When Alex Lange is on top of his game, LSU is tough to beat. The junior right-hander threw a complete game shutout last night as the Bayou Bengals blanked the Auburn Tigers four to nothing. Lange struck out nine and allowed only one runner past second base all night.

All the scoring happened in the first two innings, as LSU scored three in the first and one more in the second. Antoine Duplantis and Nick Coomes each had two hits and Kramer Robertson scored twice. Game two is tonight is at 7 Pm.

In action tonight…Louisiana Tech meets Marshall in the final home series of the season, the Cajuns host Texas State, ULM is at Troy, Tulane hosts Houston, McNeese State begins a non-conference series at Creighton, while Southeastern Louisiana hosts Central Arkansas, UNO is at Nicholls and Northwestern State is in Texas to face Abilene Christian.

The Saints begin their rookie minicamp today. Former Breaux Bridge and LSU star Travin Dural begins his quest to make the team as an undrafted free agent.

The Atlanta Falcons have signed former LSU Tiger Duke Riley. The Dirty Birds selected Riley in the third round of last month’s draft.

Four-star LSU defensive tackle signee Tyler Shelvin will not be with the team this summer as he’s not been academically cleared to join the program.

Parkway quarterback Justin Rogers lists LSU, TCU and North Carolina as his top three schools. Rogers plans to announce his verbal commitment on May 31st. According to rivals-dot-com, TCU is the front-runner.

Louisiana Tech has landed a commitment from West Feliciana athlete Davon “Smoke” Harris. He’s five-foot-six, 170 pounds and also had an offer from Tulane.

At the state baseball tournament, the big upset happened in Class 3A as fifth seeded Iowa advanced to the title game by blanking top seeded Brusly 12 to 0. Iowa will face South Beauregard in Saturday’s title game.