The 1987 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium, and played as part of the Southeastern Conference. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his fourth season as head coach at LSU.

The Tigers reached the College World Series, their second appearance in Omaha, where they finished 4th after wins against Florida State and Arkansas and losses to eventual runner-up Oklahoma State and eventual champion Stanford.

Personnel Roster 1987 LSU Tigers roster Pitchers 2 - Greg Naquin - Junior 14 - Andy Berg - Junior 19 - Ben McDonald - Freshman 21 - Stan Loewer - Senior 29 - Dondi Quarles - Freshman 30 - Gregg Patterson - Junior 32 - Randy LaRose - Senior 33 - Russ Springer - Freshman 35 - Joe Zimmerman - Senior 36 - Dan Kite - Sophomore 39 - Barry Manuel - Junior 40 - Willie Forbes - Senior 44 - Mark Guthrie - Senior Catchers 16 - Daniel Edwards - Freshman 28 - Joe Lewis - Freshman 41 - Warren Bankston - Freshman 51 - Craig Faulkner - Senior

Outfielders 8 - Joey Belle - Junior 9 - Todd Waggoner - Sophomore 10 - Michael Papajohn - Senior 12 - Terry Belle - Junior 13 - Brad Duplantis - Junior 17 - Rich Vasquez - Junior 23 - Rob Hartwig - Senior Infielders 1 - Dave Cunningham - Junior 3 - Wayne Stofsky - Sophomore 4 - Andy Galy - Junior 7 - Brian Wilhite - Junior 20 - Shawn Jenkins - Junior 27 - Pete Bush - Sophomore 37 - Jack Voigt - Junior

Coaches 1987 LSU Tigers baseball coaching staffSkip Bertman - Head coach - 4th Season Tom Brown - Assistant coach - 4th season Smoke Laval - Assistant coach - 4th Season Cliff Dees - Graduate Assistant Coach Jim Wells - Graduate Assistant Coach - 1st season

Schedule and results Legend LSU win LSU loss

1987 LSU Tigers baseball game logRegular seasonFebruary Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Feb 17 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–0 1–0 Feb 18 Louisiana College* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 13–0 2–0 Feb 20 vs * Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge I) L 2–7 2–1 Feb 21 vs * Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge I) W 5–2 3–1 Feb 22 vs Florida State* Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA(Busch Challenge I) L 1–2 3–2 Feb 28 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–6 4–2 March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Mar 1 Wichita State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 12–2 5–2 Mar 1 Wichita State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–3 6–2 Mar 4 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–4 7–2 Mar 5 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 7–4 8–2 Mar 9 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 3–5 8–3 0–1 Mar 9 Florida Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 9–1 9–3 1–1 Mar 14 at Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY L 2–7 9–4 1–2 Mar 14 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 8–4 10–4 2–2 Mar 15 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY W 5–0 11–4 3–2 Mar 18 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–3 12–4 Mar 18 Texas–Arlington* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–2 13–4 Mar 19 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–5 14–4 Mar 20 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 20–5 15–4 Mar 21 Oral Roberts* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–4 16–4 Mar 22 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 17–7 17–4 Mar 24 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–7 18–4 Mar 25 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 19–4 Mar 26 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–3 20–4 Mar 28 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 0–1 20–5 3–3 Mar 28 Alabama Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 4–3 21–5 4–3 Mar 31 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–0 22–5 April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record Apr 1 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–3 23–5 Apr 7 Southern* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 15–4 24–5 Apr 8 at * Tulane Diamond • New Orleans, LA W 5–4 25–5 Apr 11 at Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 0–4 25–6 4–4 Apr 11 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS L 5–6 25–7 4–5 Apr 12 at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, MS W 6–3 26–7 5–5 Apr 14 vs Centenary* Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA W 10–3 27–7 Apr 15 at Northeast Louisiana* Lou St. Amant Field • Monroe, LA W 9–3 28–7 Apr 16 at * J. C. Love Field • Ruston, LA L 4–5 28–8 Apr 18 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 4–5 28–9 5–6 Apr 18 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–4 29–9 6–6 Apr 19 Mississippi State Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 6–5 30–9 7–6 Apr 20 Nicholls State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 10–5 31–9 Apr 21 Tulane* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 7–9 31–10 Apr 22 * Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–0 32–10 Apr 22 Northwestern State* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 8–7 33–10 Apr 25 at Foley Field • Athens, GA L 1–7 33–11 7–7 Apr 25 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 12–3 34–11 8–7 Apr 26 at Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA L 10–12 34–12 8–8 Apr 27 Southeastern Louisiana* Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 14–4 35–12 Apr 29 at New Orleans* Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA L 1–3 35–13 May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SEC Record May 1 at Nicholls State* Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field • Thibodaux, LA W 10–2 36–13 May 2 Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 2–4 36–14 8–9 May 2 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 1–0 37–14 9–9 May 3 Vanderbilt Alex Box Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 11–8 38–14 10–9 May 9 at Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 4–0 39–14 11–9 May 9 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL W 6–1 40–14 12–9 May 10 at Auburn Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL L 1–6 40–15 12–10Postseason Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record SECT Record May 14 (2) Auburn (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA L 8–9 40–16 0–1 May 15 (1) Georgia (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA W 4–2 41–16 1–1 May 16 (4) Kentucky (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA W 4–1 42–16 2–1 May 16 (2) Auburn (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA W 4–2 43–16 3–1 May 17 (6) Mississippi State (5) Foley Field • Athens, GA L 3–13 43–17 3–2 Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Reg Record May 21 Tulane Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 5–3 44–17 1–0 May 22 New Orleans Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 14–1 45–17 2–0 May 23 New Orleans Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 3–0 46–17 3–0 May 24 Privateer Park • New Orleans, LA W 7–3 47–17 4–0 Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record CWS Record May 29 Florida State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 6–2 48–17 1–0 June 1 Oklahoma State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 7–8 48–18 1–1 June 3 Arkansas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE W 5–2 49–18 2–1 June 2 Stanford Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE L 5–6 49–19 2–2

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