7:30 LRN Sportscast

The fifth-ranked LSU Tigers got a strong start from Ty Floyd and defeated Georgia eight to four to win the series versus the Bulldogs. Floyd fanned seven hitters in seven innings and allowed four runs. Freshman Gavin Guidry pitched two innings to earn the save. Tommy White hit his 19th home run of the season. The regular season finale is at noon today in Athens. LSU could win an SEC regular season title with a win today and an Arkansas loss.

Today at noon at Tiger Park, LSU will battle instate rival U-L Lafayette in a winner’s bracket game of the Baton Rouge Softball Regional. Yesterday, the Tigers trounced Prarie View A-and-M 12 to 2. Taylor Pleasants had three hits and drove in three runs.

The Cajuns blanked Omaha five to nothing to open up the Baton Rouge Regional. LSU and U-L Lafayette played each other twice during the regular season, the Cajuns won in Baton Rouge and the Tigers won in Lafayette.
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The McNeese softball team moved into the winner’s bracket of the Seattle regional with a four-to-three win in 13 innings yesterday. The game took four hours and 14 minutes to complete. Whitney Tate earned the win in relief.

The Nicholls Baseball team is Southland regular season champs for the first time in program history as they defeated UNO 10-to-4 yesterday. Austin Cain clobbered a three-run homer to give the Colonels the lead for good in the third inning.

Big road win for the Ragin Cajuns last night as they defeated Southern Miss ten to one. Carson Fluno was fantastic as he struck out eleven in eight innings. U-L-M snapped a 12-game Sun Belt Conference losing streak with a six-to-one win over Texas State.

Other scores, Louisiana Tech fell to U-T-S-A five to three, Southeastern Louisiana over Northwestern State seven to five, Miami of Ohio upended McNeese 13 to six, and Grambling was a six to two winner over Prairie View.