Tigers Hold Off Rebels, 7-6

The 16th-ranked LSU Tigers held off the Ole Miss Rebels, 7-7, on Friday evening, in the opening game of an SEC weekend series between the two teams. Jesse Delerno, of lsusports.net, has the story, below.

LSU pitcher Kurt McCune

LSU center fielder Mikie Mahtook batted 4-for-4 and launched a pair of home runs to spearhead the 16th-ranked Tigers to a 7-6 victory over Ole Miss (18-9, 3-4 SEC) in Game 1 of the weekend series Friday night at Alex Box Stadium.

LSU (19-7, 2-5 SEC) gave Ole Miss ace Matt Crouse (6-1) his first loss of the season as the Tigers touched up the Rebels' starter for seven runs (six earned) off 10 hits. The junior had only surrendered six earned runs on the entire season prior to the outing.

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