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Ole Miss Completes Sweep of LSU
TL;DR
Ole Miss completed a weekend sweep of LSU with an 8-7 victory at Swayze Field. LSU's offense struggled until a seventh-inning rally, but ultimately fell short.
Much like the LSU Baseball team, Iām showing up to Sunday a little later than you would have hoped.
The Tigers (22-15, 6-9) lost a game they really needed to have against Ole Miss (26-11, 8-7) to complete the humiliating weekend sweep 8-7 Sunday at Swayze Field. The Tigers very nearly pulled off a second consecutive improbable Sunday comeback, but they couldnāt quite get it done.
Quite literally all of LSUās offensive production came in the seventh inning. LSU didnāt get a base runner aboard until the fourth inning when Cade Arrambide drew a walk, and Brayden Simpson was hit by a pitch in the sixth. Then, inexplicably, LSU erupted for seven runs and eight hits all in the seventh inning.
The rally started when Derek Curiel, Arrambide, and Jake Brown launched three consecutive solo home runs to make it a 7-3 ball game. LSU would then tack on four more runs, all with two outs, to tie the game.
But because this LSU team isā¦well, this LSU team, the momentum was immediately given back in the home half of the inning. Hayden Federico led off the bottom of the seventh with a two-base error, and came around to score off a Brayden Randle single to left field.
Remember how I said literally all of LSUās offense came in the seventh? That proved to be a real big problem, and the Tigers went down in order in both the eighth and ninth innings. Walker Hooks came into close out the game for Ole Miss in the ninth and struck out the side to end the game.
āWe got dominated for the first six innings, you canāt lose sight of that,ā Jay Johnson said. āRabe is a good pitcher and we couldnāt do anything with him. We did come back from late deficit on Sunday, which weāve done before, but we didnāt make the plays we needed to win the game.ā
This LSU team is not very good, and they are certainly not good enough to only compete for the final three or four innings of a game. Whatās more, weāre officially halfway through SEC play, and LSU is in 14th place ahead of only South Carolina and Missouri. To quote Bill Parcells āyou are what your record says you areā and right now LSU is a bottom feeder team in the SEC, and Iām not so sure theyāll be playing any baseball beyond Hoover.
But thatās also what we said two seasons ago when LSU was in an even worse position. The 2024 Tigers were 3-12 at the halfway point, but they found their groove. They got hot in Hoover, made it to the SEC Tournament championship game, and was an out away from upsetting a national seeded North Carolina team in Chapel Hill. Can this 2026 team do something similar? Iāve got my doubts, as Iām sure most of you do, but thatās why they play the game.
LSUās next chance to get out of this hole theyāve dug for themselves will be Tuesday night against Northwestern, and the Tigers will stay at home this weekend for a massive series against Texas A&M.
Q&A
What was the final score of the Ole Miss vs. LSU baseball game?
The final score was Ole Miss 8, LSU 7.
How did LSU perform offensively against Ole Miss?
LSU's offense did not produce any runs until the seventh inning, where they scored all seven of their runs.
What was the significance of the sweep for Ole Miss against LSU?
The sweep improved Ole Miss's record to 26-11 and 8-7 in conference play, while it marked a disappointing outcome for LSU, dropping them to 22-15 and 6-9 in the SEC.
