In the top of the fourth, Kasper’s home run and Smith’s run on the throwing error from Jordan Thompson put the Beavers up, 3-0.ĭylan Crews, however, crushed a two-run home run to left-centerfield in the bottom of the fourth to cut Oregon State’s lead to 3-2.Ĭrews drove in left fielder Josh Pearson who drove a ball to right-center field that nearly went out itself, but Kasper banged into the wall trying to make the catch. The Tigers had left the bases loaded in both the first and second innings. LSU sent four batters to the plate in the bottom of the third when play resumed. Play resumed with LSU batting in the bottom of the third at 6:15 p.m. Oregon State opened the scoring in the top of the third with a solo shot from second baseman Travis Bazzana, his 11 th home run of the season.įloyd escaped an ensuing jam, and the game entered a weather delay at 3:12 p.m. “Great poise by Gavin at the end,” Johnson added. Freshman right hander Gavin Guidry relieved Hurd in the ninth and closed out the game, picking up his second save of the season. Hurd (6-2) relieved Floyd after the weather delay and picked up the win after pitching 5.0 innings and allowing four runs on seven hits, while striking out a career-high 12 batters. I thought the team did a good job being poised and focused during the rain delay.” Did a great job for the three innings he was out there. “Great college baseball game,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said.
with Game 7, if necessary, set for 5 p.m. The NCAA regional will continue Monday at 1 p.m. LSU moved into the regional championship and will face Oregon State, a 3-1 winner over Sam Houston State in Sunday’s elimination game. The Tigers also discovered some latent thunder in its bats. 1 seeded Tigers fell behind 3-0 rather quickly when play resumed and Thatcher Hurd, who replaced starter Ty Floyd, gave up a solo home run to the first batter he faced, Oregon State right fielder Brady Kasper, followed in short order by a single, a double from catcher Tanner Smith, a sacrifice bunt to move Smith to third base, and then a throwing error from LSU that allowed Smith to score from third.įirst, Hurd’s pitching became electric – as in a lightening fastball hovering around 96 miles per hour consistently – with a breaking ball that started bending like it hasn’t all season. LSU (45-15) trailed 1-0 following 2.5 innings to Oregon State (40-19) when the weather delay occurred. 5 national seed to a 6-5 victory over Oregon State Sunday night at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
LSU right fielder Brayden Jobert launched a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning, one of five home run blasts for the Tigers, to lift the No. It might not have looked like a blessing at first, but it turned out to be one.
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