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Auburn takes a wacky Game 2 to tie the series against LSU

LSU will look to avoid its first series defeat of the season in Sunday’s Game 3.

[autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] pitched a gem on Friday as the Tigers took Game 1 over Auburn. [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] took the mound on Saturday night to try to secure the series win, but LSU ultimately fell short in an 8-6 loss and will look to avoid its first series defeat in Sunday’s rubber match.

LSU got on the board first in the top of the second when [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit an RBI single to center to score [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] and give LSU an early 1-0 lead. LSU scored again in the top of the third when [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] and give LSU a 2-0 lead.

Auburn came roaring back in the bottom of the fourth inning when a plethora of LSU walks led to three scored runs as Auburn took a 3-2 lead. In the top of the fifth, LSU re-took the lead when [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit a two-RBI single to make it 4-3 LSU.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Auburn batted around as they scored four runs to give them a 7-4 lead. Travinski answered the big inning in the top of the seventh with a solo homer to cut the lead to 7-5.

Auburn led off the bottom of the seventh with a solo homer of their own to increase their lead to 8-5. In the top of the eighth, [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] scored on a fielder’s choice to cut the lead to 8-6 Auburn.

Auburn shut LSU down in the top of the ninth to win the game 8-6. With the loss, LSU moves to 37-9 overall and 16-6 in conference play. Game 3 will be Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.

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LSU baseball takes care of business on the road against Southeastern Louisiana

There was no midweek meltdown this time around for the Tigers.

LSU entered Tuesday night’s game against Southeastern Louisiana after losing two midweek games in a row, both to in-state opponents. That was not the case this time as the Tigers breezed to a 10-0 win.

LSU struck first in the top of the second inning when [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch and [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.

In the top of the fourth, Dugas scored on a fielder’s choice, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch, and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a two-RBI single to increase the lead to 7-0.

Dugas scored again in the top of the fifth inning due to a fielding error. That increased the Tigers’ lead to 8-0.

In the top of the seventh inning, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to give LSU a 10-0 lead. All the Tigers had to do was get three outs in the bottom of the inning and they would head home with another run-rule victory.

[autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag], [autotag]Blake Money[/autotag], [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag], [autotag]Will Hellmers[/autotag], and [autotag]Sam Dutton[/autotag] combined for the shutout.

With the win, LSU moves to 36-8 overall this season. LSU will travel to the Plains to take on the Auburn Tigers this weekend. The first pitch for game one is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT Friday night.

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LSU sweeps Alabama with win in offense-heavy Game 3

The Tigers prevailed to secure a weekend sweep in a Game that featured 22 combined runs.

LSU entered Sunday’s matchup against Alabama with a chance to sweep the Tide. The Tigers did just that with a 13-11 win in Game 3.

Alabama started off strong in the top of the first as they scored a run on a fielding error before [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag] got the Tigers out of the inning. In the bottom of the second, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a two-run bomb to give LSU its first lead of the ballgame at 2-1.

[autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] extended the lead to 3-1 with a “Crews Missile” in the bottom of the third inning.

The Tide came back strong as they scored three runs in the top of the fourth and fifth innings to give them a 7-3 lead thanks to some good hits and a couple of errors by LSU. In the bottom of the fifth, the Tigers came roaring back with some runs of their own as Crews and [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] both hit RBI singles with the bases loaded before [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] walked in runs with bases loaded to tie the game.

Jones then hit a sacrifice fly to give the Tigers an 8-7 lead. [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] then hit an RBI single to extend the LSU lead to 9-7 after five innings.

The Crimson Tide scored a run in the sixth and the seventh inning to tie the game 9-9 heading into the bottom of the seventh. Milazzo gave the Tigers the lead again when he hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Paxton Kling[/autotag] to make it 10-9 LSU. Crews then walked with the bases loaded to make it 11-9 Tigers.

In the bottom of the eighth, Thompson and Kling both hit solo homers to make it 13-9 Tigers.

Alabama hit a two-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth as it attempted to make a comeback, but that is as close as the Tide would get. With the win, LSU moves to 35-8 overall 15-5 in conference play.

Its next game will be Tuesday night at Southeastern Louisiana. The first pitch for that game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT.

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LSU baseball takes series over Alabama with comeback win in Game 2

After surviving a scare against Alabama in Game 1, the Tigers had to overcome an early hole to clinch a series win.

After surviving a scare against Alabama in Game 1, the Tigers looked to take the series with a win in Game 2. Despite a rough start that saw it fall behind early, LSU pulled out a 12-8 win to take the series.

The game didn’t start out well as Alabama scored two runs in the top of the first inning before LSU scored a run in the bottom of the second. In the top of the third inning,

Alabama scored four more runs to chase [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] from the mound and give them a 6-1 lead. In the bottom of the inning, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a three-run Tommy Tank to right field to make it 6-4 Alabama after three innings.

The Tide hit a solo homer in the top of the fourth to increase their lead to 7-4. In the bottom of the sixth inning, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] scored on a fielder’s choice to cut the lead to 7-5. [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] followed that with a three-run bomb to give LSU its first lead of the ball game as the Tigers led 8-7 after six innings.

In the bottom of the seventh, Crews scored on a safety squeeze by [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] to increase the lead to 9-7.

In the top of the eighth inning, Alabama scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 9-8. In the bottom of the eighth, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] hit a two-run bomb to increase the Tiger lead to 11-8. Crews followed that with an RBI single to make it 12-8 LSU.

[autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] stayed on the mound to try to close out the game. With the win, LSU moves to 34-8 overall and 14-5 in conference play. The Tigers will go for the sweep on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.

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No. 1 LSU baseball falls to Nicholls to drop back-to-back midweek games

The Colonels won in Baton Rouge for the first time since 2015.

How would LSU look coming off of their first conference series sweep of the season and an emotional comeback to beat Ole Miss?

The Tigers welcomed Nicholls into Baton Rouge for a midweek game on Tuesday as the Tigers looked to rebound after losing an in-state midweek game last week. However, they suffered another defeat with a 6-5 loss to the Colonels, who won in Baton Rouge for the first time since 2015.

For the first five innings, Nicholls had LSU on the ropes. In the top of the second inning, Nicholls drew first blood on a sacrifice fly to give them a 1-0 lead.

In the top of the fifth, a two-RBI single off of [autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] increased their lead to 3-0 heading into the sixth inning. That is when LSU clawed their way back into the game.

Batting in the cleanup spot and playing as a Designated Hitter tonight, [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit a solo homer to right field to start the scoring. [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] then walked with bases loaded, [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] reached on a fielder’s choice RBI, and [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly to give the Tigers their first lead of the ball game.

Nicholls would not go quietly into the night as they scored a run on a fielder’s choice in the top of the eighth inning to tie the game 4-4. In the top of the ninth, Nicholls scored two runs on an RBI single and a fielding error to make it 6-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth.

Jones started the bottom of the ninth with a solo shot to cut the lead to 6-5. Frey and Dugas hit back-to-back singles to put the tying run on second base with zero outs. [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] struck out for out number one. [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] was intentionally walked to load the bases and put the tying run with one out. Beloso popped up into a double play to end the ball game and the Tigers lost 6-5.

This loss marks the second week in a row that LSU has lost a midweek game to an in-state opponent. With the loss, the Tigers drop to 32-8 on the season. LSU will welcome the Alabama Crimson Tide into town this weekend as the Tigers look to rebound once again.

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Hayden Travinski lifts LSU to a series sweep with clutch go-ahead homer in 9th

The Tigers looked like they were going to miss out on their first SEC sweep of the year, but the decision to pinch-hit Travinski in the ninth paid off.

LSU entered today’s game with a shot at sweeping the Ole Miss Rebels in Oxford and a pinch-hit three-run homer from Hayden Travinski lifted LSU to a win!

[autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] got the Tigers on the board first when he hit an RBI single up the middle to score [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] and give LSU a 1-0 lead early. Ole Miss tied it up in the bottom of the inning when they hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game 1-1.

Ole Miss took the lead in the bottom of the second inning when they hit an RBI single to give the Rebels a 2-1 lead after two innings. LSU re-took the lead in the top of the third when Jordan Thompson hit an RBI single to score Crews. [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] was thrown out at home during the play. [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] followed that with an RBI single to give LSU a 3-2 lead after three innings.

In the top of the fifth inning, [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit a solo shot to right field to extend the LSU lead to 4-2.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Ole Miss cut into the lead with an RBI double to bring the Rebels to within one run as [autotag]Javen Coleman[/autotag] came in to pitch for [autotag]Christian Little[/autotag]. The final line on Little was 5.1 innings pitched with three runs on six hits. He had three strikeouts and one walk. It was his longest start of the season and put him in line to win the game if LSU pulled it off.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Ole Miss tied the game on a solo shot to right-center field to make it 4-4 heading into the eighth inning. In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Rebels hit a two-run shot to give them a 6-4 lead as we headed into the ninth inning.

In the top of the ninth inning, Ole Miss got two quick outs before walking Jones and hitting [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] with a pitch. [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] then pinch hit for [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] and he proceeded to hit a three-run bomb to give the Tigers a 7-6 lead.

[autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] would be called on out of the bullpen to try and save the game. He retired the first batter he faced before the Rebels hit a double to put the tying run on second with one out. Guidry got the next hitter to fly out at the wall and the Rebels found themselves down to their last out. The final batter popped up to the second baseman, and the Tigers won 7-6.

With the win, LSU moves to 32-7 on the season and 12-5 in conference play. LSU’s next game will be on Tuesday against Nicholls. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m CT.

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LSU baseball loses first midweek matchup of the year to Ragin’ Cajuns

Pitching woes doomed the Tigers in their 8-3 midweek loss to Louisiana.

Pitching woes doomed the Tigers in their 8-3 midweek loss to the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns. It was the first time LSU has lost a midweek contest this season.

It was great to see [autotag]Javen Coleman[/autotag] make his first appearance on the mound for LSU since having Tommy John surgery. That was about the only bright spot on the night for LSU.

In the bottom of the first inning, [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit an RBI Triple to right field to score [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and give LSU an early 1-0 lead.

[autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] came into pitch in the top of the second inning and the Ragin Cajuns greeted him by scoring two runs and taking a 2-1 lead. LSU tied it up in the bottom of the second when [autotag]Whit Merrifield[/autotag] grounded out but [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] scored to make it 2-2.

[autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] came into pitch in the top of the third inning and Louisiana-Lafayette hit a two-run blast off of him to give them a 4-2 lead. LSU cut into that lead in the bottom of the inning when [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] scored on a [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] sacrifice fly to make it 4-3.

Then the wheels fell off in the top of the fourth inning when LSU misplayed two flyballs (one by [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] and one by Crews) that ended up scoring two more runs for ULL and increasing their lead to 6-3 after four innings.

[autotag]Blake Money[/autotag] came into pitch in the top of the seventh after [autotag]Sam Dutton[/autotag] allowed a runner to reach on a walk. The first batter he faced hit a two-run bomb to increase the lead to 8-3 for the Ragin’ Cajuns.

In the bottom of the ninth, Morgan hit a two-run blast to cut the lead to 8-5 with no outs but that is as close as LSU would get to coming back in this one.

With the loss, LSU moves to 29-7 for the season. The Tigers will hit the road to Oxford, Mississippi, for a weekend series against the Ole Miss Rebels. Game 1 is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

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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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Errors doom the Tigers in Game 2 loss to Kentucky

Mistakes ultimately cost LSU a chance to clinch the series against the Wildcats on Friday night.

LSU entered Game 2 against the Kentucky Wildcats on Friday night with a chance to win the series, but three errors from the defense doomed it in the end as the Tigers lost 13-10.

LSU got things started in the bottom of the first inning when [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] scored on a [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] RBI double to make it 1-0 Tigers after one inning.

The Wildcats took their first lead of the game in the top of the second inning when they hit a two-run blast to right field to make it 2-1. The Tigers answered back in the bottom of the inning when [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit a two-RBI single to score [autotag]Ben Nippolt[/autotag] and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag].

In the bottom of the fourth inning, LSU scored three runs thanks to an RBI double from Crews and a two-run homer from White to give LSU a 6-2 lead.

Kentucky fought back in the top of the fifth inning when it hit an RBI single, and then [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] misplayed a flyball with bases loaded. That allowed three runs to score and the batter to get to third base. He was then brought in by the next hitter, and just like that, Kentucky had a 7-6 lead.

In the top of the seventh inning, Kentucky scored again on an RBI single with bases loaded, a bases-loaded walk, an RBI single and a sacrifice fly to make it 12-6 Kentucky heading into the bottom of the seventh. [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] scored on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the seventh to cut the lead to 12-7.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, LSU loaded the bases with no outs before [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] struck out. Jones then hit a two-RBI single to left field to cut the lead to 12-10. Jobert grounded out to first base, and Thompson struck out to end the inning.

In the top of the ninth, Kentucky added an insurance run on an RBI single to right field to make it a 13-10 game. The bottom of the LSU order was tasked with trying to make a comeback in the bottom of the ninth. [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] flew out to left field, [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] walked and Morgan grounded into a double play to end the game.

With the loss, LSU drops to 28-6 on the season and 8-5 in conference play. The first pitch for a decisive Game 3 is scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Tigers have a home run derby in Game 1 win over Kentucky

LSU’s bats came alive as the Tigers scored 16 runs in a Game 1 win.

The No. 1 team in the land welcomed the team with the No. 1 RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) in the country for a weekend showdown, and LSU walked away with a 16-6 run-rule win.

The Tigers entered the game after splitting a two-game series on the road against South Carolina and then beating Tulane. Kentucky entered after dropping a series to Georgia.

In the bottom of the first, it was bombs away in Baton Rouge. After [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] was hit by a pitch and [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] was intentionally walked, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] cleared the bases with a two-RBI double to left field. The bases were then loaded after a [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] walk and a [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] single.

In stepped [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag]. Thompson proceeded to hit a monster grand slam to left field to give LSU a 6-0 lead after one inning.

In the top of the second, Kentucky scored a run after an error helped the Wildcats get runners on the corners with only one out. LSU got that back and more in the bottom of the inning. With the bases loaded, Jones was walked to bring in a run. [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] followed that with a grand slam to right field that exited the stadium. After two innings, LSU led 11-1.

The home run derby continued in the bottom of the third inning when Beloso hit a three-run homer to right field to give LSU a 14-1 lead after only three innings.

Kentucky would not go quietly into the night however as they scored two runs on Skenes in the top of the fourth to cut the lead to 14-3. The Wildcats tacked on two more runs in the top of the fifth inning to make the score 14-5 and keep the run rule at bay.

In the top of the seventh inning, Kentucky scored another run on an RBI single. Dugas was injured trying to dive for the ball at second base and had to leave the game. In the bottom of the seventh, [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] scored on a passed ball to give LSU a 15-6 lead. In the bottom of the eighth, Milazzo hit an RBI single to left field to secure the 16-6 run-rule victory.

With the win, LSU moves to 28-5 overall and 8-4 in conference play. The Tigers will go for the series win Friday night at 6:30 p.m.