LSU sweeps Alabama with win in offense-heavy Game 3

The Tigers prevailed to secure a weekend sweep in a Game that featured 22 combined runs.

LSU entered Sunday’s matchup against Alabama with a chance to sweep the Tide. The Tigers did just that with a 13-11 win in Game 3.

Alabama started off strong in the top of the first as they scored a run on a fielding error before [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] got the Tigers out of the inning. In the bottom of the second, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a two-run bomb to give LSU its first lead of the ballgame at 2-1.

[autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] extended the lead to 3-1 with a “Crews Missile” in the bottom of the third inning.

The Tide came back strong as they scored three runs in the top of the fourth and fifth innings to give them a 7-3 lead thanks to some good hits and a couple of errors by LSU. In the bottom of the fifth, the Tigers came roaring back with some runs of their own as Crews and [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] both hit RBI singles with the bases loaded before [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] walked in runs with bases loaded to tie the game.

Jones then hit a sacrifice fly to give the Tigers an 8-7 lead. [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] then hit an RBI single to extend the LSU lead to 9-7 after five innings.

The Crimson Tide scored a run in the sixth and the seventh inning to tie the game 9-9 heading into the bottom of the seventh. Milazzo gave the Tigers the lead again when he hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] to make it 10-9 LSU. Crews then walked with the bases loaded to make it 11-9 Tigers.

In the bottom of the eighth, Thompson and Kling both hit solo homers to make it 13-9 Tigers.

Alabama hit a two-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth as it attempted to make a comeback, but that is as close as the Tide would get. With the win, LSU moves to 35-8 overall 15-5 in conference play.

Its next game will be Tuesday night at Southeastern Louisiana. The first pitch for that game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

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