When LSU took on Mississippi State in the final weekend of the regular season, the Tigers had to face a player who would be named the SEC Player of the Year just days later in Bulldogs first baseman Brent Rooker.
Rooker hit .538 against LSU but the Tigers limited the damage he could do at the plate allowing only one extra base hit and no home runs.
How? The Tigers didn't have to pitch to Rooker with multiple men on base that often. Of his 15 plate appearances, nine of those came with no men on base and only one of those was when Rooker led off an inning.