BATON ROUGE -- After taking 2-of-3 games at No. 12 Arkansas in less than 24 hours this weekend, the LSU baseball team moved to No. 3 in this week's Baseball America Top 25 and Collegiate Baseball Top 30, it was announced Monday morning.

Coleman Named SEC Pitcher of the Week

LSU right-hander Louis Coleman was named SEC Pitcher of the Week Monday by the league office.

Coleman, a senior from Schlater, Miss., turned in a dominant outing against Arkansas on Saturday, recording a complete-game shutout as the Tigers posted a 5-0 victory. Coleman’s shutout was the first by an LSU pitcher since Greg Smith blanked Vanderbilt, 3-0, on May 1, 2005 in Nashville.

Only three Arkansas batters reached base against Coleman, who allowed two hits in nine innings with one walk and six strikeouts. After surrendering a single to start the second inning, Coleman retired 19 straight Razorback hitters before Arkansas recorded its second hit with one out in the eighth inning.

Coleman improved his record to 9-2 on the year – he leads the SEC in wins – with a 2.71 ERA in 76.1 innings. He has recorded 92 strikeouts and 17 walks, and opponents are hitting just .211 against him.

The honor was the second SEC Pitcher of the Week award this season for Coleman, and it marked the sixth time this year an LSU pitcher has been recognized by the conference.

LSU Baseball Report - May 4, 2009

Overall Record:  36-13
SEC Record:  16-8     

Last Week:  3-1
April 29 – TULANE (W, 13-2)
May 2 (Game 1) – at #7 Arkansas (L, 4-11) 
May 2 (Game 2) – at #7 Arkansas (W, 5-0)
May 3 – at #7 Arkansas (W, 4-3)

Nominee for Pitcher of the Week
Louis Coleman, RHP, Sr., Schlater, Miss.
Louis Coleman turned in a dominant outing against Arkansas last Saturday, recording a complete-game shutout as the Tigers posted a 5-0 victory ... Coleman’s shutout was the first by an LSU pitcher since Greg Smith blanked Vanderbilt, 3-0, on May 1, 2005 ... only three Arkansas batters reached base against Coleman, who allowed two hits in nine innings with one walk and six strikeouts ... after surrendering a single to start the second inning, Coleman retired 19 straight Razorback hitters before Arkansas recorded its second hit with one out in the eighth inning ... Coleman improved his record to 9-2 on the year – he leads the SEC in wins – with a 2.71 ERA in 76.1 innings ... he has recorded 92 strikeouts and 17 walks, and opponents are hitting just .211 against him.
29 Louis Coleman 

 ERA   W-L   APP  GS  CG SHO/CBO SV    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B  3B  HR   AB B/Avg   WP
0.00   1-0     1   1   1   1/0    0   9.0   2   0   0   1   6   1   0   0   29  .069    0  

Nominee for Player of the Week 
Blake Dean, OF/DH, Jr., Crestview, Fla.
Blake Dean continues to swing a hot bat for the Tigers, as he led LSU to three wins in four games last week ... Dean hit .500 (7-for-14) for the week with two doubles, three homers, seven RBI and five runs ... he combined with leftfielder Ryan Schimpf to accomplish a rare feat in the Tigers’ 13-2 win over Tulane last Wednesday ... Dean and Schimpf launched back-to-back home runs twice in the same inning, highlighting a 10-run LSU uprising ... Dean, who was hitting only .225 on March 21, has raised his average to .333 (58-for-174) with 11 doubles, 11 homers, 48 RBI and 41 runs.

34 Blake Dean

 AVG  GP-GS    AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT  
.500   4-4     14   5   7   2   0   3   7   18 1.286   3   0   1   0  .588   0   0   0-0     

Notes on the Tigers
LSU won two of three games at seventh-ranked Arkansas last weekend and remained in a tie for first place in the overall SEC standings ... LSU is 16-8 in league games, tied with Florida and Ole Miss for first place in the league race ... the Tigers have won 11 of their last 12 SEC series, and LSU has won six straight league series on the road, dating back to last season ... senior right-hander Louis Coleman turned in a dominant outing against Arkansas last Saturday, recording a complete-game shutout as the Tigers posted a 5-0 victory ... Coleman’s shutout was the first by an LSU pitcher since Greg Smith blanked Vanderbilt, 3-0, on May 1, 2005 ... only three Arkansas batters reached base against Coleman, who allowed two hits in nine innings with one walk and six strikeouts ... after surrendering a single to start the second inning, Coleman retired 19 straight Razorback hitters before Arkansas recorded its second hit with one out in the eighth inning ... Coleman improved his record to 9-2 on the year – he leads the SEC in wins – with a 2.71 ERA in 76.1 innings ... he has recorded 92 strikeouts and 17 walks, and opponents are hitting just .211 against him ... junior outfielder/DH Blake Dean continues to swing a hot bat for the Tigers, as he led LSU to three wins in four games last week ... Dean hit .500 (7-for-14) for the week with two doubles, three homers, seven RBI and five runs ... he combined with leftfielder Ryan Schimpf to accomplish a rare feat in the Tigers’ 13-2 win over Tulane last Wednesday ... Dean and Schimpf launched back-to-back home runs twice in the same inning, highlighting a 10-run LSU uprising ... Dean, who was hitting only .225 on March 21, has raised his average to .333 (58-for-174) with 11 doubles, 11 homers, 48 RBI and 41 runs ... LSU sophomore right-hander Austin Ross earned his first win in over a month Sunday at Arkansas, as he scattered 10 hits in six innings and limited the Hogs to three runs with two walks and three strikeouts ... Ross left the game in the seventh with a 4-3 lead; LSU relievers Chad Jones and Matty Ott blanked Arkansas the rest of the way to preserve the win ... Jones, a sophomore left-hander who also plays safety for the LSU football team, halted a potential Arkansas rally by pitching a scoreless seventh inning ... Ott, a freshman right-hander, worked the final two innings to earn his SEC-leading 11th save of the season ... Ott allowed one hit in two scoreless innings with no walks and three strikeouts ... sophomore right-hander Anthony Ranaudo recorded seven strikeouts on Saturday at Arkansas, increasing his season total to an SEC-best 105 Ks ... Ranaudo is the first LSU pitcher to reach the 100-strikeout mark since Bo Pettit registered 121 Ks in 2002.

Collegiate Baseball Top 25
May 4, 2009

Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev.
1. UC Irvine 34-11 4-0 1
2. Rice 31-11 3-1 2
3. LSU 36-12 3-1 5
4. North Carolina 35-11 0-0 4
5. Arizona State 33-11 2-2 3
6. Cal State Fullerton 31-13 3-1 6
7. Mississippi 36-13 4-1 7
8. Texas 33-11 4-0 8
9. Georgia Tech 31-11 3-0 10
10. Kansas State 35-11 4-0 16
11. Florida 34-14 3-0 24
12. Cal Poly 32-12 3-2 13
13. Virginia 35-9 1-0 14
14. Texas A&M 31-16 3-1 20
15. Texas Christian 29-13 2-1 15
16. Florida State 33-12 3-0 19
17. Arkansas 31-14 2-2 12
18. Oklahoma 34-14 1-3 9
19. Miami 31-16 2-2 18
20. Clemson 32-16 2-1 21
21. Alabama 32-15 3-0 22
22. Georgia 33-15 0-4 11
23. Kansas 33-16 4-1 NR
24. East Carolina 35-14 3-1 25
25. Oregon State 27-12 3-1 NR

Dropped Out: Baylor (17), Kent State (23)

Collegiate Baseball Top 30
May 4, 2009
 
Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. U.C. Irvine (34-11) 492 1
2. North Carolina (35-11) 486 3
3. LSU (36-13) 484 4
4. Arizona St. (33-11) 483 2
5. Cal. St. Fullerton (32-12) 481 5
6. Florida St. (33-12) 478 9
7. Rice (31-11) 476 8
8. Texas (33-11-1) 473 16
9. Florida (34-14) 472 17
10. Georgia Tech. (31-11-1) 471 10
11. Virginia (35-9-1) 468 11
12. Mississippi (36-13) 466 12
13. Arkansas (31-14) 464 7
14. Georgia (33-15) 463 6
15. Texas A&M (31-16) 461 15
16. Cal Poly (32-12) 458 13
17. Kansas St. (35-11-1) 456 24
18. Oregon St. (27-12) 454 22
19. Clemson (32-16) 453 19
20. Miami, Fla. (31-16) 452 18
21. Oklahoma (34-14) 450 14
22. Texas Christian (29-13) 448 20
23. Alabama (32-15) 446 23
24. Kansas (33-16) 443 —
25. Illinois (30-13) 440 28
26. Kent St. (35-11) 437 21
27. Ohio St. (34-11) 433 27
28. South Florida (30-17) 430 25
29. George Mason (38-9) 429 29
30. East Carolina (35-14) 428 30