2010 LSU Tigers baseball
SEC Tournament champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
Record41–22 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachJavi Sanchez
Pitching coachDavid Grewe
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 7 Florida x‍†‍‍y 22 – 8   .733 47 – 17   .734
No. 1 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 21 – 9   .700 54 – 16   .771
No. 14 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 16 – 12   .571 46 – 20   .697
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 31 – 25   .554
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 30 – 26   .536
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 5 – 23   .179 16 – 37   .302
Western
No. 19 Auburn x‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 43 – 21   .672
No. 13 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 18 – 12   .600 43 – 21   .672
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 16 – 14   .533 39 – 24   .619
No. 16 Alabama ‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 42 – 25   .627
LSU ‍‍‡‍y 14 – 16   .467 41 – 22   .651
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24   .200 23 – 33   .411
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 29, 2010
Rankings from Baseball America


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
Name Hometown School Height Weight Bats Throws
Joey Bourgeois
P
 Paulina, LA LSU-Eunice/Lutcher High School 6'2" 220 R R
Brody Colvin
P
 Lafayette, LA St. Thomas More High School 6'3" 195 R R
Drafted: 227th overall in Round 7 by the Phillies. Signed August 17, 2009.[1]
Alex Edward
INF/OF
 Baton Rouge, LA Parkview Baptist High School 6'1" 190 R R
Forrest Garrett
P
 Norcross, GA Norcross High School 6'3" 180 L L
Drafted: 1234th overall in Round 41 by the Rangers
Mason Katz
UTIL
 Harahan, LA Jesuit High School 5'10" 185 R R
Kyle Koeneman
INF
 Seymour, TN Walters State Junior College/Seymour High School 6'0" 225 R R
Zach LaSuzzo
P
 Monroe, LA St. Frederick High School 6'0" 195 L L
Mike Lowery
INF
 Pearland, TX Temple Junior College/Pearland High School 6'3" 185 L R
Wes Luquette
C
 New Orleans, LA Newman High School 6'0" 200 R R
Drafted: 805th overall in Round 27 by the Pirates
Mitch Mormann
P
 Manchester, IA Des Moines Community College/West Delaware High School 6'6" 230 R R
Drafted: 597th overall in Round 20 by the Giants
Mike Reed
P
 Houston, TX Stratford High School 6'2" 190 R R
Jordan Rittiner
P
 Metairie, LA Jesuit High School 6'2" 195 L L
Edmond Sparks
C
 Hampton, GA Chipola Junior College/Lovejoy High School 5'11" 205 R R
Zach Von Rosenberg
P
 Zachary, LA Zachary High School 6'5" 205 R R
Drafted: 175th overall in Round 6 by the Pirates. Signed August 10, 2009.
Trey Watkins
OF
 Montz, LA LSU-Eunice/Destrehan High School 5'9" 190 R R

Key Losses

Personnel

2010 roster

2010 LSU Tigers baseball 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 – Redshirt Freshman
  • 11 Tyler Hanover – Sophomore
  • 13 Alex Edward – Freshman
  • 16 Matt Fury – Redshirt Freshman
  • 17 Mike Lowery – Junior
  • 27 Beau Didier – Redshirt 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 – Redshirt 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

2010 LSU Tigers baseball 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

2010 LSU Tigers baseball game log
Post-season
SEC tournament
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record
1[58] May 26 Florida Regions Park 10–6 Ranaudo (4–2) Johnson None 37–20 1–0
2[59] May 27 Vanderbilt Regions Park 7–5 Ross (5–4) Hill (5–5) None 12,180 38–20 2–0
3[60] May 29 Ole Miss Regions Park 8–0 7 Alsup (4–0) McKean (4–2) None 39–20 3–0
4[61] May 30 Alabama Regions Park 4–3 11 Ranaudo (5–2) Smith (1–2) None 13,327 40–20 4–0
NCAA tournament: Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT Record
1[62] June 4 UC Irvine Jackie Robinson Stadium 11–10 11 Alsup (5–0) Pettis (9–4) None 1,414 41–20 1–0
2[63] June 5 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 3–6 Bauer (10–3) Ranaudo (5–3) None 2,613 41–21 1–1
3[64] June 6 UC Irvine Jackie Robinson Stadium 3–4 Brock (6–4) Alsup (5–1) Hoover (1) 1,015 41–22 1–2

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week LSU faced each opponent.

Game Summaries/Recaps

Regular season

February

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April

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May

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Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll Pre-
season		 Feb.
22		 Mar.
1		 Mar.
8		 Mar.
15		 Mar.
22		 Mar.
29		 Apr.
5		 Apr.
12		 Apr.
19		 Apr.
26		 May
3		 May
10		 May
17		 May
24		 June
1		 June
8		 Final
Poll
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25) 2[65] – 1[66] 1[67] 3[68] 4[69] 4[70] 4[71] 6[72] NR[73] 23[74]
Baseball America (Top 25) 3[75] 2[76] 2[77] 2[78] 7[79] 7[80] 5[81] 5[82] 8[83] 8[84] 15[85] 24[86] NR[87] NR[88] NR[89] 23[90]
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)^ 2[91] 1[92] 1[93] 1[94] 3[95] 4[96] 4[97] 4[98] 7[99] 6[100] 17[101] NR[102] NR[103] NR[104] NR[105] 21[106]
NCBWA (Top 30) 2[107] 1[108] 1[109] 1[110] 6[111] 4[112] 4[113] 3[114] 6[115] 5[116] 11[117] 17[118] 20[119] 27[120] 30[121] 23[122]
Rivals.com (Top 25) 3[123] 2[124] 2[125] 2[126] 8[127] 8[128] 8[129] 7[130] 8[131] 7[132] 10[133] 18[134] NR[135] NR[136] NR[137] 23[138]

Awards and honors

LSU Tigers in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft

The following members and future members (denoted by *) of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2010 MLB Draft.[150][151][152]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
*Delino DeShields, Jr. 2B 1 8 Houston Astros
*Zach Lee P 1 28 Los Angeles Dodgers
*Cam Bedrosian P 1 29 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Anthony Ranaudo P Comp A. 39 Boston Red Sox
Micah Gibbs C 3 97 Chicago Cubs
Leon Landry OF 3 109 Los Angeles Dodgers
*Garin Cecchini SS 4 143 Boston Red Sox
*Kevin Gausman P 6 202 Los Angeles Dodgers
Austin Ross P 8 249 Milwaukee Brewers
Blake Dean 1B 8 262 Los Angeles Dodgers
*Lucas LeBlanc OF 11 353 Boston Red Sox
*JaCoby Jones SS 19 573 Houston Astros
*Austin Southall OF 19 588 San Francisco Giants
*Ryan Eades P 19 590 Colorado Rockies
*Mitchell Hopkins P 12 1267 Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Dishon OF 42 1269 Milwaukee Brewers
*Tyler Ross C 46 1401 Philadelphia Phillies
Chad Jones OF 50 1509 Milwaukee Brewers

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