They’re still surveying for damages after the LSU baseball team had an explosion on offense, beating Southeastern Louisiana 17-3 in seven innings last night; a score that looked like it belonged on the board in Death Valley instead of at The Box. Tre Morgan drove in five runs for the Tigers, including two in a nine-run fourth inning that effectively put the game out of reach. Sam Dutton pitched three innings and allowed just one run to earn his first win of the season. LSU will host Ole Miss this weekend in their final SEC home series and Southeastern moves on for a critical three-game set with Nicholls as the Lions and Colonels are separated by just one game in the Southland standings.
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Former Tiger Kramer Robertson made his big league debut last night for the St. Louis Cardinals. With his mom Kim Mulkey, former coach Paul Manieri, and LSU great Ben McDonald all watching, Kramer didn’t see much action but did enter the game in the ninth a pinch-runner.
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LSU softball is in action in the opening round of the SEC tournament. The sixth-seeded Tigers are facing number 11 Mississippi State. LSU takes on the Bulldogs for the fourth straight game, having taken 2 of 3 from State last weekend.
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Southern fell hard to Lamar, taking a 10-1 road loss Tuesday and ending the Jags’ three-game win streak. They host first place Prairie View this weekend, trailing the Panthers by three games in the standings with six left to play.
The Ragin Cajuns have won nine of their last 10 after cooking Rice, 7-3 in Houston. Connor Kimple, Carson Roccaforte, and Heath Hood drove in two runs each for U-L. They take on the Owls again tonight before starting a weekend road series against 15th-ranked Texas State.
UNO is one of four teams tied for second in the Southland…the Privateers travel to South Alabama tonight before they visit Northwestern State, also in second place, for a big series for both teams.
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In the Southland softball tourney, Northwestern State edged out a 4-3 win over Incarnate Word. Today the Demons square off with top seeded-McNeese. Two-seed Southeastern beat Nicholls 10-2, so they’ll face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi this afternoon, while Nicholls hopes to stave off elimination against Houston Baptist at 4 pm.
UL is the top seed in the Sun Belt as they take on Coastal Carolina this morning. CC eliminated eighth-seeded UL-Monroe, 5-0 on Tuesday.
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