andrew Stevenson

First team All-SEC^[4]
SEC All-Defensive Team^[4]
NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team^[11]
Baseball America Third team All-American^[10]

References

↑ Randy Rosetta (June 8, 2015). "LSU star Alex Bregman goes to the Astros with the No. 2 pick in the 2015 MLB Draft". The Times-Picayune.
↑ Ron Kaplan (June 9, 2015). "The next big JML thing?". New Jersey Jewish News.
↑ "Official Baseball Roster". LSU Tigers. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "SEC Baseball Awards". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
↑ "NCBWA Coach of the Year". NCBWA. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
1 2 "NCAA Div. I Pre-Season All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
↑ "Preseason College All-Americans". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
↑ "2015 College Preview: All-America Teams". Baseball America. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
1 2 3 4 "NCAA Div. I Pre-Season All-Americans" (PDF). Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Baseball America All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 "NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team". NCAA. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
↑ "SEC All-Tournament Team". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
1 2 "NCBWA Freshman All-American Team". NCBWA. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
↑ "NCBWA Rookie Players of the Year". NCBWA. Retrieved June 9, 2015.

LSU Tigers baseball

Venues	State Field (1893–1924) Alex Box Stadium (1938–2008) Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field (2009–present) Worley Family Batting Cage Pavilion LSU Baseball Training Facility LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes

Culture & lore	Championships History Traditions

People	Head coaches College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees All-Americans Player awards Coaches awards

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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