The LSU Tigers bounced back from their second loss of the season on Friday with a 12-0 blanking of Oral Roberts on Saturday at Alex Box Stadium.
The Tigers, who Oral Roberts defeated on Friday, 22-7, were led by dominant pitching and an explosive offense in Saturday’s win.
Junior right-hander Landon Marceaux was outstanding, tossing six scoreless innings, allowing six hits, no walks and striking out seven hitters. Marceaux has not allowed a run in 17 innings pitched so far this season.
LSU’s offense broke out in the fifth inning, scoring seven runs to jump out to an insurmountable 8-0 lead.
Sophomore shortstop Zach Arnold had three hits, scored two runs, and drove in a run for the Tigers. Junior left fielder Gavin Dugas drove in three runs for LSU.
LSU coach Paul Mainieri was proud of his team’s effort on Saturday.
“I’m just so proud of our guys today,” Mainieri said. “We got knocked on our backsides yesterday; we came back today and got a big win. If we can win this series this weekend after the loss yesterday, it will be something to be very proud of. Hopefully, we’ll come out tomorrow and get the job done.”
LSU hosts Oral Roberts on Sunday in the final game of this three-game series.
The No. 8 Tigers are now 9-2 on the season.
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