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How to watch LSU baseball’s rematch vs. Southern Miss in the regional finals

The Tigers advance to the super regional round with a win.

The Tigers have captured lightning in a bottle in Hattiesburg this weekend in the regional round of the NCAA Tournament.

In the opener against Kennesaw State, it overcame an 11-4 deficit in the eighth to win 14-11, and facing host and No. 11 national seed Southern Mississippi in the winner’s bracket on Saturday night, it found itself in a hole once again.

This time, the Tigers trailed 6-2 in the bottom of the ninth, but a four-run rally sent it to extras, where they walked it off in the bottom of the 10th. LSU is just the second team since 1999 to win its first two tournament games while trailing in the seventh inning.

Now in the regional final, it will face the Golden Eagles — who survived an extra-innings game in the elimination contest against Kennesaw State — in a rematch on Sunday night with a spot in the super regionals on the line. The Tigers would advance with a win, while a loss would force a decisive game on Monday afternoon.

Here’s everything you need to know to follow this one, which begins at 6 p.m. CT and will be streamed on ESPN+.

Another late-inning rally lifts Tigers past Southern Miss, into regional finals

The Tigers came back to beat Kennesaw State late on Friday night, and they pulled the same magic on Saturday against top-seeded Southern Miss.

After the dramatic win against Kennesaw State on Friday night, LSU moved on in the winner’s bracket to face the host and No. 11 national seed in the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles.

Just like the prior night, LSU pulled off some late-inning magic as it rallied from being down 6-2 in the ninth inning to win the game 7-6 in extra innings.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] got the start on the mound, and he pitched six innings, allowing four runs on six hits and four strikeouts. The Tigers scored the first run in the bottom of the first inning as [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and make it 1-0.

In the top of the second, Southern Miss struck back with a two-run homer to take a 2-1 lead. In the bottom of the inning, [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hit a solo shot to tie it at two runs each.

Southern Miss tacked on four more runs before the Tigers got to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning trailing 6-2. [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] hit a fly ball for out No. 1, but Crews then launched a Crews Missile to cut the lead to 6-3.

[autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] flew out for out No. 2, but [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] kept the game alive with a single to bring up [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag], who hit a two-run blast to cut the lead to 6-5.

Still with two outs, Morgan stepped up and was hit by a pitch. So, the tying run was on first base as [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] stepped into the box. [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag] came in to pinch run for Morgan as Southern Miss made a call to the bullpen for a new pitcher.

Bianco stole second, and Thompson hit an RBI single to tie the game at six. The Tigers clawed their way back after being down 6-2 at the start of the inning to tie it up, and we headed to extra innings in Hattiesburg.

[autotag]Paul Gervase[/autotag] came in to pitch the top of the 10th inning as the Tigers looked to try to get three quick outs and get back to swinging the bats. Gervase retired the Golden Eagles 1-2-3, and we went to the bottom of the 10th with a chance for LSU to walk it off. McManus, Stevenson, and Crews were the three Tigers due up.

T-Mac started it off with a single to right field and just like that, the winning run was at first base for Stevenson. [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] brought in [autotag]Collier Cranford[/autotag] to run for McManus as he pushed all of his chips in on trying to win in that frame.

Stevenson was hit by a pitch as he tried to bunt, and now there were two runners on base for Crews, who took a four-pitch walk to load the bases with no one out. The winning run was now only 90 feet away for Berry.

He reached on a fielder’s choice, but Cranford was out at home. Now with one out, bases were still loaded for Pearson. He hit into a fielder’s choice, but the Golden Eagles were unable to make the play at home as the Tigers earned an improbable walk-off.

With the win, LSU moves on to the regional final on Sunday. That game will be on Sunday at 6 p.m. CT, and it will play the winner of the elimination game between Southern Miss and Kennesaw State, who survived elimination against Army on Saturday. That game will be played earlier in the day.

If the Tigers win Sunday night, they will be heading to the super regional round. With a loss, they would play a winner-take-all rematch on Monday.

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Tigers stun Kennesaw State with 10-run rally in eighth inning to open NCAA Tournament

LSU pulled off one of the wildest comebacks you’ll see all season to begin the Hattiesburg Regional.

Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.

For the first seven innings of Friday night’s NCAA Tournament opener, LSU was definitely the bug as it was manhandled by the Kennesaw State Owls 11-4 — that is until an incredible comeback happened.

The Tigers scored 10 runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to come back and win 14-11 in Game 1 of the Hattiesburg Regional.

[autotag]Ma’Khail Hilliard[/autotag] got the start on the mound, and he had his shortest start of the year, going only 2.2 innings allowing five runs on five hits, two walks and two strikeouts. The Owls drew first blood as they scored on an RBI single in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the inning, [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] tied the game with an RBI double that scored [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag]. In the bottom of the second, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit an RBI single to give the Tigers their only lead of the ball game as they led 2-1 heading into the third inning.

In the top of the third, the Owls would rally for four runs of their own and take a 5-2 lead over LSU. In the bottom of the third, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] got two of those runs back with a two-run homer to right field to cut the lead to 5-4.

Kennesaw State added two runs in the fourth and four runs in the fifth to build a lead of 11-4 and that score held until the bottom of the eighth inning. In the bottom of the eighth, [autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] hit an RBI single up the middle to score [autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] and give the Tigers some hope as they had runners on the corners with zero outs.

Pearson followed that with an RBI single of his own to make it 11-6 Owls. There were still no outs and runners on first and second as Thompson stepped into the box and he proceeded to hit an RBI double to score Berry and put two runners in scoring position with no one out. The Owls opted to bring in a new pitcher before facing [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag].

It was a golden opportunity for the Tigers to possibly make a miraculous comeback: two runners in scoring position, no outs, Morgan at the plate, and an 11-7 ball game. What would the talented sophomore do?

Morgan hit a two-RBI single to center field and brought both Pearson and Thompson home, and just like that, it was a two-run game.

At this point, it was a battle at the bat rack as everyone wanted a turn. [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] stepped in and hit a single before [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] stepped up to the plate. McManus drew a walk and loaded the bases with no one out.

Jobert grounded into a fielder’s choice, but a run scored in the process to make it 11-10 Owls. Stevenson stepped into the box with runners on the corners and one out. The tying run was only 90 feet away at third base.

Stevenson walked, and the bases were loaded once again. This time, Crews was the man stepping into the batter’s box with a chance to tie the game or take the lead. Crews hit a two-RBI double to left-center field, and the Tigers have the lead.

Pearson stepped in and hit a two-RBI single of his own to extend LSU’s lead to 14-11. Thompson grounded into a double play to end the inning, but not before the Tigers plated 10 runs and took a three-run lead heading into the ninth.

[autotag]Paul Gervase[/autotag] came in to close the game out in the top of the ninth inning. He got the first batter to line out and the second one to strike out before the Owls got a runner on base with a single. Gervase got the next batter to fly out, and the Tigers secured the win. LSU moves on in the winner’s bracket to face regional host Southern Miss on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT.

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LSU’s Jacob Berry and Dylan Crews named Collegiate Baseball All-Americans

The duo has been a major part of LSU’s success this season, and each received postseason honors on Thursday.

On Thursday, sophomore outfielder [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and sophomore third baseman [autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] were honored as Collegiate Baseball All-Americans.

For an LSU baseball team that is ranked No. 21 and enters regional play as a No. 2 seed, this dynamic duo has been a huge reason why LSU has been so good at times this season. Crews is currently hitting .345 with 21 homers and 68 RBI and has a fielding percentage of 99%. Berry is currently hitting .381 with 15 homers and 47 RBI and has a fielding percentage of 91%.

Berry broke his finger and has been out for a few games this year, but that hasn’t dampened his impact or his production. He and [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] were both held out of the SEC Tournament to try and get them as healthy as possible for regional play.

That starts Friday night with a game against the Kennesaw State Owls. For a recap of that game, check back at LSU Wire for a full breakdown.

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How to watch, preview for LSU baseball’s NCAA Tournament opener against Kennesaw State

The Tigers begin their postseason against the No. 3-seeded Owls at the Hattiesburg Regional on Friday night.

The Tigers are hitting the road for the regional round of the 2022 NCAA Baseball Tournament, but they won’t have to go very far.

LSU will take the approximately three-hour trek east to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for a regional hosted by Southern Miss, the No. 11 national seed. First up for the No. 2-seeded Tigers is a matchup against the region’s No. 3 seed, the Kennesaw State Owls.

The Owls are just 35-26 on the season but made the tournament by virtue of a phenomenal run in the Atlantic Sun Tournament as the third-seeded team. After dropping the first two games, KSU won out and captured the league’s autobid with an upset against Liberty in the championship.

LSU, meanwhile, is coming off a disappointing performance in the SEC Tournament. As the No. 4 seed, it won its first game against Kentucky but dropped the next two matchups, ultimately being eliminated in a rematch against the Wildcats.

The Tigers will hopefully have two of its key players back in infielders [autotag]Jacob Berry[/autotag] and [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag], who were held out of SEC Tournament competition last week as a precaution.

We could see LSU’s Day 1 starter on the mound in [autotag]Ma’Khail Hilliard[/autotag], but coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] may choose to save his arm for a potential matchup against the top-seeded Golden Eagles on Saturday. If that’s the case, we would likely see [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] or [autotag]Samuel Dutton[/autotag] take the bump.

The Tigers will look to emerge out of the regional as an underdog, and that run will begin with Friday night’s opener at 6 p.m. CT.

Here’s how you can catch the action in this one.

How to watch LSU baseball’s SEC Tournament opener against the Kentucky Wildcats

LSU is set to begin its postseason on Thursday afternoon, weather permitting.

The Tigers had a first-round bye at the SEC Tournament in Hoover this week thanks to a sweep in the final regular-season series that secured a No. 4 seed.

They’re probably very grateful for that, as there have been upsets aplenty through the first couple of days of single-elimination competition in Hoover, Alabama. The bottom two seeds in the field won, including a Kentucky Wildcats squad that became the first No. 12 seed to win a game in the tournament with a 3-1 upset over five-seeded Auburn.

Now, No. 4-seeded LSU will open its postseason on Thursday against that same Wildcats team in the double-elimination portion of the tournament. When exactly that game will happen remains to be determined, as Mother Nature has thrown a wrench into the plans this week with quite a few rain delays.

First pitch will take place at approximately 1 p.m. CT, as things currently stand. It will be the second game of the day, coming 30 minutes after the conclusion of a matchup between No. 8 Vanderbilt and top-seeded Tennessee at 9:30 a.m. CT.

With a win over Kentucky, the Tigers would draw the victor of that one in the winner’s bracket. With a loss, they would face the loser in an elimination game.

A strong showing could pay dividends for coach Jay Johnson’s team, which remains in the race to host a regional at the NCAA Tournament, which begins next week.

Here’s everything you need to know to follow the beginning of LSU’s postseason journey.

LSU secures No. 4 seed at SEC Tournament with a monster day in Nashville

An incredible finish saw LSU complete the sweep of Vanderbilt with a 21-10 win, earning a bye in Hoover next week.

LSU came into Saturday’s Game 3 looking to sweep the Vanderbilt Commodores and possibly earn the No. 4 seed for the SEC tournament.

For that to happen, LSU would have to win, and Auburn would have to lose.

First thing’s first: Control what you can control. The Tigers did just that as they won 21-10 over the Commodores. Vandy tried to make things spiral out of control early as it went up 6-0 headed into the top of the third inning.

In that frame, the Tigers finally got on the board as [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag]hit an RBI double to score [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag], and then [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] hit a two-RBI double to cut the lead to 6-3.

In the top of the sixth inning, [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hit a solo homer to cut the lead to 6-4. Vandy answered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run homer to extend its lead to 8-4.

In the top of the seventh inning, Jobert hit a three-run Jo-bomb to cut it to a one-run game. After being down 6-0, the Tigers had finally climbed their way back into the game.

In the bottom of the inning, Vandy loaded the bases and scored a run on a walk to get some breathing room headed to the eighth. In the top of the eighth, Pearson hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Collier Cranford[/autotag] and cut the lead to 9-8.

The Tigers then loaded the bases with only one out, and [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] came through with an RBI single to tie the game. [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] then stepped into the box and hit an RBI single as the Tigers took their first lead of the game at 10-9.

Jobert was up next, and it was his three-run homer that put the Tigers back within one run in the seventh inning. This time, the bases were loaded. Jobert hit a deep fly ball to center, and you can pucker up and kiss that baby goodbye.

After the grand slam, Jobert had a total of nine RBI. He is the first LSU player with nine RBI since March 5, 1999 (Eric Hendrickson vs Ohio). He scored the same amount of runs as Vandy by himself. LSU wasn’t done in the top of the eighth yet as Cranford hit an RBI double off of the green monster in left field to make it 15-9 Tigers.

[autotag]Josh Stevenson[/autotag] then laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored two runs to make it 17-9, and Morgan followed that with an RBI double. All of that totaled up to an 11-run inning for the Tigers and an 18-9 lead headed to the bottom of the eighth inning. In the top of the ninth, Jobert stepped into the box once again and this time he hit a triple.

Jobert finished the day a single short of the cycle. [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag] came into run for Jobert on third and he scored on a McManus sacrifice flyball to make it 19-9. Cranford doubled off the wall in left field which brought up [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag], who didn’t have a hit yet but changed that with a two-run Crews missile to left to make it 21-9 Tigers.

Vandy scored in the bottom of the ninth inning to earn their 10th run of the game. Doughty was injured on the play and walked off the field under his own power. We’ll keep an eye on that as we enter the SEC tournament.

Collins struck out the final batter and LSU won 21-10 to sweep the Commodores.

Control what you can control? Check.  After that, it all came down to the Auburn Tigers. If Auburn lost to Kentucky, LSU earned the No. 4 seed and wouldn’t have to play until Wednesday. If the Tigers from the plains win, LSU would be the No. 5 seed and play on Tuesday in a single-elimination game.

Heading into the ninth inning, the Wildcats led the game 6-2 over Auburn. Sonny DiChiara hit a solo shot to lead off the inning and cut it to 6-3. Kentucky sat down the next three hitters and won the game 6-3. That means LSU secured a top-four seed and goes straight into Day 2 of the SEC Tournament.

What a day for LSU baseball.

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Tigers ‘Crews’ to a win over Vandy in final SEC series

LSU captured its final SEC series and potentially a top-five seed at the conference tournament in Hoover.

LSU might not wear anything other than their gold uniform for the rest of the season. After a huge win on Thursday night, the Tigers went back to the gold for Friday night’s contest, and the Tigers had another great game at the ballpark with a 6-1 win over Vanderbilt to take the series.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] got the start on the mound and in his first start in months, he looked great. Floyd finished with 5.1 innings pitched allowing one run on four hits and seven strikeouts.

[autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] started it off strong in the top of the first inning when he swung at the first pitch and blasted it over the left-field wall to make it 1-0 Tigers.

LSU then had a monster second inning to give them some breathing room. [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] scored on a passed ball for the first run of the second inning, [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] grounded out but [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] scored to make it 3-0, and then Crews came up and hit another Crews missile, this time a two-run shot over the green monster in left field to make it 5-0 Tigers.

The Commodores got on the board in the bottom of the second inning with a solo homer to cut the lead to 5-1. In the top of the fourth inning, [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] beat the throw on what would’ve been an inning-ending double play and allowed McManus to score and make it 6-1.

In the top of the seventh inning, the Tiger bats were back at it again as Doughty hit an RBI double to score [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag], and Thompson brought Doughty home on an RBI single to make it 8-1 LSU.

[autotag]Jacob Hasty[/autotag] came in to relieve Floyd in the fifth inning and in the bottom of the ninth inning, he gave up a two-run homer down the right-field line to cut the lead to 8-3 with no outs.

[autotag]Paul Gervase[/autotag] then came in to try and close the game. He retired the batters he faced, and the Tigers won 8-3. LSU clinched the series win over the Commodores and possibly locked up the No. 5 seed for the SEC Tournament next week. Game 3 will be on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT.

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How to watch LSU baseball’s final regular-season series against Vanderbilt

There will be a lot at stake for the Tigers when they head to Nashville this weekend.

Aside from a compelling win over Northwestern State on Tuesday night, the Tigers didn’t have much time to lick their wounds after suffering a sweep against Ole Miss in what could prove to be the final series at Alex Box Stadium last weekend.

LSU (34-18, 14-13 SEC) has to hit the road to play a Vanderbilt (35-16, 14-13 SEC) team in Nashville that currently has the same record in conference play.

There will be a lot at stake for coach [autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] and his squad, as the Tigers — the No. 7 seed in the SEC, as things currently stand — could theoretically play their way into a top-four seed with a good showing. Inversely, a poor showing could drop them all the way to 10th at the SEC Tournament in Hoover.

With a lot at stake both in terms of conference seeding and the race to host a regional in the NCAA Tournament, LSU can’t afford to have a let-down for the second-straight weekend. Here’s everything you need to know to catch this weekend’s regular-season finale.

LSU exorcises Demons in final regular season home game

LSU got a big win in its final tune-up of the season before it travels to play Vanderbilt this weekend.

LSU was bound and determined to make sure the home fans went home happy in what could be the last baseball game at Alex Box Stadium this year. The Tigers did that with a 19-7 win over the Demons of Northwestern State.

In the top of the first inning, the Demons struck first when they scored a run off an LSU error to take a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the first, LSU rode into battle on a white horse and flipped the script as they scored three runs on two errors by Northwestern State to make it 3-1 Tigers headed to the second inning.

The Tigers added five more runs in the bottom of the second inning as [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] both hit an RBI single, [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hit a two-RBI single, and [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] had a sacrifice fly for an RBI to make it 8-1.

You would think that, at that point, the rout was on. You would be wrong. In the top of the third inning, Northwestern State came roaring back with a two-run homer followed by a three-run homer to cut the lead to 8-6 headed to the bottom of the inning.

Over the next three innings, the Tigers would scratch across four more runs as Morgan hit an RBI single, Jobert hit a solo homer, Crews walked with bases loaded, and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] hit an RBI single to make it 12-6 Tigers headed to the sixth inning.

LSU wasn’t satisfied with just doubling the Demons’ score, they decided to blow the game wide open in the bottom of the sixth inning as LSU scored seven runs.

Morgan walked with bases loaded, Doughty was hit by a pitch with bases loaded, and then [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] stepped up to the plate and cleared the bases with a grand slam. Jobert then hit a homer for the seventh and final run of the inning.

In the top of the seventh inning, Northwestern State scored the game’s final run on an RBI single to make the final 19-7 LSU. With the win, LSU moves to 34-18 overall.

The Tigers will hit the road to Nashville for the final SEC series of the regular season against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Currently, LSU and Vandy are tied for the No. 5 seed in the SEC Tournament so seeding in Hoover, as well as in the NCAA Tournament, will be on the line.

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