2022 LSU Tigers baseball team

The 2022 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium.

After the season, pitcher Eric Reyzelman was picked in the 5th round of the MLB Draft by the New York Yankees.

Previous season The Tigers' season was marked with inconsistency, as the team began the year 15–3 in non-conference play, but then struggled against their early SEC competition, going 1–8 through their first three series. The Tigers finished their SEC schedule 12–9 after the rough start, yet went one-and-done in the SEC tournament after losing their opener to Georgia, going winless in the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2005. Still, the Tigers earned a berth in the NCAA tournament, where they won the Eugene Regional by beating regional host Oregon despite losing their opening game. After advancing to the Knoxville Super Regional, the Tigers' season ended after losing to No. 3 overall seeded Tennessee in two games. The Tigers finished 2021 38–25 overall, 13–17 in the SEC, with a final ranking of 18 in both the USA Today Coaches' and D1 Baseball Polls.

Preseason

SEC Coaches poll The SEC coaches poll was released in February at the SEC Media Days.

Media poll (West) 1 Arkansas 5 T-2 Ole Miss 4 T-2 Mississippi State 4 5 Alabama 6 Texas A&M 7 Auburn

Preseason All-SEC teams The preseason All-SEC teams was revealed in February at the SEC Media Days.

Personnel

Roster 2022 LSU Tigers roster Pitchers 0 – Jason Bollman – Junior 9 – Ty Floyd – Sophomore 21 – Bryce Collins – Sophomore 22 – Eric Reyzelman – Sophomore 28 – Devin Fontenot – Graduate Student 30 – Trent Vietmeier – Graduate Student 32 – Trey Shaffer – Graduate Student 33 – Michael Fowler – Sophomore 34 – Cale Lansville – Freshman 35 – Paul Gervase – Junior 38 – Riley Cooper – Sophomore 40 – Grant Fontenot – Freshman 43 – Garrett Edwards – Sophomore 44 – Blake Money – Sophomore 45 – Samuel Dutton – Freshman 47 – Jacob Hasty – Sophomore 48 – Will Hellmers – Sophomore 49 – Javen Coleman – Sophomore 50 – Grant Taylor – Freshman 52 – Ma'Khail Hilliard – Senior Catchers 20 – Alex Milazzo – Sophomore 25 – Hayden Travinski – Sophomore 26 – Tyler McManus – Graduate Student

Infielders 1 – Brennan Holt – Freshman 4 – Cade Doughty – Sophomore 13 – Jordan Thompson – Sophomore 14 – Jacob Berry – Sophomore 16 – Collier Cranford – Sophomore 17 – Will Safford – Sophomore 18 – Tre' Morgan – Sophomore 24 – Cade Beloso – Junior 29 – Luke Leto – Freshman 37 – Connor Simon – Freshman 53 – Jack Merrifield – Sophomore Outfielders 3 – Dylan Crews – Sophomore 7 – Giovanni Digiacomo – Junior 8 – Gavin Dugas – Junior 10 – Brody Drost – Sophomore 39 – Josh Pearson – Freshman 41 – Josh Stevenson – Freshman

Utility 5 – Drew Bianco (INF/OF) – Junior 6 – Brayden Jobert (OF/1B) – Sophomore 

Coaching staff 2022 LSU Tigers coaching staff Name Position Jay Johnson Head coach Dan Fitzgerald Assistant coach/Recruiting Coordinator Jason Kelly Pitching Coach Marc Wanaka Assistant coach Tyler Nordgren Director of Operations Jamie Tutko Director of Video and Scouting

Schedule and results

2022 LSU Tigers baseball game log (40–22) Regular season (37–18) February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordFebruary 18 No. 8 Alex Box StadiumBaton Rouge, LA W 13–1 Blake Money (1–0) Brett Erwin (0–1) None SECN+ 11,036 1–0 February 19 Maine No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 17–8 Javen Coleman (1–0) Noah Lewis (0–1) None SECN+ 10,816 2–0 February 20 Maine No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 21–6 Ty Floyd (1–0) Jordan Schulefand (0–1) None SECN+ 10,303 3–0 February 23 at Louisiana Tech No. 8 J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson ParkRuston, LA L 6–11 Cade Gibson (1–0) Riley Cooper (0–1) None ESPN+ 2,529 3–1 February 25 No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 6–0 Blake Money (2–0) Teddy Blumenauer (0–2) None SECN+ 10,042 4–1 February 26 No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 9–2 Paul Gervase (1–0) Jerry Burkett II (0–1) None SECN+ 10,081 5–1 February 27 Towson No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 11–1 Ty Floyd (2–0) Nick Ramanjulu (0–2) None SECN+ 9,787 6–1 February 27 Southern No. 8 Alex Box Stadium W 15–07 Will Hellmers (1–0) Mykel Page (0–1) None SECN+ 9,886 7–1 March (11–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordMarch 2 New Orleans No. 7 Alex Box Stadium W 11–3 Grant Taylor (1–0) Kyle Khachadourian (0–1) None SECN+ 10,203 8–1 March 4 vs. Oklahoma No. 7 Minute Maid ParkHouston, TX W 5–411 Bryce Collins (1–0) Griffin Miller (0–1) None AT&T SportsNet Southwest 16,515 9–1 March 5 vs. No. 1 Texas No. 7 Minute Maid Park L 1–6 Tristan Stevens (3–0) Ty Floyd (2–1) Luke Harrison (1) AT&T SportsNet Southwest 24,787 9–2 March 6 vs. No. 7 Minute Maid Park L 6–9 Matt Voelker (1–1) Paul Gervase (1–1) Mason Marriott (1) AT&T SportsNet Southwest 12,577 9–3 March 9 McNeese State No. 12 Alex Box Stadium W 6–3 Will Hellmers (2–0) Christian Vega (1–1) None SECN+ 9,907 10–3 March 11 No. 12 Alex Box Stadium W 8–7 Devin Fontenot (1–0) Knickolas Billings (0–1) None SECN+ 9,702 11–3 March 12 Bethune–Cookman No. 12 Alex Box Stadium W 5–1 Ty Floyd (3–1) Nolan Santos (1–1) Eric Reyzelman (1) SECN+ 10,102 12–3 March 13 Bethune–Cookman No. 12 Alex Box Stadium W 15–0 Ma'khail Hilliard (1–0) Hector Vazquez (1–2) None SECN+ 10,008 13–3 March 15 No. 13 Alex Box Stadium W 7–5 Eric Reyzelman (1–0) Carter Robinson (1–2) Devin Fontenot (1) SECN+ 10,552 14–3 March 18 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium L 4–6 Chris Cortez (3–1) Eric Reyzelman (1–1) None SECN+ 10,538 14–4 0–1March 19 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium L 7–11 Robert Hogan (1–1) Devin Fontenot (1–1) None SECN+ 10,904 14–5 0–2March 20 Texas A&M No. 13 Alex Box Stadium W 7–6 Riley Cooper (1–1) Jacob Palisch (2–2) None SECN 10,261 15–5 1–2March 23 Louisiana Tech No. 21 Alex Box Stadium L 6–712 Kyle Crigger (2–1) Ty Floyd (3–2) None SECN+ 10,314 15–6 March 25 at No. 8 Florida No. 21 Florida BallparkGainesville, FL L 2–7 Hunter Barco (5–1) Blake Money (2–1) None SECN 6,226 15–7 1–3March 26 at No. 8 Florida No. 21 Florida Ballpark W 16–4 Ma'Khail Hilliard (2–0) Brandon Sproat (3–2) None SECN+ 8,306 16–7 2–3March 27 at No. 8 Florida No. 21 Florida Ballpark W 11–2 Grant Taylor (2–0) Ryan Slater (2–1) None SECN+ 5,746 17–7 3–3March 29 Louisiana–Monroe No. 13 Alex Box Stadium W 15–4 Trent Vietmeier (1–0) Mikel Howell (0–1) None SECN+ 10,206 18–7 March 31 Auburn No. 13 Alex Box Stadium L 5–6 Carson Skipper (2–0) Blake Money (2–2) Blake Burkhalter (1) SECN 10,247 18–8 3–4 April (10–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordApril 1 Auburn No. 13 Alex Box Stadium W 9–2 Ma'Khail Hilliard (3–0) Trace Bright (2–2) None SECN+ 11,111 19–8 4–4April 2 Auburn No. 13 Alex Box Stadium L 4–6 Joseph Gonzalez (3–0) Samuel Dutton (0–1) Blake Burkhalter (6) SECN+ 11,071 19–9 4–5April 5 No. 19 Alex Box Stadium W 16–37 Grant Taylor (3–0) Roy Peguero (1–3) None SECN+ 9,789 20–9 April 8 at Mississippi State No. 19 Dudy Noble FieldStarkville, MS W 5–2 Riley Cooper (2–1) Jackson Fristoe (3–3) Paul Gervase (1) SECN 11,893 21–9 5–5April 9 at Mississippi State No. 19 Dudy Noble Field W 4–3 Devin Fontenot (2–1) Brandon Smith (2–2) Paul Gervase (2) SECN+ 14,228 22–9 6–5April 10 at Mississippi State No. 19 Dudy Noble Field W 13–3 Grant Taylor (4–0) Cade Smith (4–2) None SECN+ 10,515 23–9 7–5April 14 at No. 6 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker StadiumFayetteville, AR L 4–5 Evan Taylor (3–0) Riley Cooper (2–2) Brady Tygart (1) SECN+ 10,270 23–10 7–6April 15 at No. 6 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium L 0–4 Hagen Smith (6–2) Blake Money (2–3) Evan Taylor (1) SECN 10,811 23–11 7–7April 16 at No. 6 Arkansas No. 15 Baum–Walker Stadium L 2–6 Jaxon Wiggins (5–0) Grant Taylor (4–1) None SECN+ 11,049 23–12 7–8April 19 Louisiana-Lafayette No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 8–4 Ty Floyd (4–2) Brandon Talley (2–2) Eric Reyzelman (2) SECN+ 6,789 24–12 April 21 Missouri No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 5–3 Ma'Khail Hilliard (4–0) Spencer Miles (2–4) Paul Gervase (3) ESPNU 10,287 25–12 8–8April 22 Missouri No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 4–310 Riley Cooper (3–2) Austin Troesser (3–1) None SECN+ 10,919 26–12 9–8April 23 Missouri No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 8–6 Bryce Collins (2–0) Austin Marozas (1–2) Riley Cooper (1) SECN+ 10,288 27–12 10–8April 26 at New Orleans No. 22 Maestri Field at Privateer ParkNew Orleans, LA L 4–9 Beau Blanchard (1–0) Ty Floyd (4–3) None ESPN+ 5,000 27–13 April 29 No. 14 Georgia No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 6–2 Ma'Khail Hilliard (5–0) Nolan Crisp (1–2) Paul Gervase (4) SECN+ 11,145 28–13 11–8April 30 No. 14 Georgia No. 22 Alex Box Stadium L 7–12 Jonathan Cannon (8–1) Bryce Collins (2–1) Jack Gowen (9) SECN+ 11,067 28–14 11–9 May (9–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC recordMay 1 No. 14 Georgia No. 22 Alex Box Stadium W 4–3 Paul Gervase (2–1) Jaden Woods (1–1) None SECN+ 10,481 29–14 12–9May 3 Nicholls No. 20 Alex Box Stadium W 10–6 Jacob Hasty (1–0) Josh Mancuso (2–1) None SECN+ 10,856 30–14 May 6 at Alabama No. 20 Sewell–Thomas StadiumTuscaloosa, AL W 6–5 Riley Cooper (4–2) Brock Guffey (2–3) Paul Gervase (5) SECN+ 3,508 31–14 13–9May 7 at Alabama No. 20 Sewell–Thomas Stadium L 3–8 Jacob McNairy (5–2) Blake Money (2–4) None SECN 3,843 31–15 13–10May 8 at Alabama No. 20 Sewell–Thomas Stadium W 12–3 Jacob Hasty (2–0) Grayson Hitt (4–3) None SECN+ 3,326 32–15 14–10May 10 Southeastern Louisiana No. 17 Alex Box Stadium W 17–37 Samuel Dutton (1–1) Andrew Yuratich (1–1) None SECN+ 10,601 33–15 May 14 Ole Miss No. 17 Alex Box Stadium L 3–5 Dylan DeLucia (5–0) Ma'Khail Hilliard (5–1) Brandon Johnson (8) ESPN2 11,242 33–16 14–11May 14 Ole Miss No. 17 Alex Box Stadium L 1–11 Hunter Elliott (3–3) Devin Fontenot (2–2) None SECN 11,124 33–17 14–12May 15 Ole Miss No. 17 Alex Box Stadium L 5–8 John Gaddis (3–1) Eric Reyzelman (1–2) Brandon Johnson (9) SECN+ 10,671 33–18 14–13May 17 Northwestern State – Alex Box Stadium W 19–77 Paul Gervase (3–1) Dawson Flowers (0–3) None SECN+ 10,423 34–18 May 19 at No. 21 Vanderbilt – Hawkins FieldNashville, TN W 13–2 Ma'Khail Hilliard (6–1) Devin Futrell (8–2) Eric Reyzelman (1) ESPN2 3,802 35–18 15–13May 20 at No. 21 Vanderbilt – Hawkins Field W 8–3 Ty Floyd (5–3) Christian Little (1–2) None SECN+ 3,802 36–18 16–13May 21 at No. 21 Vanderbilt – Hawkins Field W 21–10 Bryce Collins (3–1) Thomas Schultz (4–2) None SECN 3,802 37–18 17–13 Postseason (3–4) (1–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT RecordMay 26 vs. (12) Kentucky No. 21 (4) Hoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL W 11–6 Ma'Khail Hilliard (7–1) Mason Hazelwood (1–1) None SECN 9,697 38–18 1–0May 27 vs. No. 1 (1) Tennessee No. 21 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 2–5 Chase Dollander (9–0) Ty Floyd (5–4) Redmond Walsh (7) SECN 12,215 38–19 1–1May 28 vs. (12) Kentucky No. 21 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 2–7 Tyler Bosma (4–3) Jacob Hasty (2–1) None SECN 7,102 38–20 1–2 (2–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT recordJune 3 vs. (3) Kennesaw State (2) Pete Taylor ParkHattiesburg, MS W 14–11 Devin Fontenot (3–2) Smith Pinson (6–6) Paul Gervase (1) ESPN+ 5,039 39–20 1–0June 4 at No. 15 (1) Southern Miss (2) Pete Taylor Park W 7–610 Paul Gervase (4–1) Garrett Ramsey (5–1) None ESPN+ 5,211 40–20 2–0June 5 at No. 15 (1) Southern Miss (2) Pete Taylor Park L 4–8 Justin Storm (3–0) Riley Cooper (4–3) None ESPN+ 5,179 40–21 2–1June 6 at No. 15 (1) Southern Miss (2) Pete Taylor Park L 7–8 Tyler Stuart (4–0) Eric Reyzelman (1–3) None ESPNU 5,256 40–22 2–2 Schedule source: *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

References