University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss-LSU Post Game Notes
6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 1, 2008
Southern Miss vs. LSU June 1, 2008 Alex Box Stadium - Baton Rouge, La. Post Game Notes
- Tonight's game with LSU is the third time this season that Southern Miss has played two games in one day, twice in the regular season as weather forced double headers. The Golden eagles split both of those doubleheaders (with UAB and ECU).
- Southern Miss is now 10-18 in NCAA Regional action over nine appearances in postseason play.
- The Golden Eagles are 6-10 in NCAA Regional Elimination games
- The Golden Eagles are 4-6 in Baton Rouge during NCAA Tournament play.
- Southern Miss has belted 76 home runs this season - the fifth time in the last six years they have clubbed at least 60 in a season.
- The Golden Eagles, which have reached the 40-win plateau for the fourth time in the last seven years, and the seventh time in school history, has tallied its most victories since garnering 45 in 2004.
- Here is a list of Golden Eagle 40-plus win seasons:
o 2003 - 47 o 2004 - 45 o 2008 - 42 o 1990 - 42 o 1991 - 42 o 2005 - 41 o 1999 - 40
- Southern Miss has lost both of its previous meetings with LSU this season, dropping a 8-4 decision in Hattiesburg on April 9 and a 13-4 decision in the second game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on Saturday
- This is the second time this season that the Golden Eagles matched up against a team ranked No. 2 in one of the four major polls. The Golden Eagles lost against then No. 2 Ole Miss in Oxford, 8-5, on March 4.
