LSU Defeats Southern, 8-3 in Midweek Tilt

BATON ROUGE, La. – After a slow start, the Tigers used three home runs to pull away from Southern and take an 8-3 win over the Jaguars Tuesday night at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

The Tigers are back in action for another midweek game tomorrow night at Nicholls. The first pitch in Thibodaux is slated for 6 p.m. at Ray E. Didier Field. The game will be televised on CST and available on 100.7 FM in Baton Rouge.

Southern took the early lead as the Jaguars plated two runs in the top of the second inning. Right fielder Brad Jenkins hit a one-out single to center that moved shortstop Bubba Thompson to second after he reached on a throwing error by LSU third baseman Cade Doughty. Jenkins…