{"id":1164075,"date":"2026-02-23T12:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1164075"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:38:10","slug":"lsu-baseball-run-rules-ucf-in-jacksonville-three-takeaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/lsu-baseball-run-rules-ucf-in-jacksonville-three-takeaways\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU baseball run rules UCF in Jacksonville | Three takeaways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LSU baseball got a great Sunday outing from sophomore pitcher William Schmidt, along with a standout relief appearance from Mavrick Rizy, en route to a run-rule victory over UCF to complete a 3-0 weekend at the &#8220;Live Like Lou Jax Classic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LSU was coming off a 14-7 win over Indiana on Friday and a 9-4 win over Notre Dame on Friday. The bats showed up once again on Sunday, too. <\/p>\n<p>The Tigers are now 8-0 to start the season, and they will be back home on Tuesday as they welcome McNeese into Alex Box Stadium. Here are three takeaways from LSU baseball&#8217;s win over UCF. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Derek Curiel has a great day<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>DC Double Trouble <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekCuriel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DerekCuriel<\/a> | D1Baseball <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m44aOVtvHM\">pic.twitter.com\/m44aOVtvHM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSUbaseball\/status\/2025715440077373949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Derek Curiel had the best day of his season so far, finishing the game 3-for-4 from the plate with one double and three RBI. So far, he and Steven Milam have been the bottom two in batting averages among all of the starters. Both of those guys had a good day today.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What a day for William Schmidt<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Caught &#8216;Em Looking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_williamSchmidt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_williamSchmidt<\/a> | D1Baseball <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hmjIbXu6ow\">pic.twitter.com\/hmjIbXu6ow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSUbaseball\/status\/2025684778620469372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The young Sophomore from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pitched five shutout innings today, allowing only three hits while striking out seven hitters and walking only one. Going into the weekend, the Tigers had a question mark by the Sunday starter. I do not think it is a question mark anymore.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Good day for Brayden Simpson<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Tigers win! Tigers win! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u2RtI7GyWW\">pic.twitter.com\/u2RtI7GyWW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSUbaseball\/status\/2025718977880547546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The High Point transfer had a solid day, going 1-for-2 from the plate with two walks and two runs scored. Brayden Simpson has done well, hitting the ball this year; he has a .444 batting average after playing six out of the Tigers&#8217; eight games.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/lsutigerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/lsu\/baseball\/2026\/02\/23\/lsu-baseball-ucf-game-score-recap-takeaways-jax-classic\/88817003007\/\">LSU baseball run rules UCF in Jacksonville | Three takeaways<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/lsu-baseball-run-rules-ucf-123810978.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/lsu-baseball-run-rules-ucf-123810978.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LSU baseball got a great Sunday outing from sophomore pitcher William Schmidt, along with a standout relief appearance from Mavrick Rizy, en route to a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}