In a baseball game between LSU and VMI, LSU's Thatcher Hurd had a mixed performance, with a wide first pitch but also a breaking ball strike. Trey Morgan got aboard for VMI with an infield single, but was later caught stealing. LSU's Jared Jones hit a three-run home run. The game saw lead changes, with VMI taking a 6-5 lead on a solo home run by Jenkins. LSU rallied back with hits and hit batters, ultimately winning 10-6 in the 6th inning.
Final: No. 4 Arkansas 6, JMU 4. Hogs survive a wobbly start from Hagen Smith by scoring 2 runs in each of the first 3 innings. Will McEntire (W) and Gage Wood (SV) were terrific out of the pen, while Jared Sprague-Lott and Hudson White both hit a HR. Arkansas baseball, 1-0.
Mac Bingham drives in his first runs as a Tiger, slapping a two-run double to left to make it 10-6 #LSU in the 6th.
Mac Bingham drives in his first runs as a Tiger, slapping a two-run double to left to make it 10-5 #LSU in the 6th.
Jared Jones walks, scoring Brown. 8-6 #LSU and the Tigers have three runs in the 6th without a hit.
Pearson pops shallow to 2nd. Two outs and bases loaded for Jones who homered in the 2nd but has struck out since. #LSU
M8: Arkansas gets a runner thrown out at home and fails to extend the lead. 6-7-8 due up for James Madison here in the 9th.
Now Tommy White and Hayden Travinski get hit back to back by the new VMI pitcher, Thompson. Five #LSU hit batters in the inning. Now 7-6 Tigers and bases still loaded with 1 out for Pearson.
Brown gets hit. Bases full of bruised Tigers with 1 out for ... wait for it ... Tommy Tanks. VMI going to make a pitching change first. #LSU
Neal gets hit, too. first pitch, moving Kling to 2nd. Braswell then moves both runners to 2nd and 3rd with a nice bunt for Brown. #LSU
Bingham puts a charge into one to right but RF Jenkins makes a leaping grab to strand Pearson at 3rd. Through 5 VMI 6 #LSU 5
Final line on Will McEntire: 5 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K. Gage Wood came out to finish the top of the seventh and got a strikeout to end the inning. Arkansas leads 6-4. https://t.co/xTdpG5M6PZ
Josh Pearson with a one-out triple to center that was overrun by the CF Prince. He's at third for Jones. #LSU
#LSU's appeal is for naught. Tigers still trail 6-5 going to the bottom of the 5th. Due up: Travinski, 2-2, 2 runs Pearson, 1-2, run Jones, 1-2, HR, 3 RBIs
VMI retakes a 6-5 lead on #LSU in the 5th on a solo HR to LCF by Jenkins off nate Ackenhausen. LSU challenging that Jenkins didn't touch first. Interesting.
Paxton Kling clangds a two-out double off the LF wall on a hop, scoring Travinski and Bingham. #LSU seasaws back in front 5-4 in the 3rd.
Loer comes on and ends the VMI 3rd, but the Keydets lead #LSU 4-3. Due up for the Tigers: Travinski, 1-1, run Pearson, 1-1, run Jones, 1-1, HR, 3 RBIs
The Razorbacks have scored two runs in each of the first three innings and lead 6-3. Jared Sprague-Lott singled in Jack Wagner, who had walked, then Peyton Holt also scored after JSL got into a rundown. Will McEntire back out for his third inning
Two runs score off a Jared Sprague-Lott single and Arkansas leads 6-3 at the end of the third. Sprague-Lott, who would not have started this game if not for Peyton Stovall's injury, is 2-for-2 with a HR and 2 RBIs.
Another two-out hit, this an RBI single by Jenkins, gives VMI a 4-3 lead on #LSU in the 3rd. Jay Johnson headed to the mound and calls for the lefty, Justin Loer. At best it will be a no decision for Hurd.
And it's tied 3-3 in the 3rd s VMI's Starke paints the RF line with an RBI double. All of the Keydets' runs in this inning have come with 2 outs. #LSU bullpen warming as Thatcher Hurd throws his 57th pitch
A walk and a balk and a two-out run for VMI on a single to right by Ty Swaim. 3-1 #LSU, top 3rd.
White strikes out looking to end the 3rd with the bases loaded on a pitch that probably went about 46 mph. Through 2 #LSU 3 VMI 0
Bases loaded for White after the HBP to Brown. Hide the kids. #LSU
Alex Milazzo belts a sharp liner to center, moving Bingham to 2nd for Braswell. He flies out to center for the 2nd out in the 3rd, but Bingham moves up to 3rd. Runners on the corners for Brown, who got a hit on his first pitch in the 1st. #LSU
Jared Sprague-Lott leads off the bottom of the second with a home run to left, and Arkansas ties the game at 3. https://t.co/xTdpG5M6PZ
Jared Sprague-Lott homers in his first Arkansas AB, tying the game 3-3 with no outs in B2
First home run of the Arkansas baseball season belongs to Jared Sprague-Lott. Deep shot to LF and we are tied 3-3.
Jared Jones lights a fuse. Blasts a three-run home run just over the wall in left. 3-0 #LSU, bottom 2nd.
Hogs strike back for two in the bottom of the first. Ben McLaughlin and Peyton Holt each had RBI singles. JMU leads 3-2, and Hagen Smith's day is done after just 1 inning. Will McEntire is coming out of the bullpen for the T2.
The Razorbacks are on the board after Kendall Diggs' wind-blown double, a walk by Wehiwa Aloy and Ben McLaughlin's first-pitch RBI single. It's 3-1 JMU, B1
Arkansas is on the board after an RBI single by Ben McLaughlin. He drove in Kendall Diggs, who led off with a double to left. JMU 3, Arkansas 1 in the bottom of the first. https://t.co/xTdpG5M6PZ
White hits a hard grounder but it's a 6-4-3 double play. Through 1 #LSU 0 VMI 0
Jake Brown doesn't take long to get his first collegiate hit. Swings at the first pitch from Trey Morgan (not Tre Morgan) and grounds a 1-out single to center. Now White. #LSU
A rocky first inning for Arkansas LHP Hagen Smith. Only surrenders one hit, but it was a 3-run homer. Walked two batters and hit another. Missing high/arm-side. Did punch out two. 43 pitches to get thru 1. https://t.co/jqonX3RWCB
Due up in the #LSU 1st: SS Michael Braswell III RF Jake Brown 3B Tommy White
Alex Milazzo throws a perfect dart down to 2nd to get Trey Morgan (not Tre Morgan) stealing. Hurd then strikes out Starke to end it. No score in the 1st, #LSU coming to bat.
Trey Morgan (not Tre Morgan) gets aboard for VMI with a one-out infield single. #LSU
VMI lead off guy Ty Swaim fouled off a bunch of pitches but Thatcher Hurd finally gets his man with a K. Next up: Trey Morgan. Yes, Trey Morgan. Just not Tre Morgan. #LSU
VMI lead off guy Ty Swaim fouled off a bunch of pitches but Thatcher Hurd finally gets his man with a K. Next up: Trey Morgan. Yes, Trey Morgan. Just not that Trey Morgan. #LSU
Thatcher Hurd getting ready to throw the first pitch. It went a little Nuke LaLoosh, very wide. Second pitch was a breaking ball strike. #LSU https://t.co/4RB6nBm306
JMU just took a 3-0 lead over Arkansas after a three-run homer to right center. Hagen Smith had walked the leadoff man and hit the next batter he faced to bring up Fenwick Trimble, who hit the homer 392 feet. https://t.co/xTdpG5M6PZ