Bethune-Cookman Wildcats (22-10) at LSU Fighting Tigers (22-11)
DATE/TIME
• Tuesday, April 7 @ 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
STADIUM
• Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in Baton Rouge, La. (10,718)
RADIO
• LSU Sports Radio Network associates
• Live audio at www.LSUsports.web/reside; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com
RANKINGS
LSU – No. 24 (D1 Baseball)
LSU SERIES RECORD VS. BETHUNE-COOKMAN
LSU leads the all-time collection, 3-0, with Bethune-Cookman, which is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference … the Tigers swept three video games from the Wildcats on March 11-13, 2022, in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON
“I’m really proud of our team (following Sunday’s win at Tennessee). What a comeback, there’s so many layers to what happened in the game. It was a great team win, and I know it had been a while since LSU won a series in Knoxville. It was great seeing the enthusiasm in the dugout; this is important to our players, we’ve fought a lot here lately, and this was a great weekend for our program.”
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Catcher/DH Cade Arrambide batted .600 (6-for-10) in three video games final week with 4 homers, eight RBI, six runs, three walks and a .692 on-base proportion … he led LSU to a collection victory at Tennessee, establishing the college single-game dwelling runs document by smashing 4 homers Sunday in the Tigers’ series-clinching 16-6 win over the Vols … Arrambide turned simply the fourth participant in SEC historical past to hit 4 homers in a recreation … he was 5-for-6 on the day with seven RBI, three solo homers and a grand slam that highlighted LSU’s 10-run outburst in the highest of the twelfth inning.
• Arrambide’s first homer on Sunday got here in the fifth inning with LSU trailing 5-0 and started the Tigers’ comeback from the deficit … his second homer in the seventh inning decreased Tennessee’s lead to 5-3, and his third homer gave LSU a 6-5 benefit in the highest of the eleventh … after Tennessee tied the sport in the underside of the eleventh, Arrambide’s grand slam offered LSU with an 11-6 lead and highlighted a 10-run rebellion in the 16-6 victory.
• LSU hit seven dwelling runs in Sunday’s win over Tennessee, marking the primary time the Tigers hit seven dingers in a recreation since March 7, 2009, once they homered seven instances in opposition to Illinois in Baton Rouge … Sunday’s dwelling run output included three solo photographs and a grand slam by catcher/DH Cade Arrambide, solo homers by third baseman John Pearson and by second baseman Seth Dardar, and a two-run blast by shortstop Steven Milam.
• LSU scored 40 runs on 43 hits in its 4 video games final week with one double, two triples and 15 dwelling runs … centerfielder Derek Curiel hit .500 (8-for-16) in 4 video games with one triple, two homers, 9 RBI and 7 runs scored … shortstop Steven Milam hit .368 (7-for-19) final week with three homers, 5 RBI and 5 runs, and second baseman Seth Dardar hit .353 (6-for-17) with one triple, two homers, three RBI and 4 runs.
• Centerfielder Derek Curiel hit grand slams in back-to-back video games on Tuesday versus Southern and on Friday night time at Tennessee, changing into the primary LSU participant to hit grand slams in consecutive video games since Sean Ochinko achieved the feat on March 4 and 5, 2009, versus New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State.
• Right-hander Zac Cowan delivered one other excellent SEC reduction outing on Sunday at Tennessee, limiting the Vols to two unearned runs on only one hit in 4.0 innings with no walks and three strikeouts … in his 4 SEC reduction appearances this season versus Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Tennessee, Cowan has labored a mixed 12.1 innings, posting a 0.00 ERA with three hits, one stroll, 16 strikeouts and an .071 opponent batting common.
• Right-hander Gavin Guidry earned a reduction win on Sunday at Tennessee with the longest outing of his profession … he labored 5.1 innings, limiting the Vols to one run on two hits with one stroll and one strikeout … right-hander Deven Sheerin picked up his second save of the season on Friday night time at Tennessee, working the ultimate 2.0 innings and limiting the Vols to one run on two hits with one stroll and 4 strikeouts.
• LSU has recovered from deficits of three runs or extra – together with a seven-run deficit and two five-run deficits – in every of its final 4 wins … the Tigers trailed Kentucky, 7-0, coming into the underside of the third inning on March 29 earlier than rallying for a 17-10 victory over the Wildcats … the comeback win over UK marked LSU’s largest since May 24, 2024, when the Tigers overcame an 8-0 deficit in an SEC Tournament recreation in opposition to South Carolina to document a 12-11 victory … LSU trailed Southern, 6-1, coming into the underside of the third inning on Tuesday night time and rallied for a 16-6 victory … the Tigers trailed Tennessee, 4-1, on Friday night time coming into the highest of the eighth inning and erupted for 5 runs in the eventual 7-5 win … LSU trailed Tennessee, 5-0, on Sunday coming into the highest of the fifth inning, fought again to ship the sport into further innings, and secured a 16-6 victory by scoring 10 runs in the highest of the twelfth inning.
• LSU’s 10 runs in the highest of the twelfth inning on Sunday at Tennessee are essentially the most in an extra-inning body in LSU Baseball historical past … the earlier excessive was seven runs in an extra-inning body, which LSU had achieved twice – on May 6, 1994, at Auburn (high of tenth inning), and on May 25, 1997, versus Long Beach State (high of eleventh inning, LSU was the visiting staff in an NCAA Regional in the unique Alex Box Stadium).
ABOUT THE WILDCATS
• Bethune-Cookman is 22-10 total this season, and the Wildcats are tied for first place in the Southwestern Athletic Conference with Texas Southern and Florida A&M with a 10-2 league document … Bethune-Cookman received two of three video games over Southern final weekend in a SWAC collection; the primary recreation was performed at Southern’s Lee-Hines Field in Baton Rouge, and the ultimate two video games had been performed at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans.
• The Wildcats are batting .288 as a staff with 67 doubles, eight triples, 16 homers and 83 steals in 101 makes an attempt … BCU is led on the plate by catcher Maikol Lucena, who’s hitting .345 with 5 doubles and 27 RBI … outfielder Michael Rodriguez is batting .343 with 5 doubles, two triples, one homer and 20 RBI, and infielder Jeter Polledo is hitting .304 with 11 doubles, 4 triples, one homer and 28 RBI.
• The Bethune-Cookman pitching employees has a 4.45 cumulative ERA, and the Wildcats have recorded 253 strikeouts in 271.0 innings whereas permitting 14 dwelling runs and a .259 opponent batting common.
