5 p.m. -- HR update

LSU hit eight home runs over the weekend, so it's time to update the home run list you've seen the past few weeks.

Of LSU's 69 homers this season, 40 have been solo shots. Thirty-three of the last 52 homers have come with nobody on base.

More recently, 13 of LSU's last 25 homers have been two-run shots. Three of the last six home runs have been three-run homers, LSU's best run of three-run shots this season. Schimpf hit two of those over the weekend. Dean hit one.

Twenty of the 69 home runs this season have been two-run homers. Seven have been three-run homers, and two have been grand slams.
 
Current home run totals
 
Matt Clark 18
Blake Dean 12
Ryan Schimpf 10
D.J. LeMahieu 5
Jared Mitchell 5
Michael Hollander 4
Leon Landry 3
Sean Ochinko 3
Taylor Davis 2
Matt Gaudet 2
Derek Helenihi 2
Johnny Dishon 1
Micah Gibbs 1
Nicholas Pontiff 1
 
Breakdown by type

Solo home runs: Clark 9, Dean 7, Schimpf 6, Hollander 3, Mitchell 3, Gaudet 2, Helenihi 2, Landry 2, LeMahieu 2, Davis, Dishon, Gibbs, Ochinko.
 
Two-run homers: Clark 7, Dean 3, LeMahieu 2, Mitchell 2, Ochinko 2, Hollander, Landry, Pontiff, Schimpf.

Three-run homers: Dean 2, Schimpf 2, Clark, Davis, LeMahieu.
 
Grand slams: Clark, Schimpf.

Inside-the-park HR: Mitchell.


Sunday: One home run

Dean hit LSU's only home run Sunday in the last scheduled game at Alex Box Stadium. Of course, the Tigers hope to have a regional at The Box, but wouldn't it be odd if the last game there featured only one homer by LSU?

When Dean hit the home run, I thought it was a sign that the Tigers would hit a lot of them in the game. His solo shot in the second inning gave LSU its first run. It came at 1:34 p.m.

It put a 1 on the board for the Tigers. Dean wears 34. Hmm.

Yeah, sometimes numerology doesn't enter into it. At the time, it seemed like something worth noting.

Speaking of the clock, the game began at 1:07 p.m. and ended at 4:10.

Just telling you in case, well, you know ...

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