LSU-Ole Miss to decide series

OXFORD, Miss. — LSU and Ole Miss will decide their Southeastern Conference series when they meet in the finale at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Swayze Field.

The No. 4 Tigers won the opener 4-3 in 13 innings Friday night and the No. 24 Rebels bounced back with a 7-4 victory Saturday afternoon.

Here are the starting lineups for the game:

LSU (37-11, 15-8)

Arby Fields — CF

Austin Nola — SS

Mason Katz — 1B

Raph Rhymes — LF

Alex Edward — RF

Jordy Snikeris — DH

Ty Ross — C

Tyler Hanover — 3B

JaCoby Jones — 2B

Aaron Nola — P

Ole Miss (31-17, 11-12)

Tanner Mathis — LF

Andrew Mistone — 3B

Alex Yarbrough — 2B

Matt Snyder — 1B

Will Allen — C

Zach Kirkey — DH

Auston Bousfield — CF

Austin Anderson — SS

Will Jamison — RF

Dylan Chavez — P

 

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LSU seeks series win at Ole Miss

OXFORD, Miss. — No. 4 LSU will try to clinch a Southeastern Conference serues victory when it plays No. 24 Ole Miss at 2 p.m. Saturday at Swayze Field.

The Tigers won the seris opener 4-3 in 13 innings Friday night as Grant Dozar homered and then singled home the winning run in the 13th.

Here are the starting lineups for today’s game:

LSU (37-10, 15-7)

Arby Fields — CF

Austin Nola — SS

Mason Katz — RF

Raph Rhymes — LF

Tyler Moore 1B

Grant Dozar — DH

Ty Ross — C

Tyler Hanover — 3B

JaCoby Jones — 2B

Ryan Eades — P

Ole Miss (30-17, 10-12)

Tanner Mathis — LF

Andrew Mistone — 3B

Alex Yarbrough — 2B

Matt Snyder — 1B

Will Allen — C

Zach Kirksey — DH

Auston Bousfield — CF

Austin Anderson — SS

Will Jamison — RF

Mike Mayers — P

For updates, follow @LesEast on Twitter.

 

 

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LSU-Ole Miss lineups set

OXFORD, Miss. — LSU and Ole Miss have posted their starting lineups for the opening game of their three-game Southeastern Conference series at Swayze Field. Game time is 6:30 p.m.

LSU (36-10 and 14-7)

Arby Fields — CF
Austin Nola — SS
Mason Katz — RF
Raph Rhymes — LF
Tyler Moore — 1B
Grant Dozar — DH
Ty Ross — C
Tyler Hanover — 3B
JaCoby Jones — 2B
Kevin Gausman — P

Ole Miss (30-16 and 10-11)

Tanner Mathis — LF
Andrew Mistone — 3B
Alex Yarbrough — 2B
Matt Snyder — 1B
Will Allen — C
John Gatlin — DH
Austin Anderson — SS
Auston Bousfield — CF
Will Jamison — RF
Bobby Wahl — P

For updates follow @LesEast on Twitter.

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Rhymes grounds out again, now at .497

LSU left fielder Raph Rhymes went after the first pitch to start the eighth inning and grounded out to second.

Unless there are extra innings, his night will likely end with a 1-for-3 effort and an average of .497 after coming into the game hitting an even .500.

Earlier, Rhymes grounded out to third, hit a sacrifice fly to left and doubled to center, extending his hitting streak to eight games.

LSU holds a precarious 4-3 lead, and is only still in front because of a couple of questionable base-running decisions by the Lions, most recently Brock Hebert getting tagged out at home trying to score when a ball trickled away from Ty Ross.

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Rhymes doubles in 5th, average back to .500

LSU left fielder Raph Rhymes got his average back to .500 (71-for-142) in the bottom of the fifth inning Wednesday night against SLU.

Facing an 0-2 count against new Lions relief pitcher Matt Pittari, Rhymes lobbed a shot into shallow center field. SLU center fielder Harry Slade was charging hard, but his diving attempt wasn’t good enough as the ball kicked away toward right.

Austin Nola and Tyler Moore then flied out, stranding Rhymes at second base. LSU leads 4-1 going to the sixth inning.

So far tonight, Rhymes has a ground out to third (though replays show he beat the throw), a sacrifice fly to left as part of LSU’s four-run third inning and a double.

His current hitting streak is now at eight games. Rhymes also has two nine-game hitting streaks.

More to come …

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Rhymes hits sac fly to left in 3rd inning, Tigers take 2-1 lead

Raph Rhymes worked a full count on SLU reliever Tanner Rainey in the bottom of the third inning before lifting a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to left.

That easily scored JaCoby Jones from third to tie the score 1-1. Austin Nola followed that with a sharp double down the left field line to score Arby Fields from second. Tyler Moore followed that with a solid two-RBI single to center to give LSU a 4-1 lead going to the fourth.

Rhymes is now 0-for-1 tonight with an RBI, his team-leading 45th of the season. He’s still hitting .496 after grounding out to third in the first inning, though it was a ball that replays showed he beat out.

More updates to come …

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Rhymes grounds out in first at bat

LSU left fielder Raph Rhymes grounded out on a high chopper to short in his first at bat Wednesday night against SLU, though replays showed he beat the throw.

Rhymes protested only for a moment then headed back to the dugout, his average now at .496. The call shows how difficult it will be for Rhymes to maintain this pace and try to become the first college hitter since 1991 to bat .500. A bad call knocks you back four points.

The Tigers trail the Lions 1-0 in the bottom of the second.

More updates to come.

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LSU, SLU meet at The Box

Scott Rabalais here with you, taking you through tonight’s game between No. 3 LSU (32-9) and Southeastern Louisiana (28-13) at Alex Box Stadium.

We’ll be blogging and tweeting updates during the game, including after each of Raph Rhymes at bats. In case you somehow missed it, Rhymes comes into the game batting .500 for the season, which leads the NCAA by 50 points.

Here are tonight’s lineups

No. 3 LSU Tigers (32-9)

1. 2B JaCoby Jones (.245)

2. CF Arby Fields (.288)

3. RF Mason Katz (.350)

4. LF Raph Rhymes (.500)

5. SS Austin Nola (.301)

6. 1B Tyler Moore (.254)

7. 3B Tyler Hanover (.307)

8. C Ty Ross (.307)

9. DH Grant Dozar (.276)

Starting pitcher – RH Joe Broussard (4-0, 4.15 ERA)

Southeastern Louisiana Lions (28-13)

1. CF Harry Slade (.275)

2. SS Ben Hernandez (.252)

3. 2B Brock Hebert (.401)

4. 1B Jonathan Pace (.375)

5. DH Cody Gougler (.294)

6. LF Ladd Rhodes (.250)

7. C Jacob Fisher (.182)

8. 3B Brett Hoffman (.210)

9. RF Alex Marse (.148)

Starting pitcher – RH Josh Janway (2-2, 2.95 ERA)

 

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Baseball TV change for tonight!!!!

Cox has announced that the LSU-Kentucky baseball game will air on its Ch. 96 (beginning at 5:30 p.m.). … That should reach all who have Cox.

The game will be rebroadcast on Fox College Sports(Cox Cable Ch. 255) beginning at 10 p.m. That was the channel the game was originally set to air live on before this change (but many Cox subscribers do not have this channel).

It seems Saturday will stay the same (on 255), and Sunday there is no television at all.

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SEC posts weekend pitching rotations

The pitching rotations for this weekend’s SEC matchups have been posted on the conference website, www.SECSports.com (you must be able to open a PDF to view).

If you just want to check out the LSU-Kentucky matchups, we’ll save you the trouble:

FRIDAY, 5:30 p.m. CST (Fox Sports South, Cox Cable Ch. 255)

LSU – So. RHP Kevin Gausman (6-1, 2.76 ERA)
UK – Jr. LHP Taylor Rogers (4-1, 5.07 ERA)

SATURDAY, 1 p.m. CST (Fox Sports South, Cox Cable Ch. 255)

LSU – So. RHP Ryan Eades (5-1, 2.51 ERA)
UK – Jr. LHP Jerad Grundy (3-1, 4.60 ERA)

SUNDAY, noon CDT (No TV)

LSU – Fr. RHP Aaron Nola (5-1, 3.15 ERA)
UK – So. LHP Corey Littrell (6-0, 1.95 ERA)

 

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