South Carolina Falls to LSU in Game One of the Doubleheader

BATON ROUGE – The University of South Carolina baseball team fell to LSU, 6-1, in the first game of a day-night doubleheader Saturday afternoon (May 2) at Alex Box Stadium.

Carolina got on the board first in the first as back-to-back doubles from Talmadge LeCroy and Ethan Lizama made it 1-0. LSU answered with a pair in the first on four hits. The Tigers scored three runs in the second, capped by a two-run single from Steven Milam.

LSU scored an unearned run in the fourth. Carolina got the first two hitters on base in the top of the eighth but a flyout and a pair of strikeouts ended the threat.

The Gamecocks had six hits on the day with Lizama drive in the Gamecock run. Amp Phillips took the loss, pitching six innings and allowing five earned runs on eight hits with four walks and three strikeouts. Parker Marlatt threw a pair of scoreless innings in relief, striking out three.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Will Craddock extended his reached base streak to 10 games with a single in the first.
• Marlatt lowered his ERA in SEC games to 3.27.
• Carolina played in Baton Rouge for the first time since the 2021 season.