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Story Archives: LSU baseball extends winning streak to eight, sweeps DH at Kentucky


LSU baseball extends winning streak to eight, sweeps DH at Kentucky
posted Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 @ 11:55 pmE-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The LSU baseball team put together three consecutive two-out hits in the top of the 10th inning to fight past No. 18 Kentucky, 3-1, in Cliff Hagan Stadium in the first game of a doubleheader. Later, the Tigers opened a 7-0 lead and held off Kentucky to earn the sweep, 12-5.

After extending its winning streak to eight-straight, LSU improved to 31-16-1 overall including 11-11-1 in Southeastern Conference play -- moving into seventh overall in the SEC, and in position to qualify for the conference tournament with seven games to play.

Kentucky fell to 34-13 overall and 11-12 in SEC play.

Game 1: LSU def. Kentucky, 3-1 (10 inn.)

Playing the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon, the LSU baseball team put together three consecutive two-out hits in the top of the 10th inning to fight past No. 18 Kentucky, 3-1, in Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Jared Bradford (8-4) earned the win after pitching perfect innings in the ninth and 10th, tossing only 17 pitches.

However, it was starter Ryan Verdugo who put the Tigers in position to win by throwing eight innings of three-hit ball. Kentucky only scored an unearned run off Verdugo. He struckout seven with three walks.

After consecutive strikeouts by 6-foot-8 Kentucky reliever Scott Green to start the 10th inning, LSU's Chris McGhee singled through the left side and scored the go-ahead run on Michael Hollander's double. Hollander then came around to score on another single by Derek Helenihi to give the Tigers a 3-1 advantage.

Kentucky went down in order against Bradford in the bottom of the 10th.

Game 2: LSU def. Kentucky, 12-5

LSU opened a 7-0 lead in the first three frames with the help of four unearned runs to defeat Kentucky in game 2 of the Saturday doubleheader at Cliff Hagan Stadium in Lexington, Ky., 12-5.

Though the Wildcats cut the margin to 7-3 in the bottom of the third against LSU starter Blake Martin, LSU responded with two runs in the fourth, one in the fifth and two in the seventh to keep the pressure on the Wildcats' bullpen.

Martin (3-3) earned the win for LSU with five solid innings, while Bradford entered in relief to shut down Kentucky over the final four innings. Bradford, who earned the win in with two perfect innings in the first game of the twin-bill, gave up only two hits, hit a batter and struck out four.

Kentucky used six pitchers with the starter James Paxton (3-3) taking the loss despite throwing only six pitches – all balls – to open the game.

Offensively, Derek Helenihi, Blake Dean, Sean Ochinko and Jared Mitchell each collected two hits in the 13-hit attack for LSU. Ochinko hit a home run, while Helenihi added a triple. Game-one hero Michael Hollander scored three times and had a double in a 1-for-4 performance.

(Report courtesy of lsusports.net.)
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