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A Houston outfielder outrageously flipped over the fence to steal a home run

How did he catch that?!

University of Houston utility player Drew Bianco stole a home run while flipping over the back fence during a Sunday game.

While the Cougars faced down University of the Incarnate Word in the 2023 Kleberg Bank College Classic, Bianco made a diving catch over the fence at the top of the sixth inning and miraculously caught the ball for an out.

It was one of those hits that seemed destined for pay dirt, but Bianco’s heroic flop over the fence kept it from going in Incarnate Word’s favor.

A graduate student and the son of Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco, Drew Bianco put up what will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of the young college baseball season.

Like, holy cow. It’s a wonder he didn’t seriously injure himself on the diving catch.

The fact that Bianco made it over the fence like he did and came up triumphantly with the ball should be a good sign for Houston this season, even though the team came up short to Incarnate Word on Sunday, 10-8.

Two LSU Baseball players earn their degrees

Tyler McManus and Drew Bianco received degrees last week.

In the crazy world of college sports, we often forget at times that these ladies and gentlemen are student-athletes. Their ultimate goal is to graduate and obtain a degree in their respective field of study.

Two former Tigers did just that as LSU held its summer graduation ceremonies. Former catcher [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] graduated with a Master’s degree in Kinesiology. McManus was a graduate transfer from Delgado Community College and Samford University.

The native of Slidell, Louisiana, started 40 games for the Tigers in 2022, batting .283 with six doubles, four triples, 10 homers, 32 RBI, and 33 runs, and he was named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

The other senior to earn his degree was former utility-man [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag], who earned a Bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies. Bianco is a native of Oxford, Mississippi, and the son of Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco.

After the 2022 season, Bianco entered his name into the transfer portal and has since committed to Houston.

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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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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 fall in SEC Tournament vs. Tennessee, face elimination on Saturday

LSU didn’t have enough on offense to topple the Volunteers, and it will have to win a rematch against Kentucky on Saturday to stay alive.

Round 3 in the winner’s bracket of the 2022 SEC Tournament pitted the Tigers against the No. 1 team in the Southeastern Conference and the whole country, the Tennessee Volunteers.

The Vols proved they are the top team for a reason, as they won 5-2 to advance to the semifinals. LSU meanwhile, faces elimination in a rematch against Kentucky on Saturday.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] got the start on the mound, and UT did not greet him kindly as it scored three runs in the first two innings to jump out to an early lead that it held until the top of the fifth. In that frame, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit an RBI double to score [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag], and [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] followed that with an RBI of his own to cut the lead to 3-2.

Tennessee scored two more runs on Floyd in the bottom of the fifth to increase its lead back to three runs.

[autotag]Trent Vietmeier[/autotag] came in to pitch for the final out of the fifth inning. Floyd’s final line was 4.2 innings pitched allowing five runs on six hits, three walks and five strikeouts.

Vietmeier stayed in to pitch for the rest of the game as he went 3.1 innings allowing zero runs on zero hits and three strikeouts. However, LSU was unable to score any more runs against the potent Tennessee pitching staff.

With the loss, LSU moves to the loser’s bracket and now has a date with the Wildcats, who have been something of a tournament darling as they’ve won two games as a 12-seed. The first pitch for that game will likely be 30 minutes after the conclusion of Alabama vs. Florida, which begins at 9:30 a.m. CT.

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Tigers take down Kentucky in late-night SEC Tournament opener after numerous delays

The Tigers are moving on to the winner’s bracket after comfortably handling Kentucky despite a shaky start

After a long hiatus due to a first-round bye and a plethora of rain, the LSU Tigers finally got to take the field at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium and play in their first game in the SEC Tournament on Thursday night.

LSU got to skip the single-elimination round as it entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed. That meant that the Tigers would play the winner of No. 5 Auburn and No. 12 Kentucky.

Coming into the week, no No. 12 seed had ever won a game in the SEC tournament, but the Wildcats beat AU to set up a second-round matchup against LSU to begin double-elimination play. Their luck ran out on Thursday night, as LSU advanced into the winner’s bracket with an 11-6 victory.

It will face top-seeded Tennessee on Friday night in the third round in what will be the first matchup against the Volunteers this season.

[autotag]Ma’Khail Hilliard[/autotag] got the start on the mound for the Tigers, and Kentucky jumped on him in the top of the second inning with a two-run homer to take an early lead. But in the bottom of the third, LSU got those runs back, plus one.

With bases loaded, [autotag]Tre’ Morgan[/autotag] grounded out to the pitcher, but [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] was able to score. That was followed by the red hot [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] hitting a two-RBI double to put LSU on top 3-2.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Tigers put up three more runs to extend their lead to 6-2. Crews singled to center field to bring home [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag], [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] singled to bring home [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag], and Crews scored on an insane play at the plate where he dodged the catcher’s tag and eventually led to Kentucky’s head coach getting thrown out when the run was confirmed after video review.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the bases were loaded for Thompson, and he came through with a single to clear the bases and make it 8-2 Tigers. McManus then got his third hit of the night as he singled to bring Pearson home and make it 9-2 LSU.

Hilliard’s day was finished as the Tigers entered the top of the seventh inning with [autotag]Devin Fontenot[/autotag] on the mound. For Fontenot, it was his 111th career appearance, which broke the record for most career appearances. Hilliard’s final line was six innings pitched allowing two runs on four hits, two walks and six strikeouts.

Kentucky scored a run on Fontenot to cut the lead to 9-3 as we went to the bottom of the seventh. Pearson became the first LSU player with five hits in an SEC Tournament game as he launched a two-run moonshot to right field to make it 11-3.

And oh yeah, he’s just a freshman.

In the top of the eighth inning, Kentucky hit a three-run homer to cut the lead to 11-6 and bring [autotag]Grant Taylor[/autotag] out of the bullpen. After retiring the first batter he faced for out number three, Taylor stayed on the mound for the ninth.

After walking the first batter of the ninth, Taylor was replaced by [autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag], who was greeted with a single. Cooper retired the rest of the Wildcats, and the Tigers won 11-6.

With the victory, LSU will play in the winner’s bracket against No. 1 Tennessee on Friday night in the late game. That start time is TBD, but at least the forecast shows no sign of rain ā€” for now.

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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.Ā  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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Fantastic Game 3 showing leads LSU to series win at Alabama

The Tigers captured their fourth win in their last five SEC series on Sunday.

After losing two out of their first three SEC series, the Tigers entered Sunday’s game in search of their fourth series win out of the last five as well as their third in a row.

They did just that in a 12-3 victory over Alabama in Game 3. [autotag]Samuel Dutton[/autotag] got the start on the mound for LSU and like [autotag]Blake Money[/autotag] on Saturday night, he was pulled in the first inning of the ballgame.

He did record two outs on two hits and one run before being pulled for [autotag]Jacob Hasty[/autotag]. In the top of the first inning, LSU got out to a hot start as it scored three runs off of a two-RBI single by [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] and an RBI single by [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag] to make it 3-0 headed to the bottom of the first. ‘Bama scored a run against Dutton in the bottom of the first to cut the deficit to two.

That score remained until the top of the fifth inning when LSU doubled its score with a Bianco RBI single and a two-run homer by [autotag]Tyler McManus[/autotag] to make it 6-1 headed to the bottom of the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth, [autotag]Eric Reyzelman[/autotag] came into pitch for Hasty.

Hasty’s final line was four innings pitched allowing two hits, zero runs, and four strikeouts. In the top of the seventh, LSU tacked on three more runs to extend the lead to 9-1. [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] reached on a fielder’s choice and Thompson scored. That was followed by another two-run McManus homer.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Alabama scored off of a solo home run to cut the lead to 9-2. In the top of the eighth inning, (stop me if you’ve read this before) but the Tigers scored three runs for the third time today. [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] (glad to have you back, pal) doubled to start the inning, [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] walked, and we got a Crews Missile to make it 12-2. That’s Dylan Crews’ third homer in the past two games.

[autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] came in to pitch the eighth and the ninth innings to try to close out the game. The first batter for the Tide in the ninth hit a solo homer to cut the lead to 12-3. That prompted [autotag]Devin Fontenot[/autotag] to come trotting in out of the bullpen. Fontenot was able to get out of the inning while allowing no more runs. With the win, LSU moves to 32-15 (14-10 SEC). The next game will be May 10 against Southeastern Louisiana at Alex Box Stadium with the first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

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LSU baseball dominates Louisiana-Monroe, extends winning streak to 3

It’s Brayden Jobert’s world, and we’re all just living in it.

“YOU CAN PUCKER UP AND KISS THAT BABY GOODBYE! HE’S HOTTER THAN A FIRE ANT ON A FEVER BLISTER! Jobert, swinging it like Excalibur right now,” play-by-play commentator Lyn Rollins proclaimed during Tuesday night’s game against Louisiana-Monroe.

It is truly Brayden Jobert’s world; we are all just living in it. Facing the Warhawks at Alex Box Stadium, the Tigers picked up right where they left off on Sunday.

[autotag]Tyrann Mathieu[/autotag] was back in the bayou to make the first pitch, and that was the start of a great night for LSU as it pushed its winning streak to three games with a dominant 15-4 win heading into a weekend series against the Auburn Tigers.

In the top of the first inning, ULM hit a solo home run to take a 1-0 lead, but that was the last sliver of hope it would get in this game. In the bottom of the inning, the scoring spree started for the Tigers. First, [autotag]Josh Berry[/autotag] tied the game up on an RBI single.

Second, Jobert hit a three-RBI double to make it 4-1.

Third, [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit an RBI double, and last, [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit an RBI single to make the score 6-1 LSU after one inning. The Tigers would get on the board again in the bottom of the third when Dugas hit a solo home run to left field to make it 7-1.

In the top of the fourth, [autotag]Cale Lansville[/autotag] came in to pitch and he surrendered three Warhawk runs to make it 7-4 after four innings. LSU scored again in the bottom of the sixth when Jobert hit a solo homer to make it 8-4.

That was followed by a [autotag]Cade Doughty[/autotag] sacrifice fly to make it 9-4 after six innings. In the bottom of the seventh, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] scored on a past ball and Jobert hit yet another home run. This time, it was a three-run shot to make it 13-4 LSU after seven innings.

In the bottom of the eighth, [autotag]Drew Bianco[/autotag] was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score another run, and [autotag]Jack Merrifield[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly to make it 15-4 headed to the top of the ninth. [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] came in to finish the game on the mound in the ninth and worked a quick 1-2-3 inning.

With the win, LSU moves to 18-7 on the year and 3-3 in conference play. It will play the Auburn Tigers at home starting this Thursday, with the first pitch of Game 1 scheduled for 6 p.m. CT at The Box.

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