6:45 LRN Sportscast

LSU won its third consecutive SEC baseball series yesterday with a 12 to 3 thumping of the Crimson Tide. Dylan Crews was a big reason why LSU won the series as he had three more hits yesterday, including a three-run blast in the eighth inning. Crews had seven hits and 7 runs driven in for the weekend. Tyler McManus mashed two home runs and Jacob Hasty pitched four shutout innings in relief to get the win.

The Cajuns have won seven straight Sun Belt Series as they swept U-T Arlington over the weekend, winning all three games by one run. U-L defeated the Mavericks six to five in eleven innings yesterday as Trey LaFleur hit a two-out RBI single in the 11th for his third hit of the game.

ULM was swept by 15th ranked Texas State and Louisiana Tech dropped a home series to Florida Atlantic.

With one more regular-season weekend left, McNeese and Southeastern have emerged as the two teams in first place in the Southland. The Lions swept Houston Baptist this weekend, scoring 36 runs in the process. In yesterday’s 12-0 shutout Andrew Landry tossed a one-hitter.

McNeese rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Northwestern State ten to four yesterday. Josh Leslie drove in four runs. Awful weekend for Nicholls as the Colonels were swept by Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi, losing all three games by one run. Nicholls has lost five straight.

Grambling took two of three from Prairie View and they are two games back of the Panthers for first place in the SWAC West.

In softball, LSU is the sixth seed in this week’s SEC Tournament. Louisiana Tech is the top seed in the Conference USA Tournament after a dramatic eight to seven walk-off win over Southern Miss yesterday. The Cajuns are the one seed in the Sun Belt Tournament and will play against the winner of tomorrow’s game between ULM and Coastal Carolina.