Catcher Hayden Travinski 25 as The LSU Tigers take on the Kentucky Wildcats in game 2 of the 2023 NCAA Div 1 Super Regional Baseball Championship at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA. Sunday, June 11, 2023.
Game 2 of the Astros Foundation Classic pitted LSU against the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns. Gage Jump got the start on the mound for the Tigers in this one as he had a great start.
Jump gave up only one hit and zero runs over five innings of work. Due to his injuries suffered while at UCLA, head coach Jay Johnson is still trying to get Jump back into the swing of things. This was a step in the right direction for him.
Just like Friday night’s game against Texas, runs came at a premium. LSU finally scored in the bottom of the fifth inning when the Tigers plated four runs courtesy of Jake Brown scoring on a wild pitch, a Hayden Travinski two-RBI single, and an RBI double by Jared Jones to put LSU up 4-0.
Tigers Strike First
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In the top of the sixth inning, ULL got three of those runs back after a three-run homer off of Griffin Herring cut the lead to 4-3. In the bottom of the seventh inning, LSU got some breathing room courtesy of Travinski hitting a solo shot to make the score 5-3 Tigers.
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Gavin Guidry and Justin Loer did a great job getting the Tigers through the seventh and eighth innings as they pitched 2.1 innings, allowed zero runs, struck out five hitters, and only walked one.
Loer stayed in for the top of the ninth inning as he tried to close it out for LSU. He got a flyout and a strikeout from the first two hitters he faced and then the Ragin’ Cajuns hit a solo homer to cut the lead to one with two outs. The next hitter singled to put the tying run at first. Loer struck the last hitter out and the Tigers won 5-4.
LSU moved to 2-0 in the Astros Foundation Classic. The Tigers will take on Texas State at 3 p.m. CT Sunday as both teams look to go 3-0 in the Classic.
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