LSU finished off its second SEC sweep this season on Sunday. Here’s how the Tigers did it.

For the second day in a row, a catcher was the hero for LSU.

Less than 24 hours after Hayden Travinski powered the Tigers to a win, Alex Milazzo’s RBI single in the seventh broke a tie with Alabama as LSU capped a weekend sweep of the Crimson Tide with a 13-11 win Sunday at Alex Box Stadium.

The sweep is LSU’s second in Southeastern Conference play this season.

Milazzo’s second RBI of the day put LSU ahead 10-9 in the seventh and the Tigers’ added insurance runs from there. Runs they would need after Alabama hit a two-run home run in the top of the ninth.

It was a shaky weekend for LSU’s starting pitchers. Ty Floyd gave up six runs on six hits in just 2⅔ innings Saturday and, on Sunday, Christian Little exited in the fourth inning after giving up his fourth run on two hits, five walks and one hit by pitch. Little struck out five.

But unlike Saturday when the Tigers’ bullpen limited the Tide (30-15, 9-12 SEC) to two runs in the final 7⅓ innings, six of the Tide’s runs Sunday were scored after Little exited. Three of the runs were unearned as the Tigers’ defense committed four errors.

Little gave up a leadoff single to Jim Jarvis, then walked two to load the bases in the first. Tre’ Morgan dropped Dominic Tamez’s fly ball in the outfield to allow Jarvis to score from third. In the process, Tamez overran the runner at second, ruling him out on the play. That helped limit the damage to just one run as Little struck out Caden Rose.

LSU responded in the second inning with a two-run shot by Jared Jones to take a 2-1 lead. Dylan Crews’ solo home run in the third made it 3-1 before the Tide went on a tear for two straight three-run innings in the fourth and fifth. 

Left-hander Nate Ackenhausen, who came on in the fourth inning for his second appearance of the weekend, gave up two earned runs on four hits, including a solo home run by Drew Williamson in the fifth, a run scored on a throwing error by Jordan Thompson and a sac fly. 

The 7-3 deficit wasn’t too much for the Tigers, as they scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth to capture a 9-7 lead.

Part of that was taking advantage of free bases. The Tigers drew five walks and reached once on an error as they batted around in the frame.

Three of the six runs were scored on base hits by Crews, Tommy White and Milazzo.

The Tide changed pitchers twice in the inning. Left-hander Hunter Furtado came on in relief of Jacob McNairy after Milazzo reached on a throwing error and Gavin Dugas drew a walk.

Furtado walked Morgan, gave up singles to Crews and White, then walked Beloso to tally the first three runs. Right-hander Hunter Hoopes came on next, walking Thompson with the bases loaded, but tallying the first out of the inning on a sac fly by Jones. Hoopes gave up the RBI single to Milazzo before retiring the final two.

The Tide rolled back in contention with runs in the sixth and seventh innings to tie the game 9-9.

Milazzo got his RBI single in the seventh to break the tie, and Crews drew a walk with the bases loaded to add a run of insurance. Both Thompson and Paxton Kling homered in the eighth to add two more runs.

Left-handed reliever Riley Cooper worked the final 2⅓ innings. The ninth got shaky when he gave up a single and two-out two-run home run to Tommy Seidel. Jones then dropped a pop up by Andrew Pinckney to allow him to reach, but Morgan caught the game-sealing flyout in left.