The LSU baseball team gave up nine runs in the fifth inning yesterday and lost to top ranked Texas A-and-M 14 to 4. But the Tigers won the first two games of the series by identical scores of six to four. Coach Jay JOhnson says they got great pitching performances from Gage Jump, Luke Holman, Griffin Herring and Christian Little and some clutch hitting…
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LSU is now 9-and-15 in the SEC. If they are able to win their final two SEC series against Alabama and Ole Miss, that could be enough to get them into the NCAA Tournament.

The Ragin Cajuns won a wild game over Troy 14 to 13 in ten innings to salvage one game of the series against the Trojans. Conor Higgs home run in the tenth inning was the difference. U-L Lafayette has a two game lead over Troy for first place in the Sun Belt.

Louisiana Tech fell out of first place in Conference USA after losing two of three to New Mexico State. Saturday was a really tough loss. La Tech led 9-2 in the seventh inning and had a four-run lead in the ninth inning and ended up losing 16 to 15 in 13 innings. The Bulldogs trail Western Kentucky by a half a game. Tech hosts Western Kentucky this weekend.

ULM was swept by Georgia Southern.

Nicholls two games out of first place in the Southland after winning a series against U-I-W. The Colonels have won all four of their road Southland series this season.

UNO took two of three from Southeastern Louisiana and they are in third place in the Southland.

Conference softball tournaments start this week. LSU is the eight seed in the SEC Tournament and they will face Alabama on Wednesday morning.

The Southland Tournament will take place in Hammond. The McNeese Cowgirls are the top seed, Southeastern is the two seed. Nicholls is a three seed and they’ll play Tuesday night at 6 PM.