LSU baseball swept by Texas A&M at home | Takeaways from a rough series

TL;DR

LSU baseball was swept by Texas A&M at home, losing 5-2 in the final game. The team's postseason hopes are dwindling with a record of 23-18 and 6-12 in the SEC.

Key points

LSU baseball swept by Texas A&M at home
Final score was 5-2 in the last game
LSU's record is now 23-18, 6-12 SEC
Team has lost two straight series
Postseason hopes are dwindling

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LSU baseball swept by Texas A&M at home | Takeaways from a rough series

BATON ROUGE — When was the last time LSU baseball still had almost a month of regular season left in front of it and the situation feels this dire?

The truth is after No. 7 Texas A&M closed out the sweep over the Tigers with the 5-2 win Sunday at Alex Box Stadium, the postseason light is as dim as it's been this early in the season in a long time. LSU (23-18, 6-12 SEC) is not completely eliminated from NCAA regional contention but most of how it's played the last two-plus weeks has to take a complete 180-degree turn.

LSU has suffered two straight sweeps in the SEC, last weekend at Ole Miss and now against the Aggies, the first time that's happened since 2021 for the program. The Tigers are also 15-18 in their last 33 games, all signs of a team that's hanging on by a thread.

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Here are three takeaways from LSU's series loss to Texas A&M this weekend.

LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson admits roster mistakes

LSU coach Jay Johnson admitted after the team's series-opening loss Friday that the team "has not been connected" to the program's win awareness.

Johnson said that the team's defensive issues are likely unfixable at this point in the season, its two-out hitting struggles, which LSU went 7-for-33 against the Aggies this weekend, is "deep-rooted" and that the seeds have sprouted from an ill-advised approach to the team's roster construction.

"I made some mistakes in constructing the team and trying to replace two guys that were irreplaceable where we should have looked for replacing them through the guys that were already in the program," Johnson said, "and then replace the guys that were athletic and could play defense and be more complete players.