The 2017 LSU Tigers baseball team represents

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(LSU) during the

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. The Tigers play their home games at

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as a member of the

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. They are led by head coach

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, in his 11th season at LSU. The Tigers would host both the Baton Rouge Regional and Super Regional, before advancing to the 2017 College World Series. The Tigers would eventually lose to

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in the series.

Previous season

In 2016, the Tigers finished the season 3rd in the SEC's Western Division with a record of 45–21–0, 19–11–0 in conference play. They qualified for the 2016 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament and fell to

in the semifinal, 1–0. They qualified for the

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as an At–large bid, and were selected as the #8 overall national seed. The Tigers were selected as hosts of the Baton Rouge regional, which included

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, Southeastern Louisiana, and

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. The Tigers won their first two games of the regional, defeating Utah Valley, 7–1, and Rice, 4–2. In the regional final, LSU was again matched up with Rice. In the first game of the regional final, the Owls defeated the Tigers, 10–6. The Tigers went on to win game two, 5–2, eliminating Rice and advancing to the Baton Rouge Super Regional, where they faced the

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. In game one of the Super Regionals, the Tigers fell 11–8. In Game 2, Coastal Carolina hit a walk-off hit to upset the Fighting Tigers 4–3, moving onto the

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, where the Chanticleers would go on to win the National Championship.

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Schedule

All rankings from

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Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

Awards and honors

* OF

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: consensus All-America, first-team All-SEC * SP Alex Lange: first-team All-SEC * SS Kramer Robertson: second-team All-SEC * 3B Josh Smith: freshman All-SEC, All-SEC defensive * OF Zach Watson: freshman All-SEC * SP Eric Walker: freshman All-SEC * C Michael Papierski: All-SEC defensive

References

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