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LSU baseball drops Game 1 of SEC opening series against Texas A&M

With Ty Floyd on the mound, the Tigers lost their SEC opener on Friday night.

SEC play started tonight in Alex Box Stadium as the LSU Tigers played Game 1 of a three-game home series against the Texas A&M Aggies. Ty Floyd got the start on the mound for the Tigers after Blake Money was scratched with an injury.

It was a rough night for Floyd, who lasted just two innings in a 6-4 loss to the Aggies in which LSU used eight pitchers. The Tigers will now have to work their way out of a one-game hole in the first series of conference play.

LSU got the scoring started in the bottom of the first as Cade Doughty hit an RBI single to Right Field to make it 1-0.

The Aggies struck back in the top of the second inning with a pair of solo home runs to take a 2-1 lead after two innings. Floyd was replaced by Grant Taylor in the top of the third inning after allowing three hits, two runs and one walk with just one strikeout. LSU would tie the game up in the bottom of the fourth inning when Jordan Thompson hit an oppo-taco to right field.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Tyler McManus joined in on the home run party as he hit a solo shot to right field to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead after five innings.

In the top of the seventh inning, Texas A&M plated two runs after a couple of LSU errors to give them a 4-3 lead. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Brayden Jobert reached on an RBI fielder’s choice to tie it up at 4-4 heading to the final inning of play.

Eric Reyzelman came in to try and shut the Aggies down and give the Tigers a chance to walk it off in the bottom of the ninth, but things didn’t quite go as planned.

He struck out the first batter he faced, but then he gave up a double and an RBI single to give A&M a 5-4 lead with only one out. He forced a flyout for out No. 2, but then a runner advanced on a wild pitch and he walked the next batter. So, Trey Shaffer entered the game.

Shaffer walked the only batter he faced and was replaced by Devin Fontenot with the bases loaded and two outs. The Aggies hit a single off of Fontenot to score another run to make it 6-4 before LSU finally got out of the inning. In the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers had to score two runs to tie it up and three to walk it off.

Due up were Bianco, McManus, and Morgan. Bianco struck out for out number one. Stevenson came in to pinch hit for McManus and he flew out to left field for out number two. Finally, Tre Morgan struck out to end the ball game as LSU lost 6-4 to A&M in game one.

LSU will play game two against Texas A&M tomorrow night with the first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT at ‘The Box’.

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Tigers fall to No. 1 Texas on Day 2 of the Shriners College Classic

The Tigers suffered another setback against the nation’s top team in Houston on Saturday night.

Sometimes, it just isn’t your night. Saturday was certainly not LSU’s.

Coming into the game, the Texas Longhorns were unanimously ranked as the No.1 team in the country. They showed why in Houston as they beat LSU 6-1 on Day 2 of the Shriners Children’s College Classic, bringing UT’s record on the weekend to 2-0 after it defeated Tennessee 7-2 on Friday night.

The Longhorns’ overall record stands at a perfect 11-0 on the year, and they managed to add a top-10 win to the resume. Meanwhile, the loss drops the Tigers to 9-2 after a walk-off win over Oklahoma to start the event on Friday.

Ty Floyd got the start on the mound for the Tigers, and he was rolling pretty well until an error in the second inning flipped the game upside down. A throwing error by LSU with two outs wound up scoring a run for the Longhorns to make it 1-0. The next batter after that hit a three-run homer to left field.

So, you make one error and you blink once and you’re down to the No. 1 team in the country 4-0 in the top of the second. Life comes at you fast.

Once again, the Tiger bats stayed quiet until the later innings of the ballgame. For as powerful as this LSU lineup is, it is hard to hit off of what is probably the best pitching staff in the country, and I don’t think it’s close.

Texas scored again on some smart baserunning in the top of the seventh, as well as on a solo homer in the top of the eighth to make its lead 6-0. LSU had plenty of runners on base and plenty of chances to do damage. They just never could cash in.

The Tigers had bases loaded with zero outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and all they were able to come away with was one run. Errors and missed opportunities will doom you in any game, that issue is just compounded when you are facing the best team in the country.

Floyd (2-1) picked up his first loss of the season after the four-run outburst against him in the top of the second inning. LSU will look to rebound tomorrow night against the Baylor Bears with the first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m. CST.

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