Despite the offensive dominance that LSU baseball brought to the plate early in game two against Florida, it fell 6-4 to the Gators, evening the weekend series 1-1.  
With 12,892 fans in attendance at Alex Box Stadium, the second most in program history, LSU tried to put on a show. 
The game didn’t start out in dominant fashion for LSU, however, and it really didn’t finish that way, either. 
The Tigers didn’t note a run until the bottom of the third. Before then, they struggled to get the ball out of the infield. 
There was a huge momentum shift in that third inning, when center fielder Jake Brown singled to his counterpart. Not long after, right fielder Mac Bingham singled to third base. Brown scored and Bingham advanced to third on a throwing error by the Gators’ third baseman. 
The Gators were able to capitalize in the top of the fourth, though, quickly scoring two runs on a shaky inning from mound starter, Gage Jump. Jump walked three and started the inning off with a hit-by-pitch.
“I think the first three innings, I kind of scuffled a little bit,” Jump said after the game. “I thought I did better as the game went on, but still, too many free passes.” 
It didn’t take long for the Tigers to rally, though. 
In the bottom of the fourth, designated hitter Hayden Travinski answered the call with a lead-off solo home run. Now with a tied ball game, LSU worked offensively to take back the ballgame.  
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Bingham decided to lead it off with a solo shot of his own. It was his fourth home run of the season, and he sent it to his counterpart, just over the left field landing. 
As if LSU’s offense couldn’t get any more dominate, first baseman Jared Jones walked up to the plate and sent over a home run of his own, just two batters after Bingham. 
Both teams were quiet until the top of the eighth inning, when relief pitcher Nate Ackenhausen allowed a wild pitch that scored Florida’s right fielder, Ty Evans. 
LSU was still leading by one as the game went into the ninth inning. The Gators approached that inning with confidence, however, and managed to snag a run on a single to center field. The RBI was enough to threaten LSU’s series win. It also was enough to send the game into its 10th inning. 
In the top of the 10th, LSU was on the verge of giving up the game. Offensively, it had been pretty quiet since the bottom of the fifth, and it continued to be just that. 
The Tigers just couldn’t get a hit past the Gator’s infield. The same couldn’t be said for the Gator’s, though. 
In the top of the 11th inning, Florida’s first baseman, Jac Caglianone, sent one over to right center. Fans held their breath, hoping that the wind wouldn’t carry it over the wall. It did, though, and the two-run home run rang in Evans. 
That was enough for Florida to take the game. LSU hadn’t had a hit since the seventh inning, and White’s single in the bottom of the 11th wasn’t enough to take the Tigers over the edge. 
“I think we want to improve as we go along and win as many games as we can,” LSU head coach Jay Johnson said after the loss. “That’s a tough one to lose. There’s no way around that. However, tomorrow is the opportunity to see the amount of improvement between last week to this week.” 
The Gators’ win over the Tigers means that the series will be decided by the third game. That matchup is set to take place on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT, at Alex Box Stadium. 
“You have to be in the right mindset,” Johnson said. “It’s going to be a tough game, and a tough challenge.”

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