LSU (48-8) will begin the post season in Hoover, Alabama Wednesday with a scheduled start time of 1:00.  The first pitch is unknown due to to the early game that proceeds the contest.   Originally sophomore right-hander Aaron Nola was scheduled to start but  instead coach Mainieri decided that sophomoreleft-hander Cody Glenn (6-2, 2.64 ERA) has had a better history against Alabama (33-24) and will face the tide in the 2nd round of the Tournament.  Glenn will most likely face Alabama senior right-hander Charley Sullivan (5-5, 3.58 ERA).

7th seeded Alabama  defeated 10th seeded rival Auburn 6-3 in Tuesday’s first round to move on to the 2nd round matchup with 2nd seeded LSU.

In the tournament’s double-elimination format, the winner of Wednesday’s contest will play at 4:30 Thursday against the winner of the Ole Miss-Arkansas winner.  The loser will play at 9:30 Thursday morning against the Ole Miss-Arkansas loser.

Tiger Senior outfielder Raph Rhymes provided a 2-run homer with 1 out and Mason Katz on second base to put the tigers on top and win the series.  LSU (48-7, 23-6) trailed Ole Miss(35-20, 14-15) 4-3 in the bottom of the 8th inning when it looked as though Mississippi may have clawed their way back in the series.  The tigers have now set a new school record with 23 conference wins.

First pitch for the series finale will be at 12:00 on Saturday.  The game will be televised by the CBS Sports Network.

LSU (47-7, 22-6) won the first game of the series Thursday night over  Ole Miss (35-19, 14-14) . The tigers tied a school record in most SEC victories in a regular season matching the 1986 and 1997 LSU baseball teams.

Sophomore pitcher Cody Glenn (6-2)  again was the Thursday starter.  Glenn earned the win allowing one run on 8 hits and striking out 2.  Ole Miss right-hander Mike Mayers (4-5) suffered the loss.  The tigers finished the game with 10 hits.

 Mississippi sophomore right-hander Sam Smith (3-0, 3.15 ERA) is expected to face LSU junior right-hander Kurt McCune (3-1, 3.18 ERA) tonight at 7:00.  The game will be televised by Cox Sports Television.

Saturday’s final game of the series is scheduled for a noon start and will be televised by the CBS Sports Network.

The tigers (46-7, 21-6 SEC) wrapped up the SEC western division championship last Saturday and will host Mississippi (35-18, 14-13 SEC) this weekend to wrap up the 2013 regular season.  Aaron Nola is not scheduled to pitch this weekend and replacing Nola will be junior right-hander Kurt McCune who is expected to get the start on Friday night in Game 2 which is scheduled for a 7:00 start.  Game 3 is scheduled to start at 12:00 on Sunday.

All three games this weekend will be televised.  LSU’s 46 wins are the most in school historysince the NCAA adopted a 56 game schedule.  21 SEC victories is the most by a tiger team since the 1998 team finished with a 29-9 league record.

LSU baseball (45-7, 21-6 SEC) needed an extra inning to defeat  Texas A&M (27-24, 11-15 SEC) in a game already shortened to 7 innings due to this weekends numerous weather delays.  Chris Cotton shut the door on the aggies who made a series win in College Station more than the #3 tigers may have bargained for.  With the win the tigers have secured the SEC western division championship.

LSU junior catcher Ty Ross made two critical plays that helped the tigers to the win.  Ross recorded an out on an aggie bunt attempt which was fouled behind the plate in the 7th inning and then led off the 8th with the game winning double.