In what was shaping up to be maybe the ugliest loss of the Jay Johnson era, LSU (5-1) put up a late fight but still lost to Omaha 5-4 to even the series.
The most dramatic thing about Saturday afternoon’s game was whether or not LSU would also get no-hit, and they came pretty damn close to pulling off the feat. It took an Ashton Larson single with two outs in the eighth inning to finally break up the bid.
Jay Johnson is known to tinker with his lineups in the early portion of the season, and Saturday’s morning game’s had the most noticeable changes: Daniel Dickinson batted leadoff, while Derek Curiel moved over to centerfield and replaced Chris Stanfield; Ashton Larson slid over to left, while Jake Brown rounded out the outfield in right.