11:40 LRN Sportscast

The top ranked LSU baseball team crushed Kentucky last night 16 to 6 as Jordan Thompson and Brayden Joubert each hit a grand slam. Cade Beloso hit a three run homer and Paul Skenes allowed four earned runs in six innings, but still struck out 13. The one negative, second baseman Gavin Dugas injured his shoulder diving for a ball. Coach Jay Johnson on Dugas’ injury…
cut 20 (11) “…big a deal”
Game two of the series is tonight at 6:30.

The Ragin Cajuns are tied for first place in the Sun Belt heading into this weekend. U-L Lafayette hosts Troy tonight. The Trojans are 6-and-6 in league play. ULM hosts South Alabama. Louisiana Tech is also at home to host FIU.

ULM completed spring football practice a couple of weeks ago. The Warhawks defense dominated the spring with takeaways and negative plays. ULM Coach Terry Bowden says next fall he wants to see more explosive plays from his offense…
Cut 16 (19) “…as well.”
UL Lafayette completed spring practice last week and redshirt freshman Zeon Chriss took a lot of QB snaps, because Chandler Fields and Ben Wooldridge were recovering from injuries. But Coach Michael Desormeaux feels good about that position heading into the fall…
Cut 18 (14) “….the quarterback.”