It was a classic SEC baseball game on Friday night at Alex Box Stadium and what made it better for Tiger fans is that LSU ended up on top. Landon Marceaux threw 6.1 innings of shutout baseball and the Tigers held on for a two to one win over Alabama Marceaux scattered 11 hits as the Crimson Tide left 11 runners on base. Gavin Dugas with a sacrifice fly and a Drew Bianco RBI double was all the offense the Tigers needed. Game two of the series is today at 2 PM.

UTSA scored three runs in the seventh and held on for a seven to five win over 14th ranked Louisiana Tech. Jonathan Fincher suffered his first loss of the season. But the Bulldogs are one of 20 teams that could host a Regional during the first weekend in June.

ULM knocked off sixth-ranked TCU four to three, even though the Horned Frogs scored three runs in the ninth. Catcher Logan Wurm drove in two runs and Cam Barlow five shutout innings for the win.

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It was a tough Friday night for Louisiana teams in the Southland as Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi swept a doubleheader from Southeastern Louisiana. Lamar blanked UNO six to nothing, Stephen F Austin knocked off Northwestern State 8 to 3 and McNeese blanked Nicholls seven to nothing. Bryson Hudgens threw six scoreless innings for his first win of the season.

The McNeese softball team is one win away from winning the Southland Confernece Tournament Championship and receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Cowgirls beat STephen F Austin four to one yesterday in Hammond and they will play today at 1:30 against the winner of this morning’s game between Stephen F Austin and Central Arkansas.

U-L Lafayette is in the Sun Belt Softball tournament championship game. The Lady Cajuns edged Texas State four to three yesterday and at 2:30 today, they’ll play the winner of this morning’s game between Texas State and South Alabama.