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    Lions baseball team strikes out against LSU Tigers

    After a decent start, the Lions lost their footing, giving the Louisiana State University Tigers four runs in the sixth inning. They were unable to make a comeback, and the highly anticipated home opener ended in a 7-3 loss for the Lions.
    The game took place on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field. Baseball attendance reached an all-time high of over 3,700 people for this game, and there were many who gathered to watch from the third and fourth floors of the parking garage as well.
    “We’re so thankful to have Lion Nation behind us,” said Head Coach Matt Riser. “They set the attendance record tonight with 3,700 fans. The biggest thing for us is to come out with the right energy and play fearless, and they did. When you play the no. 3 team in the country, you got to make sure you execute. It was kind of a heavyweight battle, and they [the Tigers] threw the last punch.”
    The game started off with the Lions holding LSU at zero runs. In the first inning, a team effort at the plate helped junior shortstop Jacob Williams to score the first run of the game for the Lions.  
    “Tonight I came in against a lefty,” said Williams. “I hadn’t started yet this season, but coach put me in to start against this left-handed pitcher, and I just did my job, got the hits when it counted. Even though we got the loss, it was good to get in and see some pitches.”
    During that time LSU scored two runs in the second inning, whereas the Lions scored their second run in the fifth inning. Gabe Woods, a senior designated hitter, contributed two hits during his two times at bat, and one resulted in an unearned run for the Lions in the fifth inning.
    “It felt pretty good,” said Woods about the start of the game. “I was pretty nervous. Big game, big crowd, home opener, but that kind of got the jitters out of the way. I got to run them off on the bases.”
    In the sixth inning, the game took a turn for the Lions as LSU racked up four runs.
    “We had obviously that controversial call, and that’s something you can’t control,” said Riser. “We tell the guys that no matter what happens, that’s out of our control, out of our hands. When it does happen, you got to be able to handle it, and I think we did. At the end of the day, we have to be able to execute to score runs because when you don’t against the no. 3 team in the country, that’s the result.”
    The Lions were only able to add one run by sophomore catcher Jameson Fisher in the sixth inning, and that was the end of the Lions’ scoring for the evening. After LSU scored a final run in the ninth inning, the game ended in LSU’s favor, 7-3.
     

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