 Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 3/22/2024 By: Jason Watson Jr. BATON ROUGE, LA- Alex Box Stadium played host to a Top-10 SEC matchup on the baseball diamond Friday night. #5 LSU defeat the #6 Florida Gators in convincing fashion, 6-1. LSU pitcher Luke Holman shined bright under the night sky. The Alabama transfer delivered 13 strikeouts, a career high, through six innings of work. Additionally, Holman allowed just one hit on the night; a Ty Evans home run, which proved to be all the Gators could manage on the evening. When LSU opened SEC play last week versus Mississippi State, it seemed as if the pitching and defensive play were a chokehold over the Tigers. The script got flipped as the same factors looked like strengths in Jay Johnson’s wheelhouse. Once Holman had been pulled from the mound, Griffin Herring took over pitching duties. Herring allowed three hits through the final innings of the contest, but never seemed to falter. He managed three strikeouts, and stayed in the game until the final out was recorded. As for the LSU offense, the Tigers managed to plate six runs, scoring in three separate innings. The Tigers were hot out of the gate, earning the first two runs of the ballgame in the bottom of the first. Josh Pearson sent Tommy White home and Jared Jones to second base off of an RBI single. Ethan Frey continued the success with an RBI single of his own, sending Jones across the plate. 2-0, Tigers. The second and third innings were quiet, but the Gators drew blood in the top of the fourth. Evans led off with the Gators’ lone run of the night, a solo shot to right field. Florida trailed by one, 2-1. LSU protected their lead the rest of the way, not allowing another Gator run. They extended the lead to four in the bottom of the sixth. After a lead off double from Hayden Travinski, a Pearson HBP, and Frey single, LSU had the bases loaded with no outs, causing a Florida pitching change. The Tigers drew a walk, scoring one run and keeping the bases loaded. Paxton Kling stepped to the plate and hit as close to a grand slam without it being a grand slam as can be. Kling’s ball was hit hard enough, but at the last moment, the wind caught the baseball, forcing it to drop to the Florida defender. Nonetheless, a deep SAC fly was recorded as Pearson came in from third. After a Milam ground out, Bingham singled past third base and Frey scored, putting the Tigers up 5-1. Tommy White grounded out to end the inning, stranding one on base. LSU managed to score one more run in the bottom of the eighth inning off a Bingham double. Braswell came across home for the score. LSU got a much better start against Florida than they had to open up SEC play, but they will have to carry that momentum over to the weekend in order to win this ranked-series. LSU hosts the Gators again Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. Geaux Tigers! Photos Below By: Michael Bacigalupi Photos Below By: Jonathan Mailhes Photos Below By: Paige Luper 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. A huge Thank You to Cardio Health Solutions owned by Ron Sancho for sponsoring and believing in our publication!
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