LSU Baseball Clinches SEC West! Takes 2 of 3 from the Aggies in College Station.

For the second straight year, the LSU Tigers have clinched the SEC West Division Title. The Tigers took 2 of 3 from Texas A&M in their final road SEC series of the season. LSU is now 21-6 in league play and outright champions of the SEC West.

Third ranked LSU is three games behind Vanderbilt for the overall SEC race. Vanderbilt is ranked 2nd in the nation, and the two teams will likely have to go through each other to win the SEC Tournament Championship which is May 21-26th.

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It was a crazy and difficult weekend for the Tigers in College Station. They had to work hard to earn the series victory over the Aggies. LSU lost their first series opener of the season in Game 1. It was a game that started on Thursday night, but didn't end until the wee hours of Friday morning thanks to a nearly two hour rain delay. The Tigers lost 2-1.

Game 2 was even more trying for Paul Mainieri's club. Game 2 began on Friday night, but didn't finish untill almost Saturday afternoon. Play was suspended in the 7th inning on Friday due to weather, and resumed at 9:30am Saturday morning. LSU picked up the victory 7-4 over the Aggies.

Game 3 began just an hour after the conclusion of Game 2. Scheduled to play only seven innings of regulation, LSU need an extra frame to beat the Aggies. The Tigers won 2-1 in 8 innings, technically... an extra inning victory. Catcher Ty Ross led off the 8th with a clutch double. Pinch runner Jared Foster would eventually score on a sac fly by Sean McMullen. Shreveport native Chris Cotton would come in and pitch the final five outs, earning the victory.

Cotton earned his 11th save of the season earlier on Saturday by finishing the Game 2 win. Tiger ace Aaron Nola did not get his fifth consecutive complete game in his Game 2 start, but did get the win to become 10-0 on the season. Nola threw six innings, giving up one earned run on six hits.

LSU returns to action on Tuesday (May 14) against the University of New Orleans before finishing their regular season schedule this weekend at home against Ole Miss in a three game SEC series.

2013 LSU BASEBALL
#3 LSU at Texas A&M
May 11, 2013 at College Station, TX (Blue Bell Park)

LSU 2 (45-7,21-6 SEC)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Sean McMullen dh	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Mark Laird rf	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0
Alex Bregman ss	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1
Mason Katz 1b	2	0	1	0	2	0	5	2	1
Raph Rhymes lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
Chris Chinea c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Ibarra 3b	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
JaCoby Jones 2b	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1
Ty Ross c	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
Jared Foster pr/lf	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Andrew Stevenson cf	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	0
Ryan Eades p	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Chris Cotton p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	27	2	8	2	4	5	24	11	6

Texas A&M 1 (27-24,11-15 SEC)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Mikey Reynolds ss	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
Blake Allemand 2b	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
Cole Lankford 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	2
J.B. Moss pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Troy Stein c	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
Hunter Melton 3b	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Daniel Mengden dh	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Wood lf	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0
Krey Bratsen cf	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0
Jace Statum rf	3	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
Parker Ray p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Jester p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	29	1	9	1	1	1	24	9	7

Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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LSU................. 001 000 01 -  2  8  1
Texas A&M........... 000 100 00 -  1  9  0
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E - Bregman(12). DP - LSU 2; Texas A&M 2. LOB - LSU 6; Texas A&M 7. 2B - Ross(3). HBP - Melton; Wood. SF - McMullen(6). SB - Reynolds 2(14). CS - Stevenson(1); Wood(2).

LSU	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Ryan Eades	6.1	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	24	27	10	5
Chris Cotton W,3-1	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	2

Texas A&M	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Parker Ray	5.1	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	17	20	4	3
Jason Jester L,2-3	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	12	6	2

Win - Cotton (3-1). Loss - Jester (2-3). Save - None. HBP - by Eades (Wood); by Eades (Melton). Inherited runners/scored: Cotton 2/0; Jester 1/0.

Umpires - HP: Morris Hodges 1B: Chris Coskey 2B: Scott Erby 3B: Bryan
Start: 12:02 pm Time: 2:28 Attendance: 5862

2013 LSU BASEBALL
#3 LSU at Texas A&M
May 10, 2013 at College Station, TX (Blue Bell Park)

LSU 7 (44-7,20-6 SEC)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Sean McMullen dh	4	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jared Foster rf	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Mark Laird rf	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Alex Bregman ss	3	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	0
Mason Katz 1b	5	0	2	0	0	1	8	0	5
Raph Rhymes lf	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Christian Ibarra 3b	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0
Ty Ross c	4	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	0
JaCoby Jones 2b	5	2	2	1	0	1	2	5	2
Andrew Stevenson cf	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	0	0
Aaron Nola p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Bourgeois p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Rumbelow p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Cotton p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38	7	17	6	4	4	27	12	10

Texas A&M 4 (27-23,11-14 SEC)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Mikey Reynolds ss	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
Logan Taylor ss	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Blake Allemand 2b	4	0	1	2	0	1	5	2	0
Cole Lankford 1b	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	0	0
Troy Stein c	4	0	3	0	0	1	5	1	0
Hunter Melton 3b	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	2
Daniel Mengden dh	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Jonathan Moroney lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Krey Bratsen cf	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jace Statum rf	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Wood ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Kent p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Freeman p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Vinson p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Ray p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	4	10	4	0	6	27	15	5

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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LSU................. 030 301 000 -  7 17  1
Texas A&M........... 000 002 110 -  4 10  0
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E - Ibarra(10). DP - LSU 1; Texas A&M 1. LOB - LSU 10; Texas A&M 5. 2B - McMullen 2(14); Ross(2); Lankford(12); Stein(9). HR - Mengden(3). HBP - Bratsen. SH - Ross(7); Stevenson(4). CS - Statum(5).

LSU	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Aaron Nola W,10-0	6.0	6	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	23	23	4	9
Joey Bourgeois	1.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	9	1	2
Nick Rumbelow	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Chris Cotton S,11	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0

Texas A&M	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Matt Kent L,2-3	1.2	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10	0	4
Jason Freeman	2.0	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	11	0	5
Andrew Vinson	2.1	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	9	10	3	2
Corey Ray	3.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	12	13	3	2

Win - Nola (10-0). Loss - Kent (2-3). Save - Cotton (11). HBP - by Bourgeois (Bratsen). PB - Stein(9). Inherited runners/scored: Rumbelow 2/0; Freeman 1/0; Vinson 3/1.

Umpires - HP: Bryan Donnelly 1B: Morris Hodges 2B: Chris Coskey 3B: Scott
Start: 6:35 pm Time: 2:47 Attendance: 5488

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