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USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
LSU baseball loses to Little Rock: What went wrong?
LSU baseball loses to Little Rock: What went wrong? After cruising through the first two games of the Baton Rouge Regional, it looked like LSU was going to do the same on Sunday night as the Tigers got off to a 3-0 lead vs. Little Rock. But from there, it was all Trojans. A two-run homer from Angel Cano in the second inning put Little Rock on the board. Little Rock followed it up with a four-spot in the third inning. Just for insurance, Little Rock scored four more in the eighth to close it with a 10-4 final score. Now, LSU finds itself in a winner-take-all game on Monday night. With a win, LSU is off to the Super Regional. A loss, and LSU will go down in history on the wrong side of a historic upset. Little Rock was 19-32 at one point and had to win its conference tournament to get here. The Trojans have exceeded all expectations in Baton Rouge. Let's take a look at what went wrong in LSU's loss to Little Rock. LSU struggled without its aces on the mound LSU has the luxury of two aces on its pitching staff. The Tigers were set on Friday and Saturday with Anthony Eyanson and Kade Anderson. The two combined for 14.2 innings of shutout baseball. There was no doubt about what LSU had on the mound. After Eyanson and Anderson, LSU's pitching was inconsistent in 2025. That issue reared its head on Monday. Jaden Noot pitched well in the SEC Tournament vs. Ole Miss, delivering four innings of one-run baseball. That left LSU feeling confident on Sunday, but Noot couldn't get out of the second inning. Chase Shores appeared in relief. Shores was inconsistent in SEC play, but his stuff usually plays vs. less talented teams. That wasn't the case as Shores was tagged for four runs. Noot and Shores combined for five walks in 2.1 innings. Copper Williams held the Trojans scoreless for 3.2 innings, but Jacob Mayers let it get away in the eighth, walking four batters in 1.1 innings. LSU wasn't expecting Noot, Shores, and company to match the outings of Eyanson and Anderson, but LSU needed more. Little Rock isn't the 1927 Yankees. But LSU struggled to throw strikes, and Little Rock made the Tigers pay. "Some guys on the mound didn't perform, probably, the way that they want to or maybe to the point where they're capable of," Johnson said. How bad did the walks hurt LSU? Little Rock scored 10 runs. Of those 10, seven reached base with a walk. LSU didn't make the Trojans earn it on Sunday. Inning How Little Rock scoring runners reached base 2nd Chaplain (walk → scored) 2nd Cano (HR) 3rd Rhoades (walk → scored) 3rd Martin (walk → scored) 3rd Chaplain (walk → scored) 3rd Cano (double → scored) 8th Harris (walk → scored) 8th Willbanks (walk → scored) 8th Seguine (walk → scored) 8th Blalock (walk → scored) Little Rock took the lead after three walks in the third loaded the bases for Angel Cano. A double-scored all three runners and Cano would later cross himself. In the eighth, the game was still within reach, but Mayers' walk allowed the Trojans to blow it open. With Cowan and Evans set to pitch on Monday, LSU hopes to keep the walks under control. LSU didn't have the power stroke LSU's performance at the plate wasn't terrible. LSU hit .297 overall, .316 with runners on, and .333 with runners in scoring position. LSU was 3-9 leading off the inning, better than the 1-8 mark posted by Little Rock. But LSU didn't have the power, despite out-hitting the Trojans with 11 knocks; LSU scored just four runs. The Tigers didn't homer and had two extra-base hits. The middle of the lineup came up empty, with LSU getting one total hit from the No. 3-5 spots. Derek Curiel reached base four times, but only scored once. LSU needed Jared Jones and Daniel Dickinson to produce runs behind Curiel. LSU's offensive letdown came as a surprise after the Tigers' bats played a complete game in the win over Dallas Baptist.
American Press
24-05-2025
- Sport
- American Press
Ole Miss shuts down LSU, sends Tigers packing from SEC tourney
SEC Tournament SATURDAY — Ole Miss 2, LSU 0 Thanks to a double-bye, LSU started late in the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament. The Tigers' bats never did really show up. OIe Miss held LSU to just two hits and the Tigers were shut out for the first time this season as the Rebels beat the Tigers 2-0 to advance to Sunday's championship game against Vanderbilt. LSU (43-14) went 1-1 in the tournament and returned home to await Monday's 11 a.m. announcement of which three teams will join the Tigers in Baton Rouge next week for regional play of the NCAA tournament. 'Three hits, two runs (allowed),' LSU coach Jay Johnson said. 'That's going to work most of the time for us.' Not Saturday. The Tigers, who beat Texas A&M 4-3 on Friday, didn't score over the final 15 innings of their two-game stay in Hoover, Ala. The two hits they managed Saturday was a season-low and their first shut-out in the SEC tournament since 2016 in a 1-0 loss to Florida. LSU used three pitchers — Jaden Noot, Chase Shores and Jacob Mayers — who combined to strike out 14 while holding Ole Miss to the two runs on just three hits. For the two tournament games, LSU pitching struck out 30. 'I hope that doesn't get overlooked … all three of those guys,' LSU first baseman Jared Jones said. 'It's tough to go out there and be as bad on offense as we were … when they threw as well as they did. Those guys gave us a real opportunity to win this game.' The game's only earned run came a home run by the Rebels' Will Furniss, the son of former LSU All-American Eddy, who cleared the leftfield wall by inches in the first inning. Ole Miss' other run came in the fourth when Noot's errant pickoff attempt put Isaac Humphrey into scoring position by a single by Campbell Smithwick. Noot allowed three hits and struck out 7, while Shores threw 2.2 scoreless innings with three strike outs and Mayers kept the Rebels off the board over the final 2.1 innings with four strikeouts. 'Really happy with how Jaden (Noot) … took a step forward last week at South Carolina and took another step forward today against a good team,' Johnson said. 'I thought Chase (Shores) was outstanding and Jacob (Mayers) has been working his tail off. Really glad we got that opportunity for him today.' Yet it was all for naught as Johnson had one of his LSU teams blanked for only the second time in his four years as head coach. The Tigers struck out only five times and had a lot of hard-hit outs, but the only hits came from bottom of the order, singles by Cade Arrambide and Chris Stanfield. 'Yeah, I think it's just baseball,' Jones said. 'There's going to be ups and downs, highs and lows, but we've got to be tougher mentally to handle those and weren't that today at all. We'll be better for it moving forward.'
USA Today
24-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LSU baseball eliminated from SEC Tournament after loss to Ole Miss
LSU baseball eliminated from SEC Tournament after loss to Ole Miss After holding off a rally from Texas A&M in the quarterfinals on Friday night, LSU baseball fell 2-0 to Ole Miss in the semifinal round of the SEC Baseball Tournament. Jay Johnson used Kade Anderson and Anthony Eyanson during last night's win, so LSU entered Saturday with its two aces on the shelf. Jaden Noot got the start on the mound. In the top of the first inning, the Rebels got on the board with a solo shot to give them a 1-0 lead. The LSU bats picked up where they left off against Texas A&M. The Tigers failed to even get a hit after the third inning against the Aggies. LSU was held hitless in the bottom of the first. In the bottom of the third inning, LSU finally got its first hit as Cade Arrambide hit a single. Chris Stanfield followed that with a single to put runners on first and second with only one out and the top of the order due up. Derek Curiel and Jared Jones weren't able to get a hit, and we headed to the top of the fourth inning still trailing 1-0. In the top of the fourth inning, the Rebels scored again on an RBI single to increase their lead to 2-0. Noot's day came to an end after the fourth inning as Chase Shores entered to pitch. Noot pitched four innings and allowed two runs on three hits, seven strikeouts, and two walks. Shores found himself in a jam in the top of the sixth inning, but Stephen Milam made a great play to bail him out, and he was able to keep Ole Miss from scoring before being pulled from the game in the top of the seventh inning. He finished the day after 2.2 innings. He allowed zero runs on zero hits, three strikeouts, and three walks. Jacob Mayers entered the game to pitch after Shores. As we entered the bottom of the eighth inning, LSU had not gotten a hit since the bottom of the third inning, just like last night against Texas A&M. The difference is, they were behind in this game instead of being ahead. The Tigers still trailed 2-0, and they were running out of chances to make a comeback. LSU hitters went three up and three down, and we headed to the ninth with the Tigers still trailing. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Danny Dickinson grounded out, Jake Brown struck out, Ethan Frey walked, and Josh Pearson entered to pitch hit. Pearson flew out to center field, and the game was over. LSU will now wait to see which teams it will welcome into Baton Rouge for the Regional next week. The hosts will be announced Sunday night at around 7:30 PM.
USA Today
30-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LSU baseball sweeps Mississippi State as lineup pours on the runs
LSU baseball sweeps Mississippi State as lineup pours on the runs Another day, another rain delay. After winning the first two games of the series, LSU baseball secured the series win against Mississippi State. The Tigers completed the sweep on Saturday night with a 17-8 win. In the bottom of the first inning, LSU put up eight runs to jump out to a huge lead early. Jared Jones hit a two-run homer, Ethan Frey hit a two-RBI single, Chris Stanfield hit an RBI single, Derek Curiel hit an RBI single, and Jones hit an RBI single to give LSU an 8-0 lead. In the top of the second inning, Mississippi State was able to get half of those runs back as they scored four runs on a solo homer and a three-RBI double against Chase Shores to cut the lead to 8-4. In the bottom of the second inning, Jake Brown hit an RBI single to increase the Tigers lead to 9-4. In the top of the fifth inning, Conner Ware entered to pitch for the Tigers. Shores day was done after four innings of work where he allowed four runs on five hits, five strikeouts, and two walks. In the bottom of the fifth, Danny Dickinson hit a two-RBI double to make the lead 11-4 LSU. After one inning on the mound, Ware was replaced by Mavrick Rizy. Rizy gave up a run on a sacrifice fly to make it 11-5 Tigers heading to the bottom of the sixth inning. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Brown was able to steal home to extend the lead to 13-5 LSU. DJ Primeaux then entered to pitch for LSU. It the top of the seventh inning, Mississippi State scored three runs. Two of the runs were charged to Primeaux and one was charged to Connor Benge. That cut the lead to 13-8. In the bottom of the seventh, Steven Milam hit a sacrifice fly to score a run and increase the lead to 14-8. In the top of the eighth, Cooper Williams entered to pitch for the Tigers. After hitting the first batter he faced, Jaden Noot entered to pitch. After giving up a single, Noot got a flyout and a double play to get the Tigers out of the inning unscathed. In the bottom of the eighth, Luis Hernandez hit a solo shot to extend the Tigers lead to 15-8. LSU would then load the bases with one out, leading to a pitching change for the Bulldogs. Dickinson would then hit an RBI single to make it 16-8. Milam hit another sacrifice fly to make it 17-8 as we headed to the ninth inning. When the top of the ninth inning started at 1:38 AM, like most LSU fans, I was fighting sleep as much as I could. Noot remained on the mound to attempt to close out the win. He retired the Bulldogs with two strikeouts and a flyout to end the game. With the win, LSU moves to 26-3 overall and 7-2 in conference play. The Tigers will be back in action when they take on Louisiana Tech on Tuesday night at 6:30 PM CT.
