It has been said that anything done three or more times becomes a pattern. If that is true, the LSU Tigers have a habit of getting to the bottom of the sixth or seventh inning and deciding they are ready to end the game.
The Tigers used a seven-run bottom of the sixth inning to blast New Orleans 16-0 in the last game before conference play starts this weekend.
[autotag]Chase Shores[/autotag] got the start on the mound but only pitched 2.1 innings before [autotag]Garrett Edwards[/autotag] came in for him in the third inning. Neither of them gave up a run and they gave up a combined 2 hits on 7 strikeouts and one walk.
Neither team scored a run until the bottom of the fifth inning when [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a three-run bomb to left field to score [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] to make the game 3-0 after five innings.
That boy has some pop 🍾@tommywhite44 | SECN+ pic.twitter.com/GgVTd7QQJb
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) March 15, 2023
That was the shot in the arm that the LSU offense needed. In the bottom of the sixth inning, [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag], [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag], and [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] scored on a throwing error, Kling scored on a [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] flyout, Crews scored on a White single, and [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to make it 10-0 after six innings.
The 'ole two-for-one special@Milazzo_20 | SECN+ pic.twitter.com/vzqXXc5pZp
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) March 15, 2023
This is Gavin's house 🏠@gavin_dugas04 | SECN+ pic.twitter.com/Y9NxToGTMe
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) March 15, 2023
In the bottom of the eighth inning, [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double to left, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] walked to bring home a run, [autotag]Jack Merrifield[/autotag] walked, and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double to make it 16-0.
JP brings the boys home@joshpearsonbb2 | SECN+ pic.twitter.com/cKXOdM50ET
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) March 15, 2023
End 8 | Two Tigers come home on a 2-RBI hit by @haydenrt_
UNO – 0
LSU – 16
📺 SECN+ pic.twitter.com/kVEZmlEmtN— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) March 15, 2023
[autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag], [autotag]Blake Money[/autotag], and [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] got some work out of the bullpen in the final three innings. They finished off the scoreless night as the Tigers won 16-0.
SEC play starts this weekend as the Tigers travel to Texas A&M for their first series. The first pitch for that series is scheduled for Friday night at 6 p.m. CT.
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