The No. 6 LSU baseball team got a fresh face on the mound Sunday against Auburn.With two on, no outs and the tying run at the plate in the top of the eighth, sophomore Chad Jones — normally an outfielder — entered the game to pitch.The last time Jones pitched in a game was high school, and the first time he pitched at LSU was in a bullpen session during Thursday’s practice.The pressure was on once Jones gave up a lead-off single to load the bases.But the southpaw rebounded to strike out the next two left-handed batters before being pulled in favor of freshman Matty Ott in LSU’s 7-6 win against Auburn.The Tigers (33-12, 14-7) got their first Southeastern Conference sweep of the season and kept control of the SEC West ahead of Arkansas by a half game with the victory.The move wasn’t without precedent, as LSU coach Paul Mainieri moved Jeff Samardzija from outfield to pitcher when he was coaching for Notre Dame.Mainieri said he was hesitant to let Jones pitch, even though pitching coach David Grewe had been telling Mainieri for a month to give Jones the opportunity.”I just thought it was too much for Chad because he’s got so much on his plate with football, school, being an outfielder and a hitter,” Mainieri said. “My only regret now is that we didn’t do this full time and forget about hitting.”Jones – who was the first two-sport athlete to pitch for LSU since Ben McDonald in 1989 – received a standing ovation from the crowd when he left the game.”I was pumped up,” Jones said. “I feel like I can do the job for the team now.”—-Contact Andy Schwehm at [email protected]