The pitching staff has grown leaps and bounds this season.
I would have never believed it.
Watched all three games. Holding LSU to a three-game run total that's right at their per-game average? That's a pretty decent weekend. LSU came into the series averaging about ten runs a game. They'd scored 55 in a six-game sweep of Alabama and Ole Miss. Left after scoring just 11 all weekend.
All season LSU has delivered big innings in situations where they had runners on, especially in one-out situations. Didn't happen last weekend. They had baserunners, but the big innings were thwarted. Auburn escaped several bases loaded spots with some gutsy pitching.
It was an interesting series. Game 1, LSU pitching dominated, but AU limited them to just five hits.
Game 2, LSU looked dominant until their pitching lost the strike zone and walks opened the door. After that it seemed like the momentum flipped and AU remembered how to hit.
Game 3 was more of the same. 321 walks in the first inning and from that point on, AU was the better team. LSU never challenged.
Other than Skeene, Skeeve or whatever his name was Game 1, AU looked better across the board, especially from the mound. Third base scared me. That dude gave them opportunities with some really bad plays, but settled down.
Hard for me to figure out how a team could look so bad against an anemic Alabama team, barely scrape by a putrid Mississippi State (giving up 11 runs in back-to-back games) and then play like a Top 5 team for the next two series.
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