2013 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2013 LSU Tigers baseball
SEC Western Division Champion
2013 SEC baseball tournament Champion
Baton Rouge Regional Champion
Baton Rouge Super Regional Champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
CBNo. 7
Record57-11 (23-7 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachJavi Sanchez
Pitching coachAlan Dunn
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‍y 26 – 3   .897 54 – 12   .818
No. 13 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 17 – 12   .586 43 – 20   .683
Florida  ‍‍‍y 14 – 16   .467 29 – 30   .492
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 30 – 25   .545
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 18 – 32   .360
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 8 – 20   .286 22 – 30   .423
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 21 – 32   .396
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍‍‡‍y 23 – 7   .767 57 – 11   .838
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18 – 11   .621 39 – 22   .639
No. 2 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 51 – 20   .718
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 38 – 24   .613
Alabama  ‍‍‍y 14 – 15   .483 35 – 28   .556
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 13 – 16   .448 34 – 29   .540
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 33 – 23   .589
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2013[1][2][3][4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2013 LSU Tigers baseball team represents Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2013. The Tigers played their home games in the new Alex Box Stadium, which opened in 2009. On May 17, 2013, the playing field at Alex Box Stadium was designated Skip Bertman Field, in honor of the LSU coach with the most wins in the program's history. At the end of the game against Ole Miss, the program celebrated the best regular season record in its history with 48 wins.[5]

The team is coached by Paul Mainieri who is in his seventh season at LSU. In the 2012 season, the Tigers failed to reach the College World Series; however, the Tigers did win the regular season and post season SEC championship. Overall, the Tigers finished 47–18, 19–11 in the SEC.

Pre-season[edit]

Key losses[edit]

  • Kevin Gausman (RHP) - 4th overall selection in 2012 MLB Draft
  • Austin Nola (SS) - 4-year starter; 5th round selection in 2012 MLB Draft
  • Tyler Hanover (INF) - 4-year starter; 11th round selection in 2012 MLB Draft

Key players returning[edit]

  • Ryan Eades (RHP) - 5–3 with a 3.83 ERA in 2012
  • Mason Katz (1B) - 13 Home Runs in 2012 (Lead SEC)
  • Aaron Nola (RHP) - 7–4 with a 3.61 ERA in 2012
  • Raph Rhymes (OF) - 2012 SEC POY; Lead NCAA with .431 BA

Personnel[edit]

Roster[edit]

2013 LSU Tigers baseball roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 Aaron Nola - Sophomore
  • 12 Hunter Devall - Freshman
  • 21 Joe Broussard - Junior
  • 24 Cody Glenn - Sophomore
  • 25 Joey Bourgeois - Senior
  • 27 Mitch Sewald - Freshman
  • 29 Nate Fury - Junior
  • 33 Kevin Berry - Senior
  • 36 Will LaMarche - Junior
  • 37 Ryan Eades - Junior
  • 38 Nick Rumbelow - Junior
  • 39 Kurt McCune - Junior
  • 40 Taylor Butler - Freshman
  • 45 Russell Reynolds - Freshman
  • 49 Brent Bonvillain - Senior
  • 55 Hunter Newman - Freshman
  • 58 Chris Cotton - Senior
  

Catchers

  • 11 Michael Barash - Freshman
  • 20 Chris Chinea - Freshman
  • 26 Ty Ross - Junior
  

Infielders

  •  2 Tyler Moore - Sophomore
  •  8 Mason Katz - Senior
  • 14 Christian Ibarra - Junior
  • 17 Jared Foster - Sophomore
  • 23 JaCoby Jones - Junior
  • 28 Casey Yocom - Senior
  • 30 Alex Bregman - Freshman
  

Outfielders

 

2013 LSU Tigers Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=27867 Archived 2018-02-19 at the Wayback Machine

Coaching staff[edit]

2013 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staff
  • Paul Mainieri - Head Coach - 7 years at LSU
  • Alan Dunn - Pitching Coach - 2 year
  • Javi Sanchez - Hitting Coach - 5 years
  • Will Davis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 5 years
  • Blake Dean - Undergraduate Assistant - 1st year
  • Ross Brezovsky - Coordinator of Baseball Operations - 4 years

2013 LSU Tigers Baseball Coaches & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=28707 Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

Schedule/Results[edit]

2013 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Post-season
SEC tournament
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record
57[59] May 22 Alabama Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		 3–0 Glenn (7–2) Sullivan (5–6) Cotton (13) 6,197 49–8 1-0
58[60] May 23 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		 1–4 Stanek (9–2) Bourgeois (3–2) Suggs (12) - 49–9 1-1
59[61] May 24 Alabama Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		 3–2 Fury (2–1) Oczypok (4–2) Cotton (14) - 50–9 2-1
60[62] May 25 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		 3–1 LaMarche (2–0) Moore (1–4) Cotton (15) - 51–9 3-1
61[63] May 24 Vanderbilt Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)		 5–4 (11) Cotton (4–1) Miller (5–2) - 10,590 52–9 4-1
NCAA tournament: Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
62[64] May 31 Jackson St. Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		 11–7 McCune (4–1) Juday, A. (7–5) - 11,577 9,316 53–9 1-0
63[65] June 1 Sam Houston St. Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		 8–5 Nola (11–0) Scott, A. (2–1) Cotton (16) 12,085 10,752 54–9 2-0
64[66] June 2 UL-Lafayette Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		 5–1 Bonvillain (3–0) Boutte, C (8–4) - 11,838 10,191 55–9 3–0
NCAA tournament: Super Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
65[67] June 7 #19 Oklahoma Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		 2–0 Nola (12–0) Gray, J. (10–3) - 12,007 11,095 56–9 4-0
66[68] June 8 #19 Oklahoma Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)		 11–1 LaMarche (3–0) Overton, D. (9–3) - 12,153 11,401 57–9 5-0
College World Series
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
67[69] June 16 #2 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
(Omaha, Nebraska)		 2–1 Plutko (9–3) Nola (12–1) Berg (22) - 26,344 57–10 5-1
68[70] June 18 #2 North Carolina TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
(Omaha, Nebraska)		 2–1 Thornton, T (12–1) Glenn (7–3) McCue, C (2) - 21,380 57–11 5-2

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.

Record vs. conference opponents[edit]

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

2013 SEC baseball records

Source: 2013 SEC baseball game results, 2013 SEC baseball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 14–15 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 . 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 . 2–1 2–0 1–2 ALA W5 5–5 1–2
ARK 18–11 2–1 1–2 . 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 . ARK W2 7–3 1–0
AUB 13–17 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 . . 2–1 0–3 AUB W7 5–5 0–2
FLA 14–16 . . 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 . 1–2 FLA E3 4–6 1–1
UGA 7–20 0–3 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 . 0–3 1–0 0–3 1–2 UGA E7 1–8 0–3
KEN 11–19 . 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 0–3 KEN E4 4–6 0–3
LSU 23–7 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 . 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 . LSU W1 9–1 4–0
MSU 16–14 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 0–3 MSU W3 5–5 2–1
MIZZ 10–20 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 . . 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 MIZZ E5 3–7 0–3
MISS 15–15 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 . . 3–0 1–2 0–3 MISS W4 4–6 2–1
SCAR 17–12 . 0–3 . 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 3–0 0–2 SCAR E2 6–4 4–2
TENN 8–20 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 0–1 2–1 . . 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 TENN E6 2–7 0–3
TAMU 13–16 0–2 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 . 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 . TAMU W6 4–6 2–2
VAN 26–3 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 . VAN E1 10–0 6–0
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.

Ranking movements[edit]

Main article: 2013 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'33*3232222233322
Baseball America10998774333233222
Collegiate Baseball^44444333212233311
NCBWA†321

^ 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.

LSU Tigers in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft[edit]

The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2013 MLB Draft.[71]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Ryan Eades RHP 2 43 Minnesota Twins
JaCoby Jones CF 3 87 Pittsburgh Pirates
Mason Katz 2B 4 125 St. Louis Cardinals
Nick Rumbelow RHP 7 224 New York Yankees
Will LaMarche RHP 9 276 Detroit Tigers
Ty Ross C 12 372 San Francisco Giants
Chris Cotton LHP 14 407 Houston Astros
Raph Rhymes OF 15 456 Detroit Tigers
Christian Ibarra 3B 32 959 Pittsburgh Pirates

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