The 2013 LSU Tigers baseball team represented 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.
The team was coached by Paul Mainieri who was 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
Key losses 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 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
Roster 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 4 Raph Rhymes - Senior 5 Chris Sciambra - Sophomore 6 Andrew Stevenson (baseball) - Freshman 7 Sean McMullen - Junior 9 Mark Laird - Freshman 13 Alex Edward - Senior 2013 LSU Tigers Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=27867
Coaching staff 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
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Schedule/Results 2013 LSU Tigers baseball game log Regular season February # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 1Maryland @ LSU - Game 1 February 15 Maryland Terrapins Alex Box Stadium 1–0 Nola (1–0) Reed (0–1) Cotton (1) 9,746 1–0 - 2Maryland @ LSU - Game 2 February 16 Alex Box Stadium 5–1 Berry (1–0) Kirkpatrick (0–1) - 7,104 2–0 - 3Maryland @ LSU - Game 3 February 17 Maryland Alex Box Stadium 14–3 Fury (1–0) Robinson (0–1) - 6,462 3–0 - 4 February 19 Alex Box Stadium 8–1 Devall (1–0) Carver (0–1) Cotton (2) 3,600 4–0 - 5 February 21 BYU Alex Box Stadium 6–5 Bourgeois (1–0) Milke (0–1) - 9,579 5–0 - 6 February 23 BYU Alex Box Stadium 4–9 Anderson, M (1–0) Fury (1–1) Lengal (1) 6,742 5–1 - 7 February 24 Alex Box Stadium 13–1 Eades (1–0) Hymel, J (0–1) - 6,953 6–1 - 8 February 26 Louisiana–Lafayette Alex Box Stadium 11–2 Glenn (1–0) Smith, K (0–1) - 3,790 7–1 - March # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 9 March 1 Alex Box Stadium 4–3 Cotton (1–0) Wright, Tay (0–1) - 4,265 8–1 - 10 March 2 Brown Alex Box Stadium 7–1 Eades (2–0) Mayo, Heath (0–1) - 3,553 9–1 - 11 March 13 Alex Box Stadium 2–0 Glenn (2–0) Byrd, T. (2–1) Cotton (3) 5,789 10–1 - 12 March 5 Alex Box Stadium 9–2 Berry (2–0) Choate (1–1) - 3,282 11–1 - 13 March 6 Alex Box Stadium 10–2 Rumbelow (1–0) Scribner (0–1) 2,788 12–1 - 14 March 8 Alex Box Stadium 9–4 Nola (2–0) Palewicz (2–3) Cotton (4) 6,178 13–1 - 15 March 9 Washington Alex Box Stadium 8–4 Eades (3–0) Voth (2–2) - 7,254 14–1 - 16 March 10 Washington Alex Box Stadium 7–5 Glenn (3–0) Davis (2–0) Cotton (5) 4,823 15–1 - 17 March 13 Nicholls State Alex Box Stadium 9–3 Bonvillain (1–0) Langston, K (0–3) - 4,775 16–1 - 18 March 15 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 6–4 (10) Bourgeois (2–0) Cox (2–1) Cotton (6) 8,068 17–1 1-0 19 March 16 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 7–3 Eades (4–0) Mitchell, E. (0–1) - 9,341 18–1 2-0 20 March 17 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 2–10 Graveman (2–1) Glenn (3–1) - 7,686 18–2 2-1 21 March 20 Alex Box Stadium 2–1 (13) LaMarche (1–0) Brewer, C. (0–1) - 4,476 19–2 2-1 22 March 22 Alex Box Stadium 9–4 Nola (3–0) Koger, D. (0–2) - 7,066 20–2 3-1 23 March 23 Auburn Alex Box Stadium 5–1 Eades (5–0) O'Neal, M. (4–2) - 5,877 21–2 4-1 24 March 24 Auburn Alex Box Stadium 8–2 Glenn (4–1) Kendall, W. (0–1) - 6,137 22–2 5-1 25 March 26 Turchin Stadium 14–1 Reynolds (1–0) B. Wilson (1–2) 4,725 23–2 5-1 26 March 29 Missouri Taylor Stadium 2–0 Nola (4–0) Zastryzny (1–5) Cotton (7) 1,263 24–2 6–1 27 March 30 Missouri Taylor Stadium 8–0 Eades (6–0) Graves (0–3) - 945 25–2 7-1 28 March 31 Missouri Taylor Stadium 6–5 Bonvillain (2–0) Steele (2–1) Cotton (8) 1,107 26–2 8-1 April # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 29Alcorn St. @ LSU April 2 Alex Box Stadium 7–3 Devall (2–0) Mundo (0–2) - 4,203 27–2 8–1 30 April 5 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium 11–1 Nola (5–0) Reed (2–4) - 7,433 28–2 8-1 31Kentucky @ LSU - Game 2 April 6 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium 9–1 Eades (7–0) Grundy (5–3) - 8,569 29–2 10-1 32 April 7 Kentucky Alex Box Stadium 11–4 Glenn (5–1) Littrell (4–1) - 7,223 30-2 11-1 33Southern @ LSU - April 9 April 9 Zephyr Field 11–2 McCune (1–0) Godoy (0–3) - 7,634 31–2 11-1 34Southern @ LSU - April 10 April 10 Southern Alex Box Stadium 16–2 Devall (3–0) Rochelle (1–2) - 4,075 32–2 11-1 35LSU @ Arkansas - Game 1 April 12 Arkansas Baum Stadium 6–2 Nola (6–0) Astin (2–2) - 10,167 33–2 12–1 36LSU @ Arkansas - Game 2 April 13 Arkansas Baum Stadium 3–8 Stanek (4–2) Eades (7–1) - 10,377 33–3 12–2 37LSU @ Arkansas - Game 3 April 14 Arkansas Baum Stadium 5–3 (10) Cotton (2–0) Oliver (2–1) - 10,180 34–3 13-2 38Grambling @ LSU - April 17 April 17 Alex Box Stadium 4–0 McCune (2–0) Jordan (1–3) - 3,654 35–3 13-2 39LSU @ Alabama - Game 1 April 19 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 5–0 Nola (7–0) Sullivan (3–4) - 4,089 36–3 14-2 40LSU @ Alabama - Game 2 April 20 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 11–8 (16) McCune (3–0) Oczypok (3–1) - 5,948 37–3 15-2 41LSU @ Alabama - Game 3 April 21 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 3–4 (10) Haack (1–1) Bourgeois (2–1) - 4,178 37–4 15-3 42Tulane @ LSU April 24 Tulane Alex Box Stadium 4–3 Berry (3–0) LeBlanc (2–3) Cotton (9) 4,522 38–4 15-3 43So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 1 April 26 South Carolina Alex Box Stadium 5–2 Nola (8–0) Belcher (6–4) - 9,006 39–4 16-3 44So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 2 April 27 South Carolina Alex Box Stadium 2–4 Westmoreland (5–1) Cotton (2–1) Webb (13) 10,246 39–5 16-4 45So. Carolina @ LSU - Game 3 April 28 South Carolina Alex Box Stadium 0–4 Wynkoop (6–2) McCune (3–1) Webb (14) 6,380 39–6 16-5 46McNeese St. @ LSU April 30 Alex Box Stadium 7–3 Newman (1–0) McGee (2–5) - 3,104 40–6 16-5 May # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 47Florida @ LSU - Game 1 May 2 Florida Alex Box Stadium 3–2 Bourgeois (3–1) Harris (4–3) Cotton (10) 5,033 41–6 17-5 48Florida @ LSU - Game 2 May 3 Florida Alex Box Stadium 5–0 Nola (9–0) Poyner (2–2) - 6,951 42–6 18-5 49 May 4 Florida Alex Box Stadium 18–6 Eades (8–1) Young (3–4) - 7,733 43–6 19-5 50 May 9 Olsen Field 1–2 Glenn (5–2) Mengden (6–3) Jester (13) 4,103 43–7 19-6 51 May 10 Texas A&M Olsen Field 7–4 Nola (10–0) Kent (2–3) Cotton (11) 5,488 44–7 20-6 52 May 11 Texas A&M Olsen Field 2–1 Cotton (3–1) Jester (2–3) - 5,862 45–7 21-6 53 May 14 New Orleans Alex Box Stadium 11–2 Newman (2–0) A. Smith (3–9) - 5,534 46–7 21-6 54 May 16 Alex Box Stadium 7–1 Glenn (6–2) M. Mayers (4–5) - 7,741 47–7 22-6 55 May 17 Ole Miss Alex Box Stadium 5–4 Berry (4–0) A. Greenwood (3–4) Cotton (12) 10,015 48–7 23-6 56 May 18 Ole Miss Alex Box Stadium 9–11 M. Denny (2–1) Berry (4–1) B. Huber (12) 8,167 48–8 23-7 Post-season SEC tournament # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record 57LSU vs. Alabama - SECT May 22 May 22 Alabama Hoover Metropolitan Stadium(Birmingham, Al.) 3–0 Glenn (7–2) Sullivan (5–6) Cotton (13) 6,197 49–8 1-0 58LSU vs. Arkansas - SECT May 23 May 23 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium(Birmingham, Al.) 1–4 Stanek (9–2) Bourgeois (3–2) Suggs (12) - 49–9 1-1 59LSU vs. Alabama - SECT May 24 May 24 Alabama Hoover Metropolitan Stadium(Birmingham, Al.) 3–2 Fury (2–1) Oczypok (4–2) Cotton (14) - 50–9 2-1 60LSU vs. Arkansas - SECT Semi-Finals May 25 Arkansas Hoover Metropolitan Stadium(Birmingham, Al.) 3–1 LaMarche (2–0) Moore (1–4) Cotton (15) - 51–9 3-1 61LSU vs. Vanderbilt - SEC Championship 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 May 31 Alex Box Stadium(Baton Rouge, La) 11–7 McCune (4–1) Juday, A. (7–5) - 11,577 9,316 53–9 1-0 63 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 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 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 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 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 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
Ranking movements
LSU Tigers in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2013 MLB draft.
Ryan EadesRHP243Minnesota TwinsJaCoby JonesCF387Pittsburgh PiratesMason Katz2B4125St. Louis CardinalsNick RumbelowRHP7224New York YankeesWill LaMarcheRHP9276Detroit TigersTy RossC12372San Francisco GiantsChris CottonLHP14407Houston AstrosRaph RhymesOF15456Detroit TigersChristian Ibarra3B32959Pittsburgh Pirates
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