LSU drops first SEC series of the season as Auburn dominates Game 3

For the first time all season, LSU has lost a conference series with Sunday’s run-rule loss.

For the first time all season, LSU has lost a conference series.

Auburn has now taken down No. 2 South Carolina and No. 1 LSU in back-to-back weeks after earning a dominating 12-2 run-rule win in Sunday’s decisive Game 3.

The game started off the way LSU wanted it to. [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit a solo shot on the third pitch of the ballgame to give LSU a 1-0 lead.

That nice start became a nightmare in the bottom of the first inning as [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] gave up four walks and an RBI single in the first five batters he faced before he was replaced by [autotag]Griffin Herring[/autotag]. Herring walked the first two batters he faced before giving up a two-RBI single to give Auburn a 6-1 lead after one inning.

 

[autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] got LSU out of a jam in the first inning and he would stay in to pitch the second. Auburn hit an RBI single off of him to increase its lead to 7-1. In the bottom of the fourth, Auburn scored two more runs thanks to a two-RBI triple to increase its lead to 9-1.

LSU finally scored again in the top of the fifth inning when Dugas scored on a [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] single to cut the lead to 9-2. Auburn answered in the bottom of the sixth with another two-RBI triple to make it 11-2 Auburn.

Auburn walked it off with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to win the game 12-2.

With the loss, LSU drops to 37-10 and 16-7 in conference play. The next game will be Tuesday evening at 6:30 CT against Northwestern State.

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