Lange, Poche' receive preseason All-America recognition

LSU sophomore right-handed pitcher Alex Lange and junior left-handed pitcher Jared Poche’ received 2016 preseason all-America recognition Tuesday from Collegiate Baseball magazine.
Lange, a Lee’s Summit, Missouri, product, was named to the first-team all-America squad, and Poche’, a Lutcher native, was recognized as a second-team all-American.
Lange posted a 12-0 record in 2015 with a 1.97 ERA in 114 innings for the Tigers. In 17 starts, he recorded 131 strikeouts and limited opponents to a .212 cumulative batting average.
He was voted the 2015 National Freshman Pitcher of the Year and Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year, and he received first-team All-America and first-team All-SEC recognition.
Lange culminated the year with a complete-game victory against Cal State Fullerton in the College World Series, limiting the Titans to three runs on six hits in nine innings with two walks and 10 strikeouts.
In three NCAA Tournament appearances — including the regional, super regional and CWS — Lange was 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in 26 innings, recording 33 strikeouts and limiting opponents to a .222 batting average.
Poche’ has an 18-5 record in his two seasons as a weekend starter for the Tigers. He was 9-2 last season with a 3.05 ERA in 18 starts, and he recorded 25 walks and 72 strikeouts in 109.1 innings.
Poche’ pitched LSU to victory in Game 2 of the 2015 NCAA Super Regional versus UL-Lafayette, leading the Tigers to a College World Series berth. He limited the Cajuns to one run on five hits in 7.2 innings with one walk and seven strikeouts.
A week earlier, Poche’ defeated UNC-Wilmington in the final game of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, firing 8.2 innings and allowing no runs on six hits with one walk and a career-high eight strikeouts.
Poche’ pitched a career-high nine innings in LSU’s win at Mississippi State during the regular season, limiting the Bulldogs to two earned runs on eight hits with two walks and four strikeouts.