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LSU baseball lands talented bullpen arm in the transfer portal

Chandler Dorsey served as the closer for South Florida last season.

For the past few days, LSU has been losing pitchers to the transfer portal left and right. The Tigers have lost five pitchers to the portal so far ([autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag], [autotag]Nic Bronzini[/autotag], [autotag]Cam Johnson[/autotag], [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag], [autotag]Samuel Dutton[/autotag]). It is about time LSU got someone in return.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] did just that as he landed a right-handed pitcher who pitched at South Florida last year. [autotag]Chandler Dorsey[/autotag] served as the closer for the Bulls and appeared in 22 games. He finished the season with a 2-1 record, a 3.42 ERA, and seven saves. He pitched a total of 26.1 innings and struck out 32 hitters while only walking 12.

Dorsey will likely be the first of many transfer pitchers Johnson and the Tigers will sign this offseason. Along with that, Johnson will try to retain some of the talented young players he had on the team last season. If the Tigers want to make it back to Omaha they will need a solid bullpen.

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LSU baseball loses another pitcher to the transfer portal

Aiden Moffett is moving on after two seasons with the Tigers.

A day after LSU lost [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] to the transfer portal, another Tigers pitcher put his name into the portal.

This time, it’s [autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag], a sophomore right-handed pitcher from Mount Olive, Mississippi. As a freshman last year, he only appeared in one game, giving up one run and walking three hitters without registering an out.

This season he appeared in 16 games and finished with a 0-1 record and a 5.60 ERA. He gave up 11 runs in 17.2 innings pitched. He struck out 21 hitters while only walking 12 in that span. His last appearance came in the first game against North Carolina at the Chapel Hill Regional. He pitched 0.1 innings and struck out the only hitter he faced. His best outing of the season came against Texas A&M when he pitched 3.1 innings and gave up three hits and zero runs as he struck out six hitters and only walked one.

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Late LSU baseball rally falls short as Tigers drop Game 2 to Missouri

LSU’s first conference series win will have to wait at least one more day.

LSU’s first conference series win will have to wait at least one more day.

After run-ruling Missouri on Friday, the LSU Tigers were not so fortunate Saturday as Missouri won Game 2 by an 8-7 margin despite a ninth-inning rally from LSU, which fell to 4-13 in SEC play.

Missouri scored first in the bottom of the first inning with a ground-rule double for an RBI and an error that led to another run to make it 2-0 Missouri early. In the top of the second inning, LSU got one of those runs back when [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1.

Missouri answered that run in the bottom of the second as they extended their lead to 3-1. Both teams settled in and the game got quiet until the bottom of the fifth inning. Missouri scored four runs to extend their lead to 7-1 and chased [autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag] from the mound.

Holman was pulled from the game after 4.2 innings of work. He gave up six runs on six hits, four strikeouts, and two walks. [autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag] entered the game for LSU and Missouri scored one of those four runs against him that inning.

LSU started trying to claw their way back in the top of the sixth inning with a solo homer from [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag]. Then [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a two-run shot in the top of the eighth to cut the lead to 7-4.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Missouri scored another run to increase their lead to 8-4. In the top of the ninth, [autotag]Stephen Milam[/autotag] hit an RBI double to cut the lead to 8-5. [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] then hit a two-run homer to cut the lead to 8-7 with only one out.

That is as close as LSU would get to making a comeback as they lost Game 2 8-7. The rubber match of the series will be played on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT.

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LSU bats come alive against VMI in Game 3

The Tigers set the school record for most singles in a game (20) and tied for most hits in a game (27). 

LSU scored early and often in Game 3 against VMI. It all started in the bottom of the first inning as the Tigers put up five runs in the first inning. [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] got it started with a two-RBI double down the right field line, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] had an RBI triple, [autotag]Mac Bingham[/autotag] had an RBI single, and [autotag]Jake Brown[/autotag] singled and a run scored on an error to make it 5-0 LSU after one inning.

Over the next two innings, Neal would put on a clinic from behind the dish as he reminded everyone why you should not run on him.

In the bottom of the third inning, LSU would add even more runs to their big lead as the Tigers scored seven more runs. [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double, [autotag]Stephen Milam[/autotag] hit an RBI double, and Neal hit a grand slam to right field to make it 12-0 Tigers after three innings.

In the top of the fourth inning, we got our first look at [autotag]Cam Johnson[/autotag] as he made his pitching debut. He got a groundout before walking the next three hitters. VMI would then get their first run of the game on a sacrifice fly to make it 12-1. Johnson then struck out the next hitter he faced to escape the jam.

LSU scored three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning as Milam and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] both had RBI singles and [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] walked in a run to make it 15-1.

Johnson remained in the game for the top of the fifth inning and he continued to struggle finding the strike zone. He walked three more runners before Will Hellmers was called in out of the bullpen. VMI scored three more runs to cut the game to 15-4 but that is all they could manage.

LSU scored nine more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to extend their lead to 24-4.

In the top of the sixth inning, [autotag]Kade Woods[/autotag] made his LSU debut. He allowed one run on two walks and one strikeout. In the bottom of the inning, LSU tacked on three more runs to extend the lead to 27-5. The Tigers also set the school record for most singles in a game (20) and tied for most hits in a game (27).

[autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag] made his first appearance on the mound in the top of the seventh as he sat down the VMI batters in order and LSU won 27-5.

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LSU baseball opens the weekend on a high note with decisive win over Butler

The Tigers began their four-game weekend with a 12-2 win over the Bulldogs.

After escaping Austin, Texas, with a 3-0 win over the Longhorns, the LSU Tigers looked to get back in the swing of things on offense against Butler to start the weekend. The Tigers did just that with a 12-2 win over the Bulldogs on Friday.

[autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] got the start for the Tigers and showed that he is in a league of his own. He pitched 6 innings allowing just one hit with 13 strikeouts and no walks.

The LSU offense started off very slow, but that is to be expected when you are used to pitchers throwing almost 100 mph and you face a guy that tops out in the high 80s.

In the bottom of the third inning, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] got the Tigers on the board with an RBI double to right field to score [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] and make it 1-0 LSU after three innings.

In the bottom of the fifth, the floodgates opened as LSU plated six runs thanks to a 3-run Crews missile to right field, White scoring on a throwing error, and [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] scoring on an [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] bunt single. That made the score 7-0 after five innings.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU plated two more runs due to a fielding error and a Pearson flyout to right. [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag] came in to pitch for Skenes and struck out one of the two batters he faced before he was pulled for [autotag]Griffin Herring[/autotag]. Herring retired the last batter of the inning in one pitch to maintain the 9-0 lead.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] hit an RBI single to center field to score [autotag]Mic Paul[/autotag]. [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] followed that with a 2-RBI double to right field to make it 12-0 Tigers.

[autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag] got his first action of the year in the top of the eighth inning and he struggled with location as he walked three and allowed one run before [autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] came in to get the final out of the eighth inning as LSU held a 12-1 lead.

Guidry stayed in to pitch the ninth inning. He struck out three straight batters but the last hitter reached as Travinski lost the ball. Butler then scored on an RBI double and [autotag]Sam Dutton[/autotag] came in for Guidry. Dutton retired the first batter he faced and LSU won 12-2.

LSU has a long weekend of games ahead of them as they face Central Connecticut State on Saturday and Sunday before playing Butler again on Monday.

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LSU baseball has the No. 1 recruiting class for the second year in a row

Jay Johnson continues to stockpile talent in Baton Rouge.

For the second year in a row, coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers have signed the No. 1 recruiting class. Although the Tigers lost a few of their commitments to the 2022 MLB Draft, there is still a very talented group of freshmen that will be on the field for LSU this spring.

LSU boasts six recruits that are listed by Baseball America as top 500 draft prospects. [autotag]Jaden Noot[/autotag] (No. 71), [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] (No. 83), [autotag]Chase Shores[/autotag] (No. 93), [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] (No. 215), [autotag]Aiden Moffett[/autotag] (No. 495) and [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] (No. 499).

Last season, LSU went 40-22 overall and 17-13 in conference play. Their season ended with a loss to Southern Miss in the Hattiesburg Regional.

LSU lost a lot of talented guys from that team last year (to the MLB Draft and the transfer portal) but with this type of recruiting class, it will be a fun Spring at the Box.

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