LSU Baseball vs Oklahoma Sooners in Fri.'s Game 2 Showdown
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The Tigers will square off against the Sooners in Game 2 of the Southeastern Conference series with all eyes back on Johnson's crew.
From Sports Illustrated
LSU baseball earned its fifth consecutive victory on Tuesday, taking down Louisiana Tech 12-3 at home before going on the road for its next seven contests.
From NOLA.com
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No. 10 Oklahoma (23-6, 5-5 SEC) dropped the series opener to No. 7 LSU (28-3, 8-2 SEC) in a 2-0 loss Thursday night in Norman, as LSU’s Kade Anderson tossed a complete-game shutout, striking out 14 in a 135-pitch performance — the first shutout against OU since 2015.
Left-hander Cooper Williams and right-handers Casan Evans, William Schmidt and Mavrick Rizy were dominant during nonconference play. It led coach Jay Johnson to believe that they were ready to take on big roles once Southeastern Conference play began.
After Week 7 of the college baseball season, the SEC has continued to divide itself into tiers. Four teams are 8-1 and another is 7-2, while four teams are 1-8 and another is 0-7. The middle tier, meanwhile, is standing on solid ground as the other 11 teams all have at least four conference wins.
Mississippi State baseball isn't an elite SEC team is one of three takeaways from the weekend's series sweep at LSU.
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