SEC BASEBALL: MISSOURI VS. LSU PREVIEW/PREDICTION

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

OF Beau Jordan of LSU

BATTING AVERAGE
0.271 -- No. 11 in SEC

BATTING AVERAGE
0.293 -- No. 4 in SEC

ON BASE PERCENTAGE
0.377 -- No. 7 in SEC

ON BASE PERCENTAGE
0.377 -- No. 6 in SEC

HOME RUNS
35 -- No. 13 in SEC

HOME RUNS
41 -- No. 11 in SEC

Missouri Top Hitters

NAME	POS	AVG	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB
Brian Sharp	1B	0.335	61	8	1	7	37	29
Trey Harris	RF	0.307	61	8	0	10	46	21
Brett Bond	C	0.279	53	8	0	2	27	20
Zach Hanna	LF	0.263	36	6	0	6	33	18
Chris Cornelius	SS	0.248	36	5	0	1	23	18
Connor Brumfield	CF	0.223	31	4	0	1	15	25

LSU Top Hitters

NAME	POS	AVG	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB
Antoine Duplantis	RF	0.338	71	9	5	2	39	19
Daniel Cabrera	LF	0.333	54	15	2	7	44	30
Austin Bain	1B	0.315	56	19	0	3	36	17
Zach Watson	CF	0.312	54	13	2	5	25	13
Beau Jordan	LF	0.311	55	8	1	8	26	11
Hunter Feduccia	C	0.250	34	10	1	3	30	31
Hal Hughes	SS	0.228	33	6	1	1	17	9

Pitching Comparison

LHP TJ Sikkema of Missouri

RHP Caleb Gilbert of LSU

ERA: 3.82 -- No. 5 in SEC

ERA: 4.51 -- No. 12 in SEC

OPP BATTING AVG
0.249 -- No. 9 in SEC

OPP BATTING AVG
0.248 -- No. 8 in SEC

STRIKEOUTS
495 -- No. 2 in SEC

STRIKEOUTS
471 -- No. 6 in SEC

Missouri Key Pitchers

NAME	W	L	ERA	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	OBA
Tyler LaPlante	4	3	2.67	54.0	40	16	14	51	0.206
Michael Plassmeyer	5	3	3.17	82.1	81	29	16	92	0.259
Bryce Montes De Oca	6	4	3.21	53.1	32	19	32	63	0.175
TJ Sikkema	3	5	3.66	59.0	64	24	19	67	0.278

LSU Key Pitchers

NAME	W	L	ERA	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	OBA
Ma'khail Hilliard	8	4	3.66	64.0	56	26	26	59	0.238
Zack Hess	6	4	4.25	76.1	65	36	36	91	0.227

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.