CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Steven Milam accident two solo house runs, together with a game-deciding shot to right-center within the base of the 9th, and the protecting champion LSU Tigers overcame a two-run shortage to overcome Wofford 4-3 of their NCAA Category I baseball match opening competition on Friday.
LSU’s Michael Braswell and Jared Jones additionally accident solo house runs, each coming within the 8th inning to attach the sport, and reliever Griffin Herring picked up the win through placing out the facet within the manage of the 9th.
Either one of Milam’s house runs have been lead-off hits, along with his first coming within the 7th to short Wofford’s manage to 2-1. His game-deciding accident got here on a 3-2 rely in his 2d snatch house run in lower than a time.
Within the SEC semifinal closing weekend, the Tigers overcame an 8-0 shortage to overcome South Carolina 12-11 on Milam’s two-run homer within the tenth.
The Tigers (41-21), making their twelfth immediately match look, are seeded 2d within the Chapel Hill Regional, and entered the match later shedding the SEC championship competition to Tennessee on Sunday.
Jack Renwick accident a solo house run within the 8th for Wofford (41-19), which is making simply its 2d match look later qualifying in 2007. The Terriers jumped to a 2-0 manage in the second one inning with Tyler Hare riding in a run on a sacrifice and Andrew Manelly’s RBI unmarried to valid, each coming with two outs.
Alec Bouchard took the loss, permitting 3 runs later getting into the sport to start out the 8th inning.
LSU will play games the winner and Wofford the loser of the regional’s after competition between North Carolina and Lengthy Island.
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