BATON ROUGE — Over the weekend at No. 9 Auburn, LSU baseball’s bats looked rattled and mustered up just eight runs in 27 innings.
By the middle of the second inning against McNeese State on Tuesday night at Alex Box Stadium, LSU had half that amount.
The offense, led by senior star Jared Jones, piled up hits early in the game and sustained it for much of the night for a much-needed rebound from the sweep at Auburn, defeating the Cowboys, 10-3.
No. 7 LSU (32-6, 10-5 SEC) remains undefeated in midweek games on the season and are set to host No. 15 Alabama (30-8, 8-7) for a three-game series starting Thursday night.
LSU baseball opens things up in the fourth vs McNeese
Chris Stanfield and Daniel Dickinson quickly got out to open the fourth. Derek Curiel broke the streak of five straight Tigers being retired with a hit and that sparked a four-run frame.
LSU proceeded to have six straight batters get on including Curiel, five of those off base hits. Jones, Ethan Frey, Steven Milam, Jake Brown and Luis Hernandez all singled with the last four collecting RBIs.
All series at Auburn, LSU did not have an inning where it had more than two hits. The Tigers’ offense stacking hits had to be pleasing for coach Jay Johnson to see.
Jones finished the night 3 for 3 with three RBIs and three runs.
LSU freshman phenom Derek Curiel continues remarkable on-base streak
Curiel already set the LSU baseball freshman record for consecutive games reaching base a handful of games ago. He now is the first player to reach in 38 straight games in the past two decades.
After a review overturned an out call to safe at first, Curiel extended his remarkable streak. Curiel finished the game 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run.
LSU freshman reliever Mavrick Rizy has longest appearance of season
Things were a little rocky when he entered the game for Conner Ware, who had walked two of the three batters he faced in the fifth.
Johnson turned the Rizy to calm things down and that’s what the big freshman did. He plunked the first batter he faced to load the bases but then struck out Davis Meche and Easton Dowell to get out of the jam.
From there, Rizy was dialed in, giving up just one hit over 2⅔ innings while striking out six and got the game to the eighth.
LSU baseball vs McNeese live score updates
BOT 8: Frey smokes ones down the left field line and Jones scores from first to pads LSU’s line to 10-3.
TOP 8: Cooper Williams works a quick inning. 9-3 Tigers.
BOT 7: Nothing doing for the Tigers. LSU leads 9-3.
TOP 7: Three-up, three-down for McNeese. LSU leads 9-3.
BOT 6: Nothing doing for LSU. Tigers 9-3.
TOP 6: Rizy strikes out two as he throws another quick, clean inning. LSU leads McNeese 9-3.
BOT 5: Sac fly from Curiel extends LSU’s lead back out to six runs, 9-3.
TOP 5: Pokes scores on a sacrifice fly, trim LSU’s lead to 8-3. Freshman reliever Mavrick Rizy pitches around a bases loaded jam with one out with back-to-back strikeouts.
BOT 4: Bats get hot for LSU. Six straight hits bring in four runs. LSU leads 8-2.
TOP 4: Larry Edwards Schmidt out down the right field line and the Pokes have cut the deficit in half. LSU leads 4-2.
BOT 3: Three-up, three down for LSU in the third. Tigers still lead 4-0.
TOP 3: Schmidt works a quick, clean inning. 4-0 Tigers heading to bottom half.
BOT 2: Jones smoked another pitch, this one to left center and LSU takes a 4-0 lead.
TOP 2: Nothing doing for the Pokes. Still 3-0 LSU
BOT 1: Jared Jones cranks the first pitch he sees and his goes opposite field for a two-run jack. It’s 2-0 LSU early. Brown with an RBI hit. Tigers take 3-0 lead to 2nd
TOP 1: McNeese got a couple of hits off William Schmidt but the freshman gets the next two batters out to post a scoreless first frame. It’s 0-0.
What channel is LSU baseball vs McNeese State game on?
TV channel: SEC Network+
No. 7 LSU takes on McNeese State for a midweek class Tuesday night. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network+. Streaming options for the game include ESPN+ and Fubo, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.
What time does LSU baseball vs McNeese play today?
- Date: Tuesday, April 15
- Start time: 6:30 p.m. CT
LSU baseball versus McNeese is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch from Alex Box Stadium.
LSU baseball 2025 schedule
| Date | Opponent |
| Feb. 14 | Purdue-Fort Wayne (W 14-0) |
| Feb. 15 | Purdue-Fort Wayne (W 10-1) |
| Feb. 16 | Purdue-Fort Wayne (W 8-1) |
| Feb. 18 | Southern (W 13-1 / 7 innings) |
| Feb. 21 | Omaha (W 4-2) |
| Feb. 22 | Omaha (L 5-4) |
| Feb. 22 | Omaha (W 12-1) |
| Feb. 24 | Nicholls State (W 13-3 / 7 innings) |
| Feb. 26 | No. 18 Dallas Baptist (W 7-3, College Baseball Series) |
| Feb. 28 | Kansas State (W 8-5 / 10 innings, Frisco College Classic) |
| March 1 | Nebraska (W 11-6, Frisco College Classic) |
| March 2 | Sam Houston State (W 12-8, Frisco College Classic) |
| March 4 | North Dakota State (W 11-9) |
| March 5 | North Dakota State (W 13-3 / 7 innings) |
| March 7 | North Alabama (W 13-2 / 7 innings) |
| March 8 | North Alabama (W 6-2) |
| March 9 | North Alabama (W 11-5) |
| March 11 | Xavier (W 18-4 / 7 innings) |
| March 14 | Missouri* (W 12-5) |
| March 15 | Missouri* (W 7-6) |
| March 16 | Missouri* (W 10-5) |
| March 18 | New Orleans (W 11-1 / 7 innings) |
| March 21 | at Texas* (W 8-2) |
| March 22 | at Texas* (L 11-7) |
| March 23 | at Texas* (L 6-2) |
| March 25 | Louisiana (W 17-4 / 7 innings) |
| March 27 | Mississippi State* (W 8-6) |
| March 28 | Mississippi State* (W 2-1) |
| March 29 | Mississippi State* (W 17-8) |
| April 1 | Louisiana Tech (W 12-3) |
| April 3 | at Oklahoma* (W 2-0) |
| April 4 | at Oklahoma* (W, 10-2) |
| April 5 | at Oklahoma* (W 3-2) |
| April 8 | at Nicholls State (W 5-3) |
| April 11 | at Auburn* (L 8-4) |
| April 12 | at Auburn* (L 4-2) |
| April 13 | at Auburn* (L 3-2) |
| April 15 | McNeese State |
| April 17 | Alabama* |
| April 18 | Alabama* |
| April 19 | Alabama* |
| April 22 | Northwestern State |
| April 25 | Tennesse* |
| April 26 | Tennessee* |
| April 27 | Tennessee* |
| April 29 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| May 2 | at Texas A&M* |
| May 3 | at Texas A&M* |
| May 4 | at Texas A&M* |
| May 6 | Grambling State* |
| May 9 | Arkansas* |
| May 10 | Arkansas* |
| May 11 | Arkansas* |
| May 15 | at South Carolina* |
| May 16 | at South Carolina* |
| May 17 | at South Carolina* |
*Denotes SEC game
Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.
