The LSU Baseball team is having one of the best starts in school history. After beating Alcorn St. (6-27) 7-3 on Tuesday, the Tigers are now 27-2 on the season and ranked #2 in the nation behind North Carolina.

Freshman shortstop Alex Bregman had his ninth straight multi-hit game.  He has a 17 game hitting streak, batting .619 over his last nine games.

Alcorn St. hit a pair of homers in the first two inning and lead early 3-0.

Raph Rhymes hit his second home run of the year and Mason Katz went 2-2 with two walks.

Reliever Hunter Devall earned the victory with four shut-out innings.


 

2013 LSU BASEBALL
Alcorn State at #2 LSU
Apr 02, 2013 at Baton Rouge, La. (Alex Box Stadium)

 

Alcorn State 3 (6-27)

 

Player 

 ab   r   h rbi  bb  so  po   a lob 
Walker, Cedric 3b 
   Listach, Jared ph 
Brown, Shane lf 
Rosa,Angel ss 
Powell, Josh rf 
Jackson,Alvin cf 
Bell, Cedric dh 
Piper, Ryant 2b 
Lewis, Ashton 1b 
   Cockrell, Shaquelle ph 
Polo, Angel c 
   Charleston, Sean ph 
Sanchez, Mundo p 
   Camp, Joseph p 
   Muenster, Zach p 
Totals 30 24 
  

LSU 7 (27-2)

 

Player  ab   r   h rbi  bb  so  po   a lob 
Jared Foster rf 
   Sean McMullen ph/rf 
Mark Laird cf 
   Nate Fury p 
   Joey Bourgeois p 
Alex Bregman ss 
Raph Rhymes lf 
   Andrew Stevenson ph/cf 
Mason Katz 1b 10 
   Tyler Moore ph/3b 
Christian Ibarra 3b 
   Michael Barash ph/c 
Alex Edward dh 
   Chris Sciambra ph/lf 
Chris Chinea c/1b 
Casey Yocom 2b 
Russell Reynolds p 
   Hunter Devall p 
   Will LaMarche p 
   Nick Rumbelow p 
Totals 35 14 27 12 
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Alcorn State........ 120 000 000 -  3  4  0
LSU................. 011 020 30X -  7 14  0
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LOB - Alcorn State 7; LSU 12. 2B - Walker, Cedr(5); Bregman(9); Rhymes(7). 3B - Bregman(3). HR - Rosa,Angel(1); Lewis, Ashto(1); Rhymes(2). HBP - Bell, Cedric. SH - Brown, Shane(1). SF - McMullen(2); Rhymes(3). SB - Jackson,Alv(8); Piper, Ryant(5); Polo, Angel(6); Laird(3); Katz(2).

 

Alcorn State  ip er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np 
Sanchez, Mundo L,0-2  6.0 11 28 32 16 120 
Camp, Joseph   1.0 20 
Muenster, Zach   1.0 15 
  
LSU  ip er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np 
Russell Reynolds   2.0 36 
Hunter Devall W,2-0  4.0 12 16 53 
Will LaMarche   1.0 19 
Nick Rumbelow   1.0 12 
Nate Fury   0.1 
Joey Bourgeois   0.2 

 

Win - Devall (2-0). Loss - Sanchez, Mun (0-2). Save - None. WP - Sanchez, Mun(7). HBP - by Devall (Bell, Cedric). PB - Polo, Angel(1). Inherited runners/scored: Camp, Joseph 1/1. Pitches/strikes: Sanchez, Mun 120/58; Camp, Joseph 20/8; Muenster, Za 15/6; Reynolds 36/22; Devall 53/30; LaMarche 19/11; Rumbelow 12/7; Fury 2/1; Bourgeois 9/6. Umpires - HP: Chris Symons 1B: Kevin Kennedy 3B: Ray Gregson
Start: 6:31 pm Time: 2:38 Attendance: 10276
Game notes: Actual Attendance: 4,203
Sanchez, Mun faced 2 batters in the 7th.

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