LSU got working quickly! Mahtook grounds out. Schimpf walks. Dean homers to center 2-0 Tigers! Top 1st LeMahieu and Hanover then both flied out to RF.
Ranaudo is on the mound (of course). Leavitt lines out to LeMahieu (3-2). Lyons is up - 1-1 - grounds out to first. 2 out Tschepikow bats 3rd (they are really moving through this). He grounds out as well, missed where. (0-1)
Going to the top of the 2nd.... Ochinko batting: (1-1) grounds out to second base. Mitchell: Called strike. Ball in the dirt. 1-1 Another in the dirt. 2-1 (He's had at least 7 pitches in the dirt so far) Foul ball down the RF line. Another foul ball 1st base side. Mitchell strikes out swinging (Hawthorne saw "weak swing") Gibbs: Two balls in a row missed low. Grounds out to SS (2-0)
Wilkins (1st base) starts the bottom of the 2nd for Arkansas .320 BA 2 pitches miss high. 2-0 FB down the middle. 2-1 Home run Wilkins. 2-1 Tigers. Arkansas fans are booing. Something happened b/t Ranaudo and Wilkins. Cox up: 0-2 count. Misses upstairs. 1-2 I missed what happened... I think he grounded out to Hanover. Eibner: 1-1 count. Curveball outside corner. 1-2. Called strike three. Hawthorne says right down the middle, but Arkansas fans are booing... Ha 2 outs Carver: Missed fastball inside. 1-0 Fly out to LF. Schimpf makes the catch. After Two: 2-1 LSU
Hawthorne thinks Wilkins had something cute to say to Ranaudo as he rounded the bases and Ranaudo took offense to it and walked to home plate.
Nola grounds out to SS on the first pitch. Mahtook is up again. Fastball outside 1-0 Grounds out to 3rd. 2 outs Schimpf: 2-1 count Hits him on the elbow. Dean is up with Schimpf on first base.... again. Swing and a miss. Breaking pitch. 0-1 Ball 1-1 Wild pitch hit the dirt before the plate, Schimpf moves to second. 2-1 Low. 3-1 Ball 4 in the dirt. LeMahieu is up with 2 outs, men on 1st and 2nd. Ball low and away. Keuchel is having issues finding the plate. After pitching had a word with him, he comes back and throws another ball low. 2-0 Foul ball into the stands in LF. 2-1 Called strike. 2-2 Popped up to RF.