With two outs and the tying run at third and the go-ahead run at first for Texas A&M, Caleb Gilbert fired an 0-2 pitch to strikeout Nick Banks and save the 3-2 LSU lead as the Tigers evened the series Friday at Blue Bell Park.
The Tigers improved to 16-6 for the season and 2-3 in the SEC, handing the Aggies their first home loss as they fell to 20-3 and 3-2 in the league. Box score.
Gilbert (3-1) earned the win after entering the game in the eighth inning, pitching 1.1 innings, striking out three, walking one and giving up one hit.
Right-hander Mark Ecker (2-1) suffered the loss after giving up two runs on three hits in 2.1 innings pitched.
LSU took the early 1-0 lead in the third inning when Cole Freeman led off the inning with a single, stole second base and scored from second after a two-out single by Antoine Duplantis and an error by the first baseman Hunter Melton.
Texas A&M answered in the fifth to make it 2-1 after a solo home run by designated hitter Ronnie Gideon and a RBI single by Boomer White gave the Aggies the lead.
The Tigers tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the seventh when Kramer Robertson hit a RBI groundout to shortstop to score Freeman from second who reached on a double.
LSU took the 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth inning after Greg Deichmann led off the inning with a single and scored from second on an error by the second baseman on a hard hit ball by Robertson.
