LSU Tigers Collapse Late, Drop Series To Oklahoma Sooners On Saturday Afternoon
It was a fairly stress-free day for the LSU Tigers on Saturday, until it wasn't. The Oklahoma Sooners took advantage of a three-run eighth inning to come back and beat the Tigers, taking the series. LSU now falls to 16-9 on the year and just 2-4 in SEC play.
They had a chance to win this game and the series, leading for the first seven innings. Instead, a bad start to the conference season gets even worse. This Sooners team is good; they're top-10 for a reason, but the Tigers are going to need to find some consistency.
Just five runs in the final two games of this series is not enough, even when Oklahoma only scored eight. The bats certainly let the pitching down again, and the defense stumbled at the worst possible time. With the bases loaded, one out and a one-run LSU lead, exciting freshman Jack Ruckert fumbled a ground ball that could have led to a double play.
Instead, it extended the inning and allowed the Sooners to eventually take the lead. In some good news, the Tigers continue to get good at-bats out of freshman slugger Omar Serna Jr. Serna has played a solid catcher this year, but Jay Johnson moved him to first base in this game in an effort to keep him in the lineup.
The 19-year-old went 1-for-4 in this one, but that one hit was a two-run shot in the first. It was his third of the year. His average for the year is now at .