No. 2 LSU vs. Xavier Friday Night Start Time Changed

The Tigers and Musketeers push back the first pitch, Luke Holman takes the mound.

BATON ROUGE, La. – The start time of Game 1 of the LSU-Xavier baseball series Friday night has been moved to 8 p.m. CT.

The start time was moved 90 minutes from the original first pitch time of 6:30 p.m. CT due to storms in the Baton Rouge area.

Game 2 of the series will start at 5 p.m. CT Saturday, and Game 3 of the series will start at 12 p.m. CT Sunday, as originally scheduled.

All three games will be broadcast on affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network, and they will be streamed on SEC Network +.

More on the LSU vs. Xavier showdown: 

TV/ONLINE

• All three LSU-Xavier games will be streamed on SEC Network +

LSU SERIES RECORD VS. XAVIER

• Friday’s game marks the first meeting between LSU and Xavier on the diamond … LSU is 8-0 all-time against the current baseball programs in the Big East Conference … the Tigers are 3-0 vs. Villanova, 2-0 vs. Butler, 2-0 vs. St. John’s and 1-0 vs. Connecticut.

PITCHING ROTATIONS

Game 1

LSU - Jr. RH Luke Holman (3-0, 0.00 ERA, 18.0 IP, 2 BB, 30 SO)

XU – Jr. RH Luke Hoskins (2-1, 9.64 ERA, 14.0 IP, 3 BB, 12 SO)

Game 2

LSU – So. LH Gage Jump (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 8.1 IP, 1 BB, 11 SO)

XU – Jr. LH Nolan Hughes (0-2, 12.15 ERA, 6.2 IP, 14 BB, 14 SO)

Game 3

LSU – Jr. RH Thatcher Hurd (1-1, 6.75 ERA, 12.0 IP, 6 BB, 17 SO)

XU – Sr. RH Nick Boyle (1-0, 4.85 ERA, 13.0 IP, 13 BB, 13 SO)

QUOTING COACH JAY JOHNSON

“Our starting pitching has been phenomenal for five games in a row, and that really simplifies the game in a lot of ways. It helps us maximize the bullpen appropriately, and our relievers have done a great job. We have five games in six days before we start SEC play next weekend, so we have a lot of business to handle before we get there. We’ve played a winning style of baseball over the past several games; when we do that, we become a lot to deal with.”