2010 LSU Tigers baseball team

The 2010 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2010. The Tigers played their home games in the new Alex Box Stadium which opened in 2009.

The team was coached by Paul Mainieri who was in his fourth season at LSU. In his first year at LSU, Mainieri's team posted a 29–26–1 record and failed to make the SEC tournament or the NCAA tournament, but the Tigers showed great promise during his second year posting a 49–19–1 record while claiming the SEC Western Division Title, SEC Baseball Tournament championship, and earned the No. 7 National Seed for the 2008 NCAA tournament.

During his third season, the Tigers were ranked No. 1 in multiple pre-season polls and lived up to the hype. The 2009 LSU Tiger baseball team finished the season 56–17, claiming the SEC regular season title, the SEC Tournament Title, and won the 2009 College World Series to claim the programs 6th National Title.

Previous season Paul Mainieri completed his third season as head coach at LSU in 2009. The Tigers won the SEC West division title and the overall SEC regular season title which earned them the No. 1 seed in the 2009 SEC baseball tournament. The Tigers would go on to win the tournament and secure a spot in the NCAA post-season.

After winning the SEC Tournament, it was announced that LSU was selected as a host site for the 2009 NCAA tournament for the 19th time in the history of the program and for the second consecutive season. When the full NCAA tournament bracket was released, LSU was awarded the No. 3 national seed in the tournament, guaranteeing them home field advantage throughout the Super Regionals as long as they won the Regional round. LSU was able to sweep the Baton Rouge regional, defeating Southern, Baylor, and Minnesota to secure a spot in the Super Regional round.

Rice won the Houston, TX regional and moved on to the Super Regional to face LSU. LSU continued their winning streak sweeping Rice by the scores of 12–9 and 5–3. The Tigers celebrated the school's 15th trip to the College World Series in what was the final game in the inaugural season of the "new" Alex Box Stadium.

LSU faced Virginia in the first game of the 2009 College World Series. LSU defeated the Cavaliers by a score of 9–5, marking LSU's first opening round win in the College World Series since 2000. In the second game, LSU faced a familiar foe, the Arkansas Razorbacks. LSU dominated the game from start to finish winning 9–1. LSU was 1 game away from making their first trip to the CWS championship since the format changed to a best of 3 series. The Tigers once again faced the Razorbacks, and once again dominated the game. The Tigers sent the Razorbacks home after winning 14–5.

The Tigers were matched up against the Texas Longhorns in the best of 3 series for the national championship. LSU won the first game 7–6, but it took 11 innings for the Tigers to earn the Victory. Texas came back in game 2 and completely dominated the game, defeating the Tigers 5–1. Game 3 set the stage for a winner take all, and the Tigers were ready for the challenge. LSU won the game 11–4 and claimed the 6th national title on school history.

The 2009 squad compiled and overall record of 56–17, including a 10–1 mark in NCAA post-season play.

Pre-season

2009 Recruiting Class + 2009 Recruits Joey BourgeoisP Paulina, LA LSU-Eunice/Lutcher High School 6'2" 220 R R Brody ColvinP Lafayette, LA St. Thomas More High School 6'3" 195 R RDrafted: 227th overall in Round 7 by the Phillies. Signed August 17, 2009.Phillies sign 7th round pick Brody Colvin Alex EdwardINF/OF Baton Rouge, LA Parkview Baptist High School 6'1" 190 R R Forrest GarrettP Norcross, GA Norcross High School 6'3" 180 L LDrafted: 1234th overall in Round 41 by the Rangers Mason KatzUTIL Harahan, LA Jesuit High School 5'10" 185 R R Kyle KoenemanINF Seymour, TN Walters State Junior College/Seymour High School 6'0" 225 R R Zach LaSuzzoP Monroe, LA St. Frederick High School 6'0" 195 L L Mike LoweryINF Pearland, TX Temple Junior College/Pearland High School 6'3" 185 L R Wes LuquetteC New Orleans, LA Newman High School 6'0" 200 R RDrafted: 805th overall in Round 27 by the Pirates Mitch MormannP Manchester, IA Des Moines Community College/West Delaware High School 6'6" 230 R RDrafted: 597th overall in Round 20 by the Giants Mike ReedP Houston, TX Stratford High School 6'2" 190 R R Jordan RittinerP Metairie, LA Jesuit High School 6'2" 195 L L Edmond SparksC Hampton, GA Chipola Junior College/Lovejoy High School 5'11" 205 R R Zach Von RosenbergP Zachary, LA Zachary High School 6'5" 205 R RDrafted: 175th overall in Round 6 by the Pirates. Signed August 10, 2009. Trey WatkinsOF Montz, LA LSU-Eunice/Destrehan High School 5'9" 190 R R

Key Losses Louis Coleman, P Drafted in Round 5 of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals Chad Jones, P/OF Opted to enter the 2010 NFL draft D. J. LeMahieu, INF Drafted in Round 2 of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs Jared Mitchell, OF Drafted in Round 1 of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox Sean Ochinko, C/INF Drafted in Round 10 of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays Ryan Schimpf, INF/OF Drafted in Round 5 of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays

Personnel

2010 roster  Pitchers 10 Shane Riedie – Sophomore 12 Austin Ross – Junior 18 Mike Reed – Freshman 22 Matty Ott – Sophomore 23 Anthony Ranaudo – Junior 24 Daniel Bradshaw – Junior 25 Joey Bourgeois – Sophomore 28 Forrest Garrett – Freshman 29 Jordan Rittiner – Freshman 30 Chris Matulis – Sophomore 32 Zach LaSuzzo – Freshman 44 Paul Bertuccini – Senior 45 Mitch Mormann – Junior 47 Ben Alsup – Junior Catchers 14 Wes Luquette – Freshman 33 Micah Gibbs – Junior Infielders 7 Grant Dozar – Sophomore 9 Wet Delatte – Freshman 11 Tyler Hanover – Sophomore 13 Alex Edward – Freshman 16 Matt Fury – Freshman 17 Mike Lowery – Junior 27 Beau Didier – Freshman 35 Matt Gaudet – Senior 36 Austin Nola – Sophomore 38 Kyle Koneman – Junior

Utility 5 Mason Katz – Freshman Outfielders 3 Trey Watkins – Sophomore 6 Leon Landry – Junior 8 Mikie Mahtook – Sophomore 21 Johnny Dishon – Sophomore 34 Blake Dean – Senior  2010 LSU Tigers Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=27867&SPID=2173&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SORT_ORDER=7&Q_SEASON=2009

Coaching staff Paul Mainieri – Head coach – 3 years at LSU David Grewe – Associate head coach, Pitching Coach, Recruiting coordinator – 1 year Javi Sanchez – Assistant coach, Hitting Coach – 2 years Will Davis – Volunteer assistant coach, Outfielders Coach – 2 years Buzzy Haydel – Undergraduate Assistant – 0 years Ross Brezovsky – Coordinator of Baseball Operations – 1 year

2010 LSU Tigers Baseball Coaches & Bios http://www.lsusports.net/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=5200&SPID=2173&SPSID=28707

Schedule/Results {| class="toccolours collapsible" width=95% style="clear:both; text-align:center;"

! colspan=11 style="background:#461D7C;" | 2010 LSU Tigers baseball game log |- ! | {| border="1" class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%" style="font-weight:normal;" |- ! colspan=11 style="background:#FDD023;" | Regular season |- ! | February # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 1Centenary @ LSU – Game 1 February 19 Centenary Alex Box Stadium 5–4 Bradshaw (1–0) Tromblee (0–1) Ott (1) 11,588 1–0 – 2Centenary @ LSU – Game 2 February 20 Centenary Alex Box Stadium 25–8 Ross (1–0) Kraft (0–1) None 11,126 2–0 – 3Centenary @ LSU – Game 3 February 21 Centenary Alex Box Stadium 4–0 Bourgeois (1–0) Benson (0–1) None 10,262 3–0 – 4McNeese @ LSU February 24 McNeese St. Alex Box Stadium 2–1 Matulis (1–0) Butler (0–1) Ott (2) 9,801 4–0 – 5WMU @ LSU – Game 1 February 27 William & Mary Alex Box Stadium 10–9 Mormann (1–0) Farrell (0–1) Ott (3) 5,966 5–0 – 6 February 28 William & Mary Alex Box Stadium 9–6 Bradshaw (2–0) Sarrett (0–1) Ott (4) 6,686 6–0 – 7WMU @ LSU – Game 3 February 28 William & Mary Alex Box Stadium 7–4 Rittiner (1–0) Goodloe (1–1) Reed (1) 6,686 7–0 – March # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 8 March 4 Pepperdine Alex Box Stadium 8–1 Matulis (2–0) Cook (0–2) None 9,974 8–0 – 9 March 5 Brown Alex Box Stadium 13–7 Ross (2–0) Weidig (0–1) None 10,165 9–0 – 10 March 6 Pepperdine Alex Box Stadium 3–2 Bourgeois (2–0) Bywater (1–1) Ott (5) 11,220 10–0 – 11 March 7 Brown Alex Box Stadium 9–2 Rittiner (2–0) Wilcox (0–1) None 10,401 11–0 – 12 March 9 UL-Monroe Alex Box Stadium 18–7 Alsup (1–0) Brown (0–2) None 9,659 12–0 – 13 March 12 Kansas Alex Box Stadium 9–11 Walz (3–1) Bourgeois (2–1) Bochy (2) 11,157 12–1 – 14 March 13 Kansas Alex Box Stadium 4–2 Ross (3–0) Bollman (1–2) Ott (6) 10,667 13–1 – 15 March 14 Kansas Alex Box Stadium 4–8 Selik (4–0) Rittiner (2–1) Bochy (3) 11,074 13–2 – 16 March 17 Nicholls St. Alex Box Stadium 10–3 Bradshaw (3–0) Cooper (2–1) None 10,646 14–2 – 17 March 19 Arkansas Alex Box Stadium 3–6 Bolsinger (3–0) Ross (2–1) None 11,225 14–3 0–1 18 March 20 Arkansas Alex Box Stadium 8–7 Bradshaw (4–0) Davenport (2–2) Ott (7) 10,944 15–3 1–1 19 March 21 Arkansas Alex Box Stadium 5–1 Matulis (3–0) Eibner None 10,168 16–3 2–1 20 March 24 UL-Lafayette Alex Box Stadium 4–3 Mormann (2–0) Marze (1–2) Ott (8) 10,857 17–3 2–1 21 March 26 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 6–2 Ross (3–1) Morgado (2–2) None 1,647 18–3 3–1 22 March 27 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 10–6 Matulis (4–0) McCray (2–3) None 2,490 19–3 4–1 23 March 27 Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8–6 Bourgeois (3–1) Gruver (1–1) Ott (9) 1,394 20–3 5–1 24 March 31 Binghamton Alex Box Stadium 13–7 Mormann (3–0) Rogers (1–1) None 10,548 21–3 5–1 April # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 25 April 2 Georgia Alex Box Stadium 4–3 Matulis (5–0) Grimm (2–3) Ott (10) 11,010 22–3 6–1 26 April 3 Georgia Alex Box Stadium 6–12 Walters (1–2) Ross (3–2) None 10,835 22–4 6–2 27 April 4 Georgia Alex Box Stadium 15–5 Rittiner (3–1) Palazzone (3–3) None 10,021 23–4 7–2 28 April 6 Alcorn St. Alex Box Stadium 17–5 Alsup (2–0) Williams (1–3) LaSuzzo (1) 9,720 24–4 7–2 29 April 7 Southern Miss Zephyr Field 6–5 12 Cotton (1–0) Jones (0–1) None 9,370 25–4 7–2 30 April 9 Auburn Samford Stadium 14–10 Ranaudo (1–0) Nelson (4–2) Cotton (1) 3,751 26–4 8–2 31 April 10 Auburn Samford Stadium 7–11 Ray (2–1) Matulis (5–1) None 3,274 26–5 8–3 32 April 11 Auburn Samford Stadium 5–6 Hubbard (3–1) Ross (3–3) None 3,130 26–6 8–4 33 April 14 Tulane Alex Box Stadium 10–4 Cotton (2–0) Byo (1–1) None 10,682 27–6 8–4 34 April 16 Alabama Alex Box Stadium 12–5 Ranaudo (2–0) Morgan (4–2) Rittiner (2) 11,332 28–6 9–4 35 April 17 Alabama Alex Box Stadium 9–7 Bourgeois (4–1) White (3–3) Ott (11) 12,313 29–6 10–4 36 April 18 Alabama Alex Box Stadium 6–5 14 Ott 1–0) Kilcrease (2–1) None 10,744 30–6 11–4 37 April 20 Northwestern St. Fair Grounds Field 14–3 Bradshaw (5–0) Irvine (4–3) None 5,212 31–6 11–4 38 April 21 Northwestern St. Alex Box Stadium 8–6 Rittiner (4–1) Hennigan (1–2) Ross (1) 10,509 32–6 11–4 39 April 24 Ole Miss Oxford-University Stadium 9–11 McKean (3–1) Ranaudo (2–1) Huber (5) 10,022 32–7 11–5 40 April 24 Ole Miss Oxford-University Stadium 8–9 11 Crouse (4–1) Ott (1–1) None 8,236 32–8 11–6 41 April 25 Ole Miss Oxford-University Stadium 6–7 Huber (1–0) Ross (3–4) None 8,783 32–9 11–7 42 April 27 New Orleans Alex Box Stadium 4–7 Mattson (3–1) Rittiner (4–2) Berry (1) 10,584 32–10 11–7 43 April 30 Florida McKethan Stadium 5–8 Panteliodis (7–2) Ranaudo (2–2) Chapman (8) 4,213 32–12 11–9 {| border="1" class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%" style="font-weight:normal;" |- ! colspan="11" | May |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | # ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="8%" | Date ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="13%" | Opponent ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%" | Site/stadium ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score