No. 4 LSU hosts Northwestern State Tuesday night
04/22/2025
(Picture by Michael Bacilagupi)
By Rivers Hughey
No. 4 LSU returns to action on Tuesday night, hosting Northwestern State at 6:30 p.m. CT at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
The game will be streamed on SEC Network+, and fans can listen to the LSU Sports Radio Network or live audio at LSUsports.net/live. Live stats are available at LSUstats.com.
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— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) April 22, 2025
LSU (34-7), ranked No. 4 by Baseball America, No. 5 by USA Today and No. 7 by D1Baseball, leads the all-time series against Northwestern State, 62-13. The Tigers have won 24 of the past 27 meetings, including a 6-5 victory last season in Baton Rouge.
Northwestern State (24-17) enters the matchup unranked and is coming off a series win over Lamar in Southland Conference play.
“We worked really hard last week, outside of just playing the games. The work was very intentional, so the day off (Sunday) gave us some time to reset and get back to work,” said LSU head coach Jay Johnson. “You can’t get through the schedule that we play without a few bumps in the road offensively; the pitching talent is too good. I thought we had a good week last week, three good wins, including one in comeback fashion and another in a close game. Those are important with what’s ahead of us.”
About the Tigers:
- LSU won three of four games last week, including a 2-1 SEC series win over No. 15 Alabama.
- The Tigers are tied for third in the SEC standings at 12-6.
- Junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson improved to 6-1 after a dominant Friday start against Alabama, allowing just one run on four hits with 12 strikeouts across six innings.
- Freshman outfielder Derek Curiel hit .385 in the Alabama series and has now reached base safely in all 41 games this season.
- Junior reliever Zac Cowan earned back-to-back saves against Alabama and has a 1.21 ERA with six saves on the season.
- First baseman Jared Jones ranks top-five in the SEC in RBI (55), hits (59), and total bases (110), while Curiel is among league leaders in batting average (.364) and walks (34).
- Sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson is No. 2 in the SEC with 91 strikeouts.
- Second baseman Daniel Dickinson holds a .500 on-base percentage, ranking fourth in the conference.
About Northwestern State:
- The Demons are 24-17 overall and 15-9 in Southland Conference play.
- Infielder Rocco Gump leads NSU with a .341 batting average, while Daniel Burroway has a team-high 11 home runs and 35 RBI.
- As a team, the Demons are batting .268 with 42 home runs and 69 stolen bases.
- Northwestern State’s pitching staff holds a 4.77 ERA and has recorded 308 strikeouts across 350.2 innings.