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Former LSU baseball player Bryce Collins signs with White Sox

Another player from LSU’s 2023 title team was signed this week with Bryce Collins joining the White Sox.

A former LSU pitcher found a professional home this week when [autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] joined the Chicago White Sox organization.

Collins spent two years at LSU after beginning his career at Arizona and was a member of the 2023 national team.

Collins is yet another player from the 2023 championship team to join a professional organization.

Coming out of high school, Collins was originally selected by the Minnesota Twins before electing to go the college route. He only threw 22.1 innings at Arizona before an injury cost him two years.

In 2022, Collins threw 32.1 innings at LSU to the tune of a 3.62 ERA. In his career at LSU, he averaged over 10 strikeouts per nine, but struggled to command the ball, issuing 36 walks in 49 innings.

LSU coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] took to social media to congratulate Collins.

Collins finished his collegiate career with 71.1 innings, 72 strikeouts, and five wins. He becomes the lone former Tiger to join the White Sox organization.

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Pair of homers lead LSU baseball to Game 1 win over Alabama

The Tigers bounced back from a midweek loss with a series-opening win on Friday.

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.

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.

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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Jared Jones leads LSU baseball to series win over Kentucky

The Tigers survived a thrilling Game 3 to take the series on Saturday.

No. 1 LSU vs No. 12 Kentucky — A rubber match at Alex Box Stadium. It doesn’t get much better than this.

After an hour-long rain delay, Game 3 got underway Saturday, and in a back-and-forth game, the Tigers emerged with a series win after a 7-6 victory.

Just like in Game 2, the Tigers drew first blood. In the bottom of the second inning, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a solo shot to left field to give LSU a 1-0 lead after two innings.

In the top of the fourth inning, Kentucky cut the lead in half when they scored on a wild pitch with the bases loaded to cut the lead to 2-1. The Wildcats scored again in the top of the fifth when they tied the game up on a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, LSU took the lead back on an RBI groundout by [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead.

In the top of the sixth, Kentucky tied the game on an RBI groundout to the shortstop after a successful double steal. In the bottom of the sixth, Jones hit his second homer of the game to give the Tigers a 4-3 lead.

In the top of the seventh, Kentucky re-took the lead on a two-RBI double and an RBI single to give them a 6-4 lead. LSU tied it up in the bottom of the seventh when [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] hit an RBI double to score [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] and [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score Thompson to tie the game 6-6.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] singled, [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] walked and Crews was intentionally walked to bring up White with bases loaded and two outs. He was then hit by a pitch to give LSU a 7-6 lead heading into the ninth inning.

[autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] was tasked with trying to get the final three outs and slam the door on the Wildcats. Collins struck out the first batter, got the second batter to groundout, but the third batter hit a single to put the tying run on first with two outs. He then got the next batter to ground out to give LSU the 7-6 victory.

With the win, LSU moves to 29-6 this season and 9-5 in conference play. The Tigers’ next game will be on Tuesday against Louisiana. The first pitch for that game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

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LSU baseball delivers offensive onslaught in run rule win over Central Connecticut

LSU had a nice Saturday cruise in Baton Rouge as it run-ruled Central Connecticut 26-4 in seven innings.

LSU had a nice Saturday cruise in Baton Rouge as it run-ruled Central Connecticut 26-4 in seven innings.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] got the start on the mound for LSU and other than giving up a solo homer in the first inning, he had a pretty good day. His final line was 5.2 innings pitched, three hits, one run, and six strikeouts.

In the bottom of the first, LSU made sure that the Central Connecticut lead didn’t last long. [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit an RBI double to left field to score [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] to tie the game. That was followed by [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag]’s first homer as a member of LSU as he hit a two-run shot to right field to make it 3-1 after the first inning.

In the bottom of the second, [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit a three-run shot to left field and Morgan scored on a sacrifice bunt by [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] to extend the lead to 7-1. The onslaught continued in the third inning as Dugas hit an RBI single and then scored on a wild pitch. Tommy Tanks then hit his second homer of the game as he hit a three-run bomb to right to make it 12-1 after three innings.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] hit an RBI triple down the left field line to score [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] and Morgan hit an RBI single to right to score Kling and make it 14-1. In the bottom of the fifth, [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to right field, Neal scored on a wild pitch, and [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] and [autotag]Jack Merrifield[/autotag] scored on a two-RBI double by [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] to make it 19-1 LSU.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag], [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] got an RBI on a sacrifice fly, Stevenson hit an RBI single, Merrifield got an RBI on a sacrifice fly, Frey hit an RBI single to left and then scored on a wild pitch, and Beloso hit an RBI single to right field to make it 26-1 as we headed to the seventh inning.

[autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] stayed on the mound to try to get the final three outs, but the inning didn’t go as planned as the Blue Devils scored three more runs on him. Eventually, the Tigers won big over Central Connecticut. The Tigers will play Central Connecticut State tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT in the third game of the weekend.

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LSU baseball bounces back with a win against Sam Houston State

It was bombs away against Sam Houston State as LSU used the long ball to close out the weekend in Texas with a win.

After LSU lost its first game of the season on Saturday against Iowa, many wondered how the No. 1 Tigers would react to the stunning loss as they finished the Round Rock Classic on Sunday.

It was bombs away against Sam Houston State as LSU used the long ball to bounce back for a win to finish the Classic’s finale. The Tigers answered any questions about the validity of their No. 1 overall ranking with a drubbing of the Bearkats, 16-4.

[autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] got it started early as he hit a two-run homer in the first inning to get LSU started off right. In the second inning, LSU scored five runs thanks to a [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] RBI single, a 2-RBI double for [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag], and another two-run blast by Jobert to make it 7-0 after two innings.

In the top of the third inning, LSU scored three more runs as [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a solo shot down the left field line and Crews hit a 2-RBI single to make the score 10-0 after three innings. In the top of the fourth inning, Thompson hit an RBI single that scored two runs thanks to an error to make it 12-0 Tigers. In the bottom of the inning, the Bearkats finally got on the board as they scored three runs on [autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] to put the 10-run lead in jeopardy.

In the top of the fifth, Jobert hit an RBI single to score Crews and give the Tigers a chance at ending the weekend with a double-digit victory. [autotag]Brady Neal[/autotag] scored on a [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] single in the top of the sixth to increase the lead to 14-3.

In the top of the seventh inning, [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit an RBI single up the middle to score Crews and increase the Tiger lead to 15-3. In the bottom of the inning, the Bearkats hit a solo homer off of [autotag]Garrett Edwards[/autotag] to trim the lead to 15-4, but that is all they could manage.

In the top of the ninth inning, LSU scored another run thanks to a groundout by Morgan that scored [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag].

With the win, LSU moves to 6-1 on the year. Its next game is Tuesday evening when it travels to Austin, Texas, to take on the Texas Longhorns.

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Tommy White leads LSU baseball to a big win over Louisiana

White, an NC State transfer, had three home runs in 18 innings to lead the Tigers past Louisiana in the two-part scrimmage.

On Sunday, LSU baseball played an 18-inning scrimmage game against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns at Moore Field in Lafayette, Louisiana.

The game was divided into two nine-inning segments with a break in between both segments. LSU won the first game 8-2 and won the second game 5-2. The Tigers were led by NC State transfer [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag]. His teammates call him “Tommy Tanks” for a reason as White finished Sunday’s 18-inning scrimmage 6-for-8 at the plate with one double, three homers and five RBI.

On the mound, [autotag]Grant Taylor[/autotag] and [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] led the way in the first nine innings as they combined to pitch six scoreless innings with no hits, no walks, and seven strikeouts. [autotag]Chase Shores[/autotag], [autotag]Nate Ackenhausen[/autotag] and [autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] combined to pitch seven innings allowing one hit, one walk and 13 strikeouts in the second nine innings.

LSU will be back in action this Friday as the Tigers begin the annual Purple/Gold World Series.

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Southern Miss sends the Tigers packing in Game 7 of the Hattiesburg Regional

The Tigers’ season came to an end in the regional final on Monday evening.

Two of the best words in all of sports: Game 7.

It was do-or-die for LSU and Southern Miss as they squared off for the third time this weekend at the Hattiesburg Regional. Despite winning their first two games of the postseason, the Tigers couldn’t close things out and saw their season end in an 8-7 shootout.

[autotag]Ma’Khail Hillard[/autotag] got the start on the mound in the big game. Southen Miss got on the board early as the first batter of the game hit a solo shot to make it 1-0 Golden Eagles. LSU answered back with a big first inning of their own as the Tigers plated three runs thanks to a two-RBI single from [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] and a bunt single for an RBI by [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] to make it 3-1 Tigers after one.

In the bottom of the third inning, [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] made his presence felt as he hit a solo shot of his own to make it 4-1 LSU.

In the top of the fourth inning, [autotag]Paul Gervase[/autotag], the Tigers’ closer, came in to try and eat up some innings and retain the LSU lead. Southern Miss proceeded to score two runs and cut the lead to 4-3.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU loaded the bases with two outs but they were unable to score any runs as [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag] struck out to end the inning. In the top of the seventh, Southern Miss loaded the bases on [autotag]Devin Fontenot[/autotag] and scored on a sacrifice fly to center field to tie the game at 4-4.

That brought [autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] out of the bullpen for LSU and the first hitter he faced ripped a single to left field to score the go-ahead run as the Golden Eagles took a 5-4 lead. After a four-pitch walk to load the bases, [autotag]Trent Vietmeier[/autotag] was brought out of the bullpen to try and get LSU out of the jam only down by one run.

The first batter Vietmeier faced hit a two-RBI single to right field to make it 7-4 Golden Eagles before the Tigers finally got out of the inning. In the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs, Berry walked, Doughty doubled, and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 7-5. Thompson then grounded one up the middle to make it a one-run game.

Still two outs, runners on first and second for [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag]. McManus struck out, but the Tigers were able to score two runs and cut it to a one-run game as we headed to the eighth inning.

In the top of the eighth inning, [autotag]Eric Reyzelman[/autotag] entered the game looking to help the Tigers keep the momentum going from the bottom of the seventh. He did his job as he retired the Golden Eagles 1-2-3 and kept the momentum rolling for the Tigers.

Dugas, Bianco, and Pearson were due up for LSU. On a 3-1 count, Gavin Dugas hit a solo home run to tie the game at seven. With two outs, Crews drew a walk to put him on first base as Berry stepped into the box.

That elicited a pitching change from Southern Miss. Berry grounded out, and we went to the ninth inning tied 7-7. In the top of the ninth, Southern Miss scored a run on a sacrifice fly to take an 8-7 lead as we headed to the bottom of the ninth.

This was it, do-or-die. How would the Tigers respond?

Doughty, Morgan, and Thompson were due up for LSU. Doughty grounded out to third for out No. 1. Morgan grounded out to second, and Thompson struck out as the Tigers fell 8-7. With that, the season is over for LSU. Southern Miss will advance to the super regional as a host and will play Ole Miss.

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Bombs away in Baton Rouge as LSU mercy-rules Southeastern Louisiana

The Tigers claimed a 17-3 win in a game that ended after the top of the seventh.

Southeastern Louisiana is not The Gap Band, but it definitely felt like LSU dropped a bomb on it Tuesday night at Alex Box Stadium.

The Tigers beat the Lions 17-3 in a game that was called after the top of the seventh, and things are looking good heading into the second-to-last SEC series against Ole Miss this weekend.

Unlike Texas every fall, [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] is actually back for the Tigers, and he got the party started in the bottom of the first inning with a solo homer to left field to make it 1-0.

The Lions struck back with a solo homer of their own in the top of the second to tie the game 1-1 before LSU took the lead for good in the bottom of the second with a [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] sacrifice fly to take a 2-1 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, everything fell apart like Post Malone for Southeastern Louisiana as LSU scored nine runs. Dugas started the rally once again, this time with a two-RBI single to score [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] to make it 4-1.

[autotag]Collier Cranford[/autotag] then scored on a [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] groundout to make it 5-1. [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit a two-RBI single that scored Pearson and Dugas to make it 7-1.

[autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double that scored Doughty and Morgan to make it 9-1. McManus hit an RBI single to score Jobert and Thompson scored on a fielder’s choice to make it 11-1 LSU after four innings.

In the top of the fifth, the Lions hit a two-run homer off [autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] to make it 11-3 but that is all the damage they could do. In the top of the sixth inning, [autotag]Blake Money[/autotag] came out of the bullpen to pitch for the Tigers, take that as you may.  Money has been the No. 2 starter for most of the season, but after a few rough outings, maybe he’s gone to the pen to get his swagger back.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Tiger bats came alive again as LSU reeled off six more runs. McManus hit an RBI double to score Jobert. Pearson and Crews both walked with bases loaded and Morgan hit a three-RBI double to make it 17-3.

With the win, LSU moves to 33-15 (14-10 SEC) on the season, boasting a 25-6 record at The Box. Hopefully, LSU can add some more wins to that home record this weekend as they welcome the Rebels into town for a weekend series. The first game is scheduled for Friday night at 7:30 p.m. CT.

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LSU baseball takes a bite out of the Colonels on Tuesday night

It was a nice tuneup game for the Tigers as they prepare for a road series against Alabama this weekend.

Let’s turn up on a Tuesday night in Baton Rouge, shall we?

Last week, LSU had a disappointing mid-week loss at New Orleans and they entered this game with the hope of turning things around. The Tigers did just that against the Nicholls State Colonels in a 10-6 win that was an even bigger blowout until a ninth-inning rally.

[autotag]Bryce Collins[/autotag] got the start on the mound for LSU as coach Johnson threw a few different pitchers tonight. Also, it turns out [autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] (the number one ranked college prospect, per the MLB network) and freshman [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] are pretty good at the whole baseball thing.

Pearson finished the game 3-for-6 with five RBI and two homers, and Berry finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBI and one homer. In the bottom of the second inning, LSU got on the board with a RBI single by Pearson followed by a Berry RBI single to make it 2-0 Tigers.

In the bottom of the third inning, LSU scored five runs starting with a [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] RBI single followed by a Pearson three-run homer and a Berry solo homer to make the score 7-0 after only three innings.

The Tigers would start to sub a bunch of regulars out of the lineup for some young guns to get them some playing time, but that would not keep them from scoring even more runs as they scored one run in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to take a 10-0 lead.

Pearson hit his second homer of the game as he blasted one to dead center in the bottom of the fifth. [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hit an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth and [autotag]Whit Merrifield[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning.

In the top of the eighth inning, Nicholls started attempting to mount a comeback as they scored a run due to a solo homer to left-center field to get the Colonels on the board. In the top of the ninth, the Colonels scored on an RBI single and a wild pitch to make it 10-3 Tigers with no one out and runners on the corners.

[autotag]Will Hellmers[/autotag] was then called into the game to try and close out the win. The first batter he faced laced an RBI double to right field which led to another pitching change as [autotag]Trent Vietmeier[/autotag] would come out of the bullpen with runners on second and third with no one out and a 10-4 lead.

The first batter he faced hit a sacrifice fly to make it 10-5 Tigers, but it got the first out of the inning. His second batter grounded out for out number two, but his third batter hit an RBI single to cut the lead to 10-6 with two down and a runner on second.

So, in came [autotag]Eric Reyzelman[/autotag], who struck out the only hitter he faced as the Tigers won 10-6. With the win, LSU improves to 30-14 (12-9 SEC). The Tigers will take a trip to Tuscaloosa for a weekend series with the Alabama Crimson Tide starting Friday night at 6 p.m. CT.

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