The Missouri Tigers travel to Baton Rouge for a three-game SEC baseball series with the LSU Tigers. 14Powers.com previews both teams and projects the winner of this series.
The Basics
Missouri at LSU, March 16-18
| Day |
Time |
TV |
Tickets |
| Friday |
8 PM ET (7 CT)
| SECN+ |
LINK |
| Saturday |
7 PM ET (6 CT)
| SEC NETWORK |
LINK |
| Sunday |
2 PM ET (1 CT)
| SECN+ |
LINK |
Hitting Comparison
INF-OF Trey Harris of Missouri |
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OF Beau Jordan of LSU |
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BATTING AVERAGE
0.269 -- No. 9 in SEC |
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BATTING AVERAGE
0.297 -- No. 4 in SEC |
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ON BASE PERCENTAGE
0.381 -- No. 7 in SEC |
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ON BASE PERCENTAGE
0.384 -- No. 6 in SEC |
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HOME RUNS
21 -- No. 13 in SEC |
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HOME RUNS
32 -- No. 10 in SEC |
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Missouri Top Hitters
| NAME | POS | AVG | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB |
| Kameron Misner | CF | 0.360 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 32 |
| Trey Harris | RF | 0.329 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 15 |
| Brett Bond | C | 0.293 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 13 |
| Brian Sharp | 3B | 0.290 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 21 |
| Zach Hanna | LF | 0.284 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 |
| Chris Cornelius | SS | 0.245 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| Mark Vierling | 2B | 0.223 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| Connor Brumfield | CF | 0.217 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 |
LSU Top Hitters
| NAME | POS | AVG | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB |
| Antoine Duplantis | RF | 0.361 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 16 |
| Zach Watson | CF | 0.342 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 10 |
| Beau Jordan | LF | 0.315 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 8 |
| Austin Bain | 2B | 0.314 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 |
| Daniel Cabrera | LF | 0.281 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 19 |
| Hunter Feduccia | C | 0.260 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 |
| Hal Hughes | SS | 0.222 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
Pitching Comparison
 LHP TJ Sikkema of Missouri |
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RHP Caleb Gilbert of LSU |
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ERA: 3.17 -- No. 4 in SEC |
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ERA: 3.75 -- No. 9 in SEC |
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OPP BATTING AVG
0.233 -- No. 6 in SEC |
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OPP BATTING AVG
0.232 -- No. 5 in SEC |
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STRIKEOUTS
360 -- No. 2 in SEC |
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STRIKEOUTS
346 -- No. 6 in SEC |
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Missouri Key Pitchers
| NAME | W | L | ERA | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
| Michael Plassmeyer | 4 | 1 | 1.96 | 59.2 | 51 | 13 | 10 | 71 | 0.233 |
| Bryce Montes De Oca | 4 | 2 | 2.64 | 44.1 | 24 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 0.162 |
| TJ Sikkema | 2 | 3 | 2.82 | 38.1 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 0.243 |
| Andy Toelken | 4 | 2 | 3.08 | 38.0 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 29 | 0.261 |
LSU Key Pitchers
| NAME | W | L | ERA | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | OBA |
| Ma'khail Hilliard | 7 | 2 | 1.75 | 46.1 | 33 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 0.200 |
| Zack Hess | 6 | 3 | 3.71 | 53.1 | 38 | 22 | 25 | 68 | 0.195 |
| Caleb Gilbert | 3 | 3 | 4.85 | 42.2 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 34 | 0.326 |
COMMENTS
Missouri travels to LSU in what looks like an easy prediction: pick LSU. However, Missouri leads the league in strikeouts and is off to a 14-3 start. LSU sits at 12-6 and is struggling in several statistical categories. Missouri could win this series but LSU is an intimidating playing environment. Missouri should win at least one but look for the Tigers in purple to pull out a narrow series win.
Series Prediction
LSU 2 wins, Missouri 1 win
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