Rewind: Tulane 9, LSU 6

Tulane erupted for five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to rally for a 9-6 victory against LSU at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans on Tuesday night.

HOW THEY SCORED

Tulane first inning – Grant Witherspoon and Lex Kaplan walked. Witherspoon advanced to third base when Hunter Williams hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Witherspoon scored on a single by Jarret DeHart. TULANE 1, LSU 0

LSU second inning – Josh Smith was hit by a pitch. Smith was forced at second base on a ground ball to the second baseman by Beau Jordan. Both Michael Papierski and Antoine Duplantis reached safely on errors by shortstop Sal Gozzo to load the bases. Jordan scored on Kramer Robertson’s ground out to the first baseman. LSU 1, TULANE 1

Tulane second inning – Sal Gozzo walked and Hunter Hope was hit by a pitch. Jake Willsey popped out to the third baseman and Paul Gozzo grounded out to the second baseman. Sal Gozzo and Hope scored on Witherspoon’s single. Witherspoon scored on a double by Kaplan. TULANE 4, LSU 1

LSU fourth inning – With one out, Jordan hit a home run over the rightfield fence. TULANE 4, LSU 2

LSU sixth inning – With two out, Duplantis was hit by a pitch and stole second. After Robertson walked, Duplantis scored on a single by Cole Freeman. Greg Deichmann hit a three-run homer over the rightfield fence. LSU 6, TULANE 4

Tulane seventh inning – Willsey tripled. After Paul Gozzo popped out to the first baseman, Willsey scored on Witherspoon’s single. Witherspoon scored on a double by Kaplan. After Williams struck out, DeHart was intentionally walked. Kaplan scored on a double by Grant Brown. Sal Gotto walked to load the bases. DeHart scored when Hope was hit by a pitch. Brown scored when Willsey was hit by a pitch. TULANE 9, LSU 6

KEY STRETCH OF GAME

After coming back from a three-run deficit and taking a 6-4 lead on Deichmann’s three-run homer, LSU planned to turn the game over to its three best relief pitchers. Caleb Gilbert pitched a scoreless sixth, but he ran into trouble in the seventh. A triple by Willsey and a single by Witherspoon cut the Tigers’ lead to one run and knocked Gilbert from the game. Zack Hess was totally ineffective. He retired just one of seven batters. He yielded RBI doubles to Kaplan and Brown. Then, Hess allowed two more runs by hitting consecutive hitters with the bases loaded.

KEY TEAM STATISTICS

Tulane outhit LSU 9-7. Four of the Green Wave’s nine hits went for extra bases. The Tigers had three extra-base hits. . .Four Tulane players had two-out RBI hits. . .LSU stranded ten runners – seven in scoring position. The Tigers were 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position. . .The Green Wave committed the only two errors in the game. . .LSU pitchers walked seven and hit four batters. Tulane pitchers walked five and hit three batters.

INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS

LSU

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

Beau Jordan: 1-for-5, 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, 1 home run

Matthew Beck: 1.2 innings, 1 hit, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 3 walks, 1 strikeout

TULANE

Lex Kaplan: 3-for-3, 2 RBIs, 2 doubles, 1 run scored

Grant Witherspoon: 2-for-4, 3 RBIs, 3 runs scored

Jarrett DeHart: 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 run scored

Sam Bjorngjeld: 5.2 innings, 2 hits, 3 runs, 2 earned runs, 5 walks, 3 strikeouts

LSU’S PLAYER OF THE GAME

Deichmann delivered what appeared to be a game-turning hit with his three-run homer in the sixth inning. The home run, Deichmann’s 14th of the year, put LSU ahead 6-4. Deichmann also drew two walks. He did hit into an inning-ending double play in the eighth with two runners on base.

NOTES

Jordan was the designated hitter and batted seventh in the lineup. Duplantis hit ninth in the batting order. Coomes was the cleanup hitter. . .Zach Watson and Coomes had their hitting streaks end at 15 and 10 games, respectively. Watson went 0-for-3 and was pinch-hit for by Jordan Romero in the ninth. Coomes also went 0-for-3. . .LSU didn’t get its first hit until Jordan homered with one out in the fourth. . .The Tigers stranded runners in scoring position in five innings. Watson flied out to the centerfielder with runners at first and second in the first. Freeman grounded out to the shortstop with runners at second and third in the second. Robertson flied out to the leftfielder with a runner at second in the fourth. Smith struck out with runners at second and third in the fifth. Deichmann hit into a double play with runners at first and second in the eighth. . .Tulane relief pitcher Chase Solesky and Christian Colletti combined for three shutout innings to end the game. Colletti replaced Solesky and got Deichmann to hit into the double play in the eighth. . .Nick Bush, Austin Bain and Hunter Newman were the only effective Tigers relievers. Bush threw a scoreless fifth with one walk and one strikeout. Bain struck out Paul Gozzo with the bases loaded to end the seventh. Newman retired the one batter he faced with two runners on base in the eighth. . .Todd Peterson gave up run-scoring hits to the first two batters he faced in the second. Peterson did throw two shutout innings. . .Gilbert allowed two runs in 1.1 innings. Hess gave up three runs in one-third of an inning. . .LSU is 27-15, while Tulane is 21-21. . .The Tigers have lost four straight games to the Green Wave for the first time in 60 years. LSU lost its last three meetings with Tulane in 1956 and the first matchup in 1957. . .The paid attendance was 5,000. . .Alex Lange will be the starting pitcher against Alabama on Thursday.

FROM THE LOCKERROOM

Coach Paul Mainieri’s comments: “There were a lot of free passes in this game – a lot of walks and hit batters on both sides. We had our opportunities. We didn’t take advantage of as many as opportunities as they did.”

UP NEXT

LSU will play Alabama on Thursday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa in the opener of their three-game Southeastern Conference series. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Central. The Crimson Tide (15-26, 2-16) lost to Jacksonville State 11-8 in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday night. The LSU-Alabama game will be available on ESPN2.