LSU baseball drops Game 1 of SEC opening series against Texas A&M

With Ty Floyd on the mound, the Tigers lost their SEC opener on Friday night.

SEC play started tonight in Alex Box Stadium as the LSU Tigers played Game 1 of a three-game home series against the Texas A&M Aggies. Ty Floyd got the start on the mound for the Tigers after Blake Money was scratched with an injury.

It was a rough night for Floyd, who lasted just two innings in a 6-4 loss to the Aggies in which LSU used eight pitchers. The Tigers will now have to work their way out of a one-game hole in the first series of conference play.

LSU got the scoring started in the bottom of the first as Cade Doughty hit an RBI single to Right Field to make it 1-0.

The Aggies struck back in the top of the second inning with a pair of solo home runs to take a 2-1 lead after two innings. Floyd was replaced by Grant Taylor in the top of the third inning after allowing three hits, two runs and one walk with just one strikeout. LSU would tie the game up in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jordan Thompson hit an oppo-taco to right field.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Tyler McManus joined in on the home run party as he hit a solo shot to right field to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead after five innings.

In the top of the seventh inning, Texas A&M plated two runs after a couple of LSU errors to give them a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Brayden Jobert reached on an RBI fielder’s choice to tie it up at 4-4 heading to the final inning of play.

Eric Reyzelman came in to try and shut the Aggies down and give the Tigers a chance to walk it off in the bottom of the ninth, but things didn’t quite go as planned.

He struck out the first batter he faced, but then he gave up a double and an RBI single to give A&M a 5-4 lead with only one out. He forced a flyout for out No. 2, but then a runner advanced on a wild pitch and he walked the next batter. So, Trey Shaffer entered the game.

Shaffer walked the only batter he faced and was replaced by Devin Fontenot with the bases loaded and two outs. The Aggies hit a single off of Fontenot to score another run to make it 6-4 before LSU finally got out of the inning. In the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers had to score two runs to tie it up and three to walk it off.

Due up were Bianco, McManus, and Morgan. Bianco struck out for out number one. Stevenson came in to pinch hit for McManus and he flew out to left field for out number two. Finally, Tre Morgan struck out to end the ball game as LSU lost 6-4 to A&M in game one.

LSU will play game two against Texas A&M tomorrow night with the first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT at ‘The Box’.

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