American college baseball season
The 2000 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium . The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his 17th season at LSU.
The Tigers won the College World Series , defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game for Bertman's fifth and final national championship at LSU.
2000 LSU Tigers roster
Pitchers
10 Chucky Son - Sophomore
14 Tim Nugent - Junior
18 David Miller - Junior
21 Brian Tallet - Junior
23 Chad Vaught - Freshman
25 Jeremy Loftice - Senior
27 Trey Hodges - Senior
27 Ben Saxon - Senior
30 Brad David - Freshman
32 Sam Taulli - Freshman
34 Bo Pettit - Freshman
35 Hunter Gomez - Senior
37 Ryan Richard - Freshman
38 Heath McMurray - Junior
40 Jason Scobie - Junior
42 Shane Youman - Sophomore
43 Billy Brian - Sophomore
44 Weylin Guidry - Sophomore
48 Jeremy Alford - Freshman
50 David Shank - Junior
Infielders
1 Ryan Theriot - Sophomore
4 Blair Barbier - Senior
6 Victor Brumfield - Sophomore
8 Johnnie Thibodeaux - Junior
9 Mike Daly - Junior
13 Ray Wright - Junior
16 Jeff Lipari - Junior
25 Brad Hawpe - Junior
29 Mike Fontenot - Freshman
31 Wally Pontiff - Freshman
46 Thomas Evans - Freshman
Catchers
Outfielders
2 Antoine Simon - Senior
3 Jeremy Witten - Senior
7 Tommy Morel - Sophomore
12 Billy McBride - Freshman
20 David Raymer - Junior
24 Cedrick Harris - Junior
33 Christian Bourgeois - Junior
Coaches
15 Skip Bertman – 17th season
11 Dane Canevari – 10th season
17 Turtle Thomas – 1st season
Schedule and results [ edit ]
2000 LSU Tigers baseball game log (52–17)
Regular season (39–17)
February (7–5)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Overall record
SEC record
February 12
Virginia
No. 8
Alex Box Stadium
W 8–0
Tallet (1–0)
1–0
–
February 12
Virginia
No. 8
Alex Box Stadium
W 13–2
Pettit (1–0)
2–0
–
February 13
Virginia
No. 8
Alex Box Stadium
W 13–4
Brian (1–0)
3–0
–
February 15
SE Louisiana
No. 5
Alex Box Stadium
W 11–0
Gomez (1–0)
4–0
–
February 18
No. 19 Arizona State
No. 5
Alex Box Stadium
W 8–4
Tallet (2–0)
5–0
–
February 19
No. 19 Arizona State
No. 5
Alex Box Stadium
W 6–5
Saxon (1–0)
6–0
–
February 20
No. 19 Arizona State
No. 5
Alex Box Stadium
L 2–6
Brian (1–1)
6–1
–
February 22
McNeese State
No. 3
Alex Box Stadium
L 8–9
Guidry (0–1)
6–2
–
February 25
No. 10 Houston
No. 3
Alex Box Stadium
L 2–10
Tallet (2–1)
6–3
–
February 26
No. 10 Houston
No. 3
Alex Box Stadium
L 7–11
Guidry (0–2)
6–4
–
February 27
No. 10 Houston
No. 3
Alex Box Stadium
L 2–10
Brian (1–2)
6–5
–
February 29
Nicholls State
No. 15
Alex Box Stadium
W 8–2
Hodges (1–0)
7–5
–
March (13–4)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Overall record
SEC record
March 1
Tulane
No. 15
Alex Box Stadium
W 12–5
Tallet (3–1)
8–5
–
March 3
at Central Florida
No. 15
Tinker Field
L 13–14
Pettit (1–1)
8–6
–
March 4
at Central Florida
No. 15
Tinker Field
W 11–4
Hodges (2–0)
9–6
–
March 5
at Central Florida
No. 15
Tinker Field
W 4–1
Tallet (4–1)
10–6
–
March 7
Southern
No. 16
Alex Box Stadium
W 7–3
Brian (2–2)
11–6
–
March 10
Georgia
No. 16
Alex Box Stadium
L 3–7
Tallet (4–2)
11–7
0–1
March 11
Georgia
No. 16
Alex Box Stadium
L 8–10
McMurray (0–1)
11–8
0–2
March 12
Georgia
No. 16
Alex Box Stadium
W 13–3
Saxon (2–0)
12–8
1–2
March 14
at SE Louisiana
No. 23
Alex Box Stadium
W 11–4
Gomez (2–0)
13–8
–
March 17
at Vanderbilt
No. 23
McGugin Field
W 6–0
Tallet (5–2)
14–8
2–2
March 18
at Vanderbilt
No. 23
McGugin Field
W 17–4
Gomez (3–0)
15–8
3–2
March 22
New Orleans
No. 23
Alex Box Stadium
W 17–2
Pettit (2–1)
16–8
–
March 24
No. 2 South Carolina
No. 23
Alex Box Stadium
W 8–6
Saxon (3–0)
17–8
4–2
March 25
No. 2 South Carolina
No. 23
Alex Box Stadium
W 7–6
Youman (1–0)
18–8
5–2
March 26
No. 2 South Carolina
No. 23
Alex Box Stadium
L 7–9
Pettit (2–2)
18–9
5–3
March 28
at Centenary
No. 17
Sheehee Stadium
W 6–3
Brian (3–2)
19–9
–
March 31
at No. 7 Auburn
No. 17
Plainsman Park
W 18–11
Gomez (4–0)
20–9
6–3
April (15–5)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Overall record
SEC record
April 1
at No. 7 Auburn
No. 17
Plainsman Park
L 1–7
Hodges (2–1)
20–10
6–4
April 2
at No. 7 Auburn
No. 17
Plainsman Park
W 12–10
McMurray (1–1)
21–10
7–4
April 4
at New Orleans
No. 12
Maestri Field
W 10–2
Tallet (6–2)
22–10
–
April 5
Southern
No. 12
Alex Box Field
W 10–5
Brian (4–2)
23–10
–
April 7
Arkansas
No. 12
Alex Box Stadium
W 12–3
Gomez (5–0)
24–10
8–4
April 8
Arkansas
No. 12
Alex Box Stadium
W 12–3
Tallet (7–2)
25–10
9–4
April 9
Arkansas
No. 12
Alex Box Stadium
W 17–11
Scobie (1–0)
26–10
10–4
April 11
No. 9 Louisiana–Lafayette
No. 7
Alex Box Stadium
W 8–2
Pettit (3–2)
27–10
–
April 15
at No. 29 Florida
No. 7
McKethan Stadium
W 10–4
Gomez (6–0)
28–10
11–4
April 15
at No. 29 Florida
No. 7
McKethan Stadium
W 9–6
Tallet (8–2)
29–10
12–4
April 16
at No. 29 Florida
No. 7
McKethan Stadium
L 5–7
Hodges (2–2)
29–11
12–5
April 18
Louisiana–Monroe
No. 8
Alex Box Stadium
W 12–5
Saxon (4–0)
30–11
–
April 19
at No. 29 Tulane
No. 8
Turchin Stadium
W 21–6
Hodges (3–2)
31–11
–
April 21
No. 15 Mississippi State
No. 8
Alex Box Stadium
L 13–15
Pettit (3–3)
31–12
12–6
April 22
No. 15 Mississippi State
No. 8
Alex Box Stadium
W 18–15
Tallet (9–2)
32–12
13–6
April 23
No. 15 Mississippi State
No. 8
Alex Box Stadium
L 3–10
Scobie (1–1)
32–13
13–7
April 25
Northwestern State
No. 9
Alex Box Stadium
W 13–0
McMurray (2–1)
33–13
–
April 28
at Mississippi
No. 9
Swayze Field
W 12–6
Gomez (7–0)
34–13
14–7
April 29
at Mississippi
No. 9
Swayze Field
L 4–6
Tallet (9–3)
34–14
14–8
April 30
at Mississippi
No. 9
Swayze Field
W 9–2
Pettit (4–3)
35–14
15–8
May (4–3)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Overall record
SEC record
May 2
at McNeese State
No. 10
Cowboy Diamond
L 3–4
McMurray (2–2)
35–15
–
May 5
at Kentucky
No. 10
Cliff Hagan Stadium
W 9–0
Tallet (10–3)
36–15
16–8
May 6
at Kentucky
No. 10
Cliff Hagan Stadium
W 6–4
Pettit (5–3)
37–15
17–8
May 7
at Kentucky
No. 10
Cliff Hagan Stadium
L 4–7
Gomez (7–1)
37–16
17–9
May 12
No. 18 Alabama
No. 12
Alex Box Stadium
W 11–4
Tallet (11–3)
38–16
18–9
May 13
No. 18 Alabama
No. 12
Alex Box Stadium
W 6–4
Gomez (8–1)
39–16
19–9
May 14
No. 18 Alabama
No. 12
Alex Box Stadium
L 0–14
McMurray (2–3)
39–17
19–10
Postseason (13–0)
SEC Tournament (4–0)
Date
Opponent
Seed/rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Overall record
SECT record
May 17
vs. (7) Georgia
(2) No. 10
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
W 11–3
Tallet (12–3)
40–17
1–0
May 18
vs. (6) No. 19 Alabama
(2) No. 10
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
W 18–12
Brian (5–2)
41–17
2–0
May 20
vs. (6) No. 19 Alabama
(2) No. 10
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
W 6–5
Youman (2–0)
42–17
3–0
May 21
vs. (4) No. 21 Florida
(2) No. 10
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
W 9–6
Gomez (9–1)
43–17
4–0
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Regional (3–0)
Date
Opponent
Seed/rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Overall record
NCAAT record
May 26
vs. (4) Jackson State
(1) No. 7
Alex Box Stadium
W 19–1
Saxon (5–0)
44–17
1–0
May 27
vs. (3) Louisiana–Monroe
(1) No. 7
Alex Box Stadium
W 21–0
Tallet (13–3)
45–17
2–0
May 28
vs. (3) Louisiana–Monroe
(1) No. 7
Alex Box Stadium
W 5–3
Youman (3–0)
46–17
3–0
NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Super Regional (2–0)
Date
Opponent
Seed/rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Overall record
NCAAT record
June 2
vs. No. 14 UCLA
(2) No. 4
Alex Box Stadium
W 8–2
Tallet (14–3)
47–17
4–0
June 3
vs. No. 14 UCLA
(2) No. 4
Alex Box Stadium
W 14–8
Brian (6–2)
48–17
5–0
College World Series (4–0)
Date
Opponent
Seed/rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Overall record
NCAAT record
June 10
vs. No. 6 Texas
(2) No. 2
Rosenblatt Stadium
W 13–5
Tallet (15–3)
49–17
6–0
June 12
vs. No. 5 Southern California
(2) No. 2
Rosenblatt Stadium
W 10–4
Hodges (4–2)
50–17
7–0
June 15
vs. (6) No. 4 Florida State
(2) No. 2
Rosenblatt Stadium
W 6–3
Guidry (1–2)
51–17
8–0
June 17
vs. (8) No. 1 Stanford
(2) No. 2
Rosenblatt Stadium
W 6–5
Hodges (5–2)
52–17
9–0
Schedule Source: [ 2]
Blair Barbier
College World Series All-Tournament Team[ 3]
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[ 4]
Brad Cresse
Mike Fontenot
College World Series All-Tournament Team[ 3]
Freshman All-America First Team[ 4]
SEC Freshman of the Year[ 4]
College World Series All-Tournament Team[ 3]
Cedrick Harris
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[ 4]
Brad Hawpe
College World Series All-Tournament Team[ 3]
All-America Second Team[ 4]
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[ 4]
Trey Hodges
Bo Pettit
Freshman All-America Honorable Mention[ 4]
Wally Pontiff
Freshman All-America Honorable Mention[ 4]
SEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player[ 4]
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[ 4]
Brian Tallet
All-America Second Team[ 4]
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[ 4]
Ryan Theriot
College World Series All-Tournament Team[ 3]
Tigers in the 2000 MLB draft [ edit ]
The following members of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball draft .[ 5]
Venues Culture & lore People Seasons National Championships in underline ; College World Series appearances in italics