LSU baseball is one game back of the overall SEC lead and in sole position of second place in the West Division after a thrilling seven to six win over South Carolina on Sunday. The Tigers won two of three from the Gamecocks, after losing a one run contest on Friday. Coach Paul Mainieri wasn’t surprised the series tightly played….
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Antoine Duplantis had five hits yesterday and drove in the game winning run. Greg Deichmann had three hits and tied the game in the ninth with an RBI single.

McNeese State lost its second straight yesterday, falling to Texas A-and-M Corpus Christi five to four. But the Cowboys still have a 2.5 game lead for first place over Sam Houston. Southern Louisiana took two of three from the Bearcats and are three games back of the cowboys.

Grambling State is the champions of the SWAC Western Divsion after sweeping Prairie View this past weekend. The Tigers won 14-1 yesterday and they’ll conclude the regular season on Wednesday at Alabama.

Tough series for the Ragin Cajuns as they lost two of three from Georgia Southern. The Eagles soared past UL Lafayette nine to one. Cajuns senior outfielder Ishmael Edwards is expected to miss some time after fracturing his left thumb while stealing second base on Saturday.

The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport repots Saints starting center Max Unger will reportedly miss at least the first six weeks of the regular season because of a foot injury. How the injury occurred is unknown.

In college football news…Head Coach Ed Orgeron expects 2017 will be the last season for running back Derrius Guice at LSU. Orgeron also anticipates that Tiger pass rusher Arden Key is expected to return to LSU for summer school in June. Key took a leave of absence from the football program in February because of personal reasons.