BATON ROUGE, La. – Second baseman Cade Doughty’s RBI single within the backside of the ten^th inning Friday evening lifted LSU to a 4-3 win over Missouri at Alex Field Stadium, Skip Bertman Area.

LSU improved to 26-12 general, 9-8 within the SEC, whereas Missouri dropped to 22-14 general and 5-12 in convention play.

The groups conclude the collection at 12 p.m. CT Saturday in a sport that might be broadcast on associates of the LSU Sports activities Radio Community and streamed on SEC Community +.

With Friday’s sport tied 3-3 within the backside of the ten^th inning, pinch hitter Josh Stevenson led off with a double to left-center area, and he moved to 3rd base on centerfielder Dylan Crews’ groundout.

Missouri elected to deliberately stroll third baseman Jacob Berry, and Doughty adopted with a line drive into left-center area to attain Stevenson with the game-winning run.

“It was a fantastic at-bat to start out the inning by Josh,” mentioned LSU coach Jay Johnson. “I assumed he was a superb slot in that scenario to get us going, and he gave us an enormous at-bat. Dylan is a team-first man, and he did a fantastic job of transferring to Josh to 3rd with an unselfish at-bat. Dylan is a really mature participant, and that was mirrored in that at-bat.

“Cade is a superb participant who has provide you with clutch hits for us all season lengthy, and he delivered once more in high-pressure scenario.”

The win was LSU’s second walk-off victory of the season – the Tigers posted a walk-off win over Oklahoma on March 4 in Houston on a homer by shortstop Jordan Thompson.

Missouri reliever Austin Troesser (3-1), who entered the sport at first of the ten^th inning, was charged with the loss as he allowed one run on two hits in 0.1 inning.

LSU reliever Riley Cooper (3-2) earned the win, working the ultimate 1.1 innings and limiting Missouri to no runs on two hits with one strikeout.

Crews gave LSU a 1-0 benefit by main off the primary inning together with his 10^th homer of the season, however Missouri scored a pair of unearned runs within the third in opposition to Tigers’ beginning pitcher Blake Cash.

Designated hitter Brayden Jobert tied the competition within the fourth together with his 11^th homer of the 12 months, and the Tigers took the lead on a solo dinger by catcher Tyler McManus, his third of the season.

Missouri third baseman Luke Mann launched his 10^th homer of the season within the eighth to tie the sport at 3-3.

“Shut video games come all the way down to fundamentals and the character of your workforce,” Johnson mentioned. “We’ve made some extent this season to emphasise that we’re not solely going to be good in shut video games, we’re going to be comfy in enjoying them, and I assumed the poise of our gamers was excellent tonight.”