No. 9 Texas A&M Falls in Series Opener at No. 15 LSU, 2-0

BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 9 Texas A&M softball team fell to No. 15 LSU, 2-0, in the series opener Friday evening at Tiger Park.
 
LSU (34-10, 8-7 SEC) starter Carley Hoover gave up three hits and struck out four in the complete game effort for her 15^th win of the season. Texas A&M's Trinity Harrington was saddled with the loss, giving up five hits and two runs with a strikeout to move to 12-2 on the season.
 
Keeli Milligan led the Aggie (36-11, 9-7 SEC) offense with two hits as Sarah Hudek extended her hitting streak to 11 games with a single up the middle. The duo gave the Aggies their best scoring chance in the game as Milligan led off the sixth with a single and moved to third on Hudek's single. With Hudek advancing to second on the throw, the Aggies had runners in scoring position with nobody out, but Hoover got out of the jam with a groundout and two fly outs.
 
LSU's Amanda Doyle went 2-for-3 with a RBI single in the first inning as Shemiah Sanchez drove in a run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly.
  KEY INNINGS

B1 | LSU struck first with a RBI single to left from Amanda Doyle, scoring Taryn Antoine. LSU 1, A&M 0

B5 | Shemiah Sanchez doubled the Tiger lead with sacrifice fly, plating Emily Griggs. LSU 2, A&M 0
  Top Offensive Players:
Keeli Milligan | 2-for-4, 2 1B
Sarah Hudek | 1-for-3, 1B
 
 
Pitching Breakdown:
Trinity Harrington | L, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, SO
  AGGIE NOTES

• Sarah Hudek extended her hitting streak to 11 games and has reached base in 12 consecutive games

  WHAT THEY SAID
TEXAS A&M HEAD COACH JO EVANS
 
On tonight's game…
"I thought at the plate we needed to make adjustments sooner. Once you get through the order one time, you know what to expect. We kept getting beat inside. I thought Keeli had great at bats all night and got herself a couple of hits. She goes up there in the sixth and gets us a hit, and Sarah Hudek got us a hit. It is exactly the situation we want. We want Tori, Ashley and Kaitlyn to hit. When you face an All-American like (Carley) Hoover, you may only get one chance that is perfect for you and you have to capitalize on that, and we didn't."
  ON DECK 
The Aggies and Tigers face off at 6:30 p.m. for game two of the three game series Saturday at Tiger Park.
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