# 2017 LSU Tigers baseball team

The 2017 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by head coach Paul Mainieri, in his 11th season at LSU. The Tigers hosted both the Baton Rouge Regional and Super Regional, before advancing to the 2017 College World Series. The Tigers lost to Florida in the series.

## Previous season

In 2016, the Tigers finished the season 3rd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 45–21–0, 19–11–0 in conference play. They qualified for the 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament and fell to Florida in the semifinal, 1–0. They qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament as an At–large bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included Rice, Southeastern Louisiana, and Utah Valley. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Utah Valley, 7–1, and Rice, 4–2. In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Rice. In the first game of the regional final, the Owls defeated the Tigers, 10–6. The Tigers went on to win game two, 5–2, eliminating Rice and advancing to the Baton Rouge Super Regional, where they faced the Coastal Carolina. In game one of the Super Regionals, the Tigers fell 11–8. In Game 2, Coastal Carolina hit a walk-off hit to upset the Fighting Tigers 4–3, moving onto the 2016 College World Series, where the Chanticleers would go on to win the National Championship.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at LSU | Alma Mater |
| Paul Mainieri | Head Coach | 11 | Florida International University (1980) |
| Micah Gibbs | Assistant Coach | 1 | Louisiana State University (2010) |
| Alan Dunn | Assistant Coach | 6 | University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991) |

## Schedule

Legend :
| | LSU win |
| | LSU loss |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | LSU team member |
2017 LSU Tigers Game Log :
Regular season :
February :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| February 17 | Air Force | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 9–0 | Lange | Ball | | 10,834 | 1–0 | – |
| February 18 | Army | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 6–0 | Poche' | Giovinco | | 11,174 | 2–0 | – |
| February 19 | Air Force | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 10–3 | Walker | DeVreis | | 11,129 | 3–0 | – |
| February 21 | New Orleans | #4 | Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA | 8–11 | Griffin | Strall | | 2,421 | 3–1 | – |
| February 22 | Hofstra | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 8–1 | Hess | M. James | | 10,002 | 4–1 | – |
| February 24 | Maryland | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 6–1 | Lange | B. Shaffer | | 10,488 | 5–1 | – |
| February 25 | Maryland | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 14–0 | Poche' | T. Bloom | | 10,608 | 6–1 | – |
| February 26 | Maryland | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 9–5 | Gilbert | T. Blohm | Newman | 10,221 | 7–1 | – |
| February 28 | Nicholls State | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 3–2 | Peterson | K. Craft | Newman | 11,404 | 8–1 | – |
March :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| March 3 | #1 TCU | #4 | Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX | 6–9 | Howard | Lange | King | | 8–2 | – |
| March 4 | vs. Baylor | #4 | Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX | 4–0 | Poche' | Parsons | | | 9–2 | – |
| March 5 | #21 Texas Tech | #4 | Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX | 4–5 | McMillon | Newman | | | 9–3 | – |
| March 8 | McNeese St. | #6 | Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA | 4–5 | Fontenot | Peterson | | | 9–4 | – |
| March 10 | Wichita State | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 6–1 | Lange | Schwanke | | | 10–4 | – |
| March 11 | Wichita St. | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 12–5 | Poche' | Tyler | | | 11–4 | – |
| March 12 | Wichita St. | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 9–2 | Walker | Lewis | | | 12–4 | – |
| March 14 | Louisiana College | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 13–0 | Hess | Buchanan | | 10,166 | 13–4 | – |
| March 15 | New Orleans | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 4–7 | Stephens | Strall | | 10,009 | 13–5 | – |
| March 17 | Georgia | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 22–9 | Bain | Gist | | 10,722 | 14–5 | 1–0 |
| March 18 | Georgia | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 5–1 | Poche' | Locey | Gilbert | 11,327 | 15–5 | 2–0 |
| March 19 | Georgia | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 7–6 | Walker | Adkins | Gilbert | 10,608 | 16–5 | 3–0 |
| March 22 | Southeastern Louisiana | #4 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 8–2 | Hess | Koestler | | 11,211 | 17–5 | 3–0 |
| March 24 | #12 Florida | #4 | McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL | 0–1 | Faedo | Lange | Dyson | 4,485 | 17–6 | 3–1 |
| March 25 | #12 Florida | #4 | McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL | 1–8 | Singer | Poche' | | 4,751 | 17–7 | 3–2 |
| March 26 | #12 Florida | #4 | McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL | 10–6 | Bush | Baker | Gilbert | 3,811 | 18–7 | 4–2 |
| March 28 | Tulane | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 6–7 | Bjorngjeld | Reynolds | Colletti | 10,732 | 18–8 | 4–2 |
| March 30 | Texas A&M | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 0–4 | Hill | Lange | | 10,072 | 18–9 | 4–3 |
| March 31 | Texas A&M | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 7–4 | Poche' | Kolek | | 11,308 | 19–9 | 5–3 |
April :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| April 1 | Texas A&M | #6 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 3–4 | Martin | Gilbert | Kilkenny | 11,109 | 19–10 | 5–4 |
| April 4 | Grambling State | #13 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 13–2 | Reynolds | Beizer | | 9,883 | 20–10 | 5–4 |
| April 7 | #14 Arkansas | #13 | Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | 3–9 | Knight | Lange | | 10,741 | 20–11 | 5–5 |
| April 8 | #14 Arkansas | #13 | Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | 10–8 | Beck | Chadwick | Newman | 11,827 | 21–11 | 6–5 |
| April 9 | #14 Arkansas | #13 | Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | 2–0 | Walker | Alberius | | 9,016 | 22–11 | 7–5 |
| April 11 | UL-Lafayette | #8 | Shrine on Airline • Metairie, LA | 3–2 | Peterson | Burk | Newman | 9,963 | 23–11 | 7–5 |
| April 13 | Ole Miss | #8 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 15–2 | Lange | McArthur | | 10,439 | 24–11 | 8–5 |
| April 14 | Ole Miss | #8 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 1–4 | Parkinson | Poche' | Woolfolk | 11,203 | 24–12 | 8–6 |
| April 15 | Ole Miss | #8 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 3–2 | Walker | Rolison | Newman | 10,757 | 25–12 | 9–6 |
| April 18 | Lamar | #8 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 10–4 | Gilbert | Johnson | | 10,603 | 26–12 | 9–6 |
| April 21 | #10 Kentucky | #8 | Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY | 5–12 | Hjelle | Poche' | | | 26–13 | 9–7 |
| April 21 | #10 Kentucky | #8 | Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY | 4–3 | Hess | Salow | | 3,847 | 27–13 | 10–7 |
| April 23 | #10 Kentucky | #8 | Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY | 2–10 | Lewis | Walker | | 3,311 | 27–14 | 10–8 |
| April 25 | Tulane | #11 | Turchin Stadium • New Orleans, LA | 6–9 | Solesky | Hess | Colletti | 5,000 | 27–15 | 10–8 |
| April 27 | Alabama | #15 | Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 8–2 | Lange | Duarte | | 3,666 | 28–15 | 11–8 |
| April 28 | Alabama | #15 | Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 7–4 | Poche' | Eicholtz | Newman | 4,464 | 29–15 | 12–8 |
| April 29 | Alabama | #15 | Sewell-Thomas Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | 4–3$^{11}$ | Newman | Vainer | | 4,918 | 30–15 | 13–8 |
May :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| May 5 | #25 South Carolina | #11 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 2–3 | Reagan | Lange | Johnson | 10,542 | 30–16 | 13–9 |
| May 6 | #25 South Carolina | #11 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 5–2 | Poche' | Hill | Newman | 10,968 | 31–16 | 14–9 |
| May 7 | #25 South Carolina | #11 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 7–6$^{10}$ | Hess | Johnson | | 10,581 | 32–16 | 15–9 |
| May 9 | South Alabama | #10 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 6–7 | Arguelles | Bush | Peacock | 10,312 | 32–17 | 15–9 |
| May 11 | #13 Auburn | #10 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 4–0 | Lange | Mitchell | | 10,261 | 33–17 | 16–9 |
| May 12 | #13 Auburn | #10 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 5–3 | Hess | Thompson | Newman | 10,431 | 34–17 | 17–9 |
| May 13 | #13 Auburn | #10 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 9–1 | Walker | Mize | | 10,736 | 35–17 | 18–9 |
| May 16 | Northwestern State | #5 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 9–3 | Peterson | Swanson | | 10,931 | 36–17 | 18–9 |
| May 18 | #8 Mississippi State | #5 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 3–1 | Lange | Pilkington | Newman | 7,613 | 37–17 | 19–9 |
| May 19 | #8 Mississippi State | #5 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 11–5 | Poche' | McQuary | Hess | 9,434 | 38–17 | 20–9 |
| May 20 | #8 Mississippi State | #5 | Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS | 11–7 | Gilbert | Gordon | | 9,007 | 39–17 | 21–9 |
Post-season :
SEC Tournament :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| May 24 | Missouri | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 10–3 | Gilbert | Sikkema | | | 40–17 | 21–9 |
| May 25 | #10 Kentucky | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 10–0 | Lange | Hjelle | | 9,823 | 41–17 | 21–9 |
| May 27 | South Carolina | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 11–0 | Poche' | Lee | | | 42–17 | 21–9 |
| May 28 | #13 Arkansas | Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL | 4–2 | Walker | Kopps | Newman | 13,128 | 43–17 | 21–9 |
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Regional :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| June 2 | Texas Southern | #2 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 15–7 | Gilbert | Martinez | | 44–17 | 21–9 |
| June 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | #2 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 11–6 | Lange | Sceroler | 11,661 | 45–17 | 21–9 |
| June 4 | Rice | #2 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 5–0 | Walker | Moss | 10,639 | 46–17 | 21–9 |
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Super Regional :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| June 10 | #11 Mississippi State | #2 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 4–3 | Hess | Riley Self | | 11,836 | 47–17 | 21–9 |
| June 11 | #11 Mississippi State | #2 | Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | 14–4 | Gilbert | McQuary | | 11,706 | 48–17 | 21–9 |
NCAA tournament – College World Series :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall record | SEC record |
| June 17 | #6 Florida State | #2 | TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE | 5–4 | Poche' | Holton | Hess | 25,305 | 49–17 | 21–9 |
| June 19 | #1 Oregon State | #2 | TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE | 1–13 | Fehmel | Walker | | 24,874 | 49–18 | 21–9 |
| June 21 | #6 Florida State | #2 | TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE | 7–4 | Poche' | Sands | Hess | 22,133 | 50–18 | 21–9 |
| June 23 | #1 Oregon State | #2 | TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE | 3–1 | Lange | Thompson | Hess | 21,257 | 51–18 | 21–9 |
| June 24 | #1 Oregon State | #2 | TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE | 6–1 | Gilbert | Fehmel | | 15,618 | 52–18 | 21–9 |
| June 26 | #3 Florida | #2 | TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE | 3–4 | Singer | Reynolds | Byrne | 25,679 | 52–19 | 21–9 |
| June 27 | #3 Florida | #2 | TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE | 1–6 | Dyson | Poche' | Kowar | 26,607 | 52–20 | 21–9 |
All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

## Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
2017 SEC baseball recordsvte
Source: 2017 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 | 5–24 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | . | . | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | . | 0–3 | 0–2 | ALA | W7 | 1–9 | 1–6 |
| ARK | 18–11 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | . | 3–0 | . | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ARK | W2 | 6–3 | 2–0 |
| AUB | 16–14 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | AUB | W5 | 7–3 | 1–2 |
| FLA | 21–9 | 3–0 | . | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | FLA | E1 | 8–2 | 4–1 |
| UGA | 11–19 | . | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | UGA | E6 | 4–6 | 0–3 |
| KEN | 19–11 | . | . | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | KEN | E2 | 7–3 | 2–0 |
| LSU | 21–9 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | . | LSU | W1 | 7–3 | 4–0 |
| MSU | 17–13 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | . | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | . | MSU | W3 | 6–4 | 3–2 |
| MIZZ | 14–16 | 3–0 | 1–2 | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | . | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | MIZZ | E4 | 4–6 | 2–2 |
| MISS | 14–16 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | . | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | MISS | W6 | 5–5 | 1–2 |
| SCAR | 13–17 | 2–1 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | | 3–0 | . | 1–2 | SCAR | E5 | 2–8 | 1–0 |
| TENN | 7–21 | . | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | 0–3 | 0–3 | . | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | TENN | E7 | 1–7 | 0–4 |
| TAMU | 16–14 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | | 1–2 | TAMU | W4 | 5–5 | 2–1 |
| VAN | 15–13 | 2–0 | 1–2 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | VAN | E3 | 5–4 | 0–0 |
| 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. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

## Rankings

Ranking movements :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| Coaches' | 3 | 3* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
^ 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.

## Awards and honors

* OF Greg Deichmann: consensus All-America, first-team All-SEC
* SP Alex Lange: first-team All-SEC
* SS Kramer Robertson: second-team All-SEC
* 3B Josh Smith: freshman All-SEC, All-SEC defensive
* OF Zach Watson: freshman All-SEC
* SP Eric Walker: freshman All-SEC
* C Michael Papierski: All-SEC defensive