BATON ROUGE -- A night of weird baseball, struggling aces and offenses squandering scoring opportunities unfolded Friday at Alex Box Stadium, where LSU defeated Arkansas 5-4.
Razorbacks starter Dominic Taccolini and counterpart Alex Lange worked through trouble to keep the game close, and a strange triple play prevented Arkansas from seizing command in the fifth inning.
LSU (29-16, 12-10 SEC) grabbed control with a three-run sixth inning when Taccolini and reliever Barrett Loseke struggled, which was enough cushion for Lange and the Tigers' bullpen to secure the team's first series-opening victory in four weeks.
Arkansas' swoon reached four games in a row and 12 losses in the past 15 conference games.