7:30 LRN Sportscast

I’m Jeanne Burns, and this sports cast on the Louisiana Radio Network is brought to you by the Louisiana Department of Health. When gambling is more than a game, no one wins…

On Thursday night, LSU hit three home runs to beat Alabama. Last night, the Tigers relied on their pitching to win a second straight game over the Crimson Tide. Anthony Eyanson struck out 12 hitters over six innings and allowed one run as the Tigers topped Bama four to three to clinch a series victory. Coach Jay Johnson says Eyanson was on his game…

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Zac Cowan pitched the final three innings for his sixth save. The Tigers go after the sweep at 5 PM today.

LSU-Shreveport set an N-A-I-A record for longest winning streak in history as they won their 42nd straight game last night, Houston Victoria 11 to 1. Austin Gomm drove in five runs as the Pilots improved to 42-0.

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The Ragin Cajuns won in extra innings on Thursday night, but Old Dominion responded with a walk-off win over U-L Lafayette on Friday as the Monarchs won six to five. The Cajuns committed three errors and the final run was unearned.

ULM lost to 20th ranked Troy 11 to 1. Liberty knocked off Louisiana Tech five to three. Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi topped McNeese 13 to 5. Clay Jung hit a walk-off RBI double as Northwestern State defeated Lamar two to one in ten innings.  Stephen F Austin defeated Nicholls seven to five, Southeastern Louisiana clobbered UT Rio Grande Valley 12 to one and Grambling over Alcorn State 22 to 7.

ULM softball rallied back from a three-run deficit to beat Georgia Southern nine to six to improve to 21-and-0 at home. Ninth ranked LSU softball defeated third ranked Texas six to one. Tori Edwards hit her 16 home run of the season.