LSU lefthander Jared Poch? was one of Collegiate Baseball magazine’s players of the week for the second straight week, but there was also bad news for the Tigers’ pitching staff.
Poch? was three outs away from throwing his second consecutive no-hitter in a 14-0 victory over Maryland Saturday before giving up his line hit thus far into the season to lead off the top of the ninth.
But it was the seventh inning a day later that proved most costly to the Tigers when junior right-hander Doug Norman left the game in obvious pain after delivering a pitch.
Monday it was learned that Norman, who was likely to be in the bulllpen set-up role for closer Hunter Newman, will require elbow surgery and miss the remainder of the season.
“Our worst fears were realized when we found out today,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. “Doug is a great competitor, and he will meet head-on this next challenge in his life. Our thoughts and prayers are with him as he goes through the surgery and begins his rehab.”
Norman is the second key player this season the Tigers have lost — designated hitter Bryce Jordan had knee surgery just before the season began. In 47 career appearances for the Tigers, Norman is 6-2 with a 2.82 ERA in 70.1 innings.
Meanwhile the Tigers moved slightly up in twos national polls, slightly down in another and stayed the same in the other after going 4-1 last week, including a weekend sweep of previously No. 25 Maryland.
LSU is now 7-1 overall headiing into a home game tonight against Nicholls State, followed by a big weekend in Houston against three Big 12 teams at the Astros’ Minute Maid Park.
The Tigers moved up to No. 2 nationally in the Perfect Game poll, but slipped from No. 2 to No. 3 in the Collegiate Baseball poll. They remained No. 4 in Baseball America poll and moved up a spot to No. 4 in the D1 Baseball poll,
The Shriner’s Classic in Houston will feature LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M from the SEC playing three Big 12 teams. All six teams in the tournament are ranked.
LSU will play consensus No. 1-ranked TCU on Friday, No. 25 Baylor on Saturday and No. 12 Texas Tech Sunday morning.
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