The LSU baseball team scored 10 unanswered runs down the stretch Sunday to earn a 17-10 victory over No. 19 Kentucky at Alex Box Stadium.
LSU (19-10 overall, 4-5 SEC) earned a series victory with Sunday’s win, having also blanked the Wildcats 7-0 on Saturday after a 6-4 Friday loss. Kentucky (21-6, 5-4) has now dropped four of its last six conference games.
LSU’s Derek Curiel started the barrage in the sixth with a solo homer and Seth Dardar followed four batters later with a three-run shot for an 11-10 lead.
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Curiel delivered an RBI single and the Tigers also scored on a wild pitch in the seventh. Kentucky self-destructed to allow four unearned runs in the eighth via a fielding error, two wild pitches and a throwing error.
Chris Stanfield went 4-for-5 with a double for LSU, and both Curiel and Dardar went 3-for-5. John Pearson also belted a grand slam for the Tigers in the third inning. Jayce Tharnish, Luke Lawrence and Hudson Brown each had two hits for Kentucky in the loss.
Deven Sheerin (3-0) earned the victory for LSU and Grant Fontenot threw two innings of scoreless relief for his second save. Jack Bennett (1-1) absorbed the loss for Kentucky.
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