LSU baseball earned another tight victory in Southeastern Conference play on Friday, taking down Mississippi State 2-1 at Alex Box Stadium.
After the start of the game was delayed by two hours and 36 minutes, the Tigers got five innings from junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson and four innings from freshman right-hander Casan Evans.
Eyanson gave up one unearned run and struck out 12 batters while Evans struck out six.
LSU’s starting pitcher Chase Shores throws in the third inning Sunday against Missouri in LSU’s Alex Box Stadium.
Saturday's game was scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., but was pushed back to 9:30 p.m. due to the inclement weather in Baton Rouge.
Here's what you need to know about Game 3 of the series.
LSU baseball vs. Mississippi State: How to watch, first pitch time
WHO: LSU (25-3, 6-2 SEC) vs. Mississippi State (16-11, 1-7 SEC)
WHEN: 9:30 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Alex Box Stadium
ONLINE/TV: SEC Network+
RADIO: WDGL-FM, 98.1 (Baton Rouge); WWL-AM, 870 (New Orleans); KLWB-FM, 103.7 (Lafayette)
RANKINGS: LSU is No. 8 by D1Baseball; Mississippi State is not ranked
PROBABLE STARTERS: LSU — RHP Chase Shores (4-1, 4.88 ERA); Mississippi State — RHP Karson Ligon (2-3, 4.76 ERA)
PREGAME UPDATES: theadvocate.com/lsu
ON X (FORMERLY TWITTER): @KokiRiley
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Shores was tagged for seven hits and five earned runs in his last start against Texas on Sunday. Ligon allowed five earned runs in five innings last week at Oklahoma.
