LSU baseball gets back to its winning ways against McNeese State

The Tigers snapped their two-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over McNeese State on Wednesday night.

Coming off of a 1-2 week at the Shriners College Classic, head coach Jay Johnson and the LSU Tigers were in need of a pick-me-up game to get them back in the groove.

They got just that on Wednesday night when they played the McNeese State Cowboys at The Box. Will Helmers got the start on the mound for LSU and pitched three innings only allowing one hit, zero runs, two walks, and three strikeouts in a 6-3 Tigers win.

In the bottom of the second inning, Gavin Dugas got the party started for LSU as he hit a two-run homer to right field that scored Jordan Thompson to make it 2-0 Tigers.

In the top of the fourth inning, Grant Taylor came in to pitch for the Tigers and gave up two hits, two strikeouts, and an earned run on a wild pitch. It was 2-1 LSU until the bottom of the seventh inning when the No. 1 prospect in college baseball, Jacob Berry, stepped up to the plate and sent a Berry Blast to right field to extend the lead to 3-1 and give the Tigers some breathing room.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Dylan Crews hit into a fielder’s choice with bases loaded to score Drew Bianco and extend the lead to 4-1. Berry followed that with a double to right field that scored Crews and Tyler McManus to make the lead 6-1 Tigers heading into the top of the ninth.

Paul Gervase remained on the mound for the third inning in a row to try and close out the game, but after getting one out, two straight walks chased him from the game as he was replaced by Trent Vietmeier.

Vietmeier came in with one out and runners on first and second and proceeded to get the first guy out on a popup but then gave up a two-RBI single to cut the lead to 6-3. Both runs were charged to Gervase.

But Vietmeier fielded a ground ball to get the final out of the game as the Tigers ended a two-game losing streak. Will Hellmers (2-0) got the win on the mound for LSU and the Tigers were led at the plate by Gavin Dugas who finished the night 3-3 with two RBI and a homer.

With the win, LSU improves to 10-3 on the year. This weekend, the Tigers will play a three-game series against Bethune-Cookman with the first game being Friday at 6:30 p.m. CST in Baton Rouge. Blake Money will be the starting pitcher for Game 1.

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