LSU baseball swept by Mississippi State | Takeaways from LSU's 3rd SEC sweep

LSU baseball swept by Mississippi State | Takeaways from LSU's 3rd SEC sweep

Last June feels much farther away than 10 months ago for LSU baseball.

Jay Johnson and his team hoisted the College World Series national championship last summer. Less than a year later, the Tigers have reached a historic low for the program.

LSU (24-21, 6,-15 SEC) suffered its third straight SEC sweep at Mississippi State this weekend. The nine-straight conference losses is a program record.

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Here are three takeaways from LSU's series loss to the Bulldogs.

LSU baseball NCAA Tournament hopes dashed

LSU's postseason hopes have been hanging by a thread for a while now. And without any wins in SEC play for the last three weeks, the Tigers have slowly watched not only wins turns heartbreaking losses but also their chances of making the NCAA Tournament melt to almost 0%.

After dropping all three games at Mississippi State and the remaining conference games left on LSU's schedule including series against No. 5 Georgia and No. 22 Florida, the feeling is that the Tigers are going to have to find a way to win the SEC Tournament in Hoover next month to have any shot at getting into a NCAA regional.

LSU struggled to maintain leads

In all three games against the Bulldogs this weekend, the Tigers led by at least three runs. For the first time all season, LSU was able to get off the fast starts in each game, scoring in the first inning in three straight games.

But also for the first time in a couple of weeks, LSU's bullpen couldn't maintain the advantage the offense had built. The relievers gave up 24 runs across 17 innings against Mississippi State. LSU allowed 14 runs in the seventh inning or later.