 Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes Da Boot Sports 5/21/2022 By: David Penn NASHVILLE, TN - The Tigers' quest to host a regional in front of the LSU faithful at Alex Box Stadium received a huge jolt this weekend after breaking out the brooms to sweep the Vandy Boys in Nashville with a 21-10 victory on Sunday afternoon. LSU put up 42 runs on the Commodores over the course of the three game series, but nothing as emphatic as the 11 run outburst the Bayou Bengals had in the top of the eight inning on Saturday. Every Tiger in the batting order scored during the eight inning with the exception of Josh Stevenson, who laid a pair of sacrifice bunts that moved base runners and scored runs. Sam Dutton started on the bump for the Tigers and retired the first five batters he faced, but the Vandy Boys strung together five runs on five hits in the second inning chasing Dutton for Riley Cooper. Cooper would give up six hits but limited Vandy to just one run while striking out four batters in the three innings he worked. Blake Money came on in relief to earn the last out of the fourth inning but would exit in the sixth after surrendering three runs. Bryce Collins would get the call and go the distance for the Tigers, not allowing any more damage from the Vandy bats and was credited with the win. The Tigers had been scrappy all game long, but blew the game wide open in the eighth inning with an 11 run eruption that Vandy would be unable to recover from. Brayden Jobert crushed two homeruns in the contest, and was a single short of hitting the cycle as he collected nine RBIs. Dylan Crews was mostly held in check but added an exclamation point of his own with a home run in the ninth, his 21st of the season and likely the emphasis needed to collect SEC player of the week honors. Tyler McManus also collected a homerun for LSU in the contest. Crews, Tre’ Morgan, Collier Cranford, and Josh Pearson all scored three runs each for LSU. McManus, Jobert, and Jordan Thompson each scored twice. Morgan was 3-3 at the plate and Jobert was 4-6, highlighting a spectacular day at the plate for the JUCO transfer from Slidell. “We made some small adjustments this week with Brayden, he went to work with it, and it’s really gratifying to see the results,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “It’s allowed him to connect his bat to his strength, and he’s incredibly strong, so it’s been a great week for him.” The Tigers will now shift their focus to the SEC tournament where they will be the four seed and will play the winner of game four on Wednesday evening, a tilt between Auburn and Kentucky. The Tigers are hoping to remain hot in order to become a national seed and host a regional at Alex Box Stadium. With the sweep, the Tigers finish the regular season 37-18 overall, 17-13 in SEC play.
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