We have to start by talking about true freshmen. Cade Townsend. He came out and shoved for a kid who has struggled throughout the year. Townsend went 4.2 innings, giving up just two hits while allowing no runs and striking out three. Coach Bianco was elated with his performance.
“ For Cade Townsend to pitch four and two-thirds against a very, very good offense in this environment, which is different than a lot of places, and especially conference tournaments. It was loud there today, so for Cade to perform like that, his best outing of the year. We tried to prime him for that, a lot of mid-week starts, but nothing like that today. So for him to perform like that…just proud of our guys.”
Then the Ole Miss bullpen followed. Have a day, boys. Gunnar Dennis, Will McCausland, and Connor Spencer had a combined deafest, going 4.1 innings of their own, giving up ZERO hits and striking out five. It’s crazy Ole Miss held this lineup to two hits, including two singles from the bottom of the lineup.
What’s even crazier is that LSU held Ole Miss in check for the most part as well. The only scoring came when Will Furniss went big fly, and Will Smithwick singled to right to drive in Isaac Humphrey.
Jaden Noot started and dominated for four innings, giving up one earned run (two total) while striking out seven. Chase Shores was an electric factory out of the bullpen, bumping hundos all night and getting one up to 102 MPH! He struck out three in 2.2 innings.
Besides the bats not showing up, Jay Johnson still feels confident in his team and he of course has no reason to be concerned at all.
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