An SEC West showdown between LSU and Auburn begins tonight at Alex Box Stadium. The Tigers are 15-9 in league play, one game back of Mississippi State for first place in the West. Auburn is one game back of the Tigers at 14-10.

It’s the final home weekend series of the regular season for LSU. Shortstop Kramer Robertson will be one of several seniors who will be recognized during during senior day activities on Saturday….
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Kramer and the Tiger hitters will face some quality starting pitching in this series. Tonight, junior left-hander Andrew Mitchell will take the mound, tomorrow it’s junior right-hander Keegan Thompson and Saturday it will be Casey Mize, who has an ERA of 1.39. First pitch is at 6:30 and it can be seen on ESPN Two.

At the state baseball tournament in Sulphur, Ouachita Christian has advanced to the Division Three state championship game by beating St. Charles Catholic seven to one. O-C-S will face Riverside on Saturday in the state title game. Fourth seeded Riverside routed top-seeded Opelousas Catholic seven to two.

In Division Two, eighth seeded St. Louis Catholic thumped University High 11 to 6. The Saints will play Teurlings Catholic on Saturday at noon. The Rebels won easily over St. Thomas More seven to one.

Conference softball tournaments are underway….LSU plays Tennessee tonight in Knoxville. The Tigers held off a late rally to beat Missouri six to five yesterday.

In the Sun Belt, the Cajuns blanked South Alabama six to nothing. Alex Stewart struck out a dozen hitters to improve her record to 23-3.

Louisiana Tech plays FIU in the Conference USA Tournament this afternoon.

In the Southland…sixth seeded Northwestern State stayed alive with a four to one win over Sam Houston State. The Demons will face Central Arkansas tonight at 5:30.