 Da Boot Sports 3/29/2026 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - Trailing 7-0 early, LSU went to work and stormed back to beat the Wildcats, 17-10, winning their first SEC series of the season on Sunday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field. Gavin Guidry got the start for the Tigers and only lasted 1.1 innings as Kentucky roughed him up immediately. LSU used eight pitches in the contest with Deven Sheerin (3-0) getting the win and Grant Fontenot earning his second save of the season. Kentucky started strong, plating three in the first, three in the second and one in the third to take a 7-0 advantage. Guidry gave up six runs on three hits. He walked four and struck out two. LSU woke up in the bottom of the third. After Brayden Simpson went down on strikes, Chris Stanfield walked. Jake Brown singled to center field. Omar Serna then walked to load the bases. Derek Curiel reached on a fielder's choice as Serna was thrown out at second base. Zach Yorke was issued a base on ball to load the bases once more. John Pearson stepped to the plate and launched a grand slam over the left field wall. Steven Milam kept the charge going as he doubled down the right field line. Seth Dardar singled to right field to score Milam. Mason Braun walked to put two runners on with two outs. Stanfield popped out to end the inning, standing two on base. We headed to the fourth inning with Kentucky leading, 7-6. The Wildcats had a productive inning in the top of the fifth, plating three runs to increase their lead to 10-6. In the bottom of the fifth, Dardar hit a one out double to right center. Braun then singled, advancing Dardar to third. Stanfield singled to right field to bring Dardar home. The fifth inning ended with Kentucky on top, 10-7. In the bottom of the sixth, Derek Curiel hit a one out, solo home run to left field. Yorke and Milam were issued back to back base on balls. Seth Dardar stepped to the plate and smashed a monster home run to right field to give LSU an 11-10 lead. Their first lead of the day. Chris Stanfield led off the bottom of the seventh with a double to left field. Brown followed with a single to right, putting runners on the corners with no outs. Serna was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A wild pitch allowed Stanfield to cross the plate. Curiel singled to left field, bringing Brown home. Runners on the corners with still no outs. Back to back outs by Yorke and Pearson, would bring Milam to the plate with two outs. Milam walked, but Dardar flied out to end the inning. LSU now led, 13-10 as we moved to the eighth inning. LSU kept the bats going in the bottom of the eighth. Braun led off with a walk. Stanfield singled Brown reached on a fielder's choice. Stanfield out at second. Serna reached on a fielder's choice to bring home another run. Curiel singled to load the bases again with one out. A wild pitch allowed Brown to score. Serna and Curiel were both able to score on another wild pitch, plus a throwing error by the Kentucky catcher. 17-10 as we moved to the top of the ninth. Grant Fontenot got the final three outs for the 17-10 victory. With the win, LSU improves to 19-10 overall and 4-5 in SEC play. Next up, the Tigers will host Southern on Tuesday, March 31 at 6:30pm. **Please be sure to go to our Da Boot Sports YouTube Channel every Monday night at 8pm CST for our live podcast, 'Talking Tigers with Da Boot Sports!'... We will be talking LSU Men's & Women's Basketball and LSU Baseball.. Make sure you tune in for a great show! Thank You for your support! GEAUX TIGERS!!! **Then, Don't forget to watch our new LSU baseball podcast, 'CHASING OMAHA with SZN' every Wednesday night at 8:00pm 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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