How to Watch: No. 2 LSU vs. UL Lafayette in Minute Maid Park
No. 2 LSU looks to carry their success from Friday night's victory over No. 13 Texas with a showdown against the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns set for Saturday.
Jay Johnson and Co. return to Minute Maid Park with Gage Jump prepared to take the mound against the Cajuns.
Here's all the game information for Saturday:
LSU Schedule at Astros Foundation College Classic – Minute Maid Park
- Friday, March 1 @ 7 p.m. CT vs. Texas
- Saturday, March 2 @ 7 p.m. CT vs. UL Lafayette
- Sunday, March 3 @ 3 p.m. CT vs. Texas State
Watch Online for Free
- All games of the Astros Foundation College Classic will be streamed live without a paywall on Astros.com and on the Astros X, Facebook and YouTube channels.
Space City Home Network
- All games will be televised by Space City Home Network and available on the channel in the entirety of the Astros five-state viewing area of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
- Most of the games will be on the Space City Home Network primary channel, with Saturday’s LSU-UL Lafayette game and Texas-Texas State game aired live on the Space City Home Network alternate channel.
- Space City Home Network is available on DirecTV, AT&T Uverse, Xfinity, Consolidated Communications, btel, Astound, Phonoscope, and I-Net.
MLB Network
- MLB Network will air the LSU-Texas game on tape delay on Friday night, beginning at 11 p.m. CT.
- The LSU-UL Lafayette game on Saturday night at 7 p.m. CT will air live on MLB Network (the MLB Network telecast will be blacked out in the Astros viewing area of Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico).
About The Cajuns
- LSU leads the all-time series with UL Lafayette, 57-28, as the squads first met in 1912 … LSU has won seven of the past 11 and 17 of the past 26 meetings with ULL since 2000; however, the Cajuns defeated the Tigers, 8-5, last season (April 18) in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
Quoting Jay Johnson
“Our players aspire to play in Major League parks one day, so playing in Minute Maid Park is really cool for them. We have a strong connection with the Astros, obviously, because of our location and (former LSU and current Astros infielder) Alex Bregman, and I’ve coached a lot of players who played in the Astros organization. It wasn’t hard to get our players to get excited about practicing for 50 minutes in Minute Maid Park today.
About The Tigers
- LSU opened this week with a 16-4 win at Rice on Wednesday night .. freshman left-hander Kade Anderson pitched five innings without allowing an earned run, and catcher Brady Neal launched two homers in the victory at Reckling Park … the Tigers reached base 26 times in the contest with 11 hits, 10 walks and five hit-by-pitches … Neal was 2-for-4 on the night with two homers, five RBI, three runs and a walk … centerfielder Paxton Kling was productive from the lead-off spot, driving in four runs and scoring twice to spark the Tigers’ offensive output.
- Sophomore outfielder Paxton Kling is hitting .636(7-for-11) with one homer, seven RBI, seven runs, seven walks, five hit-by-pitches, three steals and a .760on-base percentage … batting in the lead-off spot in the lineup, Kling reached base in all six of his plate appearances last Sunday versus Stony Brook with two singles, two walks and two hit-by-pitches … over the course of LSU’s last five games, Kling has reached base 19 times in 25 plate appearances.