Tag: 2022 College Baseball Season

Auburn to open their 73rd season at Plainsman Park against Troy

Auburn set to open the home slate against Troy on Wednesday

It’s the return of college baseball on The Plains. The Auburn Tigers have their home opener on Wednesday against in-state foe Troy.

The Tigers opened the season at Globe Life Field for the State Farm College Baseball Classic. Facing three Big 12 teams, Auburn finished 2-1 after dropping the season opener against the Oklahoma Sooners. They beat No. 14 Texas Tech in a close game before throttling Kansas State on Sunday.

All their focus now shifts to Troy. Lefty Tommy Sheehan will be on the bump for this game. Auburn will face right-handed pitcher Beau Fletcher. He comes in with a 0-0 record and a 5.40 ERA.

“Whenever we hook it up against an in-state opponent, we always want to do good against each other,” head coach Butch Thompson said. The head coach knows the importance of a fast start. “We’re coming right out of the gate on Wednesday and we need to be at our best.”

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LSU baseball’s Cade Doughty named SEC Player of the Week

Doughty had eight hits, two home runs and 12 RBI in the Tigers’ opening weekend sweep of Maine.

Cade Doughty: the third-baseman, the second-baseman, the clean-up hitter, the bringer of dingers.

Call him whatever you like, but the SEC calls him the Player of the Week for his opening weekend performance against the Maine Black Bears. The honor marked the second time Doughty has earned SEC Player of the Week recognition during his career. He was also named the league’s top player on March 15, 2021, after leading LSU to a three-game sweep of Texas-San Antonio.

The redshirt sophomore will play a pivotal role in determining just how good this LSU team can be moving forward in the season. Here’s what the SEC said about him in its release.

LSU’s Cade Doughty led the SEC during the opening weekend with 12 RBI and 17 total bases, and he tied for the league lead with eight total hits and a pair of home runs. Doughty hit .571 during the Tigers’ three-game sweep of Maine, and his on-base percentage was .563. He was 3-for-6 in Game 2 of the series on Saturday with a double, five RBI and a first-inning, three-run homer that highlighted a four-run first inning. Doughty again collected five RBI in Sunday’s Game 3 victory with another three-run homer, a double and a sacrifice fly. He also doubled and drove in two runs in LSU’s Game 1 win on Friday night.

LSU swept the Black Bears this weekend while setting a program record for runs scored in the first three games, and the Tigers will hope for a similar performance for the team heading into a road matchup against Louisiana Tech on Wednesday night.

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A quick look ahead to the LSU Tigers 2022 baseball season

We aren’t far away from the beginning of baseball season.

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We are just a couple of weeks away from the start of what looks to be another exciting Baseball Season at “The Box”.

Not only is it the start of a new season, but also a start of a new regime at LSU. On June 25th, 2021, the Tigers hired Jay Johnson to be the new skipper for the Tigers baseball program. Coach Johnson coached at Arizona last year where he was the Pac-12 coach of the year. He led the Wildcats to the Pac-12 championship and eventually to the College World Series.

His Wildcats had the nation’s best offense in 2021. Oh yeah, did I mention he brought his best player with him? Jacob Berry was the hottest hitter for the No. 1 offense in the country, batting .352 with 17 homers and 70 RBIs. This is why he was placed on Baseball America’s Preseason All-American team for the 2022 season. He wasn’t the only Tiger on that list.

Berry was joined by Dylan Crews, Cade Doughty, and Tre’ Morgan. All four of these Sophomores are part of the reason why there is so much excitement around the program this year. Many truly believe this is a team that could win it all.

LSU begins the 2022 season ranked No. 10 on Baseball America’s Top 25. They will ease into the season with Maine, at Louisiana Tech, Southern, Towson, and New Orleans before things ramp up in the Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic where the Tigers will take on the likes of Oklahoma, No. 1 Texas, and Baylor at Minute Maid Park.

LSU baseball ranked in fourth preseason poll

Another preseason poll, another top 10 ranking

We are less than a month away from the beginning of the 2022 college baseball season and the LSU Tigers are among the top 10 teams in the country.

New baseball head coach Jay Johnson is preparing to lead this team back to Omaha and the College World Series. Last season their dream was cut short by the Tennessee Volunteers in the Super Regional.

After signing the No. 1 recruiting class in 2022, the Tigers are ready to defend their turf and make another run at a national championship. LSU hasn’t returned to the CWS since 2017. Johnson led the Arizona Wildcats to Omaha last year.

Per the LSU Tigers’ release:

LSU is ranked No. 10 in the 2022 Baseball America preseason Top 25, marking the Tigers’ fourth Top 10 appearance in a preseason poll.

LSU’s previously released preseason rankings are No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball, No. 4 by Perfect Game, and No. 8 by D1 Baseball.

The Tigers are engaged in groups workouts and conditioning drills, and LSU’s first official team practice is scheduled for Friday afternoon. The 2022 season begins on February 18, when LSU plays host to Maine in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

Rank Team
1 Texas Longhorns
2 Vanderbilt Commodores
3 Mississippi State Bulldogs
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
5 Virginia Cavaliers
6 Florida Gators
7 Stanford Cardinal
8 Arkansas Razorbacks
9 Mississippi Rebels
10 LSU Tigers
11 Oregon State Beavers
12 Florida State Seminoles
13 Arizona Wildcats
14 Georgia Bulldogs
15 East Carolina Pirates
16 North Carolina State Wolfpack
17 Tennessee Volunteers
18 UC Irvine Anteaters
19 Oklahoma State Cowboys
20 Nebraska Cornhuskers
21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
22 UCLA Bruins
23 Texas Tech Red Raiders
24 Old Dominion Monarchs
25 Miami Hurricanes