LSU baseball live score updates at Alabama: Can momentum carry Tigers to wins at Bama?
To give you a glimpse into the importance of this weekend's SEC series in Tuscaloosa between LSU baseball and Alabama, one team is projected as of today as a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament while the other is listed to just miss making the field of 64.
LSU (32-18, 9-15 SEC), the team that's currently projected to be on the outside looking in, needs to continue to collect wins against quality opponents in a bad way. And this weekend at Sewell-Thomas Stadium is a major, and pivotal, chance to bolster the resume against the No. 25 Crimson Tide (30-18, 10-14 SEC).
The series starts Friday (6 p.m. CT, SEC Network+), continues Saturday (4 p.m. CT, SEC Network+) and wraps up Sunday (1 p.m., SEC Network+).
Led by starting pitchers Gage Jump and Luke Holman, along with reliever Griffin Herring, LSU has won its last three SEC series after dropping the first five of conference play. The Tigers took the first two games against No. 1 Texas A&M at home last weekend, two wins that have launched LSU back up many outlets' NCAA Tournament projections from nowhere near making the tourney to now among the "First Four Out" distinction.
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Alabama has a very capable lineup, which is statistically one of the more efficient in the conference hitting .308 as a team. But where the Tide have been vulnerable this season has been on the mound as their staff sports a 5.58 team ERA.
LSU baseball visits Alabama for a crucial SEC series starting Friday night at 6 p.m. on SEC Network+
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Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.
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