LSU Meets Lamar in Prostate Cancer Awareness Game

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Bill FranquesCommunications Sr. Associate



BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 8 LSU (25-12) plays host to Lamar (22-15) at 6:30 p.m. CT Tuesday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
Tuesday’s contest is LSU’s annual Prostate Cancer Awareness Game, as the Tigers will wear blue batting helmets in support of the early detection and treatment of prostate cancer in men.
The game will be carried on the LSU Sports Radio Network (WDGL 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge), and the radio broadcast may be heard at www.LSUsports.net/live,
The game may be viewed online in SEC Network +, accessible at WatchESPN.com and the Watch ESPN app.
LSU won three of four games last week, including a 2-1 series win against Ole Miss in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The series win was LSU’s 19th straight over the Rebels in Baton Rouge; the last series win for Ole Miss on LSU’s home field came in 1982.
The Tigers, who are just two games out of first place in the SEC standings with a 9-6 conference mark, are hitting .295 as a team with 32 homers and 40 steals in 58 attempts.
Lamar, which is 9-9 in Southland Conference action, is hitting .282 on the year with 30 homers and 19 steals in 23 attempts. The Cardinals are coached by Will Davis, a former LSU player and assistant coach in his first year at the helm of the Lamar program.
“I’m so proud of Will, and he’s doing a tremendous job at Lamar,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “I knew he would do a great job, and they’re only going to continue to get better under his leadership. It will be a kind of awkward feeling coaching against Will, because I love him and I’m very proud of him. We’re just going to have to put our friendship on hold for about three hours ...

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