Rewind: LSU 14, Maryland 0

Jared Poche came within three outs a second straight no-hitter and Antoine Duplantis and Jake Slaughter each had three hits as LSU defeated Maryland 14-0 in a non-conference game at The Box on Saturday afternoon.

HOW THEY SCORED

LSU first inning – Cole Freeman was hit by a pitch. Duplantis singled and Kramer Robertson singled to load the bases. Freeman scored on a sacrifice fly to the leftfielder by Greg Deichmann. Josh Smith was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Duplantis scored on a single by Slaughter. LSU 2, MARYLAND 0

LSU second inning – Brennan Breaux walked and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Freeman. Breaux advanced to third on a single by Duplantis and scored when centerfielder Zach Jancarski’s relay throw got away in the infield. Duplantis went to second on the error. Duplantis moved to third on an infield single by Robertson and scored on a sacrifice fly to the leftfielder by Deichmann. LSU 4, MARYLAND 0

LSU third inning – Slaughter singled and scored on Rankin Woley’s triple. Woley scored on a single by Michael Papierski, who was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double. Breaux tripled and scored on Freeman’s single. Freeman stole second base and scored on a triple by Duplantis. After Robertson walked, Duplantis scored on a single by Deichmann. Smith forced Deichmann at second on a ground ball to the shortstop. Robertson and Smith scored on a double by Slaughter. LSU 11, MARYLAND 0

LSU fifth inning – Pinch-hitter Zach Watson doubled. Watson moved to third on Chris Reid’s ground out to the first baseman and scored on a single by pinch-hitter Beau Jordan. LSU 12, MARYLAND 0

LSU seventh inning – Watson singled. Reid was hit by a pitch and Jordan walked to load the bases. Watson scored when Smith hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Reid scored on a single by Nick Coomes. LSU 14, MARYLAND 0

KEY STRETCH OF GAME

With Poche pitching so well, LSU didn’t need many runs. But, the Tigers broke the game open when they scored seven runs on eight hits in the third inning. For the first time in school history, LSU had three triples in an inning – by Woley, Breaux and Duplantis. Slaughter capped the scoring in the inning with a two-run double.

KEY TEAM STATISTICS

LSU had season-highs in runs with 14 and hits with 18. . .Every Tigers starter except for Smith had a hit. . .LSU tied the school record for triples in a game with three – all coming in the third inning. The Tigers have hit three triples in a game 16 times – the most recent being against Grambling in 2012. . .Maryland had five baserunners – three walks, one hit batter and one single. Two Terrapins runners got past first base. . .Maryland committed the only error in the game.

INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS

LSU

Jake Slaughter: 3-for-3, 3 RBIs, 1 run scored, 1 double

Antoine Duplantis: 3-for-3, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 triple

Kramer Robertson: 2-for-2, 1 run scored

Zach Watson: 2-for-2, 2 runs scored, 1 double

Rankin Woley: 2-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 triple

Greg Deichmann: 1-for-1, 3 RBIs

Cole Freeman: 1-for-2, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI

Brennan Breaux: 1-for-4, 2 runs scored, 1 triple

Jared Poche: 8 innings, 1 hit, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts

MARYLAND

Taylor Bloom: 2 innings, 7 hits, 6 runs, 5 earned runs, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts

LSU’S PLAYER OF THE GAME

Poche took a no-hitter into the ninth inning, but his bid ended on a ground-ball single behind second base off the bat of Jancarski. Smith, who was playing shortstop dove and caught the ball, but he had nothing on the throw. Jancarski would have beaten out the ball even if Smith had made a strong throw. Poche walked only two batters and struck out six. He did not allow a runner past first base until the eighth inning. Poche threw a seven-inning no-hitter against Army last Saturday.

Poche’s comments: “Coach (Paul) Mainieri asked me how I felt after the seventh inning. I told him that I was better than I was at the beginning of the game. I had better stuff today than I did last week. I don’t know if it was meant to be today. That’s how baseball works.”

NOTES

Woley got his first start as the designated hitter. Bryce Adams had been the starting DH for the first six games. With a righthanded pitcher starting for Maryland, Breaux was the starting leftfielder. . .Slaughter has hit safely in all seven games this season. . .Deichmann tied the school record for sacrifice flies in a game with two. Several players are tied for the record with the most recent being Alex Bregman against Arkansas two seasons ago. . .Duplantis matched his career-high with three runs scored. He has scored three runs in a game three times in his career. . .Watson’s pinch-hit double was the first of his career. . .Russell Reynolds replaced Poche after Jancarski opened the ninth with a single. Reynolds walked one and got three outs in ground balls. . .LSU is 6-1 overall, while Maryland is 1-4. . .The paid attendance was 10,608. The actual crowd was about 6,300. . .Eric Walker will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers against Maryland on Sunday.

FROM THE LOCKER ROOM

Coach Paul Mainieri’s comments: “I had never had a no-hitter in 35 years of coaching. So, I didn’t think I would see it in back-to-back games. Jared may have done it were it not for an infield single. That was quite amazing. His pitch count was not too high. If his pitch count had gone beyond what we wanted it to be, we would have taken him out. We really swung the bats extremely well. We focused on hitting the ball to the opposite field.”

UP NEXT

LSU will play host to Maryland at The Box in the series finale Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. Central. The LSU-Maryland game will be available on the SEC Digital Network.