Friday, March 12, 2010
Sophomore center James Stanfield slides safely into second base before a Tabor infielder could gather the ball. Kansas took the lead in the second inning with a season-high seven runs and shut out the Bluejays with a 15-0 victory.
Series notes
While the Jayhawks spent the past few weeks feasting on the Tabors and Iowas of the baseball world, the Tigers, too, have faced less than stellar competition — with their opponent’s collective record standing at 27-32.
LSU has gone 45-9 since moving into the new Alex Box Stadium last spring, and has continued the trend of drawing the highest attendance in the country. The Tigers have drawn the highest total attendance for 14 straight seasons heading into 2010.
Players to watch
SP – senior Cameron Selik
Selik’s wish to face LSU will come true, as he’ll get the start in Saturday’s contest. The burly right-hander has been dominant to begin his senior campaign. Selik has won all of his three starts while throwing a quality start (six-plus innings, three or fewer runs allowed) in each game. On the year, Selik has tossed 19 and one-third innings with 16 strikeouts and has only allowed three earned runs.
IB – senior Brett Lisher
After putting up modest statistics in 20 appearances last season, Lisher has smashed those numbers during the nine games in which he’s played this year. The former Free State standout has gone 15-for-30 this season with six runs scored and 10 RBI. Especially with the struggles of sophomore Zac Elgie, Lisher needs to continue to produce in the middle of Kansas’ lineup.
Senior pitcher Cameron Selik remembers sitting at home last summer and watching the College World Series.
He recalled watching LSU win the national championship, and wishing he could be out there competing against them.
This weekend in Baton Rouge, he and his fellow teammates will get that chance, as Kansas (9-3) will play three games against the top-ranked ranked defending national champions.
If the Jayhawks feel any nerves heading into their series against the Tigers, they aren’t showing them.
“We want them to be No. 1 when we go down there,” coach Ritch Price said.
After winning the College World Series last season, LSU has rolled out to a 12-0 start this year as they look to repeat as national champs. And the Tigers boast an imposing home field advantage — the always-packed Alex Box Stadium — which can hold more than 10,000 fans.
Price said the road test would provide a good gauge of where his team stood before it opened its conference season at Baylor and later traveled to Texas.
“I wanted us to go into a tough environment to play in and be prepared when we open up Big 12 play here in two weeks,” Price said.
Though Price said the main goal was to go into Baton Rouge and play well, his players were more openly optimistic.
“We’re confident that we can beat them,” freshman catcher Alex DeLeon said. “We’re going to go in there and just have fun, and play the game we know we can play.”
And though the Jayhawks are excited to play against a top-tier team in a raucous environment, they won’t be awestruck by the Tigers.
“I know coach Price set this up for us to get the chance to go out and beat the No. 1 team in the country,” Selik said.
— Edited by Taylor Bern
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