BATON ROUGE, La. – Junior right-handed Landon Marceaux fired 10 best career kills on Saturday night to take No. 11 LSU to a 14-0 victory over Nicholls at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
On Saturday, the Tigers defeated Youngstown State, 5-3, in a two-run home run and dismantling by the second baseman. Cade Doughty.
LSU improved to 6-1 with the two wins, and the Tigers won five consecutive games. Youngstown State dropped to 1-6 and Nicholls dropped to 2-3 with Saturday’s defeats.
LSU returns to action at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, when the Tigers will again host Nicholls at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
“It was a long day today, but a good day,” said the LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “We had a very exciting win in the first game, and you are always concerned about disappointment after a game like this, but we came out as gangbusters in the second game. Landon Marceaux we set the tone and launched excellent all night, and hit some home runs that gave us an early lead against a pitcher who beat us last year.
“With the prevailing wind, there was more hitting environment here today, and we took advantage of that. I really like the way the middle of our order is shaping up now, (player on the right) Dylan Crews it’s an intimidating force at the top of the lineup and our hitters are swinging with a lot of confidence. “
Marceaux (1-0) worked six starts against the colonels, not allowing runs in two strikes without walks and 10 eliminations.
Nicholls starter Tyler Theriot (0-1) was accused of defeat by yielding six runs in six strokes with three strokes and three eliminations in 3.1 entries.
The exclusion was LSU’s first since the 2-0 win over southern Alabama on April 3, 2019.
LSU hit four homers in the game, including two on the junior shortstop Drew Bianco. Crews and third base Jordan Thompson also fired to control the Tigers’ 13-hit attack, and the midfielder Brody Drost collected three hits, including a double, an RBI and two scheduled runs.
DH Cade Beloso added a double and three RBI and picks up Alex Milazzo produced a double of two races.
LSU entered the bottom of the ninth inning of Saturday’s first game 3-3 with Youngstown. With an eliminated, Crews was hit by a shot and, after the first base Tre ‘Morgan flew out, Crews moved to third in a failed pick-off attempt by YSU reliever Gary Clift.
Doughty went on with a blast over the left field fence in a 2-2 count to give the Tigers victory. It was LSU’s first victory since the 4-3 victory over Auburn in the SEC tournament on May 23, 2019.
LSU won a game with a walk-off home run for the first time since February 16, 2019, against the Army when Cade Beloso hit a game winning dinger at the bottom of the ninth.
LSU Relief Alex Brady (1-0) was worth the victory, by canceling Youngstown’s state at the top of the ninth inning, registering two eliminations. Clift (0-1) absorbed the loss after allowing homer Doughty.