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Facing elimination for the second straight day, AJ Labas pitched a gutty eight-inning game and the offense erupted for nine runs in LSU’s 9-4 win over Gonzaga.
Sunday got off to a rocky start for LSU with Gonzaga jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first. But LSU would bounce back in a big way in the bottom half of the inning, with the first five Tiger batters reaching base safely.
Dylan Crews and Zack Arnold opened the game with back-to-back singles and Crews was eventually brought home by an RBI double courtesy of Tre’Morgan. With runners on second and third Gavin Dugas hit a two-run triple to put LSU ahead 3-2.
Gav Knows RBI's@gavin_dugas04 triples to score two and give the Tigers the lead!
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 6, 2021
GON - 2
LSU - 3
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But the LSU offense wouldn’t stop there and the Tigers scored a pair of runs in the second and third to give extend the lead to 8-3.
While the offense erupted for eight runs in the game’s first three innings, AJ Labas settled in. Labas had 1-2-3 innings in the second, fourth, and fifth and at one point sat down 10 straight batters. Labas would go on to have a gutty eight inning, 124-pitch effort. On a day where LSU needed to preserve as many arms as possible, Labas did his job beautifully.
Gonzaga got a run back in the sixth inning, but LSU responded in kind thanks to a solo home run from Zach Arnold.
Oppo Taco Tuesday, on a Sunday@zach_arnold2 smashes one over the RF wall
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 7, 2021
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Trent Veitmeirer came on in the ninth to close out the game, needing only eight pitches to secure the win.
With the win LSU keeps its season alive for a few more hours. The Tigers will play Oregon at 9:00 P.M. and has to beat the Ducks twice in order to advance to the Super Regionals.