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Former LSU pitcher Micah Bucknam reveals transfer destination

Micah Bucknam has announced that he is taking his talents to Texas as he is transferring to Dallas Baptist.

[autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] has announced that he is taking his talents to Texas as he is transferring to Dallas Baptist University.

The Dallas Baptist Patriots finished last season with a 45-15 record. They were the champions of Conference USA and then played in the Tuscon Regional where they went 1-2 and were eliminated by Grand Canyon University.

Bucknam is a sophomore from Abbotsford, Canada, and has spent the last two seasons playing for LSU. He played in 16 games over two seasons. He finished with a 0-0 record and a 9.00 career ERA as he pitched a total of 16 innings.

Bucknam was drafted in the 16th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays but he elected to go to college. He goes from a great team at LSU to a great team at Dallas Baptist. I hope he has a great season next year and ends up being an early-round draft pick.

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LSU baseball lands talented bullpen arm in the transfer portal

Chandler Dorsey served as the closer for South Florida last season.

For the past few days, LSU has been losing pitchers to the transfer portal left and right. The Tigers have lost five pitchers to the portal so far ([autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag], [autotag]Nic Bronzini[/autotag], [autotag]Cam Johnson[/autotag], [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag], [autotag]Samuel Dutton[/autotag]). It is about time LSU got someone in return.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] did just that as he landed a right-handed pitcher who pitched at South Florida last year. [autotag]Chandler Dorsey[/autotag] served as the closer for the Bulls and appeared in 22 games. He finished the season with a 2-1 record, a 3.42 ERA, and seven saves. He pitched a total of 26.1 innings and struck out 32 hitters while only walking 12.

Dorsey will likely be the first of many transfer pitchers Johnson and the Tigers will sign this offseason. Along with that, Johnson will try to retain some of the talented young players he had on the team last season. If the Tigers want to make it back to Omaha they will need a solid bullpen.

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LSU baseball loses another pitcher to the transfer portal

Aiden Moffett is moving on after two seasons with the Tigers.

A day after LSU lost [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] to the transfer portal, another Tigers pitcher put his name into the portal.

This time, it’s [autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag], a sophomore right-handed pitcher from Mount Olive, Mississippi. As a freshman last year, he only appeared in one game, giving up one run and walking three hitters without registering an out.

This season he appeared in 16 games and finished with a 0-1 record and a 5.60 ERA. He gave up 11 runs in 17.2 innings pitched. He struck out 21 hitters while only walking 12 in that span. His last appearance came in the first game against North Carolina at the Chapel Hill Regional. He pitched 0.1 innings and struck out the only hitter he faced. His best outing of the season came against Texas A&M when he pitched 3.1 innings and gave up three hits and zero runs as he struck out six hitters and only walked one.

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LSU pitcher enters transfer portal after season ends in regionals

The Tigers are already seeing some postseason attrition in the transfer portal.

The 2024 baseball season has come to an end which means the transfer portal is wide open. Recently we found out that LSU will be losing some depth out of their bullpen as one of their pitchers has announced he is entering the portal.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] announced on his Twitter account that he will be entering the transfer portal. He signed to LSU out of high school and he has appeared in 16 games over his first two seasons as a Tiger. As a freshman, he appeared in eight games and finished with a 0-0 record and an 11.57 ERA. This season he had a 0-0 record and a 7.00 ERA.

His last appearance of this season was on April 20 against Missouri when he went 0.2 innings and allowed one run on two hits. Bucknam is from Canada so it is possible he may head closer to home when he transfers.

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LSU gets revenge against Stony Brook to close weekend series on Sunday

With the win, LSU moves to 7-1 this season and will be off until facing Rice on Wednesday.

There was no shortage of runs from either side in this one. The most important thing, though, is that the Tigers came out on top with an 18-10 win over Stony Brook on Sunday. LSU dropped their first game of the season to the Seawolves on Friday as the Tigers could not manage many hits.

The offense woke up in this one as the Tigers scored 10 runs in the first two innings. In the bottom of the first, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] had an RBI single, [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] had a three RBI triple, and [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] had an RBI single to put the Tigers up 5-0.

In the bottom of the second inning, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] had an RBI single, Frey had another RBI single, [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] had an RBI single, and White had a two-RBI single to give LSU a 10-0 lead.

Stony Brook finally got on the board with a two-run homer in the top of the third inning to cut the lead to 10-2. LSU got those runs back in the bottom of the inning when Jones hit a two-run homer to extend the lead to 12-2.

The Tigers tacked on another run in the bottom of the fourth inning when White hit a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 13-2. In the top of the fifth inning, the Seawolves started making a comeback. Stony Brook scored six runs in the top of the inning to cut the lead to 13-8 as the Seawolves got in striking distance of LSU. Two of the runs were charged to [autotag]Javen Coleman[/autotag] and the other four runs were charged to [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag].

In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU got four of those runs back after [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a three-RBI double and [autotag]Stephen Milam[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 17-8.

The Seawolves scored two more runs in the top of the seventh inning against [autotag]Cam Johnson[/autotag] to cut the lead to 17-10. The Tigers got one of those runs back in the bottom of the eighth when Milam hit an RBI single up the middle to extend the lead to 18-10.

With the win, LSU moves to 7-1 this season and will be off until facing Rice on Wednesday.

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Bombs away in Baton Rouge as LSU baseball takes down Northern Illinois in series opener

The ball was jumping off the bats in Baton Rouge on Thursday afternoon.

The ball was jumping off the bats in Baton Rouge on Thursday afternoon as the Tigers took on the Northern Illinois Huskies. [autotag]Gage Jump[/autotag] got the start on the mound for LSU and he pitched 2.1 innings and allowed one (unearned) run with four strikeouts and a walk.

The Huskies scored their unearned run in the top of the first inning to take a 1-0 lead but that lead only lasted until the bottom of the second inning when LSU plated four runs. [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] and [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] both hit their first homers of the season to give LSU a 4-1 lead.

In the bottom of the third inning, the Tigers tacked on another run when Braswell hit a sacrifice fly to score [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] to make it 5-1 LSU. The Huskies tacked on another run due to a solo homer in the top of the fourth inning to cut the lead to 5-2.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] both hit their first homers of the season as they extended the LSU lead to 9-2.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Pearson hit another solo shot to extend the lead to 10-2. [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] finished off the final two innings of the game as the Tigers improved to 5-0 on the season.

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LSU baseball takes care of business on the road against Southeastern Louisiana

There was no midweek meltdown this time around for the Tigers.

LSU entered Tuesday night’s game against Southeastern Louisiana after losing two midweek games in a row, both to in-state opponents. That was not the case this time as the Tigers breezed to a 10-0 win.

LSU struck first in the top of the second inning when [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch and [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.

In the top of the fourth, Dugas scored on a fielder’s choice, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch, and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a two-RBI single to increase the lead to 7-0.

Dugas scored again in the top of the fifth inning due to a fielding error. That increased the Tigers’ lead to 8-0.

In the top of the seventh inning, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to give LSU a 10-0 lead. All the Tigers had to do was get three outs in the bottom of the inning and they would head home with another run-rule victory.

[autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag], [autotag]Blake Money[/autotag], [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag], [autotag]Will Hellmers[/autotag], and [autotag]Sam Dutton[/autotag] combined for the shutout.

With the win, LSU moves to 36-8 overall this season. LSU will travel to the Plains to take on the Auburn Tigers this weekend. The first pitch for game one is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT Friday night.

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Tigers drop series opener to South Carolina after rain delay

The stage was set for game one between two top-ten teams in Columbia, South Carolina. Paul Skenes vs Will Sanders.

The stage was set for game one between two top-ten teams in Columbia, South Carolina. [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] vs [autotag]Will Sanders[/autotag]. Two teams coming into the game on fire.

For once this season, Skenes seemed human in a 13-5 loss to the Gamecocks.

South Carolina started the game off strong with a two-run blast in the bottom of the first to take a 2-0 lead. In the top of the second, LSU got one of those runs back thanks to a [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] single to cut the lead to 2-1.

In the bottom of the third inning, Carolina hit a solo shot to increase their lead to 3-1. After that, mother nature decided to intervene. The game was delayed in the top of the fourth inning. When play resumed both of the original starters were done for the day.

[autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] came in to pitch for [autotag]Samuel Dutton[/autotag] in the fifth inning and South Carolina greeted him with a lot of noise. The Gamecocks hit a grand slam and a solo shot to increase their lead to 8-1 after five innings. Carolina scored another run in the bottom of the sixth with a sacrifice fly to make it 9-1.

In the top of the seventh, Thompson hit a two-run shot to left field to cut the lead to 9-3. In the bottom of the seventh, Carolina scored three more runs to take a 12-3 lead.

In the top of the eighth, [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to cut the lead to 12-5. The Gamecocks got one of those runs back on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the inning.

With the loss, LSU drops to 25-5 and 6-4 in conference play. They will play a doubleheader Saturday starting at 11 a.m. CT. The Tigers will be fighting to stave off their first SEC series loss.

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Tigers baseball run-rules Grambling in midweek matchup

LSU welcomed Grambling into Baton Rouge after winning a series against the Arkansas Razorbacks, and the offense picked up where it left off.

LSU welcomed Grambling into Baton Rouge after winning a series against the Arkansas Razorbacks and the offense picked up where it left off with a 17-5 run-rule win.

The Tigers scored two runs in the first two innings as [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] scored on a [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] RBI single and [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] scored on a Dugas sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.

In the top of the third inning, Grambling took the lead on a three-run homer against [autotag]Blake Money[/autotag] to give them a 3-2 lead. That lead didn’t last long as LSU scored five runs in the bottom of the third. [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] and Jones hit homers and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] scored on an [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] single to make it 7-3 Tigers.

The Tigers never looked back after that. LSU scored eight runs in the bottom of the fourth off of a Beloso single, a [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] single, a [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] single, a [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] single, and some throwing errors to make it 15-3 LSU after four innings.

Grambling scored one more run in the top of the sixth to cut the lead to 15-4 but LSU got that run back and another as they scored two in the bottom of the sixth. Kling scored on a sacrifice fly by [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch to make it 17-4 after six innings.

[autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] pitched the seventh for the Tigers and Grambling welcomed him with a solo homer to cut the lead to 17-5. That wasn’t enough to stop the run rule as the Tigers won big.

LSU will welcome the Tennessee Vols to Alex Box Stadium this weekend for what should be a great series. The first pitch for Game 1 is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT Thursday.

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LSU baseball opens the weekend on a high note with decisive win over Butler

The Tigers began their four-game weekend with a 12-2 win over the Bulldogs.

After escaping Austin, Texas, with a 3-0 win over the Longhorns, the LSU Tigers looked to get back in the swing of things on offense against Butler to start the weekend. The Tigers did just that with a 12-2 win over the Bulldogs on Friday.

[autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] got the start for the Tigers and showed that he is in a league of his own. He pitched 6 innings allowing just one hit with 13 strikeouts and no walks.

The LSU offense started off very slow, but that is to be expected when you are used to pitchers throwing almost 100 mph and you face a guy that tops out in the high 80s.

In the bottom of the third inning, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] got the Tigers on the board with an RBI double to right field to score [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] and make it 1-0 LSU after three innings.

In the bottom of the fifth, the floodgates opened as LSU plated six runs thanks to a 3-run Crews missile to right field, White scoring on a throwing error, and [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] scoring on an [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] bunt single. That made the score 7-0 after five innings.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU plated two more runs due to a fielding error and a Pearson flyout to right. [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] came in to pitch for Skenes and struck out one of the two batters he faced before he was pulled for [autotag]Griffin Herring[/autotag]. Herring retired the last batter of the inning in one pitch to maintain the 9-0 lead.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] hit an RBI single to center field to score [autotag]Mic Paul[/autotag]. [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] followed that with a 2-RBI double to right field to make it 12-0 Tigers.

[autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag] got his first action of the year in the top of the eighth inning and he struggled with location as he walked three and allowed one run before [autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] came in to get the final out of the eighth inning as LSU held a 12-1 lead.

Guidry stayed in to pitch the ninth inning. He struck out three straight batters but the last hitter reached as Travinski lost the ball. Butler then scored on an RBI double and [autotag]Sam Dutton[/autotag] came in for Guidry. Dutton retired the first batter he faced and LSU won 12-2.

LSU has a long weekend of games ahead of them as they face Central Connecticut State on Saturday and Sunday before playing Butler again on Monday.

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