South Alabama (9-7)
vs.
No. 16 LSU (11-6)

Wed., March 14 • 6:30 p.m. • Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, La.
        
Media Information
Live Stream:  Wednesday's game will be broadcast live by SEC Network and available through WatchESPN. 

On the Radio:  Jaguar baseball games are broadcast live in Mobile on 99.5 FM The Jag, and also available via the iHeartRadio app. 

Live Stats:  Live stats for every South Alabama baseball game are available through the multimedia section of USAJaguars.com.

Twitter:  Follow the official Twitter account of South Alabama baseball — @WeAreSouth_BSB — for news and updates.

Probable Starting Pitchers
Wed., March 14
USA - LHP  Caleb Yarborough (1-0, 0.00)  
LSU - RHP  AJ Labas (0-0, 0.00)

All-Time Series
South Alabama holds a 25-15 all-time lead over LSU in a series that dates back to 1971.  The Jaguars defeated the Tigers 7-6 last season in Baton Rouge, rallying for three runs in the top of the ninth inning including the eventual game-winning RBI single by Will Luft. South Alabama is 1-1 against LSU under head coach Mark Calvi.

Jag Notes
• No. 16 LSU marks the sixth nationally-ranked opponent the Jaguars have faced this season. South Alabama is 2-6 against top-25 competition this year, with wins over No. 18 Oklahoma and No. 13 Southern Miss, and losses to No. 3 Texas Tech, No. 18 Auburn and No. 23 Indiana.

• South Alabama enters Wednesday's contest ranked third in the nation in walks (108). 

• The Jaguars lead the Sun Belt Conference in walks (108), rank second in sacrifice flies (7), and fourth in on-base percentage (.377), runs scored (108), RBIs (93) and home runs (13); however, USA also ranks second in the league with 155 strikeouts offensively.

• The South Alabama pitching staff ranks third in the Sun Belt Conference in innings pitched (141.1), and tied for fourth in strikeouts (127).

Scouting the Tigers
LSU enters Wednesday's contest ranked in all four major national polls. The Tigers are No. 16 this week by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball, No. 19 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and No. 20 according to D1Baseball. LSU won three of five games last week, with a series win over Hawaii last weekend, a midweek win over Southern and midweek loss at Louisiana. 

The Tigers enter the week batting .302 as a team with 41 doubles, five triples, 14 home runs, 112 RBIs, 118 runs scored and 18 stolen bases in 17 games. The LSU pitching staff carries a 4.30 team ERA into Tuesday's contest, with 162 strikeouts against 64 walks in 152 2/3 innings pitched. LSU right-hander AJ Labas is scheduled to make his first start of the season, and has recorded three strikeouts against one walk in five innings pitched. 

SWAGGERTY LEADS NATION IN WALKS
Center fielder Travis Swaggerty enters the week as the nation's leader in walks (23) and walks per game (1.44), and 18th in the nation in on-base percentage (.551). 

YARBOROUGH TO MAKE SECOND CAREER START
Left-hander Caleb Yarborough is scheduled to make his second career start in Wednesday's contest. It will mark his second start against a nationally-ranked opponent after making his first career start on Feb. 18 against No. 23 Indiana, in which he allowed three unearned runs on four hits with three strikeouts and a pair of walks in four innings pitched. The southpaw earned his first career win on Feb. 24 against Hartford after tossing 3 1/3 scoreless relief innings, allowing two hits with one strikeout against two walks.

DONOVAN AMONG NATION'S LEADERS IN WALKS
Shortstop Brendan Donovan ranks seventh nationally in walks (18), and 18th in the country in walks per game (1.13).

HARDY AMONG SBC LEADERS IN HITS
Outfielder Dylan Hardy ranks fourth in the Sun Belt in hits (22) entering the week. Hardy has reached base safely in every game this season, carrying a 16-game on-base streak into Tuesday's contest, and has hit safely in 13 of 16 games. Hardy also ranks third in the league in at-bats (69), fourth in total plate appearances (80) and tied for fifth in runs scored (18).

SWAGGERTY LEADS SBC
Center fielder Travis Swaggerty leads the Sun Belt Conference in walks (23) and on-base percentage (.551), ranks tied for fourth in home runs (4), tied for fifth in total plate appearances (78), sixth in slugging percentage (.642) and seventh in total bases (34).

DONOVAN, SANDLE LEAD SBC IN SACRIFICE FLIES
Freshman outfielder Michael Sandle and shortstop Brendan Donovan enter the week tied for the Sun Belt Conference lead in sacrifice flies (3), which ranks tied for 15th nationally.

RUSSO AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS IN ABs
Third baseman Paul Russo enters Wednesday's contest ranked second in the SBC in at-bats (71), tied for seventh in hits (21) and tied for eighth in total plate appearances (76). 

DAVIS AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS IN RBIs, WALKS
First baseman Wells Davis ranks fifth in the Sun Belt Conference in RBIs (19) and tied for sixth in walks (15).

JAGS AT NIGHT/DAY
South Alabama enters the week 5-4 in day games, and 4-3 in night games this season. 

OFFENSIVE RUNS / HITS PER GAME
South Alabama is averaging eight hits and six runs scored per game through 16 contests, and is averaging over nine-and-a-half strikeouts per contest against six walks per game. The Jags have struck out 10 or more times in five of their last six games entering the weekend, and have 10 or more strikeouts offensively in nine games this season.

ALLOWING FIVE OR LESS
South Alabama is 8-2 this season when allowing five or fewer runs, but is 1-5 when allowing six or more. 

SCORING SIX OR MORE
The Jags are 9-2 when scoring six or more runs this year, but are 0-5 when scoring fewer than six runs.