No. 5 LSU (25-11) plays host to Southeastern Louisiana (26-11) at 6:30 p.m. CT Wednesday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

LSU enters the game riding a four-game win streak, including a three-game SEC series sweep at Missouri last weekend. The Tigers have a 9-6 conference mark and are two games behind Florida and South Carolina, and one game behind Texas A&M in the league standings.

“We played about as well as we can play last weekend at Missouri,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “What we must do now is continue to play at that same level, and that will be a tremendous challenge against an outstanding Southeastern Louisiana team. They have a lot of talented players, and they’re having a great year. We only have 20 games remaining in the regular season, so this is the time of year where we have to be at our best in every game.”

Mainieri said that sophomore right-hander Doug Norman (0-0, 3.38 ERA) will make his first start of the season Wednesday against Southeastern. Norman made three starts last season, including a no-decision outing against SLU in a 9-8 LSU victory.

LSU batted .342 in the Missouri series (40-for-117) with three doubles, one triple, five homers and six stolen bases. All three LSU starting pitchers worked six innings, the bullpen earned two three-inning saves and the Tigers did not commit an error in the series.

Sophomore DH/catcher Bryce Jordan helped lead LSU to four wins in five games last week, batting .467 (7-for-15) with one double, two homers, nine RBI, six runs, a .933 slugging percentage and a .600 on-base percentage. Jordan batted .400 (4-for-10) in LSU’s three-game sweep at Missouri with two homers, eight RBI and three runs scored. His three-run homer in the fifth inning on Friday night against Missouri starter Reggie McClain highlighted a five-run inning as LSU erased a 2-1 deficit and went on to post a 7-5 victory.

Jordan is batting .312 on the year with four doubles, three homers and 20 RBI. He has a .455 on-base percentage and has been hit by a pitch on 15 occasions already this season. Junior centerfielder Jake Fraley hit .467 (7-for-15) in the Missouri series with one double, one RBI and three runs. Junior shortstopKramer Robertson batted .462 (6-for-13) against Missouri with one double, two RBI and seven runs scored.

Southeastern Louisiana is hitting .289 as a team on the year with 32 homers and 68 steals in 97 attempts. The Lions are led at the plate by junior catcher/infielder Jameson Fisher, who is batting .462 with seven doubles, one triple, nine homers and 41 RBI. Junior infielder Carson Crites is batting .322 with eight doubles, one triple, five homers and 21 RBI, and freshman infielder Brennan Breaud is batting .310 with five doubles, one triple, one homer and 18 RBI.

LSU leads Southeastern Louisiana, 66-17, in a series that began in 1937. The Tigers defeated SLU on February 26 of last season, 9-8, in Baton Rouge.

LSU has won 20 of the last 21 meetings between the schools — SLU’s win in that stretch came in 2008, a 6-3 victory over the Tigers in the original Alex Box Stadium. LSU has a 39-3 mark against Southeastern Louisiana since 1990.