LSU baseball brings out the brooms in Game 3 win over Mississippi State

LSU secured the sweep with a dominant performance on Sunday.

LSU came into Sunday’s Game 3 going for its first SEC series sweep of the year, but in order to bring out the brooms, the offense needed to bring out the sticks.

The Tigers did just that in a blowout 13-3 win that capped off an impressive road series.

[autotag]Samuel Dutton[/autotag] got the start on the mound for the Tigers and, in the bottom of the first inning, Mississippi State hit a solo home run off of him to take a 1-0 lead. In the top of the third inning, [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit into a double play, but [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] was able to score and tie the game at 1-1.

Dutton was replaced by [autotag]Grant Taylor[/autotag] after pitching three innings, his final line was 3 innings pitched with four hits, one run, and one strikeout. In the top of the fifth inning, LSU busted the game open with a five-run inning. It started with a [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] RBI single that scored [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag].

[autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] followed that up with an RBI single to score Josh Stevenson. That was followed by a three-run bomb by [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] to make it 6-1 Tigers.

In the top of the sixth inning, Morgan hit an RBI double to score McManus and make it 7-1 LSU through six innings of play.

In the top of the seventh, [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] hit a solo home run to extend the lead to 8-1.

That was followed by another Pearson homer as it was the freshman’s best day at the plate so far this season, and he made it 9-1.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, the Bulldogs cut into the lead as they hit a two-run home run against Tayor to cut the lead to 9-3. But LSU got those runs back, plus more. Crews started it off with a two-RBI double.

Doughty followed with an RBI double and Pearson had an RBI single to make it 13-3 LSU headed to the bottom of the eighth. [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning and secured the sweep for the Tigers.

With the win and the sweep, LSU moves to 23-9 (7-5 SEC) on the year. The next game will be Tuesday night against Lamar University with the first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

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