2013 LSU Tigers baseball team

The 2013 LSU Tigers baseball team represents 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.[5]

2013 LSU Tigers baseball
SEC Western Division Champion
2013 SEC baseball tournament Champion
Baton Rouge Regional Champion
Baton Rouge Super Regional Champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
CBNo. 7
Record57-11 (23-7 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachJavi Sanchez
Pitching coachAlan Dunn
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  xy 263 .8975412 .818
No. 13 South Carolina  y 1712 .5864320 .683
Florida  y 1416 .4672930 .492
Kentucky   1119 .3673025 .545
Missouri   1020 .3331832 .360
Tennessee   820 .2862230 .423
Georgia   720 .2592132 .396
Western
No. 7 LSU  xy 237 .7675711 .838
No. 18 Arkansas  y 1811 .6213922 .639
No. 2 Mississippi State  y 1614 .5335120 .718
Ole Miss  y 1515 .5003824 .613
Alabama  y 1415 .4833528 .556
Texas A&M  y 1316 .4483429 .540
Auburn   1317 .4333323 .589
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2013[1][2][3][4]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The team is coached by Paul Mainieri who is 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

 

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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

2013 LSU Tigers Baseball Coaches & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=28707 Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine

Schedule/Results

2013 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Post-season
SEC tournament
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record
57[59]May 22AlabamaHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
3–0Glenn (7–2)Sullivan (5–6)Cotton (13)6,19749–81-0
58[60]May 23ArkansasHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
1–4Stanek (9–2)Bourgeois (3–2)Suggs (12)-49–91-1
59[61]May 24AlabamaHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
3–2Fury (2–1)Oczypok (4–2)Cotton (14)-50–92-1
60[62]May 25ArkansasHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
3–1LaMarche (2–0)Moore (1–4)Cotton (15)-51–93-1
61[63]May 24VanderbiltHoover Metropolitan Stadium
(Birmingham, Al.)
5–4 (11)Cotton (4–1)Miller (5–2)-10,59052–94-1
NCAA tournament: Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
62[64]May 31Jackson St.Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
11–7McCune (4–1)Juday, A. (7–5)-11,5779,31653–91-0
63[65]June 1Sam Houston St.Alex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
8–5Nola (11–0)Scott, A. (2–1)Cotton (16)12,08510,75254–92-0
64[66]June 2UL-LafayetteAlex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
5–1Bonvillain (3–0)Boutte, C (8–4)-11,83810,19155–93–0
NCAA tournament: Super Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
65[67]June 7#19 OklahomaAlex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
2–0Nola (12–0)Gray, J. (10–3)-12,00711,09556–94-0
66[68]June 8#19 OklahomaAlex Box Stadium
(Baton Rouge, La)
11–1LaMarche (3–0)Overton, D. (9–3)-12,15311,40157–95-0
College World Series
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record
Paid Actual
67[69]June 16#2 UCLATD Ameritrade Park Omaha
(Omaha, Nebraska)
2–1Plutko (9–3)Nola (12–1)Berg (22)-26,34457–105-1
68[70]June 18#2 North CarolinaTD Ameritrade Park Omaha
(Omaha, Nebraska)
2–1Thornton, T (12–1)Glenn (7–3)McCue, C (2)-21,38057–115-2

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.

Record vs. conference opponents


Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2013 SEC baseball game results, 2013 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA14–151–22–1.3–0.1–20–32–10–3.2–12–01–2ALAW55–51–2
ARK18–112–11–2.2–02–11–22–1.1–23–02–12–1.ARKW27–31–0
AUB13–171–22–12–12–1.0–31–21–22–1..2–10–3AUBW75–50–2
FLA14–16..1–21–21–20–31–22–12–13–02–1.1–2FLAE34–61–1
UGA7–200–30–21–22–11–2..1–2.0–31–00–31–2UGAE71–80–3
KEN11–19.1–2.2–12–10–32–11–22–10–31–2.0–3KENE44–60–3
LSU23–72–12–13–03–0.3–02–13–02–11–2.2–1.LSUW19–14–0
MSU16–143–01–22–12–1.1–21–2.1–22–1.3–00–3MSUW35–52–1
MIZZ10–201–2.2–11–22–12–10–3..1–21–20–30–3MIZZE53–70–3
MISS15–153–02–11–21–2.1–21–22–1..3–01–20–3MISSW44–62–1
SCAR17–12.0–3.0–33–03–02–11–22–1.3–03–00–2SCARE26–44–2
TENN8–201–21–2.1–20–12–1..2–10–30–31–20–3TENNE62–70–3
TAMU13–160–21–21–2.3–0.1–20–33–02–10–32–1.TAMUW64–62–2
VAN26–32–1.3–02–12–13–0.3–03–03–02–03–0.VANE110–06–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'33*3232222233322
Baseball America10998774333233222
Collegiate Baseball^44444333212233311
NCBWA321

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

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.[71]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Ryan Eades RHP 2 43 Minnesota Twins
JaCoby Jones CF 3 87 Pittsburgh Pirates
Mason Katz 2B 4 125 St. Louis Cardinals
Nick Rumbelow RHP 7 224 New York Yankees
Will LaMarche RHP 9 276 Detroit Tigers
Ty Ross C 12 372 San Francisco Giants
Chris Cotton LHP 14 407 Houston Astros
Raph Rhymes OF 15 456 Detroit Tigers
Christian Ibarra 3B 32 959 Pittsburgh Pirates

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