It started off as a really good game. Landon Marceaux wasn’t necessarily matching Kumar Rocker, but he was pitching well and keeping LSU to within a run of Vanderbilt.
And then the fifth inning happened and the game got ugly.
Vanderbilt scored four runs in the inning on four hits and didn’t look back, blowing out LSU 13-1 in game one of a must-win for the Tigers.
With the loss, the Tigers are now 1-6 in SEC play, their worst conference start since 1969.
“It ended up being not a pretty sight,” Mainieri said. “It wasn’t one of our most proud moments, that’s for sure.