(Michael Wade / Special to the American Press)

LSU is a baseball team with some obvious holes, mainly in the gloves of the infielders not named Tré Morgan, who plays first base often looking more like an overworked hockey goalie as the wayward strays come flying in headed in all directions.

Imagine the carnage if Morgan wasn’t cleaning up so many mistakes.

Maybe there’s a postseason switch you can throw and suddenly turn the Tigers into slick-fielding demons.

More likely, LSU (38-20) is what it is — the worst fielding team in the Southeastern Conference by wide margin while also bringing the worst fielding percentage (.961) into the Hattiesburg Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

LSU likely will have to work around some inevitable fielding adventures — or just bash its way through them — when the No. 2 seed Tigers open tonight against No. 3 seed Kennesaw State (35-26).

Top-seeded Southern Mississippi (43-16), the host school, plays No. 4 Army (31-23) in today’s first game at 1 p.m.

Meanwhile, the Tigers will keep trying to piece together enough starting pitching to bridge the gap to its far stronger bullpen.

For instance, head coach Jay Johnson, per his postseason custom, will not name a starting pitcher until 90 minutes before the scheduled first pitch.

He spent the week scrambling to get a scouting report on the Owls.

But in the Tigers may see a lesser-known version of themselves in the Owls.

“Eerily similar teams,” Kennesaw head coach Ryan Coe said.

He should know.

Already in the school’s hall of fame as a player, he returned to take over the program after 11 years as a scout with the Texas Rangers.

As such, LSU was on his regular rotation as a scouting cross-checker and he visited Alex Box Stadium often.

“It’s a tough lineup to navigate,” Coe said. “I remember a lot of their guys from last year and Coach Johnson brought some in from Arizona.

“It’s a good group of players, maybe a little different style than before.”

The Owls don’t dazzle you much with defense, either, with a .967 fielding percentage, and the pitching has been up and down.

“But if we’re swinging the bats like we can, we can compete,” Coe said. “We had some key pitching performances down the stretch and swung the bats well all year.”

Johnson noted that the Owls have four players with double-digit home runs, led by Cash Young with 17. However, Josh Hatcher is probably the Owls’ most dangerous hitter, with 13 home runs to go with a .384 average.

“The good guys have to be good and the unexpected guys have to step up,” Coe said.

If it turns into a slugfest, LSU should get a lift from the return of two of its better hitters in Jacob Berry and Cade Doughty.

“I feel we’re a much better team when we have those two in the lineup,” Johnson said.