The fifth ranked LSU baseball team looked like they were heading to another crushing loss after giving up a two run lead in the ninth inning, but West Monroe’s Josh Pearson hit his first home run of the season in the 12th inning and Jordan Thompson hit his second home run of the night and the Tigers went on to beat Georgia 8-5 in 12 innings. The Tigers hit six home runs on the night, Dylan Crews, Brayden Jobert and Hayden Travinski also went yard. Paul Skenes started and struck out 12 in seven innings. Thatcher Hurd gave up two solo home runs in the ninth that sent the game into extra innings, but he was oustanding in the extra innings to get the win.

Wild game in Ruston last night as there were a total of 34 runs, 37 hits and six errors, but the Bulldogs came up short losing to UTSA 18-16. Dalton Davis drove in six runs in a losing effort and Jonathan Fincher gave up eight earned runs in his final start at J-C Love Field.

Grambling clinched its first SWAC Western Division Crown since 2017 with a six to three win over Prairie View A-and-M. Lorenzo Peterson was the winning pitcher as he struck out seven in eight innings.

UNO held off Nicholls seven to six, while Southeastern rallied to beat Northwestern State six to five in ten innings. The Colonels lead the Demons by one game for first place in the Southland.

ULM lost its seventh straight as they fell to Texas State six to five, Southern Miss shutout the Cajuns four to nothing.

The Baton Rouge NCAA Softball regional gets underway today. LSU is the top seed and the Cajuns are the second seed. U-L Lafayette has a good argument to host its own regional as they have a record of 46-13. Hall of Fame softball coach Yvette Girouard wishes LSU and U-L hosted their own regionals…
Cut 17 (17) “…together.”
The Cajuns face Omaha at 2 PM today while LSU takes on Prairie View at 5 PM.