Thrilled Fans Witness Tigers Eclipsing Titans in Dominant 7-0 Triumph!
It wasn’t the prettiest outing, but LSU (14-7, 1-2) got its first win of SEC play with a 16-9 win over Vanderbilt to take game three and, more importantly, avoid the sweep. “Our guys take a lot of pride in this,” Jay Johnson said, “and they haven’t played as well as they want to, and there are some negative feelings that come along with those things. “You have to get past being embarrassed or afraid to fail, and I thought there were some good steps in that direction this week.
It wasn’t perfect, but I loved how we took at-bats today, and I’m proud of our players for that. ” LSU jumped on Vanderbilt early with a four-spot in the first inning. Thanks to some walks and hit by pitches, LSU used an RBI double from Cade Arrambide, and run-scoring outs by Seth Dardar and Omar Serna Jr.
to grab a 4-0 lead. LSU would then up its lead to 6-0 in the second inning with an RBI double by Chris Stanfield and a sacrifice fly by Jake Brown. The Tigers needed all six of those runs because from that point on the LSU bats would be shut down for the next couple of innings.
At one point, Vandy reliever Brenan Seiber retired 13 consecutive Tiger batters, all the while the Commodores erased the 6-0 deficit and tied the game in the sixth inning. However, LSU wouldn’t let Vanderbilt take the lead and did something we haven’t really seen much lately: respond with a big inning. After Vanderbilt tied the game at 6, LSU put up five runs in both the seventh and eighth innings, highlighted by Jake Brown’s three-run home run to centerfield.
Brown went 2-4 with six RBI, and the Tigers finished with 16 runs off of 10 hits. So how are we feeling after the opening weekend of SEC play? On the one hand, LSU was one out away from winning this series; on the other hand, LSU pitching allowed 33 runs and issued 26 walks.