Texas A&M Preview
David Billiot Jr • April 17, 2026
Welcome back to the second edition of the statistical preview for LSU’s weekend opponent. There are two major changes this week. First, the rankings you see for each team are bases on SEC games ONLY. Last week was conference ranks that included all games played, but now that we’re halfway through the schedule, there is enough of a sample size that SEC games only can tell the full story. Second change is the inclusion of WHIP for the starting pitchers. For those that don’t know, WHIP stands for “walks + hits per inning pitched”. Basically, it’s how many guys a pitcher allows on base by his own doing, so it excludes runners that reach on errors.
With that being said, please let me know if there is anything you’d like me to change or add going forward. My X account is listed below and my DMs are open, so feel free to reach out!
Team Hitting
Runs scored: 1st – 9.9 per game (LSU: 3rd – 7.1 per game)
Batting average: 1st - .288 (LSU: 7th – .260)
Doubles: 1st – 31 (LSU: 8th – 22)
Homeruns: 2nd – 29 (LSU: T-6th – 24)
On base %: 1st – .451 (LSU: T-5th – .409)
Strikeouts: 15th – 121 (LSU: 12th – 137)
Walks: 1st – 108 (LSU: 4th – 76)
Hits: 1st – 11.2 per game (LSU: 6th – 8.7 per game)
Stolen bases: 7th – 16 (LSU: 12th – 10)
Team Pitching
ERA: 15th – 6.94 (LSU: 11th – 5.94)
Strikeouts: 15th – 123 (LSU: 2nd – 169)
Walks: 12th – 55 (LSU: 3rd – 86)
HRs allowed: 16th – 37 (LSU: 8th – 19)
Hits allowed: 16th – 10.4 per game (LSU: 9th – 8.0 per game)
Runs allowed: 14th – 6.8 per game (LSU: 13th – 6.7 per game)
BA against: 16th – .300 (LSU: 7th – .242)
Fielding: 4th – .979 (LSU: 16th – .963)
Pitching Matchups
Game 1 (Friday – 6:00 pm)
Texas A&M – RS Jr LHP Shane Sdao: 3-2 record (9 starts) / 5.77 ERA / 48.1 IP / 1.53 WHIP / 58 Ks / 12 BBs
LSU – Soph RHP Casan Evans: 2-1 record (9 starts) / 4.91 ERA / 47.2 IP / 1.36 WHIP / 68 Ks / 23 BBs
Game 2 (Saturday – 7:00 pm)
Texas A&M – Soph RHP Aiden Sims: 6-0 record (9 starts) / 3.56 ERA / 48.0 IP / 1.19 WHIP / 51 Ks / 15 BBs
LSU – Soph RHP William Schmidt: 4-3 record (9 starts) / 3.22 ERA / 44.2 IP / 1.30 WHIP / 63 Ks / 18 BBs
Game 3 (Sunday – 1:00 pm)
Texas A&M – TBA
LSU – TBA
Top Hitters
#13 Caden Sorrell – .368 BA / .456 OB% / 57 RBI / 45 R / 17 HR / 12 doubles / 19 BB / 38 K
#9 Gavin Grahovac – .360 BA / .458 OB% / 49 RBI / 49 R / 10 HR / 11 doubles / 17 BB / 24 K
#2 Nico Partida – .351 BA / .456 OB% / 37 RBI / 39 R / 11 HR / 7 doubles / 24 BB / 26 K
#3 Jake Duer – .344 BA / .468 OB% / 36 RBI / 29 R / 4 HR / 10 doubles / 30 BB / 21 K
#1 Terrence Kiel II – .290 BA / .442 OB% / 12 RBI / 32 R / 0 HR / 4 doubles / 20 BB / 13 K
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