Rewind: LSU 13, Louisiana College 0

Zack Hess threw six scoreless innings and Beau Jordan had two hits and two RBIs as LSU defeated Louisiana College 13-0 in a non-conference game at The Box on Tuesday night.

HOW THEY SCORED

LSU first inning – With one out, Cole Freeman was hit by a pitch. After Freeman stole second base, Antoine Duplantis walked, Freeman scored on a double by Greg Deichmann. Duplantis scored on a sacrifice fly to the centerfielder by Jake Slaughter. Deichmann scored on a single by Zach Watson. LSU 3, LOUISIANA COLLEGE 0

LSU fourth inning – With two out, Josh Smith singled and advanced to second base on a wild pitch by Charlie Waddingham. Smith scored on Jordan’s single. Jordan went to second base on a wild pitch by Waddingham. Jordan scored on a single by Nick Coomes. LSU 5, LOUISIANA COLLEGE 0

LSU sixth inning – Smith walked and was forced at second base on a ground ball to the second baseman by Jordan. Coomes walked. Kramer Robertson walked to load the bases. Jordan scored on a sacrifice fly to the centerfielder by Freeman. LSU 6, LOUISIANA COLLEGE 0

LSU seventh inning – Deichmann doubled. After Slaughter flied out to the centerfielder, Watson reached on an infield single. Smith walked to load the bases. Deichmann scored on an infield single by Jordan. Watson scored, Smith moved to third base and Jordan went to second base on a throwing error by third baseman Seth Stevens. Smith scored when pinch-hitter Jordan Romero reached on an error by shortstop Jarvis Griffith. Robertson singled to load the bases. Jordan scored on a walk to Freeman. Romero, pinch-runner Chris Reid and Freeman scored on a double by Duplantis. LSU 13, LOUISIANA COLLEGE 0

KEY STRETCH OF GAME

Deichmann, who had his 11-game hitting streak snapped Sunday against Wichita, delivered the big hit in LSU’s three-run first inning. With runners on first and second, Deichmann doubled home Freeman. Deichmann would score the third run of the inning on a single by Watson.

KEY TEAM STATISTICS

LSU outhit Louisiana College 10-3. Two of the Wildcats’ three hits did not leave the infield. . .Louisiana College committed the only two errors in the game. The Tigers had the game’s lone double play. . .Louisiana College pitchers walked seven. . .LSU pitchers struck out 12.

INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS

LSU

Beau Jordan: 2-for-4, 3 runs scored, 2 RBIs

Greg Deichmann: 2-for-5, 2 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 RBI

Zach Watson: 2-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 run scored

Josh Smith: 1-for-2, 2 runs scored

Antoine Duplantis: 1-for-3, 3 RBIs, 1 run scored, 1 double

Cole Freeman: 0-for-1, 2 RBIs, 2 runs scored

Zack Hess: 6 innings, 1 hit, 7 strikeouts

LOUISIANA COLLEGE

Jacob Buchanan: 2 innings, 2 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

LSU’S PLAYER OF THE GAME

Hess bounced back from a poor start last Wednesday at McNeese with a strong performance. Hess permitted one batter to reach base during his season-high six innings. Hess set down the first 17 batters before Griffith reached on an infield single. Griffith hit a slow ground ball just past Hess. Hess wild pitched Griffith to second base before retiring Ashton Martin on a fly ball to rightfield. Hess struck out a season-high seven batters. Hess allowed three runs in 2.2 innings against McNeese.

Hess’ comments: “The biggest adjustment I made tonight was I tried to slow a lot of things down. I slowed my wind-up down. Last week, I was rushing home and getting out ahead of myself. I don’t think my stuff was explosive. I hit my spots, mixed up speeds and threw three pitches for strikes.”

NOTES

Michael Papierski was given the night off as Coomes was the catcher. Jordan was the designated hitter. Watson started in centerfield for the third straight game. . .Duplantis extended his hitting streak to nine games with a three-run double in the seventh. . .LSU starting pitchers have not allowed a run in the last four games. The four starters have thrown 27 scoreless innings. . .Will Reese made his second relief appearance of the season and threw two scoreless innings. Reese allowed one hit, walked two and struck out four. . .Nick Bush gave up one hit, walked one and struck out one in the ninth. . .LSU is 13-4, while Louisiana College is 13-5. . .The paid attendance was 10,166. The actual crowd was a little less than 3,000. . .Todd Peterson will be the starting pitcher against UNO on Wednesday.

FROM THE LOCKER ROOM

Coach Paul Mainieri’s comments: “The guys came out with a purpose tonight. We had several clutch hits when the game was still close. Zack Hess threw the ball great. I only hooked him after six innings because he will be needed out of the bullpen this weekend against Georgia. He will probably not be available until Sunday. After his bad start last week, all he had to do was look around and see the example set by our guys. Alex Lange had a rough outing and then pitched a gem. I’m sure Zack saw the way Lange rebounded.”

UP NEXT

LSU will play host to UNO at The Box on Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Central. The Privateers (9-7) lost three games to Southeastern Louisiana last weekend. UNO defeated the Tigers 11-8 last month in New Orleans. The LSU-UNO game will be available on the SEC Digital Network.

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