BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Junior right-handed Landon Marceaux fired six goalless entries on Saturday to lead LSU, eighth, to a 12-0 victory over Oral Roberts at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
Marceaux received a lot of race support from the LSU team, which burst into a fifth inning of seven races and had 15 hits on the day.
LSU, who lost game 1 of the series to ORU on Friday, improved to 9-2 with Saturday’s victory, while the Golden Eagles dropped to 3-7.
LSU will face Oral Roberts in Game 3 of the series on Sunday at 2 pm CT at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The game will be available to watch on SEC Network +, and can be heard on LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates, including 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge.
“I am very proud of our guys today,” said the LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “We were knocked down on our back yesterday, we came back today and we got a big win. If we manage to win this series this weekend after yesterday’s defeat, it will be something to be proud of. Hopefully, we will leave tomorrow and do the job.
Marceaux (2-0) had a brilliant start, spreading six singles across six shutout frames, while recording no walks and seven strikeouts. Marceaux has not allowed a deserved race in 17 entries this season.
“The effort to Landon Marceaux today was excellent and shows once again that shooting is everything, “said Mainieri.” He’s been shaking – he’s been shaking in autumn practice, and he’s been shaking last year when the season was interrupted. He’s been great in his first three games; he throws blows, he mixes his shots, he has developed a great slider, and I think he’s one of the best pitchers in the SEC. “
ORU’s initial pitcher, Isaac Coffey (1-1), was charged with the loss, yielding eight runs – five wins – in eight hits in 4.1 entries with two walks and five eliminations.
LSU grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second round when the second baseman Zach Arnold doubled and scored in a single RBI by the third baseman Jordan Thompson.
The score remained 1-0 until the fifth, when the Tigers exploded for seven races to take the lead 8-0. The explosion was highlighted by the midfielder Brody Drost’s RBI single, a two-race single by designated hitter Cade Beloso, a RBI single from leftfielder Gavin Dugas and shortstop By Drew Bianco single of two executions.
LSU added three races on Friday in a duo of two Dugas races and an RBI single from Arnold. Left player Mitchell Sanford’s Single RBI in the eighth entry was responsible for the final margin.
Freshman pitchers from LSU Ty Floyd and Javen Coleman combined to defeat the Golden Eagles in the last three entries, not allowing hitting with one hike and six eliminations.