BATON ROUGE, La. (WGNO) — In the longest outing of the season, Paul Skenes struck out 11 batters in nine innings as top-seed LSU made easy work of Tulane, 7-2, in the opening game of the NCAA Tournament’s Baton Rouge Regional in Alex Box Stadium on Friday afternoon.
LSU jumped to a 4-0 lead after scoring in each of the first three innings.
The Tigers’ two-time First-Team All-American who was just named the NCAA National Pitcher of the Year, struck out eight in his first 45 pitches and improves to 11-2 after recording his first complete game victory at LSU.
With the win, the fifth-ranked Tigers (44-15) advance to play the winner of Sam Houston-Oregon State.
That game is set for Saturday, 8 p.m.
Tulane (19-41) drops to the elimination bracket on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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