LSU holds off Milwaukee to stay unbeaten

Published 10:34 pm Saturday, February 14, 2026

By Scooter Hobbs

American Press

LSU looked to have broken open a close game with three runs in the eighth inning against Milwaukee Saturday.

But the Tigers still had to squirming to do before holding on for a 5-3 victory over the Panthers in the second game of the season opening series for the defending national champions.

Steven Milam doubled home Jake Brown and Derek Curiel and Cade Arrambide added an RBI double for a 5-1 LSU lead in the eigth inning.

“Steven was just being Steven,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said. “Mr. Clutch. Time and time again, we never have a doubt he’s going to do what he needs to do in these moments. And he delivered big time.”

But Milwaukee eventually outhit the Tigers 9-8 and made it interesting in the ninth with a pair of runs on four hits in the final inning and had the tying run on before Grant Fontenot got the final out.

The story, however, was starting pitcher Cooper Moore (1-0), a transfer from Kansas who had a career-high 11 strike outs in his LSU debut.

He and five other LSU pitchers combined for 17 strike outs for the second time in as many games.

“He has a lot of ways to get you out,” Walker said of Moore, who allowed four hits in six innings, including a solo home run in the fourth for the only run he allowed.

“He was our best-performing pitcher in the fall, so it was not a surprise to us that he had this type of outing today. Cooper has great self-belief, and I think those guys are special. He pitches like he needs to win, and we certainly needed that today.”

LSU’s other two runs came in the third inning on a sacrifice flu by Curiel, followed by an RBI single by Brown.

The two teams will finish the weekend series Sunday at 1 p.m., with sophomore William Schmidt pitching for LSU.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Many areas across Minnesota saw record warmth this Valentine’s Day. 

Record-breaking warmth 

The numbers in orange are where a temperature record was broken Saturday.  (FOX 9)

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What we know:

Temperatures rose across the state, making for a nice Valentine’s Day. 

The high temperature in the Twin Cities Saturday was 54 degrees, beating the record of 50 degrees set in 1882. 

Warmth set to continue

What’s next:

Temperatures are expected to stay about the same on Sunday, with low 50s expected in the Twin Cities and 60s in southern Minnesota. 

The warmth is expected to continue through Tuesday as temperatures gradually drop into next weekend. 

Some fog is possible Sunday in areas where the snow pack is melting. 

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Each and every week, “Great Day TV” shares information, entertainment, and news you can use.

During this week’s segment, host Patty Spitler is joined by News 8’s Stacy Schooler and Dr. Lisa Harris from Eskenazi health, to honor and remember the philanthropists behind a $40 million gift to Eskenazi Health, Lois and Sidney Eskenazi.

They are being honored for their contributions to public health care following their recent passings. Sidney was 95 years old at the time of his death and Lois was 92.

The donation marked the largest gift ever given to a public health facility at the time it was made. Dr. Harris says the couple’s generosity was fueled by Sidney’s childhood experiences as a resident of the south side of Indianapolis, where the hospital served as his family’s primary source of medical care.

Harris recalled the first time she and Ernie Vargo, president and chief executive officer of the Eskenazi Health Foundation, met with the couple and their daughter, Sandy. Harris described a four-hour conversation dominated by Sid’s stories of hard work, humility and compassion while Lois interjected with warmth and wit.

“The love that they shared was palpable,” Harris said. “Everything we would get to know about them was there in that first conversation.”

Lois was described as a woman who valued individual dignity and made everyone feel important. Harris said the couple lived below their means and Lois had no interest in expensive items.

“As Sid began to do well, he wanted to buy Lois nice things and she had no interest in that,” Harris said. “She wanted to keep it simple.”

When the gift was first announced, the family met with hundreds of hospital staff members who wanted to express their gratitude. Harris remembered Lois wearing a white jacket that day that became covered with makeup from the many employees who hugged her. Harris noted that the family treated the hospital staff as part of their own family.

Dr. Harris said the hospital will maintain the standards set by the couple.

“The way we honor their legacy is that we continue to work hard and we continue to care,” Harris said. “We continue to work hard and care and that is what they would want.”