The No. 8 LSU baseball team enters its final non-conference game of the season riding an eight-game winning streak.
The Tigers (36-16, 17-10) face off against Northwestern St. in Alex Box Stadium tonight at 6:30pm.
Senior left-hander John Valek III gets the start for the Tigers tonight. Valek, who was recently demoted from his Sunday starter role, is 6-2 on the year with a 4.03 ERA in 58 innings pitched.
Freshman right-hander Austin Reich will take the mound for Northwestern St. Reich is 2-1 with a 1.77 ERA in 20.1 innings pitched.
The Tigers are coming off a five game road trip that included a doubleheader win over Notre Dame in South Bend, IN and a Southeastern Conference series sweep over Tennessee in Knoxville.