{"id":86698,"date":"2025-03-28T00:14:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T05:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/lsu-rallies-to-beat-mississippi-state-8-6-on-thursday-night\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T00:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T05:14:44","slug":"lsu-rallies-to-beat-mississippi-state-8-6-on-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/lsu-rallies-to-beat-mississippi-state-8-6-on-thursday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU rallies to beat Mississippi State 8-6 on Thursday night"},"content":{"rendered":"

BATON ROUGE, La. \u2013 Fifth-ranked LSU <\/a>roared back from a 6-2 deficit Thursday night with a five-run fifth inning, as the Tigers recorded an 8-6 win over Mississippi State in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.<\/p>\n

LSU improved to 24-3 overall, 5-2 in the SEC, while Mississippi State dropped to 16-10 overall and 1-6 in conference play.<\/p>\n

The teams resume the series at 6:30 p.m. CT Friday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field in a game that will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.<\/p>\n

A three-run homer by second baseman Daniel Dickinson and a two-run blast by shortstop Steven Milam highlighted LSU\u2019s five-run fifth, as the Tigers grabbed a 7-6 lead.<\/p>\n

LSU right-hander Zac Cowan pitched brilliantly over the final 4.0 innings, blanking the Bulldogs on just one hit to earn his third save of the season. Cowan recorded no walks and seven strikeouts while firing 59 pitches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of the team,\u201d said LSU coach Jay Johnson. \u201cOne of our sayings is \u2018there\u2019s no clock in baseball,\u2019 and that was a good thing for tonight, down 6-2. Our guys just stayed with it, and I\u2019m proud of them for that. We had some really good at-bats with some walks there in the middle of the game and really big homers by Danny and Steven.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe turned it over to Zac, and he just did what he does every time out. The guy is a strike machine, and his fastball, slider and change are elite. He tunnels the ball really well, so every pitch looks the same coming out of his hand. We\u2019re really glad he\u2019s on our team, and you\u2019re not going to find a better person than Zac.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right-hander Connor Benge (1-1) was credited with the victory, as he entered the game in the top of the fifth and allowed one run on one hit in 0.2 inning with two walks.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State reliever Dane Burns (1-1) was charged with the loss, giving up two runs on two hits in the fifth inning with one walk.<\/p>\n

The game featured a total of six home runs, three by each team. Dickinson\u2019s dinger was his seventh of the year; Milam launched his sixth homer, and leftfielder Derek Curiel\u2019s second-inning solo blast was his third homer of the season.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State\u2019s homers were produced by third baseman Ace Reese, catcher Joe Powell and first baseman Hunter Hines.<\/p>\n

LSU starting pitcher Kade Anderson worked into the fifth inning, recording 101 pitches with two walks and five strikeouts.<\/p>\n

*LSU press release<\/a><\/p>\n

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