White and Morgan every hit 2 HRs, Skenes has 9 Ks; LSU beats Kentucky in Game 1 of tremendous regional
BATON ROUGE, La. — Tommy White and Tre’ Morgan every hit two of LSU’s six dwelling runs, Paul Skenes allowed simply 4 hits and a stroll over 7 2/3 scoreless innings and the Tigers beat Kentucky 14-0 Saturday night time on the Baton Rouge Super Regional.
LSU can clinch a berth within the College World Series with a win Sunday in Game 2 of the best-of-3 tremendous regional. Game 1, which was initially scheduled for two p.m. native time, was delayed greater than 7 hours on account of inclement climate.
Morgan, went 4 for 4, and White (3 for five) every had three RBIs and scored 3 times. Gavin Dugas hit a house run within the fourth inning and Josh Pearson hit a lead-off homer to spark a six-run backside of the fifth that gave LSU a 12-0 lead.
Skenes (12-2), one of many high prospects within the 2023 class, struck out 9 Kentucky batters – simply the fourth time in 16 begins this season that the junior, who transferred to LSU after two seasons at Air Force, was restricted to single-digit strikeouts.
Morgan hit a solo dwelling run within the backside of the primary and added one other instantly after White hit a two-run shot within the second to offer LSU (47-15) a 4-0 lead.
Nolan McCarthy led off the sixth inning with a double – the final of simply two instances Kentucky (40-20) had a runner in scoring place – and superior to 3rd on a groundout earlier than Skenes had back-to-back strikeouts to protect the shutout.
Reuben Church hit a two-out single within the high of the fifth and moved to second on a wild pitch by Skenes, who struck out Ryan Waldschmidt to finish the menace.
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