13th ranked Louisiana Tech earned a thrilling win over Southern Miss last night as first baseman Manny Garcia hit a walk-off, two-run homer to give the Bulldogs a seven to six win over the Golden Eagles. Each team won two games in the weekend series.
The LSU baseball team dropped another SEC series over the weekend. They were on the verge of winning the series versus 11th ranked South Carolina as they had a two-run lead and needed three outs to win the second game of the series, but the Gamecocks rallied with four runs to win 4-2 and took the final game of the series nine to nothing. Coach Paul Mainieri says losing the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader was tough.
Cut 16 (11) “for us”
The Ragin Cajuns baseball team lost 4-1 to South Alabama yesterday. Also, ULM defeated Little Rock 5-3 yesterday and now sit at 4-10 in Sun Belt Conference play.
LSU’s spring game was Saturday as the team’s four quarterbacks battled it out on the field. Statistically, sophomore Max Johnson had the best day of the four QBs. He threw for 180 yards and two touchdowns. During the spring, the four signal callers shared snaps with the first team. Orgeron says they’ll use a different approach in August when they return for preseason camp…
Cut 19 (19) “be the starter”
Southern blew out Grambling 49-7 in this year’s Bayou Classic. Quarterback Ladarius Skelton threw for 102 yardsand added 76 yards rushing and two touchdowns on the ground. Despite the Jaguars’ 4-1 record, the team failed to make the FCS playoffs.
And the Pelicans blew another late lead and lost to the Knicks in overtime 122 to 112 yesterday as New Orleans has lost three straight.