Nola Not Enough: LSU Loses to Arkansas in SEC Tourney!

It had been two weeks since LSU ace Aaron Nola pitched in a game. Head coach Paul Mainieri admitted, he thinks the layoff may have left Nola slightly off with his command. Still, the sophomore pitched great... but it wasn't enough. Arkansas won 4-1 behind a pitching gem from their own ace.

Nola threw seven innings, giving up only one run and striking out eight. Arkansas' Ryne Staneck was excellent for the Razorbacks, giving up only one run in eight innings work. LSU just couldn't capitalize offensively when they had opportunities.

LSU now plays in the SEC tournament loser's bracket. The Tigers play Friday at 3:30pm against Alabama. LSU beat Alabama earlier in the tournament, today's game will be an elimination game.

Ryan Eades will start for LSU.

2013 LSU BASEBALL
#12 Arkansas vs #2 LSU
May 23, 2013 at Hoover, Ala. (Hoover Met Stadium)

Arkansas 4 (37-19)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Joe Serrano dh	5	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
Matt Vinson cf	5	1	3	1	0	1	5	0	0
Brian Anderson lf	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
Dominic Ficociello 2b/1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1
Tyler Spoon rf	4	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0
Jacob Mahan 3b	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Eric Fisher 1b	4	0	1	0	0	2	11	0	2
Jacob Morris pr	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Farris 2b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brett McAfee ss	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
Jean Ramirez c	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
Jake Wise c	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ryne Stanek p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colby Suggs p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	4	12	4	1	10	27	10	8

LSU 1 (49-9)
Player	ab	r	h	rbi	bb	so	po	a	lob
Sean McMullen dh	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3
Mark Laird rf	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Alex Bregman ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mason Katz 2b	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3
Raph Rhymes lf	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
Christian Ibarra 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0
Tyler Moore 1b	3	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	1
Ty Ross c	3	0	0	0	1	0	9	2	0
Andrew Stevenson cf	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1
Alex Edward ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Nola p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joey Bourgeois p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Rumbelow p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt McCune p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Will LaMarche p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	1	6	0	3	5	27	9	9

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Arkansas............ 000 010 012 -  4 12  1
LSU................. 001 000 000 -  1  6  0
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E - McAfee, B.(9). LOB - Arkansas 8; LSU 9. 2B - Serrano, J.(8). SH - McAfee, B.(7). SB - Serrano, J.(3); Morris, J.(8). CS - Ficociello,D(2).

Arkansas	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Ryne Stanek W,9-2	8.0	6	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	31	34	11	9
Colby Suggs S,12	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2

LSU	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Aaron Nola	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	27	28	8	5
Joey Bourgeois L,3-2	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0
Nick Rumbelow	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Kurt McCune	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1
Will LaMarche	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	1

Win - Stanek, R. (9-2). Loss - Bourgeois (3-2). Save - Suggs, C. (12). WP - LaMarche(2). PB - Ramirez, J.(2). Inherited runners/scored: Rumbelow 2/1; LaMarche 1/1.

Umpires - HP: Scott Erby 1B: Joe Marion 2B: Tony Walsh 3B: Scott Kennedy
Start: 5:20 pm Time: 2:51 Attendance:

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