LSU stayed unbeaten in the SEC Tournament with a 6-2 win over the first-place Mississippi State Bulldogs.
Jared Poche got the win for LSU and Parker Bugg picked up the save. Dakota Hudson took the loss for MSU.
See how the game unfolded. LSU advances to Saturday’s semis and Mississippi State plays Florida at 6:30 p.m. in an elimination game on Friday.
FINAL SCORE: LSU 6, Mississippi State 2
NINTH INNING
* Bugg gets MSU 1-2-3.
EIGHTH INNING
* State leaves two on.
* Jacob Billingsley comes on to pitch for MSU with two outs, one on. He gets out of the inning.
SEVENTH INNING
* Jacob Robson with a triple to left gives MSU its first run. This came after Reid Humphreys reached on a fielding error in right. Robson scores on Gridley’s RBI groundout to make it 4-2.
With 2 outs, runners on 1st and 3rd, LSU turns to RHP Parker Bugg. He strikes out three-hole hitter Gavin Collins on a breaking ball to end the inning.
* Daniel Brown in to pitch for MSU with an 0-2 count on Deichmann with 1 out. LSU has 2 on.
He struck out Deichmann, but after a wild pitch, Michael Papierski singles in two runs and makes it 6-2.
SIXTH INNING
* Nothing for MSU, as the Bulldogs just have four hits.
* Vance Tatum in for Hudson on the mound. Hudson gives up nine hits, four runs (two earned) and strikes out six in five innings.
LSU didn’t score.
FIFTH INNING
* Nothing for MSU.
* Tigers load bases with 1 out off Hudson. Greg Deichmann RBI single makes it 4-0. They leave bases loaded, though.
FOURTH INNING
* LSU has been threatening for every inning since the second. A Michael Papierski sac fly gives LSU a 2-0 lead. Leadoff hitter Antoine Duplantis drives in a run with a 2-out single to lead 3-0. It’s unearned. Hudson gets a strikeout to end the threat.
* Promising start for MSU in the inning, but nothing. LSU leads 3-0.
THIRD INNING
* 1-2-3 for Mississippi State in the first.
* Jake Fraley with a 1-out RBI single giving LSU a 1-0 lead. But LSU strands runners on second and third.
SECOND INNING
* 6-4-3 double play ends Mississippi State’s threat.
* LSU leaves a runner on.
FIRST INNING
* MSU loads the bases with 1 out. MSU did not score.
* LSU goes 1-2-3 with a strikeout.
