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LSU softball pulls away late to take Game 2 and the series against Texas A&M

The Tigers won the series with two-straight comeback wins.

It looked like the Tigers were heading for another low-scoring pitching duel in Friday night’s Game 2 against Texas A&M, but LSU softball’s bats exploded to combine for five runs in the fifth and sixth innings as it surged to a series-clinching 5-1 win.

After walking a pair of batters in the first inning, [autotag]Kelley Lynch[/autotag] gave up an RBI single as Texas A&M took an early 1-0 lead. However, like in Game 1, there wasn’t much offense during the middle part of the game.

The score remained unchanged until the bottom of the fifth when Thursday night’s hero [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] hit an RBI double to even the game up at one run apiece.

In the sixth, the Aggies walked a pair of batters and allowed a single, and LSU managed to take the lead after an RBI groundout and a wild pitch brought home a pair of runs. Texas A&M went on to walk two more runs home in the frame as it found itself suddenly in quite a hole to climb out of with just three outs to spare.

[autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag], who entered for Lynch in the sixth, found herself in a bit of a jam in the final frame, allowing two runners to reach with one out to go. But she struck out Aggies batting leader Allie Enright to complete the comeback.

The Tigers will face Texas A&M in Game 3 on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT as they go for the series sweep.

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Taylor Pleasants’ walk-off homer lifts LSU softball past Texas A&M in extra-innings Game 1 win

Taylor Pleasants was the hero once again as LSU took Game 1 on Friday night.

It took an extra inning, but the LSU softball team survived a pitching duel against Texas A&M in Game 1 on Thursday night thanks to a no-doubt, walk-off bomb from [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] in the eighth to give the Tigers a 2-1 win.

The Aggies struck first in the opening frame as [autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag] allowed a pair of singles and a walk to load the bases. She then walked a run home as Texas A&M snagged the early 1-0 lead, but she got out of the jam without allowing any more damage.

That was all the offense either team could manage until the bottom of the fifth inning when [autotag]Ciara Briggs[/autotag] hit a two-out single to score [autotag]Maia Townsend[/autotag] from third. However, the Tigers couldn’t claim the lead as we went into the penultimate inning knotted up at one run apiece.

LSU went into the bottom of the seventh with a chance to walk it off, and McKenzie Redoutey led off with a single, but the next three batters went down in order, and the game headed to extras.

After the Aggies left one runner on base in the top of the eighth, LSU ended things quickly in the bottom of the frame as Pleasants hit her walk-off homer to end the game and give the Tigers the early advantage in the series.

 

Berzon pitched an eight-inning complete game, allowing seven hits but just one earned run while striking out five.

LSU will be back in action for Game 2 against Texas A&M at Tiger Park on Friday, which is set for 5 p.m. CT.

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Instant analysis as LSU softball beats Nicholls handily on the road

LSU got back on track with an easy win over the Colonels on Tuesday.

The LSU softball team bounced back nicely from its second-straight series loss in SEC play on Tuesday night, heading down to Thibodeaux to secure a convincing 10-2 win on the road against Nicholls.

[autotag]Maddox McKee[/autotag] got the scoring started in the second inning with an RBI double, and a two-run homer from [autotag]Ciara Briggs[/autotag] later in the frame gave LSU a 3-0 lead.

McKee added another RBI in the third inning with a single that brought a runner home, and the Tigers really broke the game open in the sixth with a three-run homer from [autotag]McKaela Walker[/autotag] that gave them a 7-0 lead.

[autotag]Raelin Chaffin[/autotag] was pitching a shutout heading into the bottom of the sixth, but she allowed a two-RBI single as the Colonels managed to cut into the lead a bit.

However, in the seventh, LSU got those runs back and then some. First, it was a sac fly from [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag], followed by an RBI triple from [autotag]Raeleen Gutierrez[/autotag]. Finally, [autotag]Karli Petty[/autotag] hit an RBI single as the Tigers took a 10-2 lead into the final half-inning.

Chaffin retired the side in order in the bottom of the seventh to finish off the complete game. The Tigers will be back in action on Thursday as they return home to host No. 11 Texas A&M for a weekend series.

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Instant Analysis: LSU softball drops series to Ole Miss with blowout loss on Monday night

The Tigers entered the weekend as the nation’s lone unbeaten, but now they’ll have to bounce back from a series loss.

LSU was riding high coming into this weekend’s home-opening SEC series against Ole Miss after earning a sweep to begin SEC play last weekend.

The Tigers were 23-0 on the year and took Game 1 against the Rebels, but Games 2 and 3 went south. With a blowout 9-2 loss on Monday night, they dropped their first SEC series of the season and fell to 24-2 (4-2 SEC) on the year.

It was Ole Miss’ first series win in Baton Rouge since 2008.

Starting pitcher [autotag]Raelin Chaffin[/autotag] looked like she was going to get through the first two innings without allowing any damage, but with two outs in the second, she gave up a run of five straight singles.

Three runs scored, and Chaffin was yanked from the game in favor of [autotag]Kelley Lynch[/autotag]. After getting out of the second, Lynch gave up a solo shot in the third as Ole Miss jumped out to a 4-0 lead.

LSU would cut that deficit in half as [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] hit a solo homer of her own in the bottom of the frame, and [autotag]McKenzie Redoutey[/autotag] scored on a wild pitch in the fourth.

However, LSU got into trouble again in the fifth when Lynch loaded up the bases. She allowed a run to score on a fielder’s choice, and after a walk reloaded the bases, a single scored another run.

The Tigers pulled her for [autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag], who immediately gave up a two-RBI single as Ole Miss stretched its lead to 8-2. In the sixth, it added another run off a single.

LSU couldn’t get a rally going in the seventh as it went down in order.

The Tigers will have some time off to lick their wounds before returning to the field next weekend for another road SEC series against Missouri.

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Instant Analysis: Ole Miss hands LSU softball first loss of the season on Sunday

LSU’s perfect start to the season came to an end on Sunday.

It’s been a magical start to the season for LSU softball, but its perfect start came to an end on Sunday with a 5-2 loss to Ole Miss. The Tigers fall to 24-1 on the year with the defeat.

LSU got the scoring started in the second inning with a sacrifice fly from [autotag]Kelley Lynch[/autotag] that scored [autotag]Karli Petty[/autotag], but that was all it managed in the frame.

In the bottom of the fourth, Petty paid it forward with a sac-fly that scored [autotag]McKenzie Redoutey[/autotag] to give LSU a 2-0 lead.

Things were going well for LSU and particularly pitcher [autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag], but with two outs in the top of the sixth, Berzon gave up a pair of RBI singles as the Rebels managed to tie the game.

Things got even worse for Berzon in the seventh as she allowed a single, and another runner reached on a fielding error. After another ball couldn’t be fielded cleanly and the ensuing throw was off, Ole Miss managed to take the lead.

The Rebels then blew the game wide open with a single that plated two more runs and gave them a 5-2 lead.

LSU put two on in the bottom of the seventh, but with two outs and the tying run at the plate, [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] hit into a game-ending groundout.

Berzon takes the loss having pitched a complete game while allowing six hits and five runs, only two of which were earned. Now, the Tigers will try to rally back to take the series on Monday in Game 3, which is set for 6 p.m. CT at Tiger Park.

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LSU softball surges past San Diego State to take Friday doubleheader

After a close call in Friday’s first game, the second half was much smoother sailing for the Tigers.

After a close call against Illinois in the first half of Friday’s doubleheader at the Purple & Gold Invitational, the Tigers had much smoother sailing in the second leg as it breezed to a 9-1 win over San Diego State in six innings.

[autotag]Sydney Berzon[/autotag] pitched a complete game, allowing just two hits and one run in the process of striking out nine.

That run came in the top of the first when the Aztecs hit a two-out homer, but that was all they’d get off Berzon. LSU scored four runs in the third inning thanks to homers from [autotag]Maci Bergeron[/autotag] and [autotag]Ciara Briggs[/autotag] as well as an RBI triple from [autotag]Danieca Coffey[/autotag].

The Tigers would then combine for five runs in the fifth and sixth innings to get to the run-rule margin, headlined by a two-RBI double from [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] in the final frame.

LSU will be back in action for another doubleheader on Saturday against San Diego State and McNeese as it looks to remain unbeaten.

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LSU softball run-rules Austin Peay to end third weekend of the season undefeated

The Tigers are still perfect after the Tiger Classic this weekend.

The LSU softball team continues to look like it could be a special one.

After an 11-0 run-rule win in five innings over Austin Peay, the Tigers moved to 13-0 on the season as they finished their third week of the season by taking both legs of a Saturday doubleheader.

[autotag]Emilee Casanova[/autotag] got the start and pitched all five innings as the Tigers shut out the Governors. LSU got one-run base hits in the first and second innings from [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag] and [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag], respectively. Newland broke things open in the third with a solo homer, and that was followed by a three-run double from [autotag]Danieca Coffey[/autotag] and a three-run homer from Pleasants.

LSU added two more runs for good measure in the fourth inning with a two-run homer from Abigail Savoy.

The Tigers will be back in action on Friday when they begin the Purple & Gold Challenge with a doubleheader against Illinois and San Diego State.

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LSU softball remains unbeaten with a win over Boise State

The Tigers are still unbeaten after holding off a Boise State rally.

The LSU softball team picked up win No. 10 as it remains unbeaten to begin the 2024 season after an 8-5 win over Boise State on Friday.

The Tigers got on the board early with a two-run single in the first, and they added three more runs in the second with another pair of RBI singles. The Broncos broke the shutout in the fourth inning with a homer, but LSU got that run back in the bottom of the inning.

Boise made things interesting in the fifth inning with another homer, this time plating two runs and cutting the lead to one. But a sac-fly from [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] and an RBI single from [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag] in the bottom of the frame ended any hope at a comeback.

[autotag]Emma Strood[/autotag] earned her second win of the year, pitching four innings while allowing five runs. [autotag]Raelin Chaffin[/autotag] came in to pitch the final three innings, allowing just one hit.

LSU will now play the second leg of a doubleheader against Houston on Friday night.

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LSU softball opens the season with a 5-0 weekend, all shutouts

The Tigers didn’t allow a run this weekend, and three of their five shutout wins came by run-rule.

You really couldn’t ask for a better start to the season than coach Beth Torina’s LSU softball team did this weekend. The No. 15 Tigers began the season 5-0, all of which were shutouts and three of which came in run-rule fashion.

On Saturday, they finished up a double-header with an 8-0 victory over Memphis in five innings, with [autotag]Emilee Cassanova[/autotag] pitching a complete game while giving up just two hits and striking out five.

With one out in the bottom of the first, LSU got going quickly. [autotag]Raeleen Gutierrez[/autotag] had a two-run single, and [autotag]McKenzie Redoutey[/autotag] added a third run with a sacrifice groundout.

The rest of the action came in the third. [autotag]Maci Bergeron[/autotag] and [autotag]Sierra Daniel[/autotag] hit back-to-back RBI singles, while two more runs scored on bases-loaded walks to [autotag]Ciara Briggs[/autotag] and [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag] and a hit-by-pitch to [autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag].

LSU will now head to Florida next weekend for the Clearwater Invitational, where it will face Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Washington and Minnesota.

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Tigers softball records 4th-straight shutout to start season vs. Pittsburgh

The Tigers haven’t allowed a run in four games to start the year.

Four games into the season, the LSU softball team still hasn’t surrendered a run. The Tigers recorded another shutout win on Saturday in the first leg of a doubleheader, winning 7-0.

[autotag]Taylor Pleasants[/autotag] got the scoring started with a sac-fly in the first followed by an RBI single from [autotag]Ali Newland[/autotag]. After adding a run in the fourth, LSU added four in the sixth. After an RBI single, the Panthers walked in a pair of runs and allowed another on a sac-fly.

[autotag]Raelin Chaffin[/autotag] got the win on the mound, pitching all seven innings while allowing just three runs and striking out seven.

LSU has one more game on Saturday evening against Memphis as it looks to close out opening weekend with a 5-0 record.

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