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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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How to watch No. 1 LSU baseball take on Nicholls in Tuesday night midweek rematch

The Tigers will take on the Colonels on Tuesday night for the second time this month.

Though the Tigers dropped their first midweek game of the season last week to Louisiana, coach Jay Johnson’s team didn’t let that affect it over the weekend.

The LSU baseball team completed a road sweep against Ole Miss and will now host Alabama at The Box this weekend. First up, however, is another midweek matchup, this time a rematch against Nicholls (22-16).

The two teams faced back on April 4, which resulted in a 12-2 run-rule win for the Tigers (32-7).  Since that game, the Colonels lost a series against Incarnate Word but are coming off a sweep against Houston Christian last weekend.

Here’s everything LSU fans need to know to follow this midweek contest.