The pitching triple threat of Paul Skenes, Griffin Herring and Bryce Collins pushed No.1 LSU to an 8-6 victory despite Alabama’s late rally in the ninth inning.
Skenes, Herring and Collins combined for 15 strikeouts. Their performance made the difference tonight on whether or not LSU won tonight against a very tough opponent. LSU improves to 33-8 overall and 13-5 in SEC play while Alabama drops to 30-13 overall and 9-10 in SEC play.
Skenes (8-1) picked up his eighth win of the year. Skenes allowed five hits with one earned run, no walks and nine strikeouts.