Wednesday didn’t appear to be LSU junior first baseman Sean Ochinko’s day.The Parkland, Fla., native grounded into a pair of double plays with runners in scoring position in the second and fourth innings to prevent the Tigers from cutting into Mississippi Valley State’s early lead.But with an 0-2 count and a third chance at glory, Ochinko delivered and hit a mammoth grand slam to left field in the bottom of the eighth inning to spark a seven-run frame in the Tigers’ 10-4 win against the Delta Devils.”That’s why you get four at-bats,” Ochinko said. “Coach always tells us that you get four at-bats, and the ones late in the game are the most important. I struggled a little bit early, but I got a good pitch to hit and I nailed it.”Things weren’t as easy for the Tigers as in previous games. LSU’s streak of four games in a row of scoring in the opening inning came to a halt as the Tigers went down in order in the first inning.”I know people got used to us scoring six or eight runs in the first inning and then coasting to victory,” said LSU coach Paul Mainieri. “But those kinds of games are really unusual.”The Delta Devils rode their momentum into the second inning and scored three runs to force LSU freshman starter Shane Riedie out of the game after 1 1/3 innings.The Delta Devils added another run in the third inning on an RBI double off LSU sophomore Ben Alsup to take a 4-0 lead.LSU finally broke through in the fifth inning when junior third baseman Greg Dees short-hopped a throw to first base on a ground ball hit by LSU junior outfielder Blake Dean that scored freshman Grant Dozar and senior third baseman Derek Helenihi.But that was the only damage the Tigers could muster off Mills, who pitched five innings for the Delta Devils and allowed two runs — both unearned.”Their pitchers were extremely tough on us,” Mainieri said. “That first pitcher had a great change-up, and he kept our hitters off balance with it most of the night.”With Mills out of the game, LSU manufactured a run in the sixth inning to pull within a run.Sophomore shortstop DJ LeMahieu opened the inning with an infield single and advanced on a throwing error to second base. After a ground ball out by sophomore Chad Jones advanced LeMahieu to third base, the Tigers’ shortstop scored on a shallow sacrifice fly by Ochinko.Senior Louis Coleman, who started the Tigers season-opener against Villanova, pitched two scoreless innings and earned his second win of the season.—-Contact Casey Gisclair at [email protected]