If college baseball had pennants, this would be one hell of a pennant race. LSU still sits in fifth place in the SEC West after last week’s sweep of Alabama, but they are one game out of first. That’s right, first and fifth are separated by one game. Things are tight.
The bad news is that Auburn, the sole leader in the division, is playing the hapless Crimson Tide this week, and we should all expect them to pull off a sweep. So, to keep pace, LSU needs to earn a sweep of their own. Wining the series keeps LSU in the ballgame, and a lost series at this point would be a disaster.