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For the second time this season, LSU won a baseball game after one o’ clock in the morning as the Tigers outlasted the Arkansas Razorbacks five to four in ten innings. Jared Jones scored the winning run on a head first slide into home plate just beating the tag from the Arkansas’s catcher. Ethan Frey’s gets the game winning RBI on a sacrifice fly. Derek Curiel tied the game with a two-run single in the seventh inning and Zac Cowan was the winning pitcher.
In other action last night, ULM was held to one hit in a 10 to nothing loss to 14th ranked Coastal Carolina. The Ragin Cajuns were held to three hits in an eleven to three loss to 21st ranked Southern Miss 11 to 3. Louisiana Tech had just four hits and lost to Jacksonville State four to two. The Bulldogs have lost four in a row
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McNeese trailed five to nothing but came back to beat Northwestern State seven to six to end the Demons six game winning streak. Southeastern and Nicholls were rained out in Thibodaux so the two teams will play a doubleheader at 1 PM.
Southeastern softball has forced a deciding game in the Southland Tournament Championship series as the Lions defeated the Cowgirls two to nothing. Lainee Bailey with the complete game shutout.
U-L Lafayette and ULM were eliminated in the Sun Belt softball tournament. Coastal Carolina beat the Cajuns six to one, while ninth seeded James Madison upset the fourth seeded Warhawks four to two.
Louisiana Tech was knocked out of the Conference USA Softball Tournament losing in the semifinals to top seeded Liberty two to one in ten innings.
The Saints have signed six of their nine draft picks, including offensive lineman Kelvin Banks. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports Banks inked a four-year deal, worth almost 28 million dollars. New Orleans is holding a rookie minicamp this weekend.