LSU, the NCAA Tournament No. 3 national seed, is in the hunt for its sixth national championship. The Tigers earned some valuable rest after senior Louis Coleman defeated Arkansas 9-1 on Monday. Coleman (14-2) with a 2.68 earned run average went six innings, allowing just one run on six hits. He struck out seven and walked three.
The Tigers’ pitching staff is rested following the time off, which gives head coach Paul Mainieri a number of options with his talented rotation. The Tigers’ staff enters the contest with a 3.96 team earned run average, holding opponent’s hitters to just a .256 average.
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LSU junior Ryan Schimpf, a St. Paul’s graduate, who was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth round of the recent Major League Baseball draft (pick 160 overall), said he enjoyed not having to play for three days following the Tigers‘ victory over Arkansas, but that he was ready to get back into action. Schimpf is 3-6 in the College World Series with a homer and three runs batted in. He has also scored four runs.
Schimpf is batting .339, which ranks him second on the team, behind DJ LeMahieu (.350). The junior left fielder tops the club with 20 homers with a slugging percentage of .669 and also leads the team with 69 runs scored. He holds the second spot in runs batted in (66), just two behind team leader Blake Dean.
Schimpf has also showed his versatility in the field, playing left, second and first base. He has only committing three errors for a .986 fielding percentage on 214 chances with 143 put outs and 68 assists. He also displays good speed, stealing 18 of 25 attempts on the season, which puts him second on the team behind Jared Mitchell (36-of-45).
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