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Coach: Skip Bertman, 17th season (822-308 overall) Team batting average: .342 Team ERA: 4.44 First opponent: Texas (46-19), 7 p.m. ET Saturday (ESPN2); Texas leads all-time series 22-7-1 Road to Omaha: Beat UCLA 2-0 in best-of-3 super regionals (8-2, 14-8). CWS history: 11th appearance; four national championships (1991, '93, '96, '97). Individual leaders: Junior LHP Brian Tallet (14-3) has 3.16 ERA with 128 strikeouts in 131 innings. Sophomore RHP Weylin Guidry (seven saves) has team-best 2.72 ERA over 39.2 IP. Senior C Brad Cresse is batting a team-high .400, and also leads the Tigers in hits (104) and RBI (104), and is tops in the nation with 30 home runs. Junior OF Cedrick Harris is batting .379, as five players are batting at least .349. News and notes: Tigers have won nine consecutive postseason games, including the SEC tournament. Cresse one of three finalists for Rotary Smith Award for the nation's top Division I college baseball player. Eight Tigers were drafted in the June 5 amateur draft, including Tallet, who was the 55th overall pick (Cleveland Indians). Roster NO. PITCHERS B T HT WT W-L ERA 14 Tim Nugent L L 6-2 209 0-0 8.25 21 Brian Tallet L L 6-7 193 14-3 3.16 27 Trey Hodges R R 6-3 187 3-2 6.02 28 Ben Saxon R R 6-3 217 5-0 4.40 35 Hunter Gomez R R 6-0 170 9-1 4.22 38 Heath McMurray R R 6-3 195 2-3 8.89 40 Jason Scobie R R 6-1 190 1-1 5.06 42 Shane Youman L L 6-4 196 3-0 4.20 43 Billy Brian R R 6-5 210 6-2 4.23 44 Weylin Guidry R R 6-0 205 0-2 2.72 (7 saves) NO. CATCHERS B T HT WT AVG HR RBI 22 Brad Cresse R R 6-3 210 .400 30 104 39 Ryan Jorgensen R R 6-2 190 .302 4 23 NO. INFIELDERS B T HT WT AVG HR RBI 1 Ryan Theriot R R 5-11 177 .301 2 37 4 Blair Barbier R R 5-10 190 .335 6 42 6 Victor Brumfield R R 6-1 178 .269 0 7 16 Jeff Lipari L L 6-4 213 .342 2 19 26 Brad Hawpe L L 6-2 200 .360 9 75 29 Mike Fontenot L R 5-8 165 .348 16 62 NO. OUTFIELDERS B T HT WT AVG HR RBI 3 Jeremy Witten R R 5-10 180 .349 6 52 8 Johnnie Thibodeaux R R 6-1 192 .313 0 14 12 Billy McBride R R 5-10 167 .125 0 3 13 Ray Wright L R 5-11 185 .314 3 37 24 Cedrick Harris R R 6-2 192 .379 2 35 31 Wally Pontiff L R 6-0 185 .356 7 44 | ALSO SEE Clemson Tigers Florida State Seminoles Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns San Jose State Spartans Stanford Cardinal Texas Longhorns USC Trojans  | |||||