Instant Analysis: LSU crowned the champions of the Astros Foundation Classic with Sunday win over Texas State

LSU took on Texas State in a battle of two teams who came into the game undefeated at the Astros Foundation Classic. Texas State knocked off Houston and Texas while LSU knocked off Texas and Louisiana-Lafayette. Both teams entered the game looking to leave as one of the only two teams to go 3-0 on the weekend.

Thatcher Hurd got the start on the mound for the Tigers and he had a quality start. He went five innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on seven hits, five strikeouts, and one walk. Hurd was the first LSU starter to give up an earned run during the Classic.

Josh Pearson got the Tigers on the board first with a solo shot in the bottom of the third inning to give LSU a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Tigers tacked on five runs as Jake Brown hit an RBI double, Paxton Kling had a two-RBI single, Tommy White had an RBI single, and Hayden Travinski got an RBI on a fielder’s choice to make the score 6-0 LSU.

In the top of the fifth inning, Hurd looked like he would escape the inning unscathed until a ball caromed off of Michael Braswell’s glove into left field resulting in a run. After that, a throwing error by Braswell resulted in two more runs scoring for the Bobcats to cut the lead to 6-3.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU got two of those three runs back. Travinski hit an RBI double and Stephen Milam hit an RBI double to extend the LSU lead to 8-3.

Javen Coleman entered to pitch for LSU in the top of the seventh after Christian Little got the Tigers through the sixth unscathed. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Milam hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 9-3. Ashton Larson then entered to pinch hit for LSU and he hit an RBI single to make it 10-3 Tigers.

With the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning, DJ Primeaux came into the game to try to get the last out of the evening. DJ was met with a two-RBI single to cut the lead to 10-5 and Gavin Guidry would get the call out of the bullpen.

With the win, LSU moves to 11-1 on the season. LSU was crowned the champions of the Astros Foundation College Classic tournament after going undefeated and putting up a better run differential than Vanderbilt, who also finished the tourney 3-0. The Tigers will be back in action on Wednesday against Southeastern Louisiana.

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