LSU baseball live score updates vs Auburn: Can Tigers win back-to-back SEC series?
BATON ROUGE – LSU baseball has won its second straight SEC series after taking the first two games of the three-game set against Auburn at Alex Box Stadium this weekend.
The Tigers (28-16, 7-13 SEC), clinched the series win with a walkoff win in the ninth of Game 2 Saturday night. With bases loaded and two outs, Josh Pearson sent a shot to straightaway center over the of the centerfielder, allowing Alex Milazzo to score from third.
For the team's postseason aspirations, it has no choice as LSU (26-16, 5-13 SEC) is not currently projected to make the NCAA Tournament field with one month remaining before Selection Monday. And LSU is currently tied for No. 12 in the SEC standings, which would get them in at the 12-seed on a tiebreak over Missouri.
LSU fresh off winning their first SEC series of the season at Missouri, after dropping the first five.
The Tigers followed that up by beating a good Nicholls team, 9-0, Tuesday night, a game Jay Johnson reveled in seeing the bullpen pitch five shutout innings while the offense supplied plenty of power with star Tommy White cranking two home runs.
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Auburn (20-22, 2-18 SEC) has struggled to get anything going all season long and are now the only SEC baseball team that hasn't won a conference series this season with a record at an abysmal 2-16. Its woes get worse in SEC play on the road as Auburn hasn't won a road game in the league, right now sitting at 0-9.
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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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