BATON ROUGE — When Louisiana Tech scored two runs in the top of the first off an error by Jake Brown, it felt like the beginning of a bad rerun for LSU baseball fans.
But the Tigers responded right away with a two-run single from John Pearson in the bottom of the first before pushing across five runs in the second, scoring most of the those on La. Tech mistakes and free bases.
LSU eventually amassed 13 hits and went on the win 15-5 on run-rule in eight innings at Alex Box Stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers scored 11 of their 15 runs with two outs, including Derek Curiel’s game-ending RBI double that featured a highlight, acrobatic slide for the final run.
The story of the night was LSU coach Jay Johnson turning to seven different pitchers and the LSU (17-9) staff as a whole holding a good Louisiana Tech (15-11) lineup to just four total hits.
Sophomore Ethan Plog relieved starter Reagan Ricken, who had a rough start, and threw up two, much-needed hitless innings to turn the ship back in the right direction for the Tigers. From there, the LSU staff gave up just three hits and one run. They struck out 10 Louisiana Tech batters.
Freshman Zion Theophilus also pitched two scoreless innings but did give up a pair of harmless hits.
Curiel led the team with three hits to pace LSU’s offense while Jake Brown scored three runs.
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B8 | LSU 12, Louisiana Tech 5
Yorke cranked his second homer of the night. This was an absolute moonshot. He’s got four RBI tonight.
Is Big Poppa back?
T8 | LSU 9, Louisiana Tech 5
Tech keeps slowly trimming LSU’s lead. It’s back down to a four-run game. Grant Fontenot is getting roughed up a little bit here in the eight.
E7 | LSU 9, Louisiana Tech 3
Nothing doing for LSU’s offense that inning.
M7 | LSU 9, Louisiana Tech 3
LSU has used seven pitchers in this game now. The staff has only given up four total hits and only two earned runs. So far, a solid night for LSU’s pitchers.
M6 | LSU 9, Louisiana Tech 3
Bulldogs get a run back.
E5 | LSU 9, Louisiana Tech 2
Curiel had an RBI double as one of the highlight plays of this game so far.
M5 | LSU 7, Louisiana Tech 2
LSU’s defense turns a double play to end the inning. Milam did it himself but it was a double play nonetheless.
E4 | LSU 7, Louisiana Tech 2
The big hit escapes Steven Milam in that home half.
M4 | LSU 7, Louisiana Tech 2
Freshman ZIon Theophilus navigates a clean frame. Worked ahead and kept Tech’s hitters off balance, inducing a few weak pop ups.
E3 | LSU 7, Louisiana Tech 2
For the first time tonight, LSU doesn’t get on base. In recent games, that had signaled a cold stretch for LSU’s offense. Let’s see if the Tigers will bounce back in the fourth and not stack scoreless innings.
M3 | LSU 7, Louisiana Tech 2
The combination of Plog and Connor Benge is good enough to throw up a 0 on the scoreboard. Benge looked good in that at-bat, hitting north of 95 mph on the radar gun.
E2 | LSU 7, Louisiana Tech 2
LSU added two more runs in the second inning off mistakes from pitchers.
B2 | LSU 5, Louisiana Tech 2
The two-out offense is trying to reemerge for LSU. The Tigers plate three runs in the second with two down.
Jake Brown got a perfect hit off Tech’s lefty pitcher and two runs scored. Then LSU returned the scoring an error favor that the Bulldogs performed on them in the first with Brown taking home on a booted ball by Tech’s second baseman.
M2 | LSU 2, Louisiana Tech 2
Ethan Plog gets a big strikeout to end the threat from Tech, who had two on there. Feels like the first time this game that a pitcher made a big pitch.
E1 | LSU 2, Louisiana Tech 2
John Pearson remains LSU’s hottest hitter right now. He smoked a pitch back up the middle to plate two runs. Jay Johnson has talked recently about it’s hard to leave him out of the lineup and Pearson just continues to show why.
M1 | Louisiana Tech 2, LSU 0
We’ve seen this movie a lot this season. Another starting pitcher can’t get out of the first inning for LSU. And the Bulldogs make the Tigers pay for the bad pitching and the error from Jake Brown.
It’s just the first and LSU is already looking at a hole to try and dig itself out of.
LSU baseball vs Louisiana Tech probable pitchers
- LSU – TBD
- Louisiana Tech – TBD
What time does LSU baseball vs Louisiana Tech start?
- Date: Tuesday, March 24
- Time: 6:30 p.m. CT
- Where: Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge
What TV channel is LSU baseball vs Louisiana Tech on today?
- TV: SEC Network+
- Streaming: ESPN app
- How to watch online: Watch ESPN
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Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.
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