By Hunt Palmer<\/p>\n
THE STORY<\/p>\n
In a vacuum, LSU\u2019s Sunday loss to Sacramento State wouldn\u2019t look so bad.<\/p>\n
The Hornet runs came from some walks, a misplay in left, a weakly hit ground ball single and a safety squeeze. LSU scorched a handful of balls that were caught at the wall or by diving infielders. Sacramento State outplayed LSU, but it could have gone another way.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t. The Hornets beat LSU 6-1.<\/p>\n
The issue isn\u2019t a Sunday loss or a series loss. It\u2019s two weeks of bad baseball.<\/p>\n
Sacramento State dented the scoreboard first in the third. With two outs and a runner at first Sam Harry lined deep to left, and Mason Braun<\/a> misjudged it and couldn\u2019t recover. It flew his outstretched glove by a couple of feet and plated a run. The second came home on a strikeout that bounded away from Cade Arrambide<\/a> who misfired to first and into right field. Solid play by the Tigers makes that a zero instead of a two.<\/p>\n William Schmidt<\/a> was excellent beyond that.<\/p>\n It was 2-0 entering the sixth. Schmidt got a pair of quick outs and then allowed two singles. Jay Johnson pulled him at 90 pitches, and Cooper Williams<\/a> came in to plunk a hitter on his third pitch. With the bases loaded, Gavin Guidry<\/a> walked in a run and allowed the slow roller through the infield to make it 5-0.<\/p>\n Relievers are brought in to get their first hitter, and neither Williams nor Guidry did. That sealed LSU\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n