{"id":209005,"date":"2026-03-07T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209005\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:25:08","slug":"jake-browns-historic-night-lifts-lsu-baseball-to-win-over-sacramento-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209005\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Brown&#8217;s Historic Night Lifts LSU Baseball to Win Over Sacramento State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">\u00a0BATON ROUGE, La. \u2013 Rightfielder Jake Brown tied the LSU single-game record with three homers Friday night to lead the second-ranked Tigers to a 15-4 win over Sacramento State in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">LSU improved to 12-3 on the year, while Sacramento State dropped to 3-10.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">The teams meet in Game 2 of the weekend series at 2 p.m. CT Saturday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Saturday\u2019s game was originally scheduled for 6 p.m. CT, but was moved four hours earlier due to the forecast of inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">Saturday\u2019s 2 p.m. CT game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">Brown was 4-for-5 at the plate Friday night with three homers, a single, six RBI and four runs. He tied the LSU single-game homers record, which has been set on several occasions, most recently by Jared Jones on April 9, 2024, versus McNeese in Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">Brown is now hitting .431 on the year with five doubles, eight homers and 26 RBI.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">LSU\u2019s offense also featured home runs by centerfielder Derek Curiel, shortstop Steven Milam and catcher Cade Arrambide, as the Tigers homered six times in a game for the first time since March 7, 2025, versus North Alabama in Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">\u201cIt was a good performance all the way around,\u201d said LSU coach Jay Johnson. \u201cThe offense was close to our potential; I\u2019m not going to say we\u2019re capable of scoring 15 every game, but that was a pretty electric performance. I\u2019m proud of the guys for the work they put in at practice yesterday and in their preparation for today.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">\u201cJake can be as good as he wants to be; he\u2019s put in a lot of work, and we\u2019ve seen a lot of improved, controllable thingsfrom him as a hitter.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01khed05my1ahd3pt57z.jpg\" alt=\"LSU Tigers Baseball: Cade Arrambide.\" title=\"LSU Tigers Baseball: Cade Arrambide.\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6h\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of LSU Tigers Baseball.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">LSU starting pitcher Casan Evans (1-0) was dominant Friday night, firing 5.0 perfect innings to begin his outing. He worked a total of 5.2 innings and allowed two runs on three hits with no walks and nine strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">\u201cCasan is one of the best pitchers in the country,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the best people in our program, and I have as much confidence in him as anybody we could every roll out there. He couldn\u2019t be in a better spot to help the Tigers win as we enter SEC play next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">Sacramento State starting pitcher Ethan Lay (0-1) was charged with the loss, as he surrendered seven runs \u2013 four earned \u2013 on seven hits in 1.0 inning with no walks and one strikeout.<\/p>\n<p>More LSU News:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/lsu\/recruiting\/lsu-football-and-michigan-wolverines-among-teams-to-watch-for-elite-florida-prospect-01kjxj8rp5rg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LSU Football and Michigan Wolverines Among Teams to Watch for Elite Florida Prospect<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/lsu\/recruiting\/lsu-football-building-momentum-in-pursuit-of-coveted-georgia-bulldogs-commitment-01kjx5fg0619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LSU Football Building Momentum in Pursuit of Coveted Georgia Bulldogs Commitment<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/lsu\/football\/paul-finebaum-reveals-bold-statement-on-lsu-football-s-lane-kiffin-amid-major-move-01khrsrfx4t8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paul Finebaum Reveals Bold Statement on LSU Football&#8217;s Lane Kiffin Amid Major Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join the Community:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">Follow Zack Nagy on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/znagy20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@znagy20\u00a0<\/a>and LSU Tigers On SI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LSUTigersSI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@LSUTigersSI\u00a0<\/a>for all coverage surrounding the LSU Tigers.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0BATON ROUGE, La. \u2013 Rightfielder Jake Brown tied the LSU single-game record with three homers Friday night to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-209005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}