Rewind: LSU 15, Ole Miss 2

Antoine Duplantis and Greg Deichmann combined for seven hits and nine RBIs and Alex Lange threw seven shutout innings as LSU defeated Ole Miss 15-2 in the opening game of their Southeastern Conference series at The Box on Thursday night.

HOW THEY SCORED

LSU first inning – Kramer Robertson singled and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Cole Freeman. Robertson moved to third base on a ground out to the shortstop by Deichmann and scored on a single by Jordan Romero. LSU 1, OLE MISS 0

LSU second inning – With two out, Michael Papierski walked and scored on a double by Duplantis. LSU 2, OLE MISS 0

LSU third inning – Deichmann doubled and stole third base. Deichmann scored on a single by Romero. LSU 3, OLE MISS 0

LSU fourth inning – Duplantis singled and went to second base on Robertson’s ground out to the first baseman. Freeman walked. After Deichmann flied out to the leftfielder, Duplantis stole third base and Freeman stole second base. Duplantis scored on a wild pitch by James McArthur. LSU 4, OLE MISS 0

LSU fifth inning – With two out, Nick Coomes and Papierski singled. Pinch-runner Jake Slaughter scored on a single by Duplantis. Robertson was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Papierski and Duplantis scored on a single by Freeman. Robertson scored on a single by Deichmann. LSU 8, OLE MISS 0

LSU sixth inning –Zach Watson reached safely on an error by third baseman Kyle Watson. Watson advanced to second on a wild pitch by Connor Green. After Josh Smith struck out, Slaughter reached safely on an error by Watson. Papierski walked to load the bases. Watson and Slaughter scored on a single by Duplantis. Robertson walked to load the bases. After Freeman fouled out to the catcher, Deichmann hit a grand slam home run over the rightfield fence. LSU 14, OLE MISS 0

LSU seventh inning – With two out, Slaughter and Papierski walked. Slaughter scored on a double by pinch-hitter Beau Jordan. LSU 15, OLE MISS 0

Ole Miss ninth inning – With one out, pinch-hitter Michael Fitzsimmons walked. After Cooper Johnson flied out to the rightfielder, Bryan Seamster was hit by a pitch. Fitzsimmons and Seamster scored on a double by Cole Zabowski. LSU 15, OLE MISS 2

KEY STRETCH OF GAME

The fifth inning decided the game. Trailing 4-0, Ole Miss threatened against Lange in the top half of the inning on a single by Tim Rowe and a walk with one out. Lange kept the Rebels off the scoreboard by striking out Thomas Dillard and Watson. In the bottom half of the inning, LSU broke the game open with four runs. Duplantis and Deichmann had RBI singles and Freeman had a two-run single.

KEY TEAM STATISTICS

LSU outhit Ole Miss 15-5. The Tigers had 11 singles, three doubles and a home run. . .LSU scored 12 runs with two outs. The Tigers had seven two-out, RBI hits. . .The Rebels stranded seven runners – five in scoring position. Ole Miss was 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position. . .The Rebels committed the only two errors in the game. . .Ole Miss pitchers walked seven and struck out three. LSU pitchers walked three and struck out nine.

INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS

LSU

Antoine Duplantis: 4-for-4, 4 RBIs, 3 runs scored, 1 double

Greg Deichmann: 3-for-6, 5 RBIs, 2 runs scored, 1 double, 1 home run

Jordan Romero: 2-for-6, 2 RBIs

Michael Papierski: 1-for-2, 3 runs scored

Kramer Robertson: 1-for-3, 3 runs scored

Cole Freeman: 1-for-3, 2 RBIs

Jake Slaughter: 0-for-1, 3 runs scored

Alex Lange: 7 innings, 3 hits, 1 walk, 7 strikeouts

OLE MISS

Tim Rowe: 2-for-3

Cole Zabowski: 1-for-2, 2 RBIs, 1 double

James McArthur: 4.2 innings, 9 hits, 6 runs, 6 earned runs, 3 walks

LSU’S PLAYER OF THE GAME

Duplantis, who had been in a batting slump, went 4-for-4 with RBIs. Duplantis, who entered the game on a 0-for-14 slide, gave LSU a 2-0 lead with a RBI double in the second. He opened the fourth with a single and later scored on a wild pitch. Duplantis had a two-out, run-scoring single in the fifth and a two-run single in the sixth.

Duplantis’ comments: “I felt comfortable today. I saw the ball really, really well and that’s the most important part. At Arkansas, I didn’t feel comfortable and I didn’t have a good plan. I think I need to scrap some more hits together and bring a little more consistency – not have good game, bad game, good game. When I was struggling, I was trying to pull the ball too much. My swing got too long. I was not short to the ball.”

NOTES

Romero was the designated hitter and batted fourth in the lineup. Coomes was the first baseman. Duplantis was the ninth-hole batter. . .Deichmann and Zach Watson extended hitting streaks in the third inning. Deichmann has hit safely in six straight games, while Watson has a nine-game hitting streak. . .Deichmann’s grand slam was the second of his career. The ball traveled 457 feet. The home run was Deichmann’s 11th of the year. His five RBIs were a career-high. . .Every starter except for Smith had a hit. . .LSU scored a run in each of the first seven innings. . .The Ole Miss bullpen gave up nine runs and six hits in 3.1 innings. . .Lange had received a total of three runs of support in his last three starts. Lange retired the first 13 batters before Rowe singled with one out in the fifth. Lange stranded runners in scoring position in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. . . Russell Reynolds threw a scoreless eighth. Austin Bain allowed two ninth-inning runs. . .LSU is 24-11 overall, 8-5 in the SEC. The Tigers are in fourth place in the Western Division – one game behind the co-leaders Arkansas and Auburn, both of whom won Thursday. . .Ole Miss is 21-13 overall, 6-7 in the SEC. The Rebels are tied with Texas A&M for fifth place in the SEC West – three games behind Arkansas and Auburn. . .The paid attendance was 10,439. The actual crowd was about 6,300. . .Jared Poche will be the starting pitcher Friday against Ole Miss.

FROM THE LOCKERROOM

Coach Paul Mainieri’s comments: “Hitting is the most difficult thing to do in all of sports. You have to hit the ball hard and then have it find holes. We were very fortuitous tonight. We hit balls which found some holes. But, we had some terrific at-bats against (James) McArthur. He was giving up about five hits a game. That was no slouch pitcher we did that against. The guys just rose to the occasion tonight. Lange got some early-pitch outs. Ole Miss didn’t hit the ball too bad in the first two innings. But, they hit the ball to the opposite field where the wind was blowing in.”

UP NEXT

LSU will play host to Ole Miss at The Box in the second game of the series Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. Central. The LSU-Ole Miss game will be available on the SEC Digital Network.

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