Ty Floyd leads LSU to series win over Georgia in Game 2

After surviving a late-inning war against the Dawgs last night, LSU needed Ty Floyd to have a quality start. He did just that.

After surviving a late-inning war against the ‘Dawgs on Thursday night, LSU needed [autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] to have a quality start. He did just that as the Tigers only had to use two pitchers to beat Georgia 8-4 in Game 2 and take the series.

UGA got on the board in the bottom of the first inning with a two-run homer to right field off of Floyd to make it 2-0 Bulldogs after one inning.

The Tigers came roaring back in the top of the fourth inning as LSU took their first lead of the game after a [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] walk with bases loaded, an RBI single by [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag], and a sacrifice fly by [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] to make it 3-2 Tigers.

LSU tacked on three more runs in the top of the fifth thanks to a sacrifice fly by Thompson and a two-RBI single by Pearson to make it 6-2 LSU after five innings.

In the top of the sixth inning, the Tigers extended their lead to 8-2 after White and [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] both hit solo shots.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Georgia cut LSU’s lead to 8-4 after the Bulldogs hit a two-run homer off of Floyd. He stayed in the game and retired the next two batters to get the Tigers out of the inning. [autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] entered the game to pitch for Floyd in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Floyd finished the day with seven innings pitched and he gave up four runs on five hits, one walk, and seven strikeouts. His only real mistakes were two two-run homers. I will take that kind of start from him every time.

The first batter that Cooper faced hit a single and he was pulled for [autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag]. Guidry struck out two guys and got another to fly out to end the inning. Guidry stayed in to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning for the Tigers. He got the Georgia hitters out in short order and the Tigers won 8-4.

LSU wins their first SEC series in three weeks and will go for the sweep on Saturday at noon CT.

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