SLU's biggest offensive star is Brock Hebert, who was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 14th-round of the 2012 Major League Draft. last year, he had a .374 batting average, #1 in the conference. he also had 36 stolen bases. he's from South Terrebonne High School (91 miles from Baton Rouge)
so far this season, Southeastern is led in hitting by seniors Harry Slade (.600 batting avg) and reigning Southland Conference Hitter of the Week Ben Hernandez (.545 batting avg)
Chilly and wet tonight. Rain bands will be coming through the region all evening. Storm cell just popped up and hit BR, causing a rain relay
As the LSU announcers point out, perfect weather tonight after crappy weather last night 62° RealFeel®: 64° Mostly Clear (25% cloud cover) 64% humidity Scoring summary Bot 1st -Sciambra lead off walk after taking pitcher to full count (Sciambras OBP is .636. Pretty good for a leadoff man) -Laird popped up on a sac bunt. Catcher catches it -Bregman grounds out -Rhymes walks on 4 pitches -Katz hits the 4th pitch for an RBI single 1-0 LSU
And now Bonvillain, who only allowed only one hit and no walks through 4 innings, gets destroyed in the top 5 BYU loaded bases with no outs, scored one of sac fly, then Bonvillian walked the next batter to load bases again And Bonvillian is pulled from game Fury takes mound
And Fury ends the bleeding! - grounder to Katz who throws out runner at home! - groundout to Katz for Out 3 BYU leaves bases loaded 1-1 tie
More on Nate Fury, who played for Tulane out of high school: He was very good his senior year at Rummel. Almost single-handedly carried his team to the quarterfinals, and lost to Barbe in extra innings in a low scoring game. He's the "bulldog" type of pitcher. Not a hard thrower, but a great competitor. At Rummel, he was an All-State pitcher who posted a 12-3 record with a 1.89 ERA and hit .421 with nine homers and 37 RBI. Talented pitcher who earned a place on the 2013 LSU roster after participating in walk- on tryouts during the fall of 2012 ... younger brother of LSU baseball equipment manager Matt Fury, who was an infielder for the Tigers in 2010 and 2011. his uncle, Gavin Fury, played baseball at LSU in 1982 and 1983 ... says he has had "a lifelong dream of playing at LSU" both his mom and dad are chemical engineers
Fury just got obliterated by BYU in top 6 - ground out to SS - single to center - single to left - RBI double down 1B line - RBI sac fly - walks BYU batter to put runners 1st & 2nd - gives up 3-run home run, only 2nd homer of year given up by LSU pitchers Fury pulled from game in shame 6-1 BYU
