LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri said fans saw the future of LSU pitching Tuesday night. The coach used three freshmen to carry the load for the Tigers (25-16-1, 6-11-1 SEC) in their 6-0 win against McNeese State (10-31) Wednesday night in Alex Box Stadium. “[Freshman pitcher Daniel Bradshaw] could become a real high quality starting pitcher for us,” Mainieri said. “[Freshman pitcher] Austin Ross came in and threw a great inning.” The trio allowed only one hit and no walks. “They dominated the game, and I was real happy about that,” Mainieri said. The game was scoreless until the fourth inning when junior first baseman Matt Clark broke the tie by hitting a home run over the scoreboard in right field. It was Clark’s team-leading 14th home run on the season and his first since March 30 when he hit two home runs against Florida. “It felt great,” Clark said about the home run. “I’ve been waiting for that for a while, and I’ve just been working hard. It finally fell into place where I got a good pitch and put a good swing on it.” Bradshaw retired the game’s first 12 batters when the fifth inning’s leadoff hitter, Cowboys’ first baseman Taylor Freeman, broke up the West Monroe native’s perfect game. It was McNeese’s only hit of the game. LSU sophomore designated hitter Blake Dean blasted a home run of his own over the right-center field wall in the sixth inning to widen LSU’s lead to 3-0. Ross came in during the seventh inning and struck out one of the three batters he faced. In the bottom half of that inning, LSU freshman shortstop DJ LeMahieu scored on a single by LSU sophomore left fielder Jared Mitchell. This put the Tigers ahead, 4-0. Clark touched all the bases again in the eighth inning when he belted another two-run home run to right field. The shot off the scoreboard stretched LSU’s lead to 6-0. Ranaudo pitched the eighth and ninth innings, striking out two of the six batters he faced. The Jackson, N.J., native missed most of the season with elbow tendinitis and saw action in one other game. “I’m really anxious to see what his velocity numbers were,” Mainieri said. “It looked to me like he was throwing maybe 88 or 89 miles an hour, which was harder than he threw last week.” Bradshaw (2-5) recorded the win for LSU for his six innings of shutout work. “It felt really good to go out there and get a really good outing under my belt,” Bradshaw said. “I’ve had a rough couple of outings.” McNeese State sophomore pitcher Jonathan Conrad (1-6) received the loss for the Cowboys. LSU will take the field Friday when they host South Carolina in a three-game series.