The Tigers looked to bounce back after another midweek loss as they welcome the Alabama Crimson Tide into Alex Box Stadium this weekend, and they did just that with an 8-6 win to take Game 1.
[autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] got the start on the mound, but that wasn’t the best news LSU had heard all week, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] being healthy enough to play were the best news anyone has heard.
Speaking of White, he got the scoring started off with a bang as he hit a “Tommy Tank” to right field to put the Tigers up 1-0.
Just Tommy being Tommy@tommywhite44 | SECN pic.twitter.com/VFiCniy1QV
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) April 28, 2023
In the bottom of the third inning, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] joined the homerun party as he hit a “Crews Missile” to right field to increase the LSU lead to 4-0 after three innings.
Dilly Dilly@__dc4__ | SECN pic.twitter.com/qa5HMUyYNf
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) April 28, 2023
In the top of the fourth inning, Alabama got on the board with a solo homer to cut the lead to 4-1. In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU loaded the bases before [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] was hit by a pitch to increase the lead to 5-1. Morgan and Crews were both walked to make it 7-1 Tigers after six innings.
Skenes’ night was finished after six innings. His final line was 6.0 innings pitched as he gave up one run on five hits and nine strikeouts. [autotag]Griffin Herring[/autotag] was brought into the game in relief.
In the bottom of the seventh, LSU extended their lead to 8-1 on a sacrifice groundout. Alabama trimmed the LSU lead to 8-2 after an RBI single in the top of the eighth inning. Herring stayed in to pitch the ninth inning but Alabama chased him from the mound after the Tide cut the lead to 8-5 and the tying run came up to the plate. [autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] entered the game to try and get the final out. Collins was greeted with an RBI single to cut the lead to 8-6. He then struck out the next hitter to secure the win.
With the win, LSU moves to 33-8 overall and 13-5 in conference play. LSU will take on Alabama in Game 2 Saturday night at 6 p.m. CT.
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