{"id":210186,"date":"2026-03-08T09:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/210186\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:10:12","slug":"lsu-suffers-3rd-loss-in-last-4-games-as-late-rally-falls-short-against-sacramento-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/210186\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU suffers 3rd loss in last 4 games as late rally falls short against Sacramento State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LSU\u2019s miserable week continued Saturday with a loss to Sacramento State. The Tigers, who entered the week No. 2 in the D1Baseball Top 25, have now dropped 3 of their last 4.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Johnson\u2019s team lost 5-4 to Sacramento State on Saturday, as a late rally fell short. Sac State scored the first 5 runs of the game, holding a 5-0 lead entering the bottom of the 8th. The Tigers answered Sac State\u2019s 4-run 8th with 3 runs of their own, but managed only 1 run in the 9th. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Final <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRGVmQJqYg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JRGVmQJqYg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSUbaseball\/status\/2030424172149567966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It was a rough night for the LSU bats, as the Tigers were held to just 3 hits. Sac State used 6 pitchers in the game, with starter Kurt Marton tossing 4.1 shutout innings of 1-hit ball. LSU used 5 pitchers, with starter Moore going 4.2 IP, allowing 1 run.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/college-baseball\/teams\/lsu\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/college-baseball\/teams\/lsu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LSU<\/a> opened the week with stunning losses to Northeastern (13-10) and Louisiana (7-2), meaning it will be a losing week that is sure to see the Tigers plummet in the next rankings. The Bayou Bengals, though, can at least salvage the series. Thanks to 15-4 win in 7 innings on Friday night, Game 3 is the rubber game. <\/p>\n<p>The program announced that Sunday\u2019s series finale has been moved from 2 p.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET due to the weather forecast in Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Due to inclement weather, tomorrow&#8217;s game against Sacramento State has been moved to 6:00 p.m. CT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cQIhRyJy6n\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cQIhRyJy6n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LSUbaseball\/status\/2030429762108244107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 7, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a long season ahead. Think this LSU squad turns it around? <a class=\"thirstylink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kalshi Trading\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/link\/kalshi-trading\/\" data-nojs=\"1\" data-shortcode=\"true\">Kalshi<\/a> is taking early action on this year\u2019s College World Series champion!<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-full mx-auto sm:m-0 grayscale aspect-square perfmatters-lazy\" alt=\"Andrew Olson\" width=\"88\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a2d68e0571f909e1561fb3655fe067b996acfde074a03410b085b5d482521547.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm mt-4\">Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LSU\u2019s miserable week continued Saturday with a loss to Sacramento State. 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