Opening Series at the Box: Maryland (ACC) @ LSU (SEC)

It's the first meeting in baseball between LSU and Maryland.

TV: Saturday game will be on Cox Sports Television

Game 1 -- Friday, February 15 - 7 p.m.
Game 2 -- Saturday, February 16 - 1 p.m.
Game 3 -- Sunday, February 17 - 12 p.m.

LSU's 2013 Preseason All-Americans
--Starting Pitchers Aaron Nola and Ryan Eades (Nola starts tonight, Eades tomorrow)
--C Ty Ross
--1B Mason Katz
--2B JaCoby Jones
--LF Raph Rhymes

Mainieri: "we feel like we have a talented ball club"

LSU newcomers to watch:
--SS Alex Bregman, 2010 USA Baseball Player of the Year (Baseball America: "Bregman is an advanced hitter who rarely strikes out, and scouts are as convinced as LSU's coaches that he will be an instant star."
--3B Christian Ibarra (JUCO transfer) who has a cannon arm like Tyler Hanover did at 3B
--a quartet of athletic outfielders who all bat left-handed: Chris Sciambra (broke his neck last year as a freshman), Sean McMullen (JUCO transfer), Mark Laird (freshman), Andrew Stevenson (freshman)

tonight, the starter for Maryland will be senior Jimmy Reed, who had an .226 opposing batting avg last season and was Drafted in the 21st round of the 2012 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees

It's about time baseball is here. I'm hoping to make a few Box trips this season. LSU is headed back to the CWS this season.

Nola opens the season with a K on a fastball

leadoff man Sciambra opens the season for the offense with a base hit

I like this comment:

Good thing about this year is we can say the
meat of the order is coming up every
inning!!!

Nola has two Ks after 2 innings

Rhymes begins his season with a basehit...he's batting 1.000 and still leading the nation in batting avg

Nola gives up his first hit, a basehit with one out in 3rd inn

Nola gets his 3rd K to end the inning for Maryland