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How to watch No. 1 LSU baseball on the road against No. 11 Texas A&M in SEC opening series

The Tigers begin conference play this weekend with a ranked series in College Station.

We’ve gotten through the appetizer. Now, it’s time for the main course.

SEC play is upon us, and it’s time to find out what this unanimously No. 1-ranked LSU baseball team is made of. The Tigers are 16-1 after their non-conference slate, and they open up their league schedule with a three-game road series against Texas A&M — which ranks as high as No. 11 in the polls — in College Station.

“I love the talent on our team; I think we match up great with anyone,” coach Jay Johnson said in a release. “Our players have shown a strong mindset, and I think if they continue to be themselves and execute the fundamentals – quality at-bats, play great defense, apply strike zone pressure from the mound – we will be headed in the right direction. Playing in the SEC is difficult, but that’s also what makes it awesome to play in these games.

“This is how you test how good you are, and that’s exciting. Texas A&M is a great team, and they have a lot of veteran players that were on their College World Series team last year. It should be a great challenge.”

LSU is riding an 11-game winning streak entering this series, its longest since 2017, while the Aggies are coming off a College World Series appearance in 2022 and boast a ranked win on the year against Texas Tech in a 16-inning thriller.

Here’s what you need to know to follow LSU in its opening SEC series this weekend.

PHOTOS: LSU delivers 3 run-rule wins in perfect weekend at The Box

The Tigers remained perfect through this weekend’s four-game slate against Butler and Central Connecticut State.

The LSU baseball team continues to look like the unanimous preseason No. 1 team it was tabbed as.

The Tigers’ bats were on fire this weekend at Alex Box Stadium and the pitching was dominant as they went 4-0 in contests against Butler and Central Connecticut State. Three of these four games ended via run rule, and Friday night’s 12-2 win over Butler would have had the teams not agreed to play nine innings no matter what.

LSU sits at 11-1 on the season and will be back in action against Lamar on Wednesday night. Then, the Tigers draw Samford for the final weekend series before SEC play begins.

Here were the best photos from this weekend’s action at The Box.

How to watch LSU baseball’s penultimate SEC series vs. Ole Miss

The Tigers welcome Ole Miss to town looking to win their fourth-straight SEC series.

With the SEC slate winding down and LSU facing just two more conference opponents before the league tournament in Hoover, Alabama, every game down the stretch matters in terms of seeding.

The No. 14 Tigers (33-15, 14-10 SEC) currently sit in a tie with Texas A&M for second place in the SEC West behind Arkansas and also share the third-best record in the conference. With a strong performance against a struggling Ole Miss team this weekend in Baton Rouge, LSU could be well-positioned to earn a top-four seed in Hoover.

The Rebels (28-19, 10-14 SEC) have been one of the league’s stronger teams in recent years, but it’s been a rough 2022 campaign. Last weekend’s series win against Missouri was their first in conference play since beating Kentucky the first weekend of April.

Mississippi comes to Alex Box Stadium looking to pull off the upset and keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive while LSU could, theoretically, clinch a top-four seed in the SEC Tournament. Here’s what you need to know to watch this weekend’s action as the Tigers look to capture their fourth-straight SEC series victory.

LSU clinches sweep over Bethune-Cookman with shutout win in Game 3

The Tigers won their weekend series against the Wildcats with an emphatic 15-0 shutout win on Sunday.

It was a beautiful day for LSU baseball at “The Box” as the Tigers looked for a weekend sweep of the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats. They got exactly that in a 15-0 shutout win in Game 3.

Ma’Khail Hilliard (1-0) got the start on the mound and earned his first win of the season after he pitched six innings and gave up two hits with zero runs, zero walks and six strikeouts. Riley Cooper, Cale Lansville, and Trey Shaffer followed Hilliard’s performance by finishing off the shutout.

Now, let’s get to the barrage of what seemed like batting practice for LSU. The Tigers started scoring early as Brayden Jobert hit a two-RBI single to center field that scored Cade Doughty and Jacob Berry.

Jordan Thompson followed that with an RBI single to center field to bring Jobert home. That was followed by the ‘Italian Stallion’ Giovanni DiGiacomo hitting a two-run homer to right field to make it 5-0 after one inning.

In the bottom of the second inning, Dylan Crews hit a two-RBI single to score Tre Morgan and Tyler McManus.

Jobert followed that with an RBI double to right field to score Berry.

Thompson followed that with a two-RBI double and just like that, it was 10-0 LSU after two innings.

In the bottom of the third inning, Crews hit a Crews Missle to right field to make it 11-0 after three innings.

Things finally settled down until the bottom of the fifth inning when Doughty hit a three-run homer to left to make it 14-0 Tigers.

In the bottom of the sixth, Drew Bianco hit an RBI double to center field to score the final run of the ball game as LSU got the sweep and the shutout with a 15-0 victory on Sunday afternoon.

The Tigers were led at the plate by Thompson who finished the day 4 for 4 with three RBI. LSU’s next game will be on Tuesday night against the Tulane Green Wave. That game will be in Baton Rouge with the first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

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How to watch LSU baseball’s weekend series against Bethune-Cookman

Here’s all the viewing information for the Tigers’ weekend series against the Wildcats.

Last week’s showing in Houston wasn’t exactly what the Tigers had in mind. After a thrilling win over Oklahoma in the first game of the Shriners College Classic at Minute Maid Park, LSU dropped the following two games to No. 1 Texas and Baylor.

A 1-2 finish was far from result this team hoped for, but it got back in the saddle on Wednesday night in a 6-3 win over McNeese State at Alex Box Stadium, and now the Tigers are 10-3 heading into its final weekend series before it begins conference play against Texas A&M.

The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats come to town for a three-game slate beginning on Friday, and BCU sits at 5-7 entering the weekend. The Wildcats lost their first two series of the year against Youngstown State and Florida Gulf Coast, including a sweep in the latter series.

However, Bethune-Cookman finally got a series win this past weekend, taking all three in a weekend round-robin against Stetson and Sacred Heart before losing its midweek game against UCF.

The Tigers should be poised to earn three wins this weekend. Here’s how you can catch the action.

Game details

Game 1

  • Date: Friday, March 11
  • Location: Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in Baton Rouge
  • Time: 6:30 p.m. CST
  • TV: SEC Network+
  • Radio: LSU Radio Network
  • App: Watch ESPN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (try it free)

Game 2

  • Date: Saturday, March 12
  • Location: Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in Baton Rouge
  • Time: 2 p.m. CST
  • TV: SEC Network+
  • Radio: LSU Radio Network
  • App: Watch ESPN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (try it free)

Game 3

  • Date: Sunday, March 13
  • Location: Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in Baton Rouge
  • Time: 1 p.m. CDT
  • TV: SEC Network+
  • Radio: LSU Radio Network
  • App: Watch ESPN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (try it free)

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Texas baseball’s weekend series against New Mexico canceled

Texas’ weekend series against New Mexico will be canceled. The Lobos were scheduled to play games in Austin on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Like many sports across the country, Texas’ weekend series against New Mexico will be canceled. The Lobos were scheduled to come to Austin and play games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The news broke when the Mountain West Conference announced they had suspended baseball season until further notice. While the Big 12 has not done the same, an announcement of similar nature is expected soon.

Up until this point of the season, the Longhorns were 14-3 and riding a four-game winning streak. Conference play was slated to begin on March 20 with Texas traveling to Oklahoma.

With many sporting events throughout the country being suspended or canceled, Texas fans can only wait until the Big 12 has made an official announcement on the status of spring sports.

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