LSU Baseball Wins 6-4 vs No. 1 Texas A&M | Highlights

LSU erased a 3-2 deficit Friday night with a four-run sixth inning, and the Tigers went on to post a 6-4 win over top-ranked Texas A&M in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.LSU, which has won eight of its last 10 games, improved to 30-17 overall, 8-14 in the SEC, while the Aggies dropped to 39-7 overall and 15-7 in conference play.The teams resume the series at 6:30 p.m. CT Saturday in a game that will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and televised on ESPN2.Texas A&M led 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning before the Tigers struck for four runs. Leftfielder Josh Pearson lined a two-run double, designated hitter Hayden Travinski lifted a sacrifice fly, and second baseman Steven Milam smacked an RBI single to highlight the rally.The Aggies narrowed the gap to 6-4 in the eighth when designated hitter Hayden Schott delivered and RBI single, and Texas A&M had runners on the corners with two outs in the ninth, but LSU reliever Griffin Herring struck out rightfielder Braden Montgomery to end the game.“I’m really proud of our team,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “I think the story of the night is that there were a lot of things that went wrong for us in the game, but the team showed tremendous poise, and that’s a really good step in the right direction.“We’ve had to grow through some of the struggles of this season, but sometimes when things are the messiest, that’s when you develop the most, and hopefully we’re seeing the fruits of that right now.”Herring earned his fourth save of the season, working the final 2.1 innings and allowing one unearned run on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts.Fidel Ulloa (1-1), who entered the game in the sixth inning in relief of starter Gage Jump, posted his first career LSU win, firing 1.1 scoreless innings with one hit, no walks and one strikeout.Watch more exclusive content from LSU Baseball on LSU.GOLD → https://lsul.su/485G3hUListen to In The Dirt on your favorite podcast platform → https://lsul.su/HFPConnect with LSU Baseball on all our social media platforms ⤵️ Visit our website: https://lsusports.net/sports/bsb/ Follow us on Twitter: https://lsul.su/3NbGRcI Follow us on Instagram: https://lsul.su/3RwjQUJ Like us on Facebook: https://lsul.su/486267N