 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 3/6/2026 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - The Fighting Tigers played host to Sacramento State on Friday night looking to snap their two game losing streak and break out of their terrible slump and that's exactly what they did. defeating the visiting Hornets in run-rule fashion, 15-4 in front of 11,241 Tiger fans. Casan Evans (1-0) got his usual Friday night start on the bump and had a solid outing. He went 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on three hits, striking out nine to get the win. LSU wasted no time getting the bats going in the first inning. Derek Curiel led off with a double down the left field line. Jake Brown stepped to the plate and took a pitch for a ride over the left field wall for a two run homer. Zach Yorke then doubled to right center. Mason Braun reached safely on a fielding error, sending Yorke to third. Braun advanced to second on a wild pitch. Seth Dardar then doubled to right field to bring Yorke and Braun home. LSU took a 4-0 lead into the second inning. Jack Ruckert led off the second by reaching first base safely on an error. Derek Curiel stepped to the plate and hit a two run homer to right field. Jake Brown then followed with a massive solo home run to deep center field. The Tigers loaded the bases, but left them all stranded as the inning came to an end with LSU now leading, 7-0. With one out in the bottom of the third, Cade Arrambide was hit by a pitch. Ruckert was then issued a base on balls. Curiel doubled to left center field, bringing Arrambide home and advancing Ruckert to third. Jake Brown stepped to the plate and launched his third home run of the game over the right center field wall. This time it was a three run shot! Steven Milam was hit by a pitch. Yourke singled to right field. Braun then singled up the middle to score Milam and advance Yourke to second. But that's all the Tigers could muster in the frame. We moved to the fourth inning with LSU on top, 12-0. Cade Arrambide led off the fourth with a solo home run to center field. After two great defensive plays by Sacramento State for two outs, Brown singled to center field. Milam then homered to right field for his first home run of the season. We headed to the fifth with the Bayou Bengals leading, 15-0. Jay Johnson began to pull the starters allowing some younger players to see some action. The Hornets plated two runs in the top of the sixth, chasing Evans who was replaced by Zion Theophilus. Theophilus quickly got LSU back into the dugout. Marcos Paz entered the game in the seventh to close out the ten run rule victory. The Hornets plated two more garbage runs in the frame. LSU improves their record to 12-3. Next up LSU and Sacramento State will play game two of their three game series on Saturday, March 7 at 6:00pm. **We have our baseball/basketball edition of 'Talking Tigers with Da Boot Sports' live on our YouTube channel, Monday night at 8pm. Tune in for some LSU baseball & men's and women's basketball talk..... **Also Don't forget to watch our new LSU baseball podcast, 'CHASING OMAHA with SZN' every Tuesday night at 7:30pm on our Da Boot Sports YouTube Channel. We will have former LSU second baseman great, Cole Freeman on this Tuesday night as our special guest. Don't miss it. *John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior) *John 3;16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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