Jared Jones leads LSU baseball to series win over Kentucky

The Tigers survived a thrilling Game 3 to take the series on Saturday.

No. 1 LSU vs No. 12 Kentucky — A rubber match at Alex Box Stadium. It doesn’t get much better than this.

After an hour-long rain delay, Game 3 got underway Saturday, and in a back-and-forth game, the Tigers emerged with a series win after a 7-6 victory.

Just like in Game 2, the Tigers drew first blood. In the bottom of the second inning, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a solo shot to left field to give LSU a 1-0 lead after two innings.

In the top of the fourth inning, Kentucky cut the lead in half when they scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded to cut the lead to 2-1. The Wildcats scored again in the top of the fifth when they tied the game up on a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, LSU took the lead back on an RBI groundout by [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead.

In the top of the sixth, Kentucky tied the game on an RBI groundout to the shortstop after a successful double steal. In the bottom of the sixth, Jones hit his second homer of the game to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead.

In the top of the seventh, Kentucky re-took the lead on a two-RBI double and an RBI single to give them a 6-4 lead. LSU tied it up in the bottom of the seventh when [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] hit an RBI double to score [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] and [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score Thompson to tie the game 6-6.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] singled, [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] walked and Crews was intentionally walked to bring up White with bases loaded and two outs. He was then hit by a pitch to give LSU a 7-6 lead heading into the ninth inning.

[autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] was tasked with trying to get the final three outs and slam the door on the Wildcats. Collins struck out the first batter, got the second batter to groundout, but the third batter hit a single to put the tying run on first with two outs. He then got the next batter to ground out to give LSU the 7-6 victory.

With the win, LSU moves to 29-6 this season and 9-5 in conference play. The Tigers’ next game will be on Tuesday against Louisiana. The first pitch for that game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

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