LSU baseball will not host a regional; Tigers will learn destination Monday | LSU

The LSU baseball team will be on the road for the NCAA regionals.

LSU was not amid the 16 host web pages Saturday when the NCAA manufactured its bulletins, leaving the Tigers to speculate where they are going to be headed when the 64-workforce NCAA tournament subject is unveiled at 11 a.m. Monday on ESPN2.

It was a disappointing bit of information for a group that took on a new mentor, Jay Johnson and took a winding route to the postseason.

The adhering to were announced as host web-sites: Auburn, Austin, Blacksburg, Chapel Hill, School Park, School Station, Coral Gables, Corvallis, Gainesville, Greenville, Hattiesburg, Knoxville, Louisville, Stanford, Statesboro and Stillwater.

The Tigers dropped their to start with Southeastern Conference sequence to Texas A&M in March, and despite many defensive lapses and shortcomings to its starting up rotation, they concluded the regular period with the very first sweep at Vanderbilt in college background.

LSU finished its 1st standard period less than Johnson with a 37-18 over-all document and a 17-13 mark in SEC perform — a meeting history that is usually robust enough to make a location between the best 16 countrywide seeds.

But the Tigers’ RPI has been a very little minimal.

LSU dropped to No. 37 in the RPI rankings following having swept at dwelling by Ole Miss out on earlier this month, then skyrocketed back again into the regional internet hosting conversation immediately after sweeping No. 3 Vanderbilt, putting LSU at No. 20 in the RPI standings at the time.

LSU finished up at No. 25 in the RPI rankings following bowing out of the SEC event with a 1-2 showing in Hoover, Alabama.

The Tigers are acknowledged for their strong lineup. As of Saturday, LSU was No. 2 in the country in currently being hit by pitches (112), No. 8 in residence operates (106) and just outside the house the prime 10 in slugging share at No. 11 (.530).

But accidents have plagued the Tigers as of late. Jacob Berry, a projected MLB first-round pick who leads the crew with a .381 batting average, broke his right middle finger for the duration of batting observe before the sequence-opening game May possibly 6 at Alabama. In his absence, the Tigers managed two wins versus the Crimson Tide and were being swept 3- at house in opposition to Ole Pass up. With the swap-hitting Berry batting only suitable-handed, LSU swept Vandy.

Cade Doughty, also a projected substantial MLB select, holds the seventh-greatest batting normal on the workforce at .286, but he went down in the course of the Vanderbilt series with a dislocated shoulder, getting two of LSU’s top rated batters out of commission for the SEC match.

In addition, with No. 51 Kentucky getting down No. 14 Auburn, LSU confronted a workforce with a reduce RPI through the match. The Tigers managed an 11-6 victory over the Wildcats in their first video game devoid of the two Doughty and Berry in the lineup.

“I hope the NCAA committee is observing tonight,” Johnson explained right after that opening acquire. “You have bought a dude (lacking) who’s heading to go in the major 10 picks and a man (lacking) who’s going to go in the top rated 45 picks on offense and it was 11 operates on the board.”

LSU then missing to major-rated Tennessee 5-2, unable to convey home runners in scoring posture without Doughty and Berry in the lineup.

“They obtained to me last 12 months, and I just desired to occur back and kind of get back at ’em,” explained Tennessee reliever Redmond Walsh, whose Vols defeated LSU in the tremendous regionals last June.

“It’s almost certainly a person of the ideal lineups I’ve ever confronted, and it’s a person of all those issues I experience like as a competitor you want to go again out and get ’em once more. Just possessing guys like Dylan Crews and Tre’ Morgan and them in the lineup, it is not enjoyable, but I think as a competitor … you want to go out and experience those people fellas.”

Saturday’s 7-2 reduction to Kentucky did not do LSU any favors, either, dropping its general RPI to No. 25 — five spots lessen than when it began the match.

“We have the most effective hitter in the SEC (Jacob Berry),” Johnson claimed. “He strike .400 in SEC perform, has missed 10 online games. He’ll be fantastic, he’ll be ready to go. Cade Doughty will be 100% healthier (for the regional). To even appear in this article and get a activity and have a chance versus the very clear-minimize No. 1 group in the country previous evening and make it a aggressive match, you will find some constructive takeaways.”

The 16 NCAA regional host web-sites:

Auburn, Ala.

Austin, Texas

Blacksburg, Va.

Chapel Hill, N.C.

University Park, Md.

University Station, Texas

Coral Gables, Fla.

Corvallis, Ore.

Gainesville, Fla.

Greenville, N.C.

Hattiesburg, Miss out on.

Louisville, Ky.

Knoxville, Tenn.

Stanford, Calif.

Statesboro, Ga.

Stillwater, Okla.