No. 24 LSU falls to Bethune-Cookman in stunning midweek loss
By Ethan Stone
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LSU baseball is an enigma.
The Tigers, immediately after posting a solid series victory over the Tennessee Volunteers, fell to Bethune-Cookman on Tuesday by a score of 10-7. LSU gave up 5 runs in the 7th inning and couldn’t punch back, giving Bethune-Cookman its best win of the season to date.
Here’s a look at the final out of Tuesday night’s stunner:
As alluded to above, LSU actually led for the majority of this game until things completely broke down in the 7th inning. The Wildcats drove in a single to score a run, then LSU walked 2 batters with bases loaded. A fielding error drove in 2 more runs immediately following for a grand total of 5 runs in a single inning.
With the win, Bethune-Cookman is now 23-10 on the season while LSU sits at 22-12. The Tigers will play a 3-game series against Ole Miss in Oxford starting Friday.
“It’s a tough loss tonight, there’s no getting around that,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said after the game. “Our players brought enthusiasm to the field tonight and competed hard. We had a really tough seventh inning; the difference in the game was our inability to control the strike zone on both sides of the ball in that seventh inning.”
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
