How it happened: LSU tops Tennessee 6-4 in another ‘what could have been’ outing
Tennessee dropped game two of the series 6-4 to No. 1 LSU after the Tigers registered nine extra-base hits in the outing.
LSU (24-3, 6-2) torched the Vols (20-8, 3-5) for seven doubles and two home runs, as the Tigers scored six runs off 12 hits total. Four doubles in the first inning and back-to-back home runs in the fourth were the big blows as the Vols scraped across four runs on eight hits, hitting three home runs in the loss.
Ty Floyd (5-0) earned the victory for LSU after tossing five innings of four-run baseball. The righty allowed six hits and tallied five strikeouts to one walk on 84 total pitches (52 strikes). Chase Burns (2-2) takes home the loss after giving up five runs off seven hits in 3.1 innings of work.
Tony Vitello’s club will try and salvage the series tomorrow with game three starting at 2 pm eastern time. The Vols will turn to Drew Beam on the mound. But first, how did this happen for Tennessee in the 6-4 loss?
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Maui Ahuna led off the game with a home run to centerfield.
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB – Score: Tennessee 1-0
Bottom 1st: Tommy White doubled in Tre’ Morgan off the top of the left-centerfield wall. Cade Beloso doubled in White down the right field line. Josh Pearson doubled in Beloso on a pop fly over the mound that no Tennessee infielder caught.
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB – Score: LSU 3-2
Top 2nd: Dylan Drieling singled to third base but was then picked off the bag. Hunter Ensley homered to left.
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB – Score: LSU 3-2
Top 4th: Dylan Drieling singled to leadoff the inning and came across to score on a two-run home run from Zane Denton to retake the lead.
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB – Score: Tennessee 4-3
Bottom 4th: Brady Neal and Gavin Dugas tallied back-to-back home runs to hand LSU back the lead.
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB – Score: LSU 5-4
Bottom 6th: Gavin Dugas doubled off the right field wall. Tre’ Morgan grounded out to shortstop, moving the runner to third base with one out. Dylan Crews was hit by a pitch. Tommy White flied out to shallow right, but Dugas tagged up and scored from third.
1 R, 1 H, 1 0, 1 LOB – Score: LSU 6-4
The Final Stats
Tennessee’s weekly game schedule
Tuesday: Tennessee 5, UNC Asheville 0 | Box Score | How it Happened | Four Takes
Thursday: No.1 LSU 5, No. 10 Tennessee 2 | Box Score | How it Happened | Four Takes
Friday: No. 1 LSU 6, No. 10 Tennessee 4 | Box Score
Saturday: No. 10 Tennessee at No. 1 LSU | 2 pm ET | SEC Network+
Tennessee in the polls this week
USA Today – No. 9
Perfect Game – No. 9
D1 Baseball – No. 10
Baseball America – No. 11
NCBWA – No. 11
Collegiate Baseball – No. 16
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