The No. 9 LSU Fighting Tigers baseball team will return back home this weekend to take on the Ole Miss Rebels.

LSU is 13-8 in SEC play, the Tigers are 29-16 overall and the Rebels are also 13-8 in the SEC and 30-16 overall.

Here are the specifics when it comes to the games this weekend:

DATES/TIMES
Friday, May 3: 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
Saturday, May 4: 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
Sunday, May 5: 2:30 p.m. CT (ESPN2)

STADIUM
Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field (10,326)

RANKINGS
LSU: No. 9 Perfect Game, No. 12 D1 Baseball, No. 12 Baseball America, No. 13 Collegiate Baseball, No. 14 USA Today
Ole Miss: No. 13 D1 Baseball, No. 15 Perfect Game, No. 15 USA Today, No. 17 Collegiate Baseball, No. 18 Baseball America

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD VS. ALABAMA
The Tigers lead Ole Miss, 176-153, in this series that began way back in 1906. LSU has dominated the series of late winning six of the last eight regular-season series with the Rebels, although Ole Miss did take two of three against LSU last season in Oxford. The Rebels also went on to defeat the Tigers in the championship game of the 2018 SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala.

PITCHING MATCHUPS
Game 1
LSU: So. RH Ma’Khail Hilliard (0-2, 4.60 ERA, 29.1 IP, 12 BB, 37 SO)
OLE MISS: Jr. RH Will Ethridge (5-3, 2.67 ERA, 54.0 IP, 20 BB, 50 SO)
Game 2
LSU: So. RH Eric Walker (3-3, 4.99 ERA, 48.2 IP, 17 BB, 42 SO)
OLE MISS: Fr. LH Doug Nikhazy (5-3, 3.44 ERA, 52.1 IP, 18 BB, 55 SO)
Game 3
LSU: Fr. RH Landon Marceaux (3-2, 6.67 ERA, 28.1 IP, 13 BB, 22 SO)
OLE MISS: TBA

 

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