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LSU baseball takes regular season finale to sweep Ole Miss

The Tigers secured the sweep with a 9-3 win on Saturday.

The Tigers entered the final game of the regular season with one idea in mind, sweeping the Ole Miss Rebels. The Tigers secured the sweep with a 9-3 win!

LSU got on the board first in the bottom of the first inning when [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, LSU added to their lead as [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] hit an RBI single, [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] hit an RBI single, and [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a grand slam to increase the lead to 8-0.

 

In the top of the sixth inning, Ole Miss finally got on the board as a sacrifice fly cut the lead to 8-1. LSU answered that in the bottom of the sixth inning when Tommy Tanks hit a two-run homer to extend the lead to 9-1.

In the top of the seventh inning, the Rebels tacked on two more runs to cut the lead to 9-3. Ole Miss was unable to score any more runs and the Tigers ended the regular season on a high note.

LSU will now await their seeding for the SEC tournament in Hoover next week.

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LSU baseball earns win over Ole Miss in final SEC series of the regular season

LSU secured the series win with a 4-2 victory on Friday.

The Tigers entered the afternoon with a chance to win their final series of the regular season. LSU secured the series win with a 4-2 victory on Friday.

[autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] got the scoring started with a solo homer in the bottom of the first inning to give LSU a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the second inning, [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] added to that lead with an RBI single to score [autotag]Ashton Larson[/autotag] to make it 2-0 Tigers.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, LSU tacked on two more runs as [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] had an RBI groundout and [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] hit an RBI single to increase the lead to 4-0 Tigers.

 

 

In the top of the sixth inning, Ole Miss finally got on the board with a two-run homer off of [autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag] to cut the lead to 4-2. With two outs in the top of the seventh inning, the Rebels put runners on first and second base to chase Holman out of the game. Holman finished the game with 6.2 innings pitched and he gave up two runs on five hits, nine strikeouts, and zero walks. [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] entered the game and recorded the final out of the inning.

In the top of the eighth inning, the Rebels first two hitters reached a base with nobody out so [autotag]Griffin Herring[/autotag] was called out from the bullpen once again. Griffin got two strikeouts and a groundout to get the Tigers out of the jam with the score still 4-2 LSU.

Herring stayed in to pitch the ninth inning for the Tigers and he flew through the inning with no issues to secure a 4-2 victory for LSU and a series win in the last SEC series of the regular season. LSU will go for the sweep on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT.

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Heartbreak in Tuscaloosa as LSU baseball drops Game 1 to Alabama

Alabama walked it off on an error as it took the series opener 8-7.

Alabama walked it off on an error against LSU baseball as it took Game 1 on Friday night 8-7.

LSU took a trip to Tuscaloosa with the hopes of improving their chances of making a regional. [autotag]Gage Jump[/autotag] got the start on the mound for the Tigers in Game 1.

The Tigers got on the board early when [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a solo shot in the top of the first inning to give LSU a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third inning, the Tide hit an RBI Triple to tie the game 1-1. LSU would answer that in the top of the fourth inning when [autotag]Stephen Milam[/autotag] and [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] both hit an RBI single to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead.

 

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Bama tied it back up with two runs of their own. In the top of the fifth inning, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a solo homer and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly to give LSU a 5-3 lead.

In the top of the eighth inning, Milam added to the Tigers lead with a solo shot of his own to give LSU a 6-3 lead. Tommy Tanks followed that with an RBI double to extend the lead to 7-3.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Alabama hit a two-run homer and an RBI single to cut the lead to 7-6 as we headed to the ninth inning. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Alabama bunted with the bases loaded and down one run with two outs. [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] fielded the ball and threw it to first but the throw got away and two runs scored.

The Tide walked it off with an 8-7 win. Game 2 will be on Saturday at 4 p.m. CT.

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LSU baseball stuns No. 1 Texas A&M to take series in Game 2

LSU clinched a series win over the nation’s top team on Saturday night.

LSU beat the Texas A&M Aggies 6-4 to take a critical series in Baton Rouge in Game 2.

[autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag] got the start on the mound for LSU as the Tigers looked to win a series against the No. 1 team in the country.

Texas A&M got on the board early as they plated three runs in the top of the first inning to take a 3-0 lead. Holman then settled into the game and both teams were unable to score until the bottom of the third inning.

In the bottom of the third, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit solo homers and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit an RBI single to tie the game 3-3.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch to give LSU a 4-3 lead.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Milazzo gave LSU an insurance run when he hit an RBI single to increase the lead to 5-3. White then hit another RBI single to increase the lead to 6-3 as we headed to the ninth inning.

In the top of the ninth inning, the Aggies scored a run on the RBI single to cut the lead to 6-4. [autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] entered to pitch after [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] and [autotag]Justin Loer[/autotag] and he was able to get the final out to win the series. LSU will go for a sweep on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.

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LSU baseball shuts out Auburn to take Game 1 Friday night

Gage Jump started on the mound for LSU, and he shut out Auburn 5-0 in Game 1.

LSU welcomed the Auburn Tigers to the Bayou for a weekend series as both teams tried to win their way into the conference tournament. [autotag]Gage Jump[/autotag] started on the mound for LSU and he shut out Auburn 5-0 in Game 1.

LSU got the scoring started in the bottom of the fourth inning via the long ball. [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a solo shot to give LSU a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth inning, that trend continued as [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a solo shot of his own to give LSU a 2-0 lead.

The score remained 2-0 LSU until the bottom of the seventh inning when LSU tacked on three more runs. [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double and [autotag]Ashton Larson[/autotag] hit an RBI single to extend the LSU lead to 5-0.

 

Jump finished the game after seven full innings of work after allowing zero runs and only allowing two hits on six strikeouts and zero walks. [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] finished the final two innings of the game as he struck out four of the six hitters he faced.

Game 2 of the series will start Saturday at 6 p.m. CT.

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Jay Johnson gives an update on Brady Neal’s injury status for LSU baseball

Jay Johnson said Brady Neal has been playing through a shoulder injury that he aggravated over the weekend.

[autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] has seen a lot of playing time for LSU this season from behind the dish.

The sophomore catcher from Tallahassee, Florida, has played in 33 games so far for the Tigers, and after starting out hitting pretty well at the plate, his production has fallen off.

Starting with the Vanderbilt series, Neal is 3-for-19 (.158) from the plate. That has led to a lot of people wondering what is going on with Neal. Today, LSU head coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] said that Neal has been dealing with a shoulder injury and he re-aggravated it against Missouri last weekend.

LSU is blessed with a plethora of talented catchers as the Tigers have three guys who could be the No. 1 guy at most other schools. [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag], [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] and Neal all have the talent to be starting catchers at any school in the country.

We have entered the back half of the season and LSU is fighting for a spot in the SEC tournament so it’s all hands on deck for the Tigers right now. Hopefully, Neal will heal sooner rather than later.

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LSU baseball wins 1st conference series against Missouri

Jay Johnson and the LSU Tigers finally got the monkey off of their backs this season.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers finally got the monkey off of their backs this season. LSU won Game 3 against Missouri 6-2 to secure their first conference series win of the year.

Missouri drew first blood in the bottom of the third inning when an error led to two runs for them. The score remained that way until the top of the fifth inning when [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double to score [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] and [autotag]Stephen Milam[/autotag] and tie the game 2-2.

In the top of the sixth inning, [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] walked with the bases loaded to extend the LSU lead to 3-2. In the top of the seventh inning, [autotag]Ashton Larson[/autotag] hit a solo homer to extend the lead to 4-2.

 

In the top of the eighth inning, Braswell hit an RBI double to extend the lead to 5-2, and in the top of the ninth inning, Milazzo scored on a throwing error to give LSU a 6-2 lead.

LSU will be back in action on Tuesday night against Nicholls.

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LSU baseball gets back in the win column against McNeese on Tuesday night

After falling out of the baseball polls for the first time in a year, the Tigers bounced back with a blowout win on Tuesday.

After falling out of the baseball polls for the first time in a year, the Tigers looked to get some good news. They got just that with a 16-0 victory over McNeese.

[autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning with a solo homer. [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] followed that with an RBI single and [autotag]Stephen Milam[/autotag] cleared the bases with a three-RBI triple to give LSU a 5-0 lead.

In the bottom of the second inning, [autotag]Mac Bingham[/autotag] was credited with two RBI via a bunt single to increase the lead to 7-0.

In the bottom of the third inning, Jones homered once again. This time it was a two-run shot that extended the lead to 9-0.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, [autotag]Jake Brown[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to right field to increase the LSU lead to 11-0. [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] was then hit by a pitch with bases loaded to score another run and a wild pitch resulted in [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] scoring to give LSU a 13-0 lead. Jones then hit his third homer of the night as his three-run bomb gave LSU a 16-0 lead.

LSU will be back in action on Friday night when they take on No. 4 Tennessee in Knoxville.

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LSU baseball dominated by Southern in midweek loss Monday night

Unfortunately, this is not an April Fools’ joke. The Southern Jaguars dominated the LSU Tigers at Alex Box Stadium on Monday night.

Unfortunately, this is not an April Fools’ joke. The Southern Jaguars dominated the LSU Tigers at Alex Box Stadium on Monday night.

Southern won the game 12-7 and LSU did not lead at any point. LSU cut the lead to 3-2 entering the fifth inning but that was as close as they could get.

[autotag]Kade Anderson[/autotag] started on the mound as the Tigers looked to bounce back against Southern after being swept by Arkansas.

In the top of the second inning, Southern got on the board first with a three-run homer against Anderson to give them a 3-0 lead. In the bottom of the fourth inning, [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly and [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] had a sacrifice bunt to cut the lead to 3-2.

In the top of the fifth inning, Southern did some damage against [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] and [autotag]Justin Loer[/autotag] as they scored five more runs to increase their lead to 8-2. In the bottom of the fifth, [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] had an RBI groundout and [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to cut the lead to 8-5.

In the top of the sixth, an LSU error led to another run for Southern as they increased their lead to 9-5. In the bottom of the sixth, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 9-6.

In the bottom of the eighth, Jared Jones hit a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 9-7. In the top of the ninth, [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] committed his second error of the evening leading to another run for Southern. A fielder’s choice and another error led to more runs for Southern as they increased their lead to 12-7.

LSU will host No. 6 Vanderbilt this weekend. Game 1 of the series is scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. CT.

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What is wrong with LSU baseball?

The 2024 season has not gotten off to the best start for the Tigers.

The 2024 season has not gotten off to the best start for the LSU baseball team. After three conference series, the Tigers are 20-9 overall and 2-7 in conference play and have lost all three series. The Tigers dropped series to Mississippi State and Florida 2-1 and then got swept by Arkansas last weekend.

So, what is going on with this team? For one, let’s rewind to the 2023 season. [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers had the two best players in college baseball on their team, [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] and [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag]. The No. 1 and No. 2 overall draft picks in the 2023 MLB draft.

Along with that, the team had [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag], [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag], [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag], [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag], [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] and [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag]. That equates to two out of three starting pitchers, first and second base, shortstop, designated hitter, and two of the three outfield spots. One outfield spot ([autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag]), one starting pitcher ([autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag]), and two catchers ([autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] and [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag]) were all that remained from last year’s starting lineup.

Replacing six hitters in your starting lineup and two of your starting pitchers is not an easy task. Johnson had to hit the recruiting trail hard for high school kids and players in the transfer portal. He did a great job of rebuilding the team, but some players you just can’t replace. There is no replacement for those guys.

With that out of the way, let’s take a look at some stats so far. LSU is in the middle of the road for most hitting statistics in the conference. The Tigers are seventh in the conference in batting average, on-base percentage, and hits, eighth in slugging percentage, doubles, and triples. The biggest issue for LSU on the offensive side is that we are ranked 11th out of 14 in RBI and runs scored. LSU is not hitting the long ball as well either as the Tigers rank ninth in that stat.

Three more interesting offensive stats, LSU ranks first in the conference in double plays and caught stealing. First in those areas is not a good thing. That means you have hit the most double plays and been caught stealing the most. [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] leads the conference in double plays. He has hit into eight of them. That’s three more than the next closest player.

Now, let’s look at the Tigers’ performance on the mound. [autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag] is the silver lining of this pitching staff. Without him, you would not want to see any of these numbers. Holman has the second-lowest ERA (1.38), second-highest strikeouts (61), and fourth-lowest opponent batting average (.173). Why am I singling him out? Because if you take him out of the equation, LSU does not have another pitcher in the top 15 of the conference.

LSU has the MOST walks in the SEC (131) and the second most wild pitches in the SEC (28). [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] is tied for the most losses in the conference with four and three LSU pitchers are tied for sixth in the conference in wild pitches with four. ([autotag]Kade Anderson[/autotag], [autotag]Gage Jump[/autotag] and Hurd)

LSU is sixth in the conference in fielding percentage but [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] is tied for first for the most errors in the conference with seven. Those numbers will not get the job done, especially in conference play.

LSU will play Southern at home on Monday before hosting Vanderbilt this weekend.

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