2015 LSU Tigers baseball team

The 2015 LSU Tigers baseball team represent Louisiana State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers play their home games at Alex Box Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Paul Mainieri, in his 9th season at LSU.

2015 LSU Tigers baseball
SEC Champions Baton Rouge Regional Champions Baton Rouge Super Regional Champions College World Series
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
Record	54–12 (21–8 SEC)
Head coach	Paul Mainieri (9th season)
Hitting coach	Andy Cannizaro (1st season)
Pitching coach	Alan Dunn (4th season)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Vanderbilt  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10		.667			51	–	21		.708
No. 3 Florida  ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	11		.633			52	–	18		.743
Missouri  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	28		.517
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	14	–	15		.483			30	–	25		.545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			32	–	25		.561
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	11	–	18		.379			24	–	26		.480
Georgia  ‍‍‍	10	–	19		.345			26	–	28		.481
Western
No. 5 LSU  ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	8		.724			54	–	12		.818
No. 11 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	10		.643			50	–	14		.781
No. 7 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	17	–	12		.586			40	–	25		.615
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	15	–	14		.517			30	–	28		.517
Auburn ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17		.433			36	–	26		.581
Alabama  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			32	–	28		.533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			24	–	30		.444
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

At the end of the regular season, junior shortstop Alex Bregman was selected by the Houston Astros as the second pick of the 2015 MLB Draft. Bregman was the fifth LSU Tiger to be drafted in the first round in seven years, the highest-drafted position player in LSU's history, and the second-highest overall behind pitcher Ben McDonald (1989).^[1][2]

Previous season

In 2014, the Tigers finished the season 2nd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 46–16–1, 17–11–1 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament and defeated Florida in the final, 2–0, to win their 11th SEC Tournament title. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament as the SEC's automatic bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included Houston, Bryant, and Southeastern Louisiana. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Southeastern Louisiana, 8–4, and Houston, 5–1. In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Houston. In the first game of the regional final, the Cougars defeated the Tigers, 5–4, in 11 innings. The Cougars went on to win game two, 12–2, eliminating LSU and advancing to the Austin Super Regional, where they lost in two games to Texas.

Personnel

 

The Tigers receiving a motivational speech from a United States Marines Corps sergeant before the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Roster

2015 LSU Tigers roster^[3]
	Pitchers 12 - Hunter Devall - Junior 13 - Brady Domangue - Senior 16 - Jared Poché - Sophomore 18 - Austin Bain - Freshman 21 - Doug Norman - Freshman 28 - Kyle Bouman - Senior 29 - Jake Godfrey - Freshman 30 - Collin Strall - Sophomore 32 - Alden Cartwright - Sophomore 35 - Alex Lange - Freshman 37 - Jesse Stallings - Freshman 40 - Ryan May - Freshman 45 - Russell Reynolds - Sophomore 46 - Parker Bugg - Sophomore 49 - Zac Person - Senior 55 - Hunter Newman - Sophomore 67 - Jake Latz - Freshman		Catchers 2 - Michael Papierski - Freshman 22 - Kade Scivicque - Senior 25 - Bryce Jordan - Freshman 26 - Chris Chinea - Junior Infielders 3 - Kramer Robertson - Sophomore 7 - Greg Deichmann - Freshman 8 - Alex Bregman - Junior 10 - Grayson Byrd - Freshman 20 - Conner Hale - Senior 27 - Danny Zardon - Sophomore		Outfielders 5 - Chris Sciambra - Senior 6 - Andrew Stevenson - Junior 9 - Mark Laird - Junior 17 - Jared Foster - Senior 23 - Jake Fraley - Sophomore 24 - Beau Jordan - Freshman

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at LSU	Alma Mater
Paul Mainieri	Head coach	9	Florida International University (1980)
Andy Cannizaro	Assistant coach	1	Tulane University (2001)
Alan Dunn	Assistant coach	4	University of Alabama at Birmingham (1991)

Schedule

Legend
	LSU win
	LSU loss
	Postponement
Bold	LSU team member

2015 LSU Tigers Game Log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record February 13 Kansas #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 4–1 Poche' (1–0) Morovick (0–1) Stallings (1) 11,122 1–0 February 14 Kansas #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 8–5 Lange (1–0) Krauth (0–1) 10,903 2–0 February 15 Kansas #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–4 Devall (1–0) Gilbert (0–1) Stallings (2) 10,703 3–0 February 18 Nicholls State #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 3–6 Ernestine (1–0) Norman (0–1) Holmes (2) 10,271 3–1 February 20 Boston College #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 8–3 Poche' (2–0) Gorman (0–1) 10,389 4–1 February 20 Boston College #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–4 Lange (2–0) Burke (0–1) Stallings (3) 10,582 5–1 February 21 Boston College #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 16–2 Godfrey (1–0) Poore (0–1) 11,118 6–1 February 26 Southeastern Louisiana #3 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 9–8 Strall (1–0) Cashman (0–2) Stallings (4) 10,069 7–1 February 27 Princeton #3 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 3–2 Poche' (3–0) Powers (0–1) Stallings (5) 10,006 8–1 February 28 Princeton #3 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–2 Godfrey (2–0) Strieber (0–1) 11,151 9–1 February 28 Princeton #3 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 15–4 Lange (3–0) Smithers (0–1) 10,214 10–1
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record March 3 Stephen F. Austin #3 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 8–1 Newman (1–0) Polivka (0–1) 9,581 11–1 March 4 Grambling State #3 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–1 Norman (1–1) Mckinney (1–1) 9,502 12–1 March 6 vs. #12 Houston #3 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX 4–2 Poche' (4–0) Lantrip (3–1) Stallings (6) 10,651 13–1 March 7 vs. Baylor #3 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX 2–0 Lange (4–0) Castano (0–2) Stallings (7) 16,276 14–1 March 8 vs. Nebraska #3 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX 4–2 Godfrey (3–0) Burkamper (1–1) Bugg (1) 10,866 15–1 – March 11 McNeese State #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–0 Reynolds (1–0) Stremmel (2–1) 9,684 16–1 March 13 Ole Miss #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–4 Poche' (5–0) Trent (3–1) Stallings (8) 11,668 17–1 1–0 March 14 Ole Miss #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 3–5 ^(14) Short (3–1) Bouman (0–1) Stokes (3) 12,164 17–2 1–1 March 15 Ole Miss #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 18–6 Godfrey (4–0) Smith (1–3) 11,148 18–2 2–1 March 17 at Southern #3 Lee–Hines Field • Baton Rouge, LA 4–2 ^(10) Strall (2–0) Diaz (1–1) Stallings (9) 1,180 19–2 March 19 at Arkansas #3 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 1–5 Taccolini (4–2) Poche' (5–1) Jackson (1) 7,304 19–3 2–2 March 20 at Arkansas #3 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 16–3 Lange (5–0) Teague (0–1) 8,178 20–3 3–2 March 21 at Arkansas #3 Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, AR 7–4 Godfrey (5–0) Killian (0–1) Stallings (10) 9,734 21–3 4–2 March 24 at Tulane #2 Greer Field • New Orleans, LA 13–7 Newman (2–0) Duester (3–2) 4,994 22–3 March 27 Kentucky #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 4–5 ^(12) Strecker (2–0) Stallings (0–1) Jack (4) 11,118 22–4 4–3 March 28 Kentucky #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 7–3 Person (1–0) Nelson (2–1) 11,516 23–4 5–3 March 29 Kentucky #2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 10–12 ^(11) Jack (1–0) Bugg (0–1) 10,732 23–5 5–4 March 31 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette #5 Zephyr Field • Metairie, LA 8–6 Reynolds (2–0) Toups (1–2) Stallings (11) 10,853 24–5
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record April 2 at Alabama #5 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 8–5 ^(16) Norman (2–1) Wilhite (0–1) 4,117 25–5 6–4 April 3 at Alabama #5 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 6–2 Lange (6–0) Carter (1–4) 3,963 26–5 7–4 April 4 at Alabama #5 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 6–4 ^(13) Stallings (1–1) Burrows (0–3) 5,381 27–5 8–4 April 7 New Orleans #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 11–2 Reynolds (3–0) Kelleher (1–4) 10,837 28–5 April 8 Northwestern State #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 9–6 Godfrey (6–0) Tidwell (2–3) 10,676 29–5 April 10 Auburn #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 3–2 Poche' (6–1) Lipscomb (4–1) Newman (1) 10,064 30–5 9–4 April 11 Auburn #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 1–6 Thompson (7–2) Bain (0–1) 10,743 30–6 9–5 April 12 Auburn #4 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–2 Person (2–0) McCord (2–3) 10,037 31–6 10–5 April 15 Lamar #3 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 11–2 Bouman (1–1) Love (0–1) 9,947 32–6 April 18 at Georgia #3 Foley Field • Athens, GA 4–1 Lange (7–0) Lawlor (4–5) Newman (2) 33–6 11–5 April 18 at Georgia #3 Foley Field • Athens, GA 9–1 Poche' (7–1) McLaughlin (3–3) 3,138 34–6 12–5 April 19 at Georgia #3 Foley Field • Athens, GA Cancelled April 21 Tulane #1 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–0 Bain (1–1) Duester (4–4) 10,614 35–6 April 23 #4 Texas A&M #1 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 4–3 Strall (3–0) Vinson (3–1) 10,822 36–6 13–5 April 24 #4 Texas A&M #1 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 9–6 Reynolds (4–0) Hendrix (3–1) Newman (3) 12,042 37–6 14–5 April 25 #4 Texas A&M #1 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 2–6 Simonds (3–1) Bain (1–2) Vinson (3) 11,489 37–7 14–6 April 28 Alcorn State #1 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–1 Norman (3–1) Morales (0–5) 10,185 38–7 April 30 at Mississippi State #1 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 5–3 ^(14) Godfrey (7–0) Fitts (2–4) Stallings (12) 7,251 39–7 15–6
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record May 1 at Mississippi State #1 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 11–4 Lange (8–0) Brown (5–6) Newman (4) 8,293 40–7 16–6 May 2 at Mississippi State #1 Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 7–8 ^(12) Hudson (1–0) Bugg (0–2) 8,480 40–8 16–7 May 8 Missouri #1 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 8–3 Norman (4–1) McClain (6–6) – 11,009 41–8 17–7 May 9 Missouri #1 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 8–2 Lange (9–0) Houck (7–4) 11,386 42–8 18–7 May 10 Missouri #1 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–5 ^(10) Reynolds (5–0) Williams (4–3) 11,208 43–8 19–7 May 12 at New Orleans #1 Maestri Field • New Orleans, LA 9–1 Devall (2–0) Kelleher (2–9) 2,380 44–8 May 14 at South Carolina #1 Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC 7–10 Scott (2–3) Godfrey (7–1) 7,507 44–9 19–8 May 15 at South Carolina #1 Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC 9–2 Bain (2–2) Schmidt (2–2) 8,242 45–9 20–8 May 16 at South Carolina #1 Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC 8–1 Lange (10–0) Widener (1–5) 8.242 46–9 21–8
Post-season
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 20 vs. Auburn #1 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 9–8 Norman (5–1) Wingenter (1–6) Bugg (2) 47–9 1–0 May 21 vs. #30 Arkansas #1 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 10–5 Reynolds (6–0) Teague (4–4) 8,361 48–9 2–0 May 23 vs. #9 Florida #1 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium • Hoover, AL 1–2 Lewis (6–1) Stallings (1–2) 10,949 48–10 2–1
NCAA tournament: Regionals Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record May 29 Lehigh (2) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 10–3 Newman (3–0) Boswick (3–4) 10,945 49–10 1–0 May 30 UNC Wilmington (2) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 2–0 Lange (11–0) Phillips (2–2) 11,251 50–10 2–0 June 1 UNC Wilmington (2) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 2–0 Poche' (8–1) Crump (1–2) Bugg (3) 11,301 51–10 3–0
NCAA tournament: Super Regionals Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record June 6 Louisiana–Lafayette (2) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 4–3 Bugg (1–2) Bacon (6–3) 11,179 52–10 4–0 June 7 Louisiana–Lafayette (2) Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA 6–3 Poche' (9–1) Leger (6–5) 11,795 53–10 5–0
College World Series Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record June 14 (7) TCU (2) TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE 3–10 Morrison (12–3) Poche' (9–2) 24,506 53–11 5-1 June 16 Cal State Fullerton (2) TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE 5–3 Lange (12–0) Seabold (5–4) 18,751 54–11 6-1 June 18 (7) TCU (2) TD Ameritrade Park Omaha • Omaha, NE 4–8 Teakell (3–1) Bain (2–3) 26,803 54–12 6-2
All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2015 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2015 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	12–18		0–3	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	.	.	1–2	1–2	ALA	W6	3–7	1–2
ARK	17–12	3–0		2–1	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	.	2–1	.	1–1	2–1	0–3	ARK	W3	7–2	1–1
AUB	13–17	0–3	1–2		1–2	3–0	.	1–2	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	.	0–3	1–2	AUB	W5	4–6	1–2
FLA	19–11	2–1	.	2–1		2–1	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	2–1	FLA	E2	7–3	2–0
UGA	10–19	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2		2–1	0–2	.	0–3	.	2–1	3–0	.	0–3	UGA	E7	3–7	1–3
KEN	14–15	.	1–2	.	2–1	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	.	0–3	3–0	0–2	1–2	KEN	E4	5–5	1–1
LSU	21–8	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	2–0	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	2–1	.	LSU	W1	9–1	2–0
MSU	8–22	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	1–2		.	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	.	MSU	W7	1–9	0–3
MIZZ	15–15	2–1	.	.	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	.		2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	MIZZ	E3	6–4	1–2
MISS	15–14	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	.	1–2	3–0	1–2		.	1–2	1–1	2–1	MISS	W4	4–5	1–0
SCAR	13–17	.	.	1–2	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	.		1–2	2–1	2–1	SCAR	E5	3–7	1–1
TENN	11–18	.	1–1	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1		0–3	1–2	TENN	E6	3–6	1–3
TAMU	18–10	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	.	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–0		.	TAMU	W2	6–3	2–0
VAN	20–10	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	.		VAN	E1	7–3	3–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

See also: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	4	4*	4*	5	4	2	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1*	1*
Baseball America	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1*	1*
Collegiate Baseball^	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
NCBWA†	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1*

^ 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.

Awards and honors

Paul Mainieri

• SEC Coach of the Year^[4]
• NCBWA Coach of the Year^[5]

Alex Bregman

• Louisville Slugger Pre-season Second team All-American^[6]
• Perfect Game USA Pre-season First team All-American^[7]
• Baseball America Pre-season First team All-American^[8]
• First team All-SEC^[4]
• SEC All-Defensive Team^[4]
• Louisville Slugger First team All-American^[9]
• Baseball America First team All-American^[10]

Chris Chinea

• Second team All-SEC^[4]
• Louisville Slugger Third team All-American^[9]
• NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team^[11]

Jared Foster

• SEC All-Tournament Team^[12]

Conner Hale

• First team All-SEC^[4]
• NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team^[11]

Mark Laird

• SEC All-Defensive Team^[4]

Alex Lange

• SEC Freshman of the Year^[4]
• First team All-SEC^[4]
• Louisville Slugger First team All-American^[9]
• NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team^[11]
• Most Outstanding Player, NCAA Baton Rouge Regional^[11]
• NCBWA Freshman All-American^[13]
• NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year^[14]
• Baseball America First team All-American^[10]

Jared Poche'

• Louisville Slugger Pre-season Second team All-American^[6]

Kade Scivicque

• First team All-SEC^[4]
• SEC All-Defensive Team^[4]
• Louisville Slugger Second team All-American^[9]
• Baseball America Second team All-American^[10]

Jesse Stallings

• NCBWA Freshman All-American^[13]

Andrew Stevenson

• First team All-SEC^[4]
• SEC All-Defensive Team^[4]
• NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team^[11]
• Baseball America Third team All-American^[10]

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