McNeese State Cowboys (20-22) at #3 LSU Fighting Tigers (40-6)

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Box Score___R___H___E__LOB
MSU_______3___8___1____7
LSU________7__15__2____8

LSU Pitching:
W- Hunter Newman 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 1 K
Will LaMarche 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Nate Fury 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Mitch Sewald 1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Nick Rumbelow 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Taylor Butler 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Kevin Berry 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
TEAM: 9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 HBP, 10 K

MSU Starter – Sr. LHP Trey McGee (2-4, 3.89 ERA, 37.0 IP, 11 BB, 15 SO)

LSU Lineup:
1) Sean McMullen 1 for 3, BB, RBI
--Alex Edward 0 for 1
2) Mark Laird 2 for 5, 2B, RBI, 2 R
3) Alex Bregman 1 for 4, RBI
4) Mason Katz 2 for 4, K, RBI
5) Raph Rhymes 0 for 3, SF, RBI
6) Christian Ibarra 3 for 4, HR, RBI, 2 R
7) Ty Ross 1 for 2, SH, R
--Michael Barash 0 for 1
8) JaCoby Jones 3 for 3, RBI, R
Casey Yocom 0 for 1
9) Jared Foster 1 for 2
--Tyler Moore 1 for 1
----Andrew Stevenson 0 for 1, R
TEAM: 15 for 35 (.429), 2B, HR, BB, K, 7 RBI, 7 R, SH, SF

Top 1
Guillotte flied out to left (1 out)
Marion flied out to center (2 outs)
Sullivan grounded out to 2nd (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; McNeese 0, LSU coming to bat

Bot 1
McMullen grounded out to 1st (1 out)
Laird singled up the middle
Bregman flied out to right (2 outs)
Laird stole 2nd
Katz singled to left, Laird scored; 1-0 Tigers
Rhymes reached on an error by the 2nd baseman, Katz thrown out at home (3 outs)
1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB; 1-0 LSU after 1

Top 2
Gooch hit by the pitch
Quary grounded into a 5-4-3 double play, Gooch out at 2nd (2 outs)
Peterson doubled to left center
Lloyd grounded out to short (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 1-0 LSU after 1.5

Bot 2
Ibarra homered; 2-0 Tigers
Ross flied out to center (1 out)
Jones singled up the middle
Jones caught stealing 2nd (2 outs)
Foster singled to left
McMullen singled to right, Foster to 3rd
Laird flied out to left (3 outs)
1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB; 2-0 LSU after 2

Top 3
Klouser singled to right
Toole struck out swinging (1 out)
Klouser advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch
Guillotte grounded out to short, Klouser to 3rd (2 outs)
Marion flied out to center (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 2-0 LSU after 2.5

Bot 3
Bregman popped out foul to 1st (1 out)
Katz grounded out to 2nd (2 outs)
Rhymes flied out to center (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 2-0 LSU after 3

Top 4
LSU pitching change from Hunter Newman to Will LaMarche
Sullivan grounded out to 2nd (1 out)
Gooch flied out to center (2 outs)
Quary struck out swinging (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 2-0 LSU after 3.5

Bot 4
Ibarra singled to left
Ross sacrifice bunt to 1st baseman, Ibarra to 2nd (1 out)
Jones singled to center, Ibarra to 3rd
Foster popped out foul to 3rtd (2 outs)
McMullen flied out to center (3 outs)
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB; 2-0 LSU after 4

Top 5
Peterson singled to left
Peterson advanced to 2nd on a balk
Lloyd grounded out to 2nd, Peterson to 3rd (1 out)
Klouser struck out looking (2 outs)
Toole struck out looking (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; Halfway home at The Box, LSU leads 2 to nothing

Bot 5
Laird doubled to left center
McNeese pitching change from McGee to O'Bryant
Bregman grounded out to short, Laird holds 2nd (1 out)
Katz singled to left, Laird to 3rd
Rhymes sacrifice fly to left, Laird scored, Katz tagged out going to 2nd; 3-0 Tigers (3 outs)
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 LSU after 5

Top 6
LSU pitching change from Will LaMarche to Nate Fury
Guillotte lined out to 1st (1 out)
Marion flied out to left (2 outs)
Sullivan struck out looking (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 3-0 LSU after 5.5

Bot 6
Ibarra singled to left
Ross singled to right, Ibarra to 3rd
Jones singled up the middle, Ibarra scored, Ross to 2nd; 4-0 Tigers
Moore singled to left, Ross to 3rd, Jones to 2nd
Stevenson pinch ran for Tyler Moore
McMullen walked, Ross scored, Jones to 3rd, Stevenson to 2nd; 5-0 Tigers
McNeese pitching change from O'Bryant to Parke
Laird reached on a fielder's choice to short, Jones scored, Stevenson to 3rd, McMullen out at 2nd; 6-0 Tigers (1 out)
Bregman singled to right, Stevenson scored, Laird to 3rd; 7-0 Tigers
Katz struck out looking (2 outs)
Rhymes flied out to center (3 outs)
4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB; 7-0 LSU after 6

Top 7
LSU pitching change from Nate Fury to Mitch Sewald
Sciambra to left, Stevenson to center, Laird to right, Ibarra at 3rd, Bregs at short, Yocom to 2nd, Katz at 1st, Barash catching.
Gooch grounded out to 2nd (1 out)
Quary singled to center
Peterson grounded to 3rd and Ibarra threw it into right field on the attempted double play, Quary to 3rd, Peterson at 1st
Lloyd singled to left, Quary scored, Peterson to 2nd; 7-1 Tigers
Klouser reached on an error by Yocom, Peterson scored, Lloyd to 3rd; 7-2 Tigers
Toole struck out swinging (2 outs)
Guillotte struck out looking (3 outs)
2 R, 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB; 7-2 LSU at the stretch

Bot 7
Ibarra grounded out to short (1 out)
Barash grounded out to short (2 outs)
Yocom popped out to 2nd (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 7-2 LSU after 7

Top 8
Marion grounded out to 2nd (1 out)
LSU pitching change from Mitch Sewald to Nick Rumbelow
Sullivan struck out swinging (2 outs)
Gooch singled to 3rd
Quary struck out looking (3 outs)
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 7-2 LSU after 7.5

Bot 8
McNeese pitching change from Parke to Williams
Stevenson flied out to left (1 out)
Edward flied out to right (2 outs)
Laird flied out to left (3 outs)
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB; 7-2 LSU after 8

Top 9
LSU pitching change from Nick Rumbelow to Taylor Butler
Chinea to catcher, Barash to 1st
Peterson homered; 7-3 Tigers
Lloyd flied out to center (1 out)
Klouser grounded out to short (2 outs)
LSU pitching change from Taylor Butler to Kevin Berry
Toole singled to center
Guillotte struck out swinging (3 outs)
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB; 7-3 Final - TIGERS WIN!!!

This post was edited on 5/1/13 at 9:16 am