6:45 LRN Sportscast

The LSU baseball team is on some kind of a roll as the Fighting Tigers trounced the second ranked Kentucky Wildcats 11 to 0 in eight innings to advance into the winner’s bracket of the SEC Tournament. Jared Jones and Tommy White both hit grand slams and Luke Holman threw six hitless innings. Coach Jay Johnson says Holman was in complete control…
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LSU will play South Carolina at 4:30 PM today in a winner’s bracket game. The Tigers have won five straight SEC games.

The Ragin Cajuns gave up six runs in the fourth inning and lost to Old Dominion seven to three. Chase Morgan suffered the loss. The Cajuns will look to avoid elimination today at 12:30 as they play James Madison.
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Lighting in the Ruston area kept Louisiana Tech from completing its game against Middle Tennessee in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament. The Bulldogs are in good shape, they lead the Blue Raiders eight to two and will look to complete the game this morning at 9 AM.

McNeese, Nicholls and Southeastern Louisiana were all big winners in the Southland Tournament. The Cowboys will face UIW in a winner’s bracket game today, while the Lions and Colonels will face each other tonight. Northwestern State will look to avoid elimination as they face top seeded Lamar.

In the SWAC tournament…Grambling defeated Alabama State six to three. Trevor Hatton had a bases loaded clearing triple and Mason Martinez won his eleventh game. And Florida A-and-M defeated Southern eight to five.

The General Manager of the Caesars Superdome says the Saints are 11-million dollars behind in their payments towards the ongoing renovation of the Dome. The Saints say they plan to pay their portion of the costs but they are waiting for certain documents.