# 2015 LSU Tigers baseball team

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).

## 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
### 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
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
February 13Kansas#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA4–1Poche' (1–0)Morovick (0–1)Stallings (1)11,1221–0
February 14Kansas#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA8–5Lange (1–0)Krauth (0–1)10,9032–0
February 15Kansas#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA7–4Devall (1–0)Gilbert (0–1)Stallings (2)10,7033–0
February 18Nicholls State#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA3–6Ernestine (1–0)Norman (0–1)Holmes (2)10,2713–1
February 20Boston College#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA8–3Poche' (2–0)Gorman (0–1)10,3894–1
February 20Boston College#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA7–4Lange (2–0)Burke (0–1)Stallings (3)10,5825–1
February 21Boston College#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA16–2Godfrey (1–0)Poore (0–1)11,1186–1
February 26Southeastern Louisiana#3Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA9–8Strall (1–0)Cashman (0–2)Stallings (4)10,0697–1
February 27Princeton#3Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA3–2Poche' (3–0)Powers (0–1)Stallings (5)10,0068–1
February 28Princeton#3Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA7–2Godfrey (2–0)Strieber (0–1)11,1519–1
February 28Princeton#3Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA15–4Lange (3–0)Smithers (0–1)10,21410–1 :
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
March 3Stephen F. Austin#3Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA8–1Newman (1–0)Polivka (0–1)9,58111–1
March 4Grambling State#3Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA7–1Norman (1–1)Mckinney (1–1)9,50212–1
March 6vs. #12 Houston#3Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX4–2Poche' (4–0)Lantrip (3–1)Stallings (6)10,65113–1
March 7vs. Baylor#3Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX2–0Lange (4–0)Castano (0–2)Stallings (7)16,27614–1
March 8vs. Nebraska#3Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX4–2Godfrey (3–0)Burkamper (1–1)Bugg (1)10,86615–1–
March 11McNeese State#2Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA7–0Reynolds (1–0)Stremmel (2–1)9,68416–1
March 13Ole Miss#2Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA6–4Poche' (5–0)Trent (3–1)Stallings (8)11,66817–11–0
March 14Ole Miss#2Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA3–5 $^{(14)}$Short (3–1)Bouman (0–1)Stokes (3)12,16417–21–1
March 15Ole Miss#2Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA18–6Godfrey (4–0)Smith (1–3)11,14818–22–1
March 17at Southern#3Lee–Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA4–2 $^{(10)}$Strall (2–0)Diaz (1–1)Stallings (9)1,18019–2
March 19at Arkansas#3Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR1–5Taccolini (4–2)Poche' (5–1)Jackson (1)7,30419–32–2
March 20at Arkansas#3Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR16–3Lange (5–0)Teague (0–1)8,17820–33–2
March 21at Arkansas#3Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR7–4Godfrey (5–0)Killian (0–1)Stallings (10)9,73421–34–2
March 24at Tulane#2Greer Field • New Orleans, LA13–7Newman (2–0)Duester (3–2)4,99422–3
March 27Kentucky#2Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA4–5 $^{(12)}$Strecker (2–0)Stallings (0–1)Jack (4)11,11822–44–3
March 28Kentucky#2Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA7–3Person (1–0)Nelson (2–1)11,51623–45–3
March 29Kentucky#2Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA10–12 $^{(11)}$Jack (1–0)Bugg (0–1)10,73223–55–4
March 31vs. Louisiana–Lafayette#5Zephyr Field • Metairie, LA8–6Reynolds (2–0)Toups (1–2)Stallings (11)10,85324–5 :
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
April 2at Alabama#5Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL8–5 $^{(16)}$Norman (2–1)Wilhite (0–1)4,11725–56–4
April 3at Alabama#5Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL6–2Lange (6–0)Carter (1–4)3,96326–57–4
April 4at Alabama#5Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL6–4 $^{(13)}$Stallings (1–1)Burrows (0–3)5,38127–58–4
April 7New Orleans#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA11–2Reynolds (3–0)Kelleher (1–4)10,83728–5
April 8Northwestern State#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA9–6Godfrey (6–0)Tidwell (2–3)10,67629–5
April 10Auburn#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA3–2Poche' (6–1)Lipscomb (4–1)Newman (1)10,06430–59–4
April 11Auburn#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA1–6Thompson (7–2)Bain (0–1)10,74330–69–5
April 12Auburn#4Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA6–2Person (2–0)McCord (2–3)10,03731–610–5
April 15Lamar#3Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA11–2Bouman (1–1)Love (0–1)9,94732–6
April 18at Georgia#3Foley Field • Athens, GA4–1Lange (7–0)Lawlor (4–5)Newman (2)33–611–5
April 18at Georgia#3Foley Field • Athens, GA9–1Poche' (7–1)McLaughlin (3–3)3,13834–612–5
April 19at Georgia#3Foley Field • Athens, GACancelled
April 21Tulane#1Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA6–0Bain (1–1)Duester (4–4)10,61435–6
April 23#4 Texas A&M#1Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA4–3Strall (3–0)Vinson (3–1)10,82236–613–5
April 24#4 Texas A&M#1Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA9–6Reynolds (4–0)Hendrix (3–1)Newman (3)12,04237–614–5
April 25#4 Texas A&M#1Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA2–6Simonds (3–1)Bain (1–2)Vinson (3)11,48937–714–6
April 28Alcorn State#1Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA6–1Norman (3–1)Morales (0–5)10,18538–7
April 30at Mississippi State#1Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS5–3 $^{(14)}$Godfrey (7–0)Fitts (2–4)Stallings (12)7,25139–715–6 :
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
May 1at Mississippi State#1Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS11–4Lange (8–0)Brown (5–6)Newman (4)8,29340–716–6
May 2at Mississippi State#1Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS7–8 $^{(12)}$Hudson (1–0)Bugg (0–2)8,48040–816–7
May 8Missouri#1Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA8–3Norman (4–1)McClain (6–6)–11,00941–817–7
May 9Missouri#1Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA8–2Lange (9–0)Houck (7–4)11,38642–818–7
May 10Missouri#1Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA6–5 $^{(10)}$Reynolds (5–0)Williams (4–3)11,20843–819–7
May 12at New Orleans#1Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA9–1Devall (2–0)Kelleher (2–9)2,38044–8
May 14at South Carolina#1Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC7–10Scott (2–3)Godfrey (7–1)7,50744–919–8
May 15at South Carolina#1Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC9–2Bain (2–2)Schmidt (2–2)8,24245–920–8
May 16at South Carolina#1Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC8–1Lange (10–0)Widener (1–5)8.24246–921–8 :
Post-season :
SEC Tournament
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT Record
May 20vs. Auburn#1Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL9–8Norman (5–1)Wingenter (1–6)Bugg (2)47–91–0
May 21vs. #30 Arkansas#1Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL10–5Reynolds (6–0)Teague (4–4)8,36148–92–0
May 23vs. #9 Florida#1Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL1–2Lewis (6–1)Stallings (1–2)10,94948–102–1 :
NCAA tournament: Regionals
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
May 29Lehigh(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA10–3Newman (3–0)Boswick (3–4)10,94549–101–0
May 30UNC Wilmington(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA2–0Lange (11–0)Phillips (2–2)11,25150–102–0
June 1UNC Wilmington(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA2–0Poche' (8–1)Crump (1–2)Bugg (3)11,30151–103–0 :
NCAA tournament: Super Regionals
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
June 6Louisiana–Lafayette(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA4–3Bugg (1–2)Bacon (6–3)11,17952–104–0
June 7Louisiana–Lafayette(2)Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA6–3Poche' (9–1)Leger (6–5)11,79553–105–0 :
College World Series
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT Record
June 14(7) TCU(2)TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE3–10Morrison (12–3)Poche' (9–2)24,50653–115-1
June 16Cal State Fullerton(2)TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE5–3Lange (12–0)Seabold (5–4)18,75154–116-1
June 18(7) TCU(2)TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE4–8Teakell (3–1)Bain (2–3)26,80354–126-2 :
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.
2015 SEC baseball recordsvte
Source: 2015 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 | 12–18 | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | ALA | W6 | 3–7 | 1–2 |
| ARK | 17–12 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | . | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | ARK | W3 | 7–2 | 1–1 |
| AUB | 13–17 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | 1–2 | AUB | W5 | 4–6 | 1–2 |
| FLA | 19–11 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | . | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | FLA | E2 | 7–3 | 2–0 |
| UGA | 10–19 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | . | 0–3 | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | . | 0–3 | UGA | E7 | 3–7 | 1–3 |
| KEN | 14–15 | . | 1–2 | . | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | KEN | E4 | 5–5 | 1–1 |
| LSU | 21–8 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | . | 2–1 | . | LSU | W1 | 9–1 | 2–0 |
| MSU | 8–22 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | 1–2 | 1–2 | | . | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | . | MSU | W7 | 1–9 | 0–3 |
| MIZZ | 15–15 | 2–1 | . | . | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | . | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | MIZZ | E3 | 6–4 | 1–2 |
| MISS | 15–14 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | . | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | . | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | MISS | W4 | 4–5 | 1–0 |
| SCAR | 13–17 | . | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | . | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | SCAR | E5 | 3–7 | 1–1 |
| TENN | 11–18 | . | 1–1 | . | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | . | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | TENN | E6 | 3–6 | 1–3 |
| TAMU | 18–10 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | . | . | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | | . | TAMU | W2 | 6–3 | 2–0 |
| VAN | 20–10 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | . | . | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | . | | VAN | E1 | 7–3 | 3–0 |
| 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.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | 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 | 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 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
### Paul Mainieri

* SEC Coach of the Year
* NCBWA Coach of the Year

### Alex Bregman

* Louisville Slugger Pre-season Second team All-American
* Perfect Game USA Pre-season First team All-American
* Baseball America Pre-season First team All-American
* First team All-SEC
* SEC All-Defensive Team
* Louisville Slugger First team All-American
* Baseball America First team All-American

### Chris Chinea

* Second team All-SEC
* Louisville Slugger Third team All-American
* NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team

### Jared Foster

* SEC All-Tournament Team

### Conner Hale

* First team All-SEC
* NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team

### Mark Laird

* SEC All-Defensive Team

### Alex Lange

* SEC Freshman of the Year
* First team All-SEC
* Louisville Slugger First team All-American
* NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team
* Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Baton Rouge Regional
* NCBWA Freshman All-American
* NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year
* Baseball America First team All-American

### Jared Poche'

* Louisville Slugger Pre-season Second team All-American

### Kade Scivicque

* First team All-SEC
* SEC All-Defensive Team
* Louisville Slugger Second team All-American
* Baseball America Second team All-American

### Jesse Stallings

* NCBWA Freshman All-American

### Andrew Stevenson

* First team All-SEC
* SEC All-Defensive Team
* NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team
* Baseball America Third team All-American