LSU Takes Over Jacksonville – AKA Omaha Southeast – With Weekend Sweep

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor

It was not a spring break trip for the LSU baseball team, but it could have been.

The No. 1 Tigers kicked sand in their third straight opponent’s face Sunday at the JAX College Baseball Classic in Jacksonville, Florida, with an 11-0, 10-run rule victory in seven innings over Central Florida on 10 hits and three-hit pitching from sophomore William Schmidt.

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LSU (8-0) beat Notre Dame, 9-4, on Saturday on 12 hits and defeated Indiana, 14-7, on Friday with 18 hits.

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“I’m proud of this team for the way they performed throughout the week, including these three games in Jacksonville,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said. “The goal is to play the best we can possibly play and preparing and respecting what it takes to be close to our potential. That’s what I see these guys doing right now.”

LSU rarely let the pressure off Sunday in scoring three in the third, four in the fifth and four in the seventh.

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“Our team played a blueprint or brand of baseball that is very high level, very sustainable,” Johnson said. “We strung together three or four quality at-bats several times throughout the game, and that 11 piled up really quickly. Looking forward to getting back home for nine of the next 10 and keep it rolling.”

The Tigers host McNeese State on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and play at home in eight other scheduled games before opening Southeastern Conference play at No. 22 Vanderbilt on March 13. The only road game in that stretch is at Louisiana on Wednesday, March 4.

Cade Arrambide hit his second home run in two days – a two-run shot in the top of the fifth inning for a 5-0 lead. Derek Curiel went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, including a two-run double in the seventh to put LSU up 10-0. And Jake Brown went 2-for-5 with three RBIs with a two-run single in the seventh for the 11-0 advantage. Steven Milam was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

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“I think they’re just into it,” Johnson said. “I know that sounds super simplistic, but it’s about right now and just playing the best that we possibly can play and preparing and respecting what it takes to be close to our potential often. That’s what I see these guys doing.”

Mavrick Rizy allowed no hits over the final two innings with a strikeout. Schmidt (2-0) went five innings and walked one.

“He was ahead all day,” Johnson said of Schmidt, who threw 91 pitches with 57 strikes. “When he does that, it’s hard to get on any pitch. Even when you do, the stuff is so good, he beats bats. He did that today.”

Brown had an RBI single in the third inning for a 1-0 lead before Trent Caraway hit a sacrifice fly and Milam scored on a balk for the 3-0 advantage.