 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 2/24/2026 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU returned home to Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field on Tuesday night and dropped their first game of the season to McNeese, 7-6. LSU pitching struggled all night long and the Tigers were cold at the plate. Marcos Paz (0-1) got the start on the bump for the Tigers and only went 1.2 innings before running into trouble and being replaced by Cooper Williams. Paz gave up four runs on one hit. Walked two and struck out two. Paz was charged with the loss. No one who took the mound for the Tigers could pitch with any kind of consistency. Jay Johnson used ten total pitchers and no one could step up and get the job done. The Tigers also had a tough night at the plate. LSU pitchers walked six and hit five batters to help out the Cowboys. It was just a bad night for the Bayou Bengals at the Box. Derek Curiel started the bottom of the first with a single to left field. Jake Brown grounded out, advancing Curiel to second. After Milam popped out, Zach Yorke stepped to the plate and launched a blazing line drive home run to right field. We headed to the second inning with LSU on top, 2-0. McNeese stepped up in the top of the second, scoring a run, then loading the bases to get Puz replaced by Cooper Williams. The Cowboys plated three more runs before Williams could get the Bayou Bengals back into the dugout. 4-2, McNeese as we headed to the bottom of the second. LSU continued to struggle in top of the fourth, Dax Dathe had a very short appearance, being replaced by Mavrick Rizy. McNeese loaded the bases with one out and was able to plate two more runs, before Danny Lachenmayer came in to get the final out and stop the bleeding. 7-2, McNeese as we move to the bottom of the inning. In the bottom of the fifth, Trent Caraway got things started with a one out walk. Curiel then walked. Brown singled to left field, scoring Caraway and moving Curiel to third. Curiel was able to come home on a pass ball. Brown moved up to second. That would be all the Tigers could manage. McNeese now led 7-4 after five innings. Pearson singled up the middle to get things going in the bottom of the sixth. Reaves then walked. Mason Braun drew a base on balls to load the bases with one out. Curiel flied out to left field to score Pearson. The inning ended with McNeese leading, 7-5. John Pearson blasted a solo homer over the left field wall in the bottom of the eighth. 7-6, McNeese as we headed to the ninth. LSU got two on with one out, but could make the timely hit needed to complete the comeback. The Tigers are now, 8-1 on the season. Next up LSU will play a four game weekend with Dartmouth and Northeastern, playing each of them twice. They will open the weekend on Friday, Feb. 27 against Dartmouth at 6;30PM. **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.... *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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