LSU Baseball Over Washington 9-4 (G1): Aaron Nola perfect through 6!

The LSU Tigers baseball team started a three game series against Washington on Friday, the Tigers last series before SEC play begins. LSU got six perfect innings from starting pitcher Aaron Nola and went on to win Game 1, 9-4!

Aaron Nola retired the first 18 batters he faced and the Fightin' Tigers collected 13 hits. Nola picked up the victory allowing four runs in 6.1 innings. No Huskie batters reached base until the seventh inning.

Raph Rhymes, the reigning SEC player of the year, went 3 for 5... extending his hit streak to 12 games.

Reliever Chris Cotton notched his fourth save of the season after entering the ninth inning with the bases loaded and retiring three straight batters to get out of the jam.

Game 2 between LSU and Washington is Saturday at 7pm. Game 3 is Sunday at 1pm.

2013 LSU BASEBALL
Washington at #3 LSU
Mar 08, 2013 at Baton Rouge, La. (Alex Box Stadium)

Washington 4 (4-9)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Ray, Jayce cf	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
Meggs, Joe lf	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Pehl, Robert 2b	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
Mitsui, Trevor 1b	4	1	2	2	0	0	10	0	0
Camporeale, Michael dh	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sparks, Will rf	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ely, Andrew 3b	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	5	0
Hendrickson, Duncan ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wiggins, Ryan c	4	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0
Forgione, Erik ss	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
Wolfe, Brian ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Afenir, Ty ss	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Palewicz, Nick p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coats, Jacob p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wright, Zach p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davis, Tyler p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nesbitt, Alex p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	4	6	4	0	8	24	9	5

LSU 9 (13-1)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Chris Sciambra rf	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
Mark Laird cf	4	2	2	1	0	0	6	0	0
Alex Bregman ss	4	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	0
Raph Rhymes lf	5	0	3	2	0	1	2	0	0
Mason Katz 1b	3	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	3
Christian Ibarra 3b	4	0	2	3	1	1	0	2	3
JaCoby Jones 2b	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
Ty Ross c	3	1	1	1	0	1	9	0	0
Tyler Moore dh	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Nola p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Nick Rumbelow p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Berry p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Cotton p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	9	13	7	4	5	27	6	9

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Washington.......... 000 000 400 -  4  6  2
LSU................. 002 130 12X -  9 13  1
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E - Pehl(3); Mitsui(1); Bregman(1). LOB - UW 5; LSU 9. 2B - Bregman(3); Ibarra(4); Moore(4). HBP - Pehl; Sparks. SH - Laird(3); Moore(1). SF - Ross(1). SB - Jones(6); Ross(1). CS - Laird(2).

Washington	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go	np
Palewicz, Nick L,2-3	6.0	8	6	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	24	28	7	8	99
Coats, Jacob	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	3
Wright, Zach	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	19
Davis, Tyler	0.2	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	1	23
Nesbitt, Alex	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6

LSU	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go	np
Aaron Nola W,2-0	6.1	5	4	4	0	6	0	0	1	0	24	25	8	5	78
Nick Rumbelow	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	1	16
Kevin Berry	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	8
Chris Cotton S,4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	9

Win - Nola (2-0). Loss - Palewicz (2-3). Save - Cotton (4). WP - Palewicz 2(2). HBP - by Nola (Pehl); by Berry (Sparks). Inherited runners/scored: Nesbitt 3/0; Rumbelow 2/0; Cotton 3/0. Pitches/strikes: Palewicz 99/62; Coats 3/3; Wright 19/9; Davis 23/12; Nesbitt 6/3; Nola 78/58; Rumbelow 16/10; Berry 8/6; Cotton 9/8. Umpires - HP: Gerard Ascani 1B: Nelson Graham 2B: Ray Gregson 3B: Myron
Start: 7:01 pm Time: 2:38 Attendance: 10601
Game notes: Actual Attendance: 6,178
Berry faced 3 batters in the 9th.

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