 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 3/2/2026 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - LSU faced Northeastern one more time and 10,292 LSU fans watched in disbelief as the Huskies upset the #2 ranked Fighting Tigers, 13-10 on Monday night at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertmen Field. Pitcher Cooper Williams (0-1) got the start for the Tigers and had a nightmarish outing. Williams gave up four runs on three hits. He walked one and struck out one before being pulled early in the second inning. Cooper was charged with the loss. LSU ended up using eight pitchers on the night, with shaky results. It was just a crazy, off night for the Bayou Bengals who have struggled over the last five games The Huskies got to Cooper Williams in the second inning. Two singles and a throwing error on Williams allowed a run to cross the plate for Northeastern. Williams continued to struggle badly in the inning as the Huskies loaded the bases with still no outs. Jay Johnson had seen enough, pulling Williams for Zac Cowan. An error by John Pearson at first allowed another run to score, keeping the bases loaded. Harrison Feinberg singled to left field to plate two more runs. Cowan finally stopped the bleeding. We headed to the bottom of the frame with LSU trailing, 4-0. Northeastern's Matt Brinker led off the top of the third with a double. He was able to advance to third on a wild pitch. AJ Aschettino then single to center field, bringing the run home. Another singled followed putting runners on first and third with two outs. Chris Walsh stepped to the plate and homered to left field. That ended Cowan's night. He was replaced by Reagan Ricken. Ricken walked the first batter he faced. A wild pitch moved the runner to second. Feinberg singled to bring the runner home. Ryan Gerety doubled to the right field corner to plat another run. Tigers finally ended the outburst by the Huskies. This was like being in the Twilight Zone. We moved to the bottom of the third with Northeastern on top, 10-0. The Huskies batted around twice in the inning. Seth Dardar reached safely on a fielding error to lead off the bottom of the third for LSU's first base runner of the night. But Cade Arrambide grounded into a double play. Trent Caraway singled to left field with two outs. Jake Brown flied out to left field to end the inning. Best way to describe the Tigers play is UGLY. As ugly as my ex-wife. We moved to the fourth with Northeastern still up, 10-0. Derek Curiel led off the fourth with a single to center field. Pearson was issued a base on balls. Zach Yorke then walked to load the bases with no outs. Steven Milam grounded out to plate a run and setting up runners on second and third with one out. Brayden Simpson went down on strikes. Dardar grounded out to strand the runners. We headed to the fifth with LSU trailing, 10-1. Pitcher Zion Theophilus entered the contest for the Tigers in the fifth and took the Huskies down in order quickly. The Huskies continued their assault on LSU pitching in the top of the sixth. Two doubles led to another run. We advanced to the bottom of the sixth with Northeastern leading, 11-1. Curiel led off the sixth reaching safely on an error, which sent him to second. Pearson flied out to advance Curiel to third. Yorke walked to put runners on the corners with one out. Milam singled to center field, scoring Curiel and moving Yorke to second. Runners on first and second with one out. The one run was all the Tigers could muster. We headed to the seventh inning with the Huskies leading, 11-2. Sloppy LSU play continued in the top of the seventh, a fielding error, a walk, a passed ball, and a base hit led to two more runs for the Huskies. 13-2, Northeastern as we moved to the bottom of the frame. Trying to avoid a run-rule loss at home, the Tigers loaded the bases with no outs and were able to plate three runs to extend the contest. As the seventh inning came to an end, the Huskies now led, 13-5. The Tigers cut into the lead in the eighth. William Patrick was issued a lead off walk. After Daniel Harden flied out to right field, Edward Yamin IV hit the first home run of his LSU career. A beautiful shot over the left field wall. We headed to the ninth with LSU trailing, 13-7. LSU was able to plate three runs in the ninth, but unfortunately, there would be no dramatic comeback on this night for the Bayou Bengals. The loss drops LSU to 11-2 on the season. Next up the Tigers will travel down the road to Lafayette to play UL-Lafayette on Wednesday, March 4 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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