BATON ROUGE – The Tigers scored six of their 12 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat Butler 12-2 on Friday night. The 'Dawg were limited to two hits in the game with the LSU starter striking out 13 over six innings.
 
Skenes improved to 3-0 on the year with an excellent outing vs. Butler. He only allowed one hit over the first six innings while striking out 13 batters. Skenes threw in the upper 90's and didn't issue a walk on Friday.
 
Cole Graverson got the start for BU vs. #1 LSU. He struck out eight over four innings, but would be hit with the loss.
 
Butler hits went to Scott Jones and Cade Vota. The 'Dawgs scored two runs late in the game to break up the shutout. Jake DeFries walked with the bases loaded in the eighth and Vota delivered a pinch-hit double to right center to score Kyle Van Liere in the ninth.
 
LSU built their lead with an RBI double from White followed by a three-run home run by Crews in the fifth. Beloso doubled to right in the seventh to move the lead to 12-0 and the top team in the country would be safe the rest of the way.
 
Butler will get a rematch vs. #1 LSU on Monday night at 6:30.