The No. 21 LSU softball team swept No. 2 Alabama in Wednesday’s doubleheader after the Tigers crawled from behind in both games.The Tigers struck first in game two when freshman second baseman Ashley Langoni hit an RBI single in the first inning to score junior left fielder Jazz Jackson.Two two-run home runs by freshman right fielder Jazlyn Lunceford and freshman second baseman Whitney Larsen put the Crimson Tide ahead 4-1 after the top of the third inning.The Tigers fired back in the bottom of the fifth inning to gain the lead, 6-5, highlighted by a three-RBI double by junior center fielder Rachel Mitchell with the bases loaded to tie the game.”It was just our inning, and we knew we were due for a big inning,” Mitchell said. “When everybody is hitting, it’s just a contagious thing.”In her first pitching appearance since Feb. 21, junior Kirsten Shortridge entered the game in the fourth inning after freshman starting pitcher Brittany Mack gave up three hits and four runs.Shortridge (3-2) earned the win after allowing one run and three hits in four innings.”It’s a whole different feeling from pitching in the beginning of the season,” Shortridge said.CONTROVERSIAL CALL HIGHLIGHTS LSU’S GAME- ONE WINControversy surrounded game one of a doubleheader between No. 21 LSU and No. 2 Alabama on Wednesday, resulting in Crimson Tide coach Patrick 3Murphy’s ejection.A fly out by LSU freshman first baseman Anissa Young to second baseman Whitney Larsen in the bottom of the seventh inning was overruled after Murphy improperly substituted Larsen into the game at second base. Young then re-hit and walked.”When the coaches started running towards me, I knew something was up,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “That was a huge turning point in the game.”Young’s pinch runner, freshman Katie Guillory, went on to score, giving the Tigers the 3-2 victory.The Tigers are now in second place in the Southeastern Conference Western Division behind division leader Arkansas, which won its fifth game in a row Wednesday night against Mississippi State.——Contact Jarred LeBlanc at [email protected]