LSU’s Jordan to miss 2017 season with knee injury

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - LSU junior designated hitter Bryce Jordan will miss the entire 2017 season due to a knee injury.

The Advocate reports (https://bit.ly/2knD9xb ) Jordan was filling in at third base during a scrimmage Tuesday when his knee buckled as he was chasing down a fly ball.

LSU received the news Wednesday when the results of his MRI came back: Jordan will need surgery to fix the knee.

Coach Paul Mainieri says losing Jordan is a “pretty significant blow.”

Jordan started 54 games as a sophomore, hitting .293 with five home runs and 33 RBI.

Mainieri was anticipating he would be a middle of the order bat for LSU as a junior.

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Information from: The Advocate, https://theadvocate.com