BATON ROUGE, La. – Former LSU pitcher Alex Lange was called up Saturday to the Major League roster of the Detroit Tigers. Lange is the 20th LSU player coached by Paul Mainieri to reach the big leagues.
Lange, a native of Lee's Summit, Mo., was the 2017 first-round draft selection of the Chicago Cubs and finished his three-year career (2015-17) at LSU with a 30-record, becoming the 10th LSU pitcher to record 30 wins.
Lange compiled 406 career strikeouts, the second-highest total in LSU history, trailing only Scott Schultz, who had 409 Ks from 1992-95.