LSU Baseball Loses First Series Opener to Texas A&M after Rain Delay!

After a 1 hour 45 minute rain delay, play final began in College Station between the 3rd ranked LSU Tigers and Texas A&M. LSU lost their first SEC series opener of the season 2-1 in front of a sparse crowd at the rain-soaked Blue Bell Park.

The Aggies got a nice performance from starting pitcher Daniel Mengden. He limited the Tigers to one run on five hits in eight innings work. A&M closer Jason Jester came on in the ninth to record his school record 13th save of the season.

LSU head coach Paul Mainieri tinkered with the line-up, moving Rhymes, Bregman, Katz and Ibarra all up one spot in the order. But, it was likely the rain delay that messed with the Tiger offense's mojo.

LSU could only plate one run. Raph Rhymes scored the first run of the game in the sixth inning after singling and being knocked in on an Alex Bregman double.

Starter Cody Glenn took the loss, he gave up two runs in the seventh inning (one earned) after an LSU error by Bregman.

The Tigers and Aggies play Game 2 today at 6:30pm, Sophomore Aaron Nola will start for LSU. Nola has thrown four consecutive complete games and is 9-0 on the season.

2013 LSU BASEBALL
#3 LSU at Texas A&M
May 09, 2013 at College Station, TX (Blue Bell Park)

LSU 1 (43-7,19-6 SEC)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Sean McMullen dh	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Raph Rhymes lf	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Bregman ss	4	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0
Mason Katz 1b	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1
Christian Ibarra 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Ty Ross c	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	2
JaCoby Jones 2b	3	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0
Mark Laird rf	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Andrew Stevenson cf	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
Cody Glenn p	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Nick Rumbelow p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	1	5	1	0	6	24	8	5

Texas A&M 2 (27-22,11-13 SEC)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Mikey Reynolds ss	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0
Blake Allemand 2b	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Cole Lankford 1b	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0
Troy Stein c	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	1
Hunter Melton 3b	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3
Logan Taylor dh	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jace Statum ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Brandon Wood rf	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Jonathan Moroney lf	3	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0
Krey Bratsen cf	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
Daniel Mengden p	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Jason Jester p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	28	2	6	1	4	6	27	5	9

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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LSU................. 000 001 000 -  1  5  2
Texas A&M........... 000 000 20X -  2  6  0
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E - Bregman(11); Ibarra(9). DP - LSU 1; Texas A&M 1. LOB - LSU 5; Texas A&M 9. 2B - Rhymes(13); Bregman 2(15). HBP - Katz 2; Stein. SH - Allemand(8); Bratsen(17).

LSU	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Cody Glenn L,5-2	6.2	6	2	1	3	4	0	0	1	0	24	30	6	9
Nick Rumbelow	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	5	2	0

Texas A&M	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Daniel Mengden W,6-3	8.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	2	0	28	30	13	5
Jason Jester S,13	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0

Win - Mengden (6-3). Loss - Glenn (5-2). Save - Jester (13). WP - Mengden(3). HBP - by Mengden (Katz); by Mengden (Katz); by Glenn (Stein). Inherited runners/scored: Rumbelow 2/0.

Umpires - HP: Scott Erby 1B: Bryan Donnelly 2B: Morris Hodges 3B: Chris
Start: 9:49 pm Time: 2:15 Attendance: 4103

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