Texas A&M Aggies (28-7, 9-5 SEC) at LSU Fighting Tigers (23-15, 6-9 SEC)
DATES/TIMES (TV)
• Friday, April 17 @ 6 p.m. CT (ESPN)
• Saturday, April 18 @ 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
• Sunday, April 19 @ 1 p.m. CT (ESPN)
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/stay; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com
RANKINGS
TAMU – No. 7 (USA Today), No. 9 (Baseball America), No. 10 (D1 Baseball)
LSU SERIES RECORD VS. TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M leads the all-time sequence with LSU – which started in 1907 – 34-32-1 … the Tigers posted 2-1 sequence victories over the Aggies in 2023 in Bryan-College Station and in 2024 in Baton Rouge; nevertheless, the Aggies gained two of three video games over LSU final season (May 2-4) in Bryan-College Station … LSU then confronted Texas A&M in the 2025 SEC Tournament, and the Tigers posted a 4-3 win over TAMU … the sequence is tied, 19-19, in the 38 video games performed between the faculties since Texas A&M started taking part in baseball in the SEC in 2013 … LSU is 8-7 vs. Texas A&M in its SEC regular-season video games performed in Baton Rouge because the Aggies joined the SEC.
PITCHING MATCHUPS
Game 1
LSU – So. RH Casan Evans (2-1, 4.91 ERA, 47.2 IP, 23 BB, 68 SO)
TAMU – Jr. LH Shane Sdao (3-2, 5.77 ERA, 48.1 IP, 12 BB, 58 SO)
Game 2
LSU – So. RH William Schmidt (4-3, 3.22 ERA, 44.2 IP, 18 BB, 63 SO)
TAMU – So. RH Aiden Sims (6-0, 3.56 ERA, 48.0 IP, 15 BB, 51 SO)
Game 3
LSU – TBA
TAMU – TBA
QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON
“We need to play better baseball; I know that’s simplistic, but that’s what has to happen. It’s one-thousand percent about the way we play. You have to pitch well, defend, and excel in timely or situational hitting. This team has won games when it’s done that, but it hasn’t done it enough. I think there is plenty of better baseball in us, and it’s our job to execute.”
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• LSU is 23-15 general, 6-9 in the SEC … the Tigers posted a 4-2 win over Northwestern State on Tuesday night time in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field … LSU is No. 7 in the SEC in crew batting common (.285), and the Tigers are No. 4 in the league in residence runs with 63.
• The LSU pitching workers is No. 1 in the nation this season in strikeouts with 453; the Tigers led the nation in strikeouts in each 2024 (798) and in 2025 (760).
• Freshman first baseman Mason Braun led LSU on the plate in the Ole Miss sequence final weekend, batting .455 (5-for-11) in three video games with one double and one run scored … he was 3-for-4 with a double in final Friday’s recreation at Ole Miss, tying his profession excessive for hits that he first completed on February 20 versus Indiana.
• LSU hit residence runs in three consecutive at-bats final Sunday at Ole Miss, conducting the feat for the second time in per week … centerfielder Derek Curiel, designated hitter Cade Arrambide and rightfielder Jake Brown homered in consecutive at-bats in the seventh inning on Sunday, decreasing a 7-0 Ole Miss lead to 7-3 in an inning the place the Tigers ultimately tied the rating at 7-7 … LSU additionally hit back-to-back-to-back residence runs on April 5 at Tennessee, with Arrambide, third baseman John Pearson and second baseman Seth Dardar homering in three consecutive at-bats in the seventh inning.
• Rightfielder Jake Brown has 4 homers and eight RBI in LSU’s final 5 video games … Brown leads the crew with 15 residence runs and 49 RBI on the 12 months … he’s No. 2 in the SEC in residence runs (16), No. 3 in RBI (49), No. 6 in runs scored (43), No. 8 in base hits (49), No. 10 in slugging pct. (.684).
• Centerfielder Derek Curiel is hitting .450 (18-for-40) in LSU’s final 10 video games with one triple, 4 homers, 17 RBI, 14 runs and two steals… Curiel leads LSU in batting common at .362, and he has produced eight doubles, two triples, 5 homers, 39 RBI and 41 runs … Curiel is No. 3 in the SEC in hits (54) and No. 2 in triples (2) … he’s batting .356 (21-for-59) in SEC video games with one 2B, two 3B, three HR and 17 RBI.
• Catcher/DH Cade Arrambide has reached base safely in 15 straight video games, and he has a present six-game hitting streak … Arrambide is batting .389 (7-for-18) in LSU’s final 5 video games with one double, one homer, two RBI and two runs scored.
• Shortstop Steven Milam has dedicated only one error all season in 140 probabilities, producing a .993 fielding proportion … Milam is No. 6 in the SEC in hit-by-pitch (11), and he’s No. 7 in the league in at-bats with 147 on the 12 months … he has a present reached-base safely streak that has stretched to 15 video games … Milam is batting .333 in LSU’s final 10 video games with three homers, three doubles, six RBI and 10 runs.
ABOUT THE AGGIES
• Texas A&M is 28-7 general, and the Aggies are tied with Texas for second place in the SEC standings with a 9-5 mark, 1.5 video games behind first-place Georgia … Texas A&M gained two video games over Texas final weekend in College Station, and Game 3 was canceled due to inclement climate.
• The Aggies are No. 3 in the SEC with a .316 crew batting common … Texas A&M is paced offensively by outfielder Caden Sorrell, who’s batting .368 with 12 doubles, 17 homers and 57 RBI … INF/OF Gavin Grahovac is batting .360 with 11 homers, three triples, 10 homers and 49 RBI, and infielder Nico Partida is hitting .351 with seven doubles, 11 homers and 37 RBI.
• The Aggies pitching workers has recorded 298 strikeouts in 291.0 innings whereas permitting 52 residence runs and a .260 opponent batting common … Texas A&M is No. 13 in the SEC with a 4.73 cumulative ERA.
