1987 LSU Tigers baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 baseball 1987 LSU Tigers Louisiana State University (block logo).svg 150 Southeastern Conference SEC 55–14 22–5 Skip Bertman (4th year) Alex Box Stadium NCAA South II Regional champions College World Series 2–2 The 1987 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium, and played as part of the Southeastern Conference. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his fourth season as head coach at LSU. The Tigers reached the College World Series, their second appearance in Omaha, where they finished 4th after wins against Florida State and Arkansas and losses to eventual runner-up Oklahoma State and eventual champion Stanford. Personnel Roster 1987 LSU Tigers rosterhttps://lsusports.net/sports/bsb/roster/season/1987/ LSU Tigers Baseball Roster 1987 January 4, 2026 Pitchers 2 - Greg Naquin - Junior 14 - Andy Berg - Junior 19 - Ben McDonald - Freshman 21 - Stan Loewer - Senior 29 - Dondi Quarles - Freshman 30 - Gregg Patterson - Junior 32 - Randy LaRose - Senior 33 - Russ Springer - Freshman 35 - Joe Zimmerman - Senior 36 - Dan Kite - Sophomore 39 - Barry Manuel - Junior 40 - Willie Forbes - Senior 44 - Mark Guthrie - Senior Catchers 16 - Daniel Edwards - Freshman 28 - Joe Lewis - Freshman 41 - Warren Bankston - Freshman 51 - Craig Faulkner - Senior Outfielders 8 - Joey Belle - Junior 9 - Todd Waggoner - Sophomore 10 - Michael Papajohn - Senior 12 - Terry Belle - Junior 13 - Brad Duplantis - Junior 17 - Rich Vasquez - Junior 23 - Rob Hartwig - Senior Infielders 1 - Dave Cunningham - Junior 3 - Wayne Stofsky - Sophomore 4 - Andy Galy - Junior 7 - Brian Wilhite - Junior 20 - Shawn Jenkins - Junior 27 - Pete Bush - Sophomore 37 - Jack Voigt - Junior Coaches 1987 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staffSkip Bertman - Head coach - 4th Season Tom Brown - Assistant coach - 4th season Smoke Laval - Assistant coach - 4th Season Cliff Dees - Graduate Assistant Coach Jim Wells - Graduate Assistant Coach - 1st season Schedule and results Legend LSU win LSU loss 1987 LSU Tigers baseball game loghttps://lsusports.net/sports/bsb/schedule/season/1987/ LSU Tigers Baseball Schedule 1987 January 4, 2026Regular seasonFebruary Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Feb 17 1987 Louisiana College Wildcats Louisiana College* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–0 1–0 Feb 18 Louisiana College* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–0 2–0 Feb 20 vs 1987 Miami Hurricanes Miami (FL)* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge I) L 2–7 2–1 Feb 21 vs 1987 Florida Gators Florida* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge I) W 5–2 3–1 Feb 22 vs Florida State* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge I) L 1–2 3–2 Feb 28 1987 Wichita State Shockers Wichita State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–6 4–2 March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Mar 1 Wichita State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–27 5–2 Mar 1 Wichita State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–3 6–2 Mar 4 1987 Southern Jaguars Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–4 7–2 Mar 5 1987 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Southwestern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–4 8–2 Mar 9 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–57 8–3 0–1 Mar 9 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–17 9–3 1–1 Mar 14 at 1987 Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY L 2–77 9–4 1–2 Mar 14 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 8–47 10–4 2–2 Mar 15 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 5–0 11–4 3–2 Mar 18 1987 Texas–Arlington Mavericks Texas–Arlington* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–3 12–4 Mar 18 Texas–Arlington* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–2 13–4 Mar 19 1987 Missouri Tigers Missouri* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–5 14–4 Mar 20 1987 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Oral Roberts* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 20–5 15–4 Mar 21 Oral Roberts* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–4 16–4 Mar 22 1987 McNeese State Cowboys McNeese State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–7 17–4 Mar 24 1987 Nicholls State Colonels Nicholls State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–7 18–4 Mar 25 1987 New Orleans Privateers New Orleans* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 19–4 Mar 26 1987 Southeastern Louisiana Lions Southeastern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–3 20–4 Mar 28 1987 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 0–17 20–5 3–3 Mar 28 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–37 21–5 4–3 Mar 31 1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians Northeast Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–0 22–5 April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Apr 1 1987 Centenary Gentlemen Centenary* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–3 23–5 Apr 7 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–4 24–5 Apr 8 at 1987 Tulane Green Wave Tulane* Tulane Diamond • New Orleans, LA W 5–415 25–5 Apr 11 at 1987 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 0–47 25–6 4–4 Apr 11 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 5–6 25–7 4–5 Apr 12 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 6–3 26–7 5–5 Apr 14 vs Centenary* Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA W 10–3 27–7 Apr 15 at Northeast Louisiana* Lou St. Amant Field • Monroe, LA W 9–3 28–7 Apr 16 at 1987 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech* J. 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Love Field • Ruston, LA L 4–510 28–8 Apr 18 1987 Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–57 28–9 5–6 Apr 18 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–47 29–9 6–6 Apr 19 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–5 30–9 7–6 Apr 20 Nicholls State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–5 31–9 Apr 21 Tulane* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 7–9 31–10 Apr 22 1987 Northwestern State Demons Northwestern State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–06 32–10 Apr 22 Northwestern State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 33–10 Apr 25 at 1987 Georgia Bulldogs Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA L 1–77 33–11 7–7 Apr 25 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 12–37 34–11 8–7 Apr 26 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA L 10–12 34–12 8–8 Apr 27 Southeastern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–4 35–12 Apr 29 at New Orleans* Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA L 1–3 35–13 May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 1 at Nicholls State* Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 10–2 36–13 May 2 1987 Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–47 36–14 8–9 May 2 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 1–07 37–14 9–9 May 3 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–8 38–14 10–9 May 9 at 1987 Auburn Tigers Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 4–07 39–14 11–9 May 9 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 6–17 40–14 12–9 May 10 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 1–6 40–15 12–10PostseasonLSU Tigers 1987 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament SEC Tournament Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SECT Record May 14 (2) Auburn (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA L 8–9 40–16 0–1 May 15 (1) Georgia (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA W 4–2 41–16 1–1 May 16 (4) Kentucky (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA W 4–1 42–16 2–1 May 16 (2) Auburn (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA W 4–2 43–16 3–1 May 17 (6) Mississippi State (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA L 3–13 43–17 3–2LSU Tigers 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament#South II Regional at New Orleans, LA NCAA South II Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 21 Tulane Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 5–3 44–17 1–0 May 22 New Orleans Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 14–1 45–17 2–0 May 23 New Orleans Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 3–0 46–17 3–0 May 24 1987 Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 7–3 47–17 4–0LSU Tigers 1987 College World Series College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record May 29 Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–210 48–17 1–0 June 1 Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 7–8 48–18 1–1 June 3 Arkansas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–2 49–18 2–1 June 2 Stanford Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–610 49–19 2–2 References Category:LSU Tigers baseball seasons LSU Tigers Category:College World Series seasons LSU Tigers baseball