Bullpen Woes Plague LSU Once Again, Fall To Texas A&M 5-4

The LSU Tigers entered the SEC Tournament with questions surrounding their bullpen, and after another subpar performance on Friday night against the Texas A&M Aggies, it once again crushed them down the stretch.

Starting pitcher Ty Floyd put together another exceptional performance for the Tigers, but after he left the mound, it was all Aggies. Floyd ended the day with 5.0 innings pitched with seven strikeouts, only allowing 3 hits and one run in the afternoon.

Texas A&M strung together a monster seventh inning after infielder Hunter Haas laced a three-run homer to left field, putting the Aggies up 5-3 and never looking back. Haas’ homer came off of Sam Dutton, who struggled once again out of the Tigers’ bullpen.

Offensively for the Tigers, it was Brayden Jobert and Hayden Travinski who led the way for this program, but inconsistency down the stretch from this unit halted any chances of rallying to retake the lead.

The Tigers now await their fate in the NCAA Tournament with the selection show set for Monday afternoon.

Here’s a live game log from Friday’s showdown against the Aggies:

Top First

Will Johnston (Texas A&M) pitching

Crews: Fly out to centerfield

Morgan: Groundout to pitcher

Travinski: Strikeout

Bottom First

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Haas: Strikeout

Moss: Walk

Werner: Reaches first base on fielders choice, Moss out at second

LaViolette: Strikeout

Score Update: LSU 0, Texas A&M 0

Top Second

Will Johnston (Texas A&M) pitching

Beloso: Single to right center

Jones: Walk, Beloso advances to second

Dugas: Fly out to center field, Jones out at second, Beloso advances to third

Jobert: RBI single to right field scores Beloso (LSU 1, Texas A&M 0)

Thompson: Walk

Kling: Groundout to second base

Bottom Second

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Thompson: Double to left field

Targac: RBI double scores Thompson (LSU 1, Texas A&M 1)

Bost: Groundout to second base, Targac advances to third

Minnich: Strikeout

Kaufer: Fly out to centerfield

Score Update: LSU 1, Texas A&M 1

Top Third

Will Johnston (Texas A&M) pitching

Crews: Single to third base

Morgan: Reaches first on catchers interference, Crews advances to second

Travinski: Popped up to second base

Beloso: Strikeout

Jones: Strikeout

Bottom Third

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Haas: Strikeout

Moss: Fly out to left field

Werner: Fly out to right field

Score Update: LSU 1, Texas A&M 1

Top Fourth

Will Johnston (Texas A&M) pitching

Dugas: Double to left field

Jobert: RBI double scores Dugas (LSU 2, Texas A&M 1)

*Balk: Jobert advances to third*

Thompson: Strikeout

Kling: Strikeout

Crews: Fouled out to first base

Bottom Fourth

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

LaViolette: Fly out to left field

Thompson: Hit by pitch

Targac: Strikeout, Thompson successfully stole second

Bost: Groundout to shortstop

Score Update: LSU 2, Texas A&M 1

Top Fifth

Will Johnston (Texas A&M) pitching

Morgan: Walk

Travinski: RBI double scores Morgan (LSU 3, Texas A&M 1)

Beloso: Single to right field, Travinski advances to third

Jones: Strikeout

Dugas: Reaches first on fielders choice, Beloso advances to second, Travinski out at home plate

Jobert: Groundout to third base

Bottom Fifth

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Minnich: Strikeout

Kaufer: Single to third base

Haas: Strikeout

Moss: Fly out to center field

Score Update: LSU 3, Texas A&M 1

Top Sixth

Will Johnston (Texas A&M) pitching

Thompson: Groundout to third base

Kling: Strikeout

Crews: Single to left center

Morgan: Groundout to second base

Bottom Sixth

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching

Werner: Groundout to third base

LaViolette: Groundout to shortstop

Thompson: Fly out to center field

Score Update: LSU 3, Texas A&M 1

Top Seventh

Evan Aschenbeck (Texas A&M) pitching

Travinski: Strikeout

Beloso: Single to right field, advances to second base on passed ball

Jones: Line out to left field

Dugas: Popped up to shortstop

Bottom Seventh

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching

Targac: Walk

Bost: Double to left center, Targac advances to third

Minnich: Fly out to left center, sacrifice fly. Targac scores (LSU 3, Texas A&M 2)

Kaufer: Walk

*Pitching Change: Sam Dutton enters the game for LSU*

Haas: Three-run homer to left field (Texas A&M 5, LSU 3)

*Pitching Change: Javen Coleman enters the game for LSU*

Moss: Single to center field

Werner: Single to left field, Moss advances to second base

LaViolette: Strikeout

Thompson: Walk, loads bases

Targac: Strikeout

Score Update: Texas A&M 5, LSU 3

Top Eighth

Evan Aschenbeck (Texas A&M) pitching

Jobert: Strikeout

Thompson: Popped up to first base

Kling: Single to center field, advanced to second base on wild pitch

Crews: Strikeout

Bottom Eighth

Gavin Guidry (LSU) pitching

Bost: Strikeout

Minnich: Fly out to center field

Kaufer: Popped up to right field

Score Update: Texas A&M 5, LSU 3

Top Ninth

Evan Aschenbeck (Texas A&M) pitching

Morgan: Fly out to center field

Travinski: Single to third base

Beloso: Double down the right field line, Travinski advances to third base

*Josh Stevenson in to pinch run for Beloso*

*Wild Pitch: Travinski scores from third base and Stevenson advances to third base* (Texas A&M 5, LSU 4)

Jones: Walk (Josh Pearson in to pinch run for Jones)

Dugas: Strikeout

Jobert: Fouled out to third base

FINAL: Texas A&M 5, LSU 4