No. 1 ranked LSU will begin Southeastern Conference play on Friday with a clash against the Missouri Tigers inching closer in Baton Rouge. Jay Johnson and Co. will put their 12-game winning streak to the test following an impressive stretch of victories across a two-week span.

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 .