BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU junior right-hander Landon Marceaux was named Monday by Collegiate Baseball newspaper as one of its National Players of the Week.
Marceaux, a product of Destrehan, La., defeated fifth-ranked South Carolina on Thursday, firing a career-high 12 strikeouts in a 5-1 victory. Marceaux worked seven shutout innings -- allowing just three hits and one walk – and he threw 107 pitches, 70 for strikes.
His previous career-best for strikeouts was 11, set this season on March 13 versus UT San Antonio.
Marceaux lowered his cumulative ERA to 1.65, and he has recorded 67 strikeouts in 54.