There was more late game magic at Alex Box Stadium last night. Down 5-1 in the 8th inning, the Tigers roared back for six runs highlighted by Beau Jordan’s second career grand slam to give LSU a 7-5 win. Todd Peterson pitched a perfect 9th inning for his third save on the year. LSU has won four in a row and they are now 13-12 in the SEC. Game 2 is tonight at 7 PM.
Down 4-1. Louisiana Tech scored seven runs in the seventh inning to stun 9th ranked Southern Miss as the Bulldogs pulled out off a 10-6 win over the Golden Eagles. Tech took advantage of five Southern Miss errors. Steele Netterville had a big day at the plate as he scored three times and had a three-run double in that seven-run, seventh inning.
Colten Scmidt improved to 7-0 on the year as the Cajuns defeated Texas State seven to four. With the win, UL Lafayette moves into first place in the Sun Belt West by a half a game over Little Rock.
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Southeastern Louisiana led 6-2 in the 6th inning, but ended up losing to Central Arkansas seven to six. Ridge Heisler struck out nine as Northwestern State crushed Abilene Christian nine to one, Owen Magee hit for the cycle as UNO upended Nicholls 8-3 and McNeese thumped Prairie View A-and-M 12-7 as Joe Provenzano went 4-for-5.
At the state high school baseball playoffs in Sulphur, Claiborne Christian beat Grace Christian 2-to-1 to win the Division 5 state championship. That’s five state championships for the Warriors.
Harrisonburg won its first state title by beating Simpson 4-3 in the Class C title game.
Oak Hill held on to beat Zwolle 5-4 for the Class B title. Delta Charter and Merryville play at 2 this afternoon in the One-A title game.
In Four-A semifinals…Benton scored three runs on a wild pitch and defeated West Ouachita 6-5. The Tigers will take on DeRidder at 11:30 AM in the title game