For the first time this season, the LSU Tigers entered a game not ranked as the No. 1 team in the country. The Tigers played as if all the pressure was off as they beat Northwestern State 14-4 in a run-rule victory on Tuesday night.
Northwestern State scored on a wild pitch in the top of the first inning, but after that, the rout was on. In the bottom of the second, LSU hit back-to-back-to-back homers. [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag], [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag], and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit those homers to give LSU a 3-1 lead after two innings.
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Northwestern State answered with a solo homer of their own in the top of the third to cut the lead to 3-2, but LSU would score 7 in the bottom of the inning due to a White single, Travinski hit by pitch, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] two-RBI single, and a three-run bomb by [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] to make it 10-2.
Don't let Jordy's 3-run bomb distract you from the fact that Joby scored two on an RBI single @braydenjobert | SECN+ pic.twitter.com/PMlUUaVbMu
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LSU and Northwestern State traded blows in the bottom of the fifth and the top of the sixth before the Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth on a two-RBI double from White and an RBI double by Travinski to make it 14-3. In the top of the seventh, Northwestern State scored a run but that is all they could manage as the Tigers won 14-4 in seven innings.
With the win, LSU moves to 38-10 overall. The Tigers will host Mississippi State at Alex Box Stadium this weekend. The first pitch for Game 1 is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT on Friday night.
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