LSU pitcher Paul Skenes reacts to possibility of Ole Miss fans throwing beer in home run celebrations

The LSU Tigers are one of college baseball’s best teams. This weekend the Tigers play a key series against defending national champion Ole Miss. Ahead of that series, LSU pitcher Paul Skenes is heating up the series with some trash talk.

This came after Skenes was asked about the possibility that Ole Miss fans throw beer in the air to celebrate home runs.

“Yeah, I’ve heard a little bit about it too,” Paul Skenes said. “I think that’ll be cool.”

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“I mean, I don’t think they’ll be throwing a lot of beer, but I think that’ll be cool to see.”

Paul Skenes has been excellent for LSU this season. He has a 1.69 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched. During that time, he’s only given up two home runs. Both of those came against South Carolina.

Of course, very few people are surprised that Skenes has been dominant for the Tigers. He transferred to LSU from Air Force after two seasons with the Falcons. There, he was an All-American in back-to-back seasons. Even with that, he’s had a much better year this season with the Tigers, working exclusively as a starting pitcher.

Paul Skenes admitted that he didn’t know what it would be like to pitch on the road in the SEC. However, he explained that he loves doing it now.

“I mean, I’ve loved it,” Paul Skenes said. “It’s honestly a bucket list thing for me to be able to go and say that I’ve pitched at these places. So, it’s been really cool. That’s my mindset going into this weekend. I’m looking forward to it.

LSU is 29-7 overall but is coming off losses in two of its last three games. Ole Miss is a disappointing 21-16 after last season’s national championship but still represents a threat to the Tigers.

Paul Skenes dragged Kentucky baseball

After winning a weekend series against Kentucky, Paul Skenes dragged Kentucky baseball for trash-talking.

In one particular instance, Skenes spoke about a time when one of Kentucky’s hitters tried to get into his head. It didn’t work out the way he was hoping it would.

“One kid was looking at me as he walked to the plate,” Skenes said. “I struck him out on three pitches and he looked at me as he walked back. I was just like ‘what are you doing?’ Just speaking from my experience, there wasn’t a lot of back and forth. Yeah, I don’t know… I felt like it was pretty one-sided. They might have been saying their stuff. But we said the last piece.”