Rewind: LSU 9, Maryland 5

Greg Deichmann hit a two-run homer and Cole Freeman had three hits as LSU completed a three-game sweep of Maryland with a 9-5 victory at The Box on Sunday afternoon.

HOW THEY SCORED

Maryland first inning – Zach Jancarski hit a home run over the leftfield fence. After Nick Dunn grounded out to the shortstop, Marty Costes singled and moved to second when centerfielder Antoine Duplantis misplayed the ball. After Brandon Gum struck out, Will Watson hit a two-run homer over the leftfield fence. MARYLAND 3, LSU 0

LSU second inning – Deichmann walked. After Jake Slaughter struck out, Deichmann scored on Rankin Woley’s double. Woley scored on a double by Josh Smith. MARYLAND 3, LSU 2

LSU third inning – Freeman singled when his pop up fell near the pitcher’s mound. After Duplantis popped out to the catcher on a bunt attempt, Freeman moved to second on a wild pitch by Tyler Brohm. The first baseman Gum dropped Kramer Robertson’s foul pop up. Freeman scored on a double by Robertson. Deichmann walked. After Slaughter flied out to the centerfielder, Woley reached on an error by third baseman AJ Lee to load the bases. Robertson scored when Smith was hit by a pitch. Deichmann and Woley scored on a single by Michael Papierski. A walk to Beau Jordan loaded the bases. Smith scored on an infield single by Freeman. LSU 7, MARYLAND 3

LSU fourth inning – Robertson singled and scored on a two-run homer over the rightfield fence by Deichmann. LSU 9, MARYLAND 3

Maryland seventh inning – Kevin Biondic singled. After Jancarski popped out to the second baseman, Biondic went to third on a single by Dunn. Biondic scored on a single by Costes. After Gum struck out, Watson walked to load the bases. Dunn scored on a single by Madison Nickens. LSU 9, MARYLAND 5

KEY STRETCH OF GAME

LSU capitalized on three Maryland defensive misplays to score five runs in the third inning to take a 7-3 lead. There was a misplayed pop up in the infield, a dropped pop up in foul territory and a fielding error at third base. The Tigers got two clutch hits in the inning. Robertson singled home the tying run after his foul pop up was dropped. Papierski delivered a two-out, two-run single which put LSU in front 6-3.

KEY TEAM STATISTICS

Both teams had 11 hits. Both teams also had four extra-base hits. . .LSU pitchers struck out 15 batters. . .Maryland stranded 11 runners – five in scoring position. The Terps were 3-for-9 with runners in scoring position. . .Maryland committed two errors in the third inning when the Tigers scored five unearned runs. . .The Terrapins registered two double plays. . .LSU committed one error – a bobble by Duplantis in centerfield.

INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS

LSU

Cole Freeman: 3-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 run scored

Josh Smith: 2-for-3, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored, 1 double

Kramer Robertson: 2-for-5, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 double

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

Michael Papierski: 1-for-3, 2 RBIs

Rankin Woley: 1-for-4, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 double

Eric Walker: 4 innings, 7 hits, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 2 walks, 6 strikeouts

MARYLAND

Marty Costes: 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 run scored

Zach Jancarski: 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 run scored, 1 double, 1 home run

Will Watson: 1-for-4, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored, 1 home run

Tyler Blohm: 2.1 innings, 4 hits, 5 runs, 2 earned runs, 4 walks, 2 strikeouts

LSU’S PLAYER OF THE GAME

Deichmann hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to put the Tigers comfortably ahead 9-3. But, Deichmann had just as meaningful a defensive play in the seventh. Nickens singled with the bases loaded driving in one run. Deichmann prevented a second run from scoring by throwing out Costes at the plate. If Costes would have scored, the LSU lead would have been down to three runs at 9-6. Deichmann’s only hit was the home run. However, he drew two walks and finished with three runs scored – tying his career-high. He scored three runs against Missouri last season.

Deichmann’s comments: “Coach (Paul) Mainieri talked about the play after the inning. It was a unique play since there were two outs and a 3-2 count. He told me that it was a risky play and that I had more time to throw the guy out at third base. I saw (Costes) only one step beyond third when I got to the ball. I thought I had a good shot at him. That throw killed their rally and took some momentum away from them. The home run was on a 3-1 fast ball the pitcher left over the middle of the plate.”

NOTES

Woley got a second straight as the designated hitter. With a lefthanded pitcher starting for Maryland, Jordan was the starting leftfielder. . .Deichmann has four home runs in LSU’s eight games. His fourth homer last season came in the Tigers’ 25th game on Apr. 2 at Auburn. Deichmann’s homer carried 451 feet. He hit a 486-foot homer against Hofstra last Wednesday. . .Slaughter has a hit in all eight of LSU’s games. Robertson has a hit in every Tigers game except the opener against Army. Papierski extended his hitting streak to six games. . .Freeman tied his career-high with three hits. Freeman has collected three hits in a game five times in his career. . .The Tigers struck out eight times with seven coming from the three hitters in the middle of the lineup – three for Robertson and two for both Deichmann and Slaughter. . .Walker had a rocky outing as he was lifted after four innings. Walker did escape two big jams. He struck out Watson with two runners on base to end the third and retired Dunn on a fly out to rightfield with the bases loaded to end the fourth. . .Caleb Gilbert struck out all six batters he faced in his two innings. The six strikeouts are a career-best for Gilbert, who picked up the victory since Walker did not go five innings. . .Doug Norman left the game with an apparent elbow injury after issuing a two-out walk which loaded the bases. Norman allowed one run and three hits. . .Hunter Kiel got two outs in the eighth. . .Nick Bush walked three batters in the eighth before Hunter Newman came on to get a four-out save. . .Maryland had hit one home run in its first five games. Then, the Terps hit two homers in the first inning off Walker. . .The Tigers have swept seven straight three-game series against non-conference power-league opponents – Wake Forest in 2011, Maryland and Washington in 2013, Purdue in 2014, Kansas and Boston College in 2015 and Maryland in 2017. . .For the fourth time in the last five seasons, LSU has won seven of its first eight games. . .Maryland is 1-5. . .The paid attendance was 10,221. The actual crowd was about 5,200. . .Zack Hess will be the starting pitcher for the Tigers against Nicholls State on Tuesday.

FROM THE LOCKER ROOM

Coach Paul Mainieri’s comments: “There were some really good things that happened today. Eric Walker showed a lot of character. He didn’t give up after allowing two home runs in the first inning. He then gave us three shutout innings. Caleb Gilbert was really outstanding. He was throwing 95 or 96 miles per hour and struck out all six batters he faced. Then, it was good for us to have to fight back from a deficit. We tied the game up and got some clutch hits. I like the way we are swinging the bats. We have a very mature approach even though we have three freshmen in the lineup. I like the way (hitting coach) Micah Gibbs is doing things.”

UP NEXT

LSU will play host to Nicholls State at The Box on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Central. The Colonels (4-3) won two of three games at the Mardi Gras Invitational in Thibodaux over the weekend. Nicholls beat Long Island and Wagner and lost to Hofstra. The LSU-Nicholls State game will be available on the SEC Digital Network.