A cruel April Fool’s joke was played on the LSU baseball team on Saturday. Up 3-0 in the 9th inning, pitcher Caleb Gilbert and the Tigers gave up 4 runs and ended up falling to Texas A&M 4-3 and lose the series to the Aggies. Coach Paul Mainieri says the defeat was a hard punch to the stomach…:
Cut 16 (11) “good team”
The loss drops LSU’s record to 5-4 in the SEC. It’ll be the Tigers vs. the Tigers tomorrow as LSU hosts Grambling.

No. 21 UL-Lafayette surged past South Alabama Sunday in a 10-2 victory for the Ragin Cajuns at home…which is the team’s sixth series win of the year. Also in the Sun Belt, ULM dropped a conference series after a 9-0 loss to host Georgia Southern.

Tulane dropped its American Athletic Conference series finale to No. 25 USF, 7-5 in New Orleans. But The Wave claimed the series with wins Friday and Saturday.

Nicholls State fell 3-2 Sunday afternoon to Texas Southern. It snapped an eight-game home winning streak for the Colonels.

In softball, LSU swept a weekend series in SEC play against Mississippi State following a 4-1 victory for the Tigers on Sunday. UL-Lafayette also completed a sweep Sunday with a 6-2 win at Georgia Southern.

It’s possible that the New Orleans Pelicans are now eliminated from playoff contention after falling to the Bulls 117-110 on Sunday. If Portland beats Minnesota tonight, there will be no post-season for the Pels. Chicago’s Jimmy Butler put up 39 points and made 14 of 26 shots, including all three 3-pointers. Anthony Davis had 30 points and 11 rebounds for New Orleans, while DeMarcus Cousins added 26 points and 18 rebounds.