The eighth ranked LSU baseball team won a wild game last night beating Missouri 12 to 11 in 10 innings. Tigers starting pitcher Zach Hess had to leave in the first inning with a groin injury. Missouri scored six runs in that inning to take a six-three lead. LSU rallied for five runs in the third inning, three more in the fourth inning. But despite an 11-6 lead, Missouri tied the game. An Antoine Duplantis ground ball, scored Josh Smith from third base for the winning run. Brandt Broussard and Cade Beloso each drove in three runs. Todd Peterson was the winning pitcher, striking out five in three innings and Devin Fontenot earned the save, his third of the year.

Louisiana Tech extended its winning streak to nine games with a five to three win over Florida Atlantic. The nine straight victories is the longest in the country and the longest for a Bulldogs team since 2007. Matt Miller was the winning pitcher, while Mason Mallard homered and drove in three runs.
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LSU athletic director Joe Alleva and Will Wade met face-to-face on Friday for the first time since the head basketball coach was suspended. But after the meeting the school sent out a statement and said no decisions have been made about Wade’s future with the team.

Many analysts believe the Pelicans have made a strong hire as the NBA franchise has reportedly hired David Griffin as the team’s executive vice president of basketball operations.The 45-year-old was the G-M when the Cavaliers won the NBA championship in 2017 with LeBron James. His trade of Andrew Wiggins to Minnesota for All-Star forward Kevin Love was a key transaction.

Back to baseball…Appalachian State upended ULM three to two, South Alabama downed UL Lafayette nine to two, Southeastern Louisiana defeated Northwestern State five to three, UNO and McNeese split a doubleheader, Incarnate Word over Nicholls six to four, Southern was a winner over Arkansas Pine Bluff 10 to 4 and Grambling defeated Prairie View 7-4.