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Tough end to the weekend for the third-ranked LSU baseball team as the Tigers could not complete the sweep of seventh-ranked Arkansas. LSU’s pitchers walked nine hitters on the afternoon, and Coach Jay Johnson was ejected in the eighth inning after arguing balls and strikes. It looked like home plate umpire Brandon Cooper was going to call strike three on an Arkansas hitter, but when he didn’t, Johnson came out of the dugout…
But overall,l it was still a good weekend for the Tigers, who won in extra innings in game one of the series and then had a run rule victory in game 2. The Tigers are 17-10 in SEC play heading into the final series of the season.
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Surprising news came down on Saturday morning as quarterback Derek Carr announced his retirement because of degenerative damage to his right shoulder. Carr’s retirement leaves three quarterbacks in the Saints’ room – 26-year-old Jake Haener, 24-year-old Spencer Rattler and 25-year-old rookie Tyler Shough (“shuck”). Coach Kellen Moore says Carr’s injury and subsequent retirement had no impact on the team’s decision to draft a quarterback in the second round.
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Back to baseball…the Ragin Cajuns and Warhawks were both swept, Louisiana Tech avoided a sweep with an 11-8 win over Jacksonville State yesterday. Sebastian Mexico drove in four runs.
Southeastern Louisiana swept a doubleheader from Nicholls on Saturday to win the Southland regular season championship.
The S-L-U softball team is headed to LSU this weekend for the Baton Rouge Regional. The Tigers are a 10-national seed.