LSU's Anthony Eyanson named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week

BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson was named on Monday the Southeastern Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week by the league office.

Eyanson shared the honor with Zach Root of Arkansas.

A product of Lakewood, Calif., Eyanson fired a brilliant complete-game three hitter on Saturday night in a 2-1 victory at Texas A&M. He limited the Aggies to just one run on three hits in 9.0 innings with one walk and 14 strikeouts, and he allowed only one Texas A&M hitter to advance beyond second base.

He retired the first nine Texas A&M batters in order, he did not allow a hit until the fifth inning, and he retired seven of the last eight Aggies he faced to complete the outing. He threw a total of 112 pitches, including 80 pitches for strikes.

Eyanson is 7-2 this season with a 3.16 ERA in 68.1 innings, and he has recorded 26 walks and 105 strikeouts.

*LSU press release

Jay Johnson on Eyanson

“Adrenaline, you know? This is a great environment, a hostile environment, and (he’s) a competitor,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said. “I mean, to me, he looked like Michael B. Jordan in the movie ‘Creed’ going into the ring to face Drago’s kid.”

“That’s the performance of the year on the mound,” Johnson said. “I’m just proud of him. One recruit (can) tip your team one way or the other in this league, you know that. And he was the guy this summer we felt like we had to have. And everybody saw why tonight. He’s one of the best pitchers in the country.”

May 5 National Report

Overall Record: 38-11
SEC: 15-9

Last Week’s Results (2-2)
April 29 (Tue.) – SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (W, 15-2 – 7 innings)
May 3 (Sat., Game 1) – at Texas A&M (L, 1-3)
May 3 (Sat., Game 2) – at Texas A&M (W, 2-1)
May 4 (Sun.) – at Texas A&M (L, 4-6)

This Week’s Schedule
May 6 (Tue.) – GRAMBLING STATE, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 9 (Fri.) – ARKANSAS, 6:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network +)
May 10 (Sat.) – ARKANSAS, 5:30 p.m. CT (SEC Network)
May 11 (Sun.) – ARKANSAS, 3 p.m. CT (SEC Network)

Tigers Update
• The Tigers are 15-9 in the SEC and are tied for third place in the league standings with Georgia … Texas (19-5) leads the league race, and Arkansas (17-7) is in second place with two conference weekends remaining.

• Junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson fired a brilliant complete-game three hitter on Saturday night in a 2-1 victory at Texas A&M … Eyanson limited the Aggies to just one run on three hits in 9.0 innings with one walk and 14 strikeouts … he allowed only one Texas A&M hitter to advance beyond second base … Eyanson retired the first nine Texas A&M batters in order, and he did not allow a hit until the fifth inning … he retired seven of the last eight Aggies he faced to complete the outing … Eyanson threw a total of 112 pitches, including 80 pitches for strikes.

• Junior first baseman Jared Jones’ solo homer on Saturday at Texas A&M increased his career total 58 home runs, and he is tied with outfielder Dylan Crews (2021-23) for fourth place on the LSU all-time homers list … infielder Trey McClure (1996-99) is No. 3 with 59 HR, catcher Brad Cresse (1997-2000) is No. 2 with 78 HR, and first baseman Eddy Furniss (1995-98) is No. 1 with 80 HR.

• LSU junior first baseman Jared Jones is No. 3 in the SEC in total bases (130), No. 3 in home runs (16), No. 4 in RBI (60), No. 4 in hits (68) and No. 10 in slugging percentage (.667) … freshman outfielder Derek Curiel is No. 5 in the SEC in doubles (15), No. 5 in walks (39), No. 5 in on-base percentage (.482), No. 6 in hits (66) and No. 7 in the SEC in batting average (.361).

• LSU sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson is No. 2 in the SEC in strikeouts (114) and No. 2 in the league in innings pitched (70.2) … junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson is No. 3 in the SEC in strikeouts with 105 Ks, and he is No. 4 in innings pitched (68.1) … junior second baseman Daniel Dickinson is No. 6 in the SEC in on-base percentage (.479).

• Freshman right-hander Mavrick Rizy delivered his most impressive SEC relief outing this season on Saturday at Texas A&M, firing 1.2 scoreless and hitless innings with one walk and four strikeouts, needing only 22 pitches to record five outs.