LSU baseball (23-2, 5-1 SEC) heads to Missouri (9-12, 2-4 SEC)for the first time.   LSU has won 16 of its last 17 games inclluding a 5 game win streak.  The LSU tigers come in after a three-game sweep over Auburn last weekend as well as a 14-1 victory over Tulane Tuesday night in New Orleans.  The Missouri tigers defeated Nebraska-Omaha 11-4 on Wednesday.

LSU is batting .313 as a team including freshman shortstop Alex Bregman with a .696 batting average in the last five games.  Senior first baseman Mason Katz leads the team with 41 RBIs and has a batting average of .368.

Missouri is hitting .250 as a team and is led by junior catcher Dylan Kelly who is batting 368 with 6 doubles, 1 homer, and 13 RBIs and senior outfielder Dane Opel batting .338 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 homers. and 11 RBIs.

Saturday’s game 2 can be be seen on Cox Sports television (Channel 38 in Baton Rouge) at 1:00.