LSU baseball succumbs to late rally as Vanderbilt evens series in Game 2

LSU squandered a chance to clinch its first SEC series win.

After taking Game 1 of the series last night, LSU could win their first conference tilt of the season if it could beat Vanderbilt in Game 2 on Friday night. Unfortunately, Vandy rallied late to win the game 8-6, setting up a Saturday rubber match at The Box.

[autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] started the game with a solo homer in the bottom of the first inning to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.

In the top of the third inning, Vandy hit a two-run shot against [autotag]Gage Jump[/autotag] to give the Commodores a 2-1 lead. LSU quickly answered that homer with two homers of their own. [autotag]Ashton Larson[/autotag] hit a solo shot and White hit a two-run shot to give LSU a 4-2 lead.

Vandy scored one run in the top of the fourth and the top of the fifth to tie the game 4-4. Jared Jones then put LSU back in the lead with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning to give LSU a 5-4 lead.

Vandy scored a run in the top of the sixth inning to tie it once again but LSU answered that run once again in the bottom of the inning as [autotag]Mac Bingham[/autotag] hit an RBI groundout to give LSU a 6-5 lead.

In the top of the eighth inning, Vandy hit a two-run homer against [autotag]Nate Ackenhausen[/autotag] to give Vandy a 7-6 lead late in the game. The Commodores scored another run in the top of the ninth inning to extend their lead to 8-6.

LSU was unable to score any more runs as the Tigers dropped game two 8-6. The rubber match will be played on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT.

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