LSU takes down Oregon State to advance to Baton Rouge Regional final

LSU punched its ticket to the regional final with a 6-5 win over the Beavers after a weather delay.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] got the start on the mound as the LSU Tigers looked to punch their ticket into a regional final. To punch that ticket, they would need to beat a really good Oregon State team.

After a lengthy weather delay, the Tigers ultimately got the job done. They won 6-5 and will advance to the regional final on Sunday.

Oregon State hit a solo shot to draw first blood in the top of the third inning to give them a 1-0 lead. Then the rain came, and the game was delayed.

After the delay, [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] took over on the mound and the Beavers greeted him by scoring two more runs in the top of the fourth inning. LSU got both of those runs back in the bottom of the inning, though, when [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit a two-run Crews missile to cut the lead to 3-2.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] and [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit back-to-back homers to give LSU their first lead of the ballgame as the Tigers led 4-3 after five innings.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU got an insurance run when [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] hit a solo shot to increase the lead to 5-3.

In the top of the seventh, the Beavers tied the game on a two-run homer against Hurd to knot the game up 5-5 as we headed to the eighth. In the eighth inning, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] hit a solo shot to give LSU the lead once again. LSU loaded the bases but couldn’t score any more runs and we headed to the ninth inning with the Tigers holding on to a 6-5 lead.

[autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] entered to pitch the ninth inning as he tried to earn a save. He struck out the first batter he faced before the second batter hit a single. The third batter grounded into a fielder’s choice for out No. 2.

Guidry struck out the final batter as LSU punched their ticket to the regional final.

LSU will likely play the regional championship game on Sunday against either Oregon State or Sam Houston State, unless we have more weather delays.

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