{"id":207879,"date":"2026-03-06T20:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207879\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:50:27","slug":"lsu-baseball-vs-sacramento-state-start-time-in-friday-night-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207879\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU Baseball vs. Sacramento State Start Time in Friday Night Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">Jay Johnson and the defending National Champion LSU Tigers will take the field at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field on Friday evening for a matchup against the Sacramento State Hornets.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">After dropping back-to-back contests this week to the Northeastern Huskies and Louisiana Ragin&#8217; Cajuns, Johnson and Co. will look to bounce back with a win against the Hornets.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">\u201cIt\u2019s tough to have lessons in losses, but sometimes it grabs the team\u2019s attention. We\u2019re ready to get into more of a normal routine now, and I do think we will gain value from (Wednesday night\u2019s) game (at UL Lafayette),&#8221; Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">&#8220;I\u2019m glad we\u2019re learning some things that we need and will do better. We\u2019ve had a little bit of speed bump, and I\u2019ll use that to make this team better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">The Preview: Sacramento State Hornets (3-9) at No. 2 LSU Tigers (11-3)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">DATES\/TIMES<br \/>\u2022 Friday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m. CT<br \/>STADIUM<br \/>\u2022 Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in Baton Rouge, La. (10,718)<br \/>RANKINGS<br \/>\u2022 LSU \u2013 No. 2 NCBWA, No. 2 Perfect Game; No. 2 Baseball America; No. 2 D1 Baseball, No. 2 USA Today<br \/>\u2022 Sacramento State \u2013 unranked<br \/>RADIO<br \/>\u2022 LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates<br \/>\u2022 Live audio at www.LSUsports.net\/live; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com<br \/>ONLINE<br \/>\u2022 The games will be streamed live on SEC Network +  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01kht7ckw64x3f7h41ts.jpg\" alt=\"LSU Tigers Baseball.\" title=\"LSU Tigers Baseball.\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2304\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"68\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of LSU Tigers Baseball.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">LSU will need key contributions from multiple Tigers this weekend at Alex Box. Who must step up on the bump to snap the losing streak?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">\u2022 Sophomore right-hander\u00a0William Schmidt\u00a0fired 7.1 shutout innings to earn a win over Dartmouth last Sunday \u2026 the outing was the longest of Schmidt\u2019s career, as he limited Dartmouth to no runs on four hits with no walks and an career-high nine strikeouts \u2026 Schmidt threw 95 pitches \u2013 63 for strikes \u2013 and he retired the first 12 batters that he faced before allowing the leadoff hitter in the fifth inning to reach base \u2026 he then retired nine of the next 13 batters to complete the outing \u2026 only two Dartmouth baserunners advanced as far as second base while Schmidt was on the mound.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">\u2022 Junior right-hander\u00a0Cooper Moore\u00a0defeated Northeastern last Saturday, limiting the Huskies to one run on three hits in 7.2 innings with one walk and 10 strikeouts \u2026 Moore improved to 3-0 on the season, and he has a 2.33 ERA in 19.1 innings with two walks and 27 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>More LSU News:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/lsu\/recruiting\/lsu-football-and-michigan-wolverines-among-teams-to-watch-for-elite-florida-prospect-01kjxj8rp5rg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LSU Football and Michigan Wolverines Among Teams to Watch for Elite Florida Prospect<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/lsu\/recruiting\/lsu-football-building-momentum-in-pursuit-of-coveted-georgia-bulldogs-commitment-01kjx5fg0619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LSU Football Building Momentum in Pursuit of Coveted Georgia Bulldogs Commitment<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/lsu\/football\/paul-finebaum-reveals-bold-statement-on-lsu-football-s-lane-kiffin-amid-major-move-01khrsrfx4t8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paul Finebaum Reveals Bold Statement on LSU Football&#8217;s Lane Kiffin Amid Major Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join the Community:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">Follow Zack Nagy on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/znagy20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@znagy20\u00a0<\/a>and LSU Tigers On SI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LSUTigersSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@LSUTigersSI\u00a0<\/a>for all coverage surrounding the LSU Tigers.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jay Johnson and the defending National Champion LSU Tigers will take the field at Alex Box Stadium, Skip&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-207879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}