Sixth-Inning LSU Rally Hands Tigers Saturday Night Clinching Win
BATON ROUGE, La. – With two runs on a pair of hits in the bottom of the sixth inning in a tied game, the No. 4 LSU Tigers scored the go-ahead and eventual game-winning runs to beat No. 23 Kentucky 6-4 Saturday night to lock up the series at Tiger Park in Baton Rouge.
LSU scored three runs in the bottom of the second on a three-run home run to take a three-run lead and added a fourth in the bottom of the fifth. Kentucky came all the way back to tie the game at 4-4 in the top of the sixth inning as junior Maddy Clark hammered a two-RBI single into right field that scored Peyton Plotts and Allie Blum to square the proceedings. The Tigers then hammered a double and a HR off of Alexia Lacatena in relief of Sarah Haendiges in the sixth to go ahead and eventually take the game.
Game three of the series will be Sunday at 2 p.m. ET on the SEC Network+. LSU improves to 26-1 with the win Saturday night and is now 2-0 in the SEC. Kentucky falls to 17-9, 3-2 SEC.
Key Play
The key play in the game for Kentucky was Madyson Clark’s two-RBI single into left field to score a pair of runs and tie the game in the top of the sixth.
Key Player
The key player for UK was Ally Hutchins, who went 2-for-3 in the game with a home run and a single from the lead-off position, as one of two UK players with two hits in the game.
Super Stat
- Kentucky had four different players score a run in the game.
Run Recap
LSU got a three-run home run from catcher Maci Bergeron in the bottom of the second inning to give the Tigers an early lead. LSU 3, UK 0
Cassie Reasner hit a solo home run in the top of the third inning on the first pitch of the game to pull a run back for the Wildcats. LSU 3, UK 1
Ally Hutchins hammered her fourth longball of the season to left center in the top of the fifth inning as Kentucky pulled to within a run. LSU 3, UK 2
In the bottom of the fifth, LSU scored on an RBI fielder’s choice. LSU 4, UK 2
After Peyton Plotts led off the inning with a walk and Ally Blum reached on an error, Maddy Clark hit an RBI single into right to score a pair of runs and tie the game with two outs. UK 4, LSU 4
After a one-out double, Tori Edwards hammered a two-run go-ahead home run to center field to score a pair and cross the winning runs for LSU. FINAL – LSU 6, Kentucky 4
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