The LSU Tigers erase a 5-1 deficit to beat the Little Rock Trojans 10-6 in the winner-take-all game in the Baton Rouge Regional.
The Tigers advance to the NCAA Super Regionals, where they will host the West Virginia Mountaineers.
This will be LSU’s 17th appearance in the Super Regionals, hosting it for the 13th time.
The Tigers hit four home runs in the win.
This game got off to a good start for LSU when LSU designated hitter Ethan Frey blasted a solo homer over the scoreboard in left field to make it 1-0 Tigers.
From there, things got interesting.
Starting pitcher Zac Cowan struggled in the second inning, giving up five runs.
Freshman pitcher Casan Evans came into the game, where runs four and five were scored but were unearned.
One was thanks to a throwing error by second baseman Daniel Dickinson.
Evans went 6 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run and struck out 12 hitters.
Evans struck out 9 hitters in a row, from the final two batters of the fourth inning, to the first batter of the seventh inning.
With LSU trailing 5-1 in the fourth inning, Frey stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and cleared the bases with a double to right center to cut the deficit to 5-4.
Frey finished the game 4-4, 4 RBI and 2 walks.
It was Frey’s first career four hit game.
In the sixth inning, catcher Luis Hernandez got in on the long ball party.
Hernandez slugged his eighth home run of the season to left field to tie the game 5-5.
LSU would take the 6-5 lead in the seventh inning on a groundout to second base by shortstop Steven Milam.
Then in the eighth inning, it was Hernandez once again.
This time Hernandez cleared the entire stadium in left field to give the Tigers the 7-5 lead.
LSU held the 7-5 lead going into the eighth inning, but Evans put a couple runners on.
After getting one out, Evans was replaced by Anthony Eyanson, who got a strikeout and groundout to end the eighth inning.
LSU would get some insurance runs in the ninth inning, scoring three runs.
First baseman Jared Jones, who has been slumping lately, hammered his 20th home run to left center to make it 9-6.
It was his first extra base hit since May 17.
Hernandez followed that up with a single to left field to score Chris Stanfield.
Hernandez finished the game 3-5, 2 home runs and 3 RBI.
Eyanson got the save, working 1.2/3 innings, allowing 1 hit and struck out 3 batters.
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