Jay Johnson and the LSU Tigers will return to Alex Box Stadium on Friday for an SEC clash against the Missouri Tigers to begin conference play. Johnson's No. 1 ranked squad will put a 12-game winning streak on the line against the Tigers with first pitch set for 4:30 p.

LSU will send Chase Shores to the mound for the series finale on Sunday. He pitched 20 innings in his four starts, giving up seven runs on 22 hits. Five of those innings came last weekend against North Alabama when he allowed two runs and struck out four. The sophomore right-hander owns a 3.15 ERA.

LSU is hitting .361 as a team during its current 12-game win streak with 34 doubles, one triple, 23 homers and 135 runs (an average of 11.3 runs per game) … the LSU pitching staff has limited its opponents to a .