Live Updates: LSU Baseball vs. Oregon State

Tigers take on the Beavers for control of the Baton Rouge Regional.

The LSU Tigers are back in action with the chance to take control of the Baton Rouge Regional with a win over the Oregon State Beavers on Sunday afternoon. 

After taking down Tulane on Friday behind a masterclass performance by Paul Skenes, the Tigers are hitting their stride as they look to take down an offensive juggernaut in Oregon State.

Here are a few pregame notes, what Jay Johnson said of the matchup and live updates from Sunday afternoon:

Notes

- The Tigers completed the 2023 regular season 42-13 overall and 19-10 in conference play … LSU recorded its most SEC regular-season wins since the 2017 club won 21 SEC games, and the Tigers posted their most overall regular-season wins since the 2015 squad ended the regular season with 46 victories.

- LSU enters the NCAA Tournament at or near the top of several NCAA statistical categories … the Tigers are No. 1 in the nation in shutouts pitched (9); No. 2 in on-base percentage (.438); No. 3 in strikeouts pitched per nine innings (11.6); No. 4 in home runs (117); No. 4 in runs scored (540); No. 4 in hit-by-pitch (121); No. 4 in scoring average (9.3 runs per game); No. 5 in slugging percentage (.559); No. 8 in walks received (344); and No. 8 in hits allowed per nine innings (7.64).

- LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews is No. 2 in the nation in on-base percentage (.567); No. 2 in runs scored (82); No. 7 in batting average (.420) and No. 10 in walks (58) … third baseman Tommy White is No. 2 in the nation in RBI per game (1.72), and he is No. 3 in the nation in total RBI (91).

What Jay Johnson Said

“Our approach to this season has been to consider every game as a playoff game. By doing that, you put yourselves in a position with talented players to play home baseball at this time of the year. The other phase of it is, you don’t have to change anything when you get to this point. If there is a team that deserves to play with a lot of confidence based on what they’ve accomplished, our team deserves that. They have respected the process to get here, they know what it looks like, and I trust them a lot.”

Pregame

LSU's Starting Lineup 

CF Dylan Crews

3B Tommy White

1B Tre Morgan

C Hayden Travinski

DH Cade Beloso 

2B Gavin Dugas

RF Brayden Jobert

SS Jordan Thompson 

LF Josh Pearson 

P Ty Floyd 

Oregon State's Starting Lineup 

One hour 'til first pitch.#GoBeavs pic.twitter.com/K0AukzKJlZ

— Oregon State Baseball (@BeaverBaseball) June 4, 2023

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Top First

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching 

Bazzana: Strikeout 

Forrester: Single up the middle 

McDowell: Strikeout 

Guerra: Strikeout 

Bottom First 

AJ Lattery (OSU) pitching 

Crews: Strikeout 

White: Single to right field 

Morgan: Walk, White advances to second 

Travinski: Strikeout 

Beloso: Walk (loads bases)

Dugas: Groundout to shortstop 

Score Update: LSU 0, OSU 0

Top Second 

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching 

Turley: Double down the left field line 

Kane: Strikeout 

Kasper: Walk 

Smith: Fly out to center field 

Dernedde: Groundout to shortstop

Bottom Second

AJ Lattery (OSU) pitching 

Jobert: Fly out to right field 

Thompson: Hit by pitch 

Pearson: Walk, Thompson advances to second base

Crews: Walk (loads bases)

White: Strikeout 

Morgan: Groundout to second base

Top Third 

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching 

Bazzana: Solo homer (OSU 1, LSU 0) 

Forrester: Double to left field 

McDowell: Single to third base, Forrester advances to third base

Guerra: Strikeout 

Turley: Walk 

Kane: Fly out to left field 

WEATHER DELAY: Lightning strike in the area forces a weather delay in Alex Box Stadium ahead of the bottom of the third inning. - 3:12pm

WEATHER UPDATE: The field crew began removing the tarp from the field at 5:32pm. Once the tarp is removed, it'll be 30 minutes until the game resumes. 

UPDATE: The game will resume at 6:15pm on ESPN+. 

Bottom Third 

Nelson Keljo (OSU) pitching 

Travinski: Fly out to center field 

Beloso: Hit by pitch 

Dugas: Strikeout 

Jobert: Reaches first on fielders choice, Beloso out at second base

Score Update: OSU 1, LSU 0

Top Fourth 

Thatcher Hurd (LSU) pitching 

Kasper: Solo homer to left field (OSU 2, LSU 0)

Smith: Double to left field 

Dernedde: Sacrifice bunt, Smith advances to third base

Bazzana: Single to second base, advances to second base on a throwing error. Smith scores (OSU 3, LSU 0)

Forrester: Strikeout 

McDowell: Strikeout 

Bottom Fourth 

AJ Hutcheson (OSU) pitching 

Thompson: Strikeout 

Pearson: Triple to right field 

Crews: Two-run homer to left center (OSU 3, LSU 2)

*Pitching Change: Ben Ferrer enters the game for Oregon State*

White: Groundout to shortstop 

Morgan: Strikeout 

Score Update: OSU 3, LSU 2

Top Fifth

Thatcher Hurd (LSU) pitching 

Guerra: Single to left field 

Turley: Strikeout 

Kane: Strikeout 

Kasper: Strikeout 

Bottom Fifth

Ben Ferrer (OSU) pitching 

Travinski: Solo homer to left field (LSU 3, OSU 3)

Beloso: Solo homer to right field (LSU 4, OSU 3)

Dugas: Groundout to shortstop 

Jobert: Strikeout 

Thompson: Popped out to first base

Score Update: LSU 4, OSU 3

Top Sixth

Thatcher Hurd (LSU) pitching 

Smith: Strikeout 

Dernedde: Walk 

Bazzana: Sacrifice bunt advances Dernedde to second base 

Forrester: Strikeout 

Bottom Sixth

Ben Ferrer (OSU) pitching 

Pearson: Solo homer to right center (LSU 5, OSU 3)

Crews: Fly out to center field 

White: Groundout to shortstop 

Morgan: Fly out to shortstop 

Score Update: LSU 5, OSU 3

Top Seventh 

Thatcher Hurd (LSU) pitching 

McDowell: Single to left field 

Guerra: Fly out to right field 

Turley: Two-run homer to centerfield (LSU 5, OSU 5)

Kane: Single to shortstop, advances to second base on a passed ball

Kasper: Walk

Smith: Strikeout 

Dernedde: Strikeout 

Bottom Seventh 

Ben Ferrer (OSU) pitching 

Travinski: Strikeout 

Beloso: Strikeout 

Dugas: Strikeout 

Score Update: LSU 5, OSU 5

Top Eighth 

Thatcher Hurd (LSU) pitching

Bazzana: Strikeout 

Forrester: Walk 

McDowell: Strikeout 

Guerra: Strikeout 

Bottom Eighth 

Ben Ferrer (OSU) pitching 

Jobert: Solo homer to right center (LSU 6, OSU 5)

Thompson: Single to left center 

*Pitching Change: Ryan Brown enters the game for Oregon State*

Pearson: Fly out to center field 

Crews: Single to centerfield, Thompson advances to second base

White: Strikeout 

Morgan: Single to shortstop (loads bases)

Travinski: Strikeout 

Score Update: LSU 6, OSU 5

Top Ninth

Gavin Guidry (LSU) pitching 

Turley: Strikeout 

Kane: Single to right field 

Kasper: Reaches first base on a fielders choice, Kane out at second

*Passed Ball: Kasper advances to second base* 

Peterson (pinch hitting for Smith): Strikeout 

FINAL: LSU 6, OSU 5