BATON ROUGE – The No. 6 LSU Softball team claimed their third-straight run-rule victory, downing Sam Houston State 11-1 on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers improve to 12-1 on the year, while Sam Houston State drops to 6-9.
Sam Houston State got on the board in the first inning as the Bearkats loaded the bases and scored on a fielding error by the Tigers.
The Tigers answered by scoring 11 runs off four hits and an error. In that inning, the Tigers recorded eight walks. Aliyah Andrews led off with a walk and stole second. Taylor Pleasants and Georgia Clark had back-to-back walks with one out and Pleasants scored on Morgan Cummins' RBI walk to tie the game 1-1.