South Carolina 3, at LSU 7

BATON ROUGE, La. (Interstat) — LSU opened a Southeastern Conference doubleheader against South Carolina with a 7-3 victory Saturday at Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field, overcoming an early deficit behind a dominant pitching performance from Marcos Paz and a balanced offensive attack. The Tigers improved to 27-21 overall and 10-14 in Southeastern Conference play. The Gamecocks dropped to 22-26 and 8-16. South Carolina struck first in the top of the first inning when Kennedy Bak homered to left field for a 1-0 lead. The Gamecocks did not score again until the ninth. LSU answered in the bottom of the third,… Read more...