Live Updates: LSU Baseball vs. Kentucky in Game Two

The LSU Tigers enter Sunday's contest with a chance to punch their ticket to Omaha as Ty Floyd takes the mound for Jay Johnson's group.

After dismantling the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday to take a 1-0 series lead, the Tigers can book their ticket to the College World Series Sunday evening.

Here are a few pregame notes, what Jay Johnson said of the matchup and live updates from Sunday's showdown:

Notes

- LSU enters the NCAA Super Regional near the top of several NCAA statistical categories … the Tigers are No. 2 in the nation in shutouts pitched (9); No. 2 in on-base percentage (.438); No. 2 in slugging percentage (.566); No. 3 in strikeouts pitched per nine innings (11.7); No. 3 in home runs (126); No. 4 in hit-by-pitch (126); No. 4 in scoring average (9.3 runs per game); No. 5 in runs scored (566); No. 7 in hits allowed per nine innings (7.73); and No. 8 in walks received (357).

- LSU right-hander Paul Skenes is No. 1 in the nation in strikeouts (188), strikeouts per nine innings (16.22); and WHIP (0.79) ... he is No.3 in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (10.53), No. 4 in ERA (1.90) and No. 6 in hits allowed per nine innings (5.53) ... LSU second baseman Gavin Dugas is No. 4 in the nation in hit-by-pitch (27).

- LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews and right-handed pitcher Paul Skenes have both been named finalists for the 2023 Golden Spikes Award and for the 2023 Dick Howser Trophy as the nation's most outstanding player.

What Jay Johnson Said

“If you want to do something great, you have to emulate people that have been great. The national championship teams here at LSU cared more about the team than about individual achievements. All year, we’ve told our players that if you can emulate those great teams, you will have success. I don’t know if we will accomplish what those great teams of the past did, but our players have displayed the same type of characteristics that those teams did to give us a chance at competing at the highest level. As a coach, that definitely makes me proud.”

Pregame

LSU's Starting Lineup

CF Dylan Crews

3B Tommy White

1B Tre Morgan

C Hayden Travinski

DH Cade Beloso

2B Gavin Dugas

RJ Brayden Jobert

SS Jordan Thompson

LF Josh Pearson

P Ty Floyd

Kentucky's Starting Lineup

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Live Updates

Top First

Austin Strickland (UK) pitching

Crews: Walk

White: Fly out to center field

Morgan: Walk

Travinski: Fly out to right field, Crews advances to third base

Beloso: Fly out to right field

Bottom First

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Gray: Solo homer to right field (UK 1, LSU 0)

Felker: Single to left field, successfully steals second base

Burkes: Strikeout

Pitre: Single to right field, Felker advances to third base

Gilliam: Fly out to center field

Waldschmidt: Strikeout

Score Update: UK 1, LSU 0

Top Second

Austin Strickland (UK) pitching

Dugas: Hit by pitch

Jobert: Popped up to shortstop

Thompson: Single to third base, Dugas advances to third base

Pearson: Single to left field (loads bases)

Crews: Reaches first base on fielders choice, Pearson out at second base. Thompson advances to third base. Dugas scores. (LSU 1, UK 1)

White: Groundout to shortstop

Bottom Second

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Stanke: Strikeout

McCarthy: Groundout to shortstop

Smith: Walk

Gray: Strikeout

Score Update: LSU 1, UK 1

Top Third

Austin Strickland (UK) pitching

Morgan: Double to left center

Travinski: Single to left field, Morgan advances to third base

Beloso: Three-run homer to right center (LSU 4, UK 1)

Dugas: Groundout to third base

Jobert: Strikeout

Thompson: Walk

Pearson: Walk

*Pitching Change: Mason Moore enters the game for Kentucky*

Crews: Walk (loads bases)

White: RBI single to third base, Thompson scores (LSU 5, UK 1)

Morgan: Groundout to second base

Bottom Third

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Felker: Groundout to third base

Burkes: Solo homer to left center (LSU 5, UK 2)

Pitre: Groundout to shortstop

Gilliam: Single up the middle

Waldschmidt: Single to left field

Stanke: Strikeout

Score Update: LSU 5, UK 2

Top Fourth

Mason Moore (UK) pitching

Travinski: Strikeout

Beloso: Groundout to shortstop

Dugas: Single to third base

Jobert: Strikeout

Bottom Fourth

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

McCarthy: Solo homer to left field (LSU 5, UK 3)

Smith: Fly out to left field

*Pitching Change: Riley Cooper enters the game for LSU*

Gray: Strikeout

Felker: Walk

Burkes: Fly out to center field

Score Update: LSU 5, UK 3

Top Fifth

Mason Moore (UK) pitching

Thompson: Strikeout

Pearson: Groundout to second base

Crews: Walk

White: Line out to second base

Bottom Fifth

Riley Cooper (LSU) pitching

Pitre: Strikeout

Gilliam: Popped up to shortstop

Waldschmidt: Hit by pitch

Church (pinch hitting for Stanke): Groundout to shortstop

Score Update: LSU 5, UK 3

Top Sixth

Mason Moore (UK) pitching

Morgan: Strikeout

Travinski: Groundout to third base

Beloso: Groundout to first base

Bottom Sixth

Riley Cooper (LSU) pitching

McCarthy: Groundout to shortstop

Smith: Double to left center

Gray: Fly out to left field

Felker: Fly out to right field

Score Update: LSU 5, UK 3

Top Seventh

Mason Moore (UK) pitching

Dugas: Hit by pitch

Jobert: Strikeout

Thompson: Reaches first base on fielders choice, Dugas out at second base

Pearson: Fly out to left field

Bottom Seventh

Riley Cooper (LSU) pitching

Burkes: Groundout to shortstop

Pitre: Single to center field

*Pitching Change: Gavin Guidry enters the game for LSU*

Gilliam: Single, Pitre advances to second base. Pitre steals third base

Waldschmidt: Strikeout

Church: Strikeout

Score Update: LSU 5, UK 3

Top Eighth

Darren Williams (UK) pitching

Crews: Walk

White: Fly out to center field

Morgan: Walk, Crews advances to second base

Travinski: Fly out to center field

Beloso: Fly out to right center

Bottom Eighth

Gavin Guidry (LSU) pitching

McCarthy: Strikeout

Smith: Hit by pitch

Gray: Fly out to center field

Felker: Fouled out to third base

Score Update: LSU 5, UK 3

Top Ninth

Mason Moore (UK) pitching

Dugas: Hit by pitch

Jobert: Single to the pitcher (Kling in to pinch run), Dugas advances to second base

*Pitching Change: Ryder Giles enters the game for Kentucky*

Thompson: Strikeout

*Pitching Change: Magdiel Cotto enters the game for Kentucky*

*Wild Pitch: Dugas advances to third base, Kling advances to second base*

Pearson: Walked

*Wild Pitch: Dugas scores (LSU 6, UK 3), Kling advances to third base. Pearson advances to second base.

*Pitching Change: Seth Chavez enters the game for Kentucky*

Crews: RBI double to left field (LSU 8, UK 3)

White: Line out to third base

*Pitching Change: Evan Byers enters the game for Kentucky*

Morgan: Strikeout

Bottom Ninth

Gavin Guidry (LSU) pitching

Burkes: Fly out to center field

Pitre: Strikeout

Gilliam: Groundout to third base

FINAL: LSU 8, UK 3