After scoring just one run in the first 18 innings of SEC play, the LSU offense finally joined the party.
The Tigers were able to avoid an opening weekend sweep by Mississippi State with a 8-3 win, powered by a three-run third inning.
Up by a run after the stretch, pinch hitter Mitchell Sanford led off the inning with a single up the middle and was sacrificed and moved over to third. Tre Morgan scored the run to put the Tigers on top with a double to left center, and Brody Drost followed up with a two-run home to right center to put LSU ahead 6-3.