The No. 19 LSU Fighting Tigers baseball team will return home this weekend to take on the Auburn Tigers for what will be the final regular season series of the year.

LSU is 15-12 in SEC play, the Tigers are 32-21 overall and Auburn is 13-14 in the SEC and 31-21 overall.

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

DATES/TIMES
Thursday, May 16: 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network+)
Friday, May 17: 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network+)
Saturday, May 18: 2 p.m. CT (SEC Network+)

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

RANKINGS

LSU: No. 19 D1 Baseball, No. 20 USA Today, No. 20 Collegiate Baseball, No. 22 Baseball America
AU: 
Unranked

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD VS. ALABAMA

The LSU Tigers hold a 103-74 edge over Auburn in their series that started way back in 1907. LSU has had the more recent success by winning 15 of its last 19 games against the Auburn Tigers, but Auburn took two of three games against the Tigers in 2018 at Plainsman Park. The LSU Tigers have won 13 of the last 20 SEC regular-season series meetings between these two clubs, which dates back to 1999. LSU head coach Paul Mainieri holds a career record of 25-12 against Auburn.

PITCHING MATCHUPS
Game 1
LSU: So. RH Eric Walker (4-4, 5.21 ERA, 57.0 IP, 22 BB, 47 SO)
AU: Jr. LH Elliott Anderson (5-1, 3.70 ERA, 48.2 IP, 21 BB, 52 SO)
Game 2
LSU: Fr. RH Landon Marceaux (3-2, 6.56 ERA, 35.2 IP, 17 BB, 26 SO)
AU: So. LH Jack Owen (4-1, 1.91 ERA, 42.1 IP, 7 BB, 40 SO)
Game 3
LSU: TBA
AU: So. RH Tanner Burns (4-3, 2.83 ERA, 70.0 IP, 20 BB, 91 SO)

 

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