Three takeaways from LSU baseball's loss to Kentucky

LSU baseball entered the first game of the Kentucky series with a 17-9 record and 2-4 mark in conference play. The Tigers dropped their first two SEC series of the year, losing to Vanderbilt and Oklahoma. The struggles continued on Friday night with Kentucky handing LSU a 7-4 loss in Baton Rouge.

Casan Evans got the start on the mound for LSU, but his start did not go well. He walked six hitters, leading to four runs for Kentucky. That's not what LSU wanted to see after Evans tossed 7.2 innings last week.

At the top of the order, Steven Milam and Jake Brown went without a hit. Here are three takeaways from the loss.

Too many walks

In six innings of work, Casan Evans walked six hitters, hit two batters, and had one wild pitch while only striking out three batters. That will not get the job done against most opponents. Evans gave up four runs, and that was all Kentucky needed to win.

Offense was shut down

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LSU was only able to muster five hits against the Wildcats before the ninth inning in game one. Two of those hits came from Seth Dardar, who served as the designated hitter tonight. Derek Curiel was able to get a two-RBI single with the bases loaded, but other than that, the offense was very quiet. It woke up in the bottom of the ninth, but by then it was too little, too late.

Zero Errors

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Jay Johnson has been trying to figure out the right mixture of players in the infield to prevent errors. He chose to go with Caraway at second base, and tonight, it worked. The Tigers did not commit any errors. That was one of the only bright spots of the evening.

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