The LSU Baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to earn a walk-off victory against BYU, winning 6-5 Thursday night in Alex Box Stadium.

Third baseman Christian Ibarra tied the game 5-5 in the ninth with a one-out solo homer. After that, the Tigers loaded the bases and Raph Rhymes hit a walk-off single to seal the victory. Mason Katz also homered in the game.

Austin Nola threw six inning giving up four runs, but Joey Bourgeois got the win recording the final five outs.  LSU is now 5-0 on the young season.

The Tigers are back in Alex Box tonight, and back on 1130 the Tiger facing Southeastern Louisiana. Coverage starts at 6:30, first pitch at 7.

2013 LSU BASEBALL
BYU at #2 LSU
Feb 21, 2013 at Baton Rouge, La. (Alex Box Stadium)

 

BYU 5 (2-3)

 

 

Player 

 ab   r   h rbi  bb  so  po   a lob 
HANNEMANN, Jacob lf 
NIELSEN, Hayden ss 
LAW, Adam 3b 
BRUGMAN, Jaycob cf 
WHITNEY, Brock 1b 
CALDWELL, Kelton rf 
HERNANDEZ, Dakota c 
FAVERO, Nate dh 
   HANSEN, Trace ph 
ANDERSON, Brennon 2b 
POULSON, Desmond p 
   SPEIGNER, Derek p 
   MILKE, Matt p 
Totals 32 11 25 
  

LSU 6 (5-0)

 

 

Player  ab   r   h rbi  bb  so  po   a lob 
Chris Sciambra cf 
Mark Laird rf 
Alex Bregman ss 
Raph Rhymes lf 
Mason Katz 1b 
JaCoby Jones 2b 
Tyler Moore dh 
Ty Ross c 11 
Christian Ibarra 3b 
Aaron Nola p 
   Will LaMarche p 
   Hunter Devall p 
   Joey Bourgeois p 
Totals 35 12 27 10 
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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BYU................. 004 000 010 -  5  6  1
LSU................. 012 000 102 -  6 12  1
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Note: 1 out, 3 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - POULSON(1); Jones(2). DP - LSU 1. LOB - BYU 5; LSU 9. 2B - BRUGMAN(1); Laird(1); Bregman(1); Jones(1). HR - BRUGMAN(1); Katz(1); Ibarra(1). HBP - Jones. SH - NIELSEN(2). SB - HANNEMANN(1); Jones(1). CS - Jones(2).

 

BYU  ip er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np 
POULSON, Desmond   5.0 20 23 93 
SPEIGNER, Derek   3.0 10 11 41 
MILKE, Matt L,0-1  0.1 17 
  
LSU  ip er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np 
Aaron Nola   6.0 21 25 90 
Will LaMarche   1.1 16 
Hunter Devall   0.0 
Joey Bourgeois W,1-0  1.2 33 

 

Win - Bourgeois (1-0). Loss - MILKE (0-1). Save - None. WP - Bourgeois(1). HBP - by SPEIGNER (Jones). Inherited runners/scored: Devall 1/1; Bourgeois 1/0. Pitches/strikes: POULSON 93/57; SPEIGNER 41/25; MILKE 17/8; Nola 90/55; LaMarche 16/10; Devall 4/2; Bourgeois 33/18. Umpires - HP: Ray Gregson 1B: Mark Chapman 3B: Gerald Ascani
Start: 6:31 pm Time: 2:53 Attendance: 9579
Game notes: Actual Attendance: 1,833
Devall faced 1 batter in the 8th.

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