The LSU baseball team showed its pitching depth during last night’s 4-3 win against Louisiana-Lafayette as an arsenal of seven Tiger pitchers saw the mound against the Ragin’ Cajuns.No. 7 LSU (16-3, 2-1) improved to 6-0 in one-run games on the season and has 12 straight victories against in-state colleges, dating back to April 21, 2009.ULL (11-10, 2-4) picked up its third consecutive loss in its fourth consecutive road game.The loss was the first loss the Ragin’ Cajuns recorded in the new Alex Box Stadium. ULL defeated LSU in the two teams’ first meeting in the new Box, 10-9, on March 11, 2009.Freshman pitcher Michael Reed got his second start of his Tiger career and pitched three complete innings, while giving up two runs on four hits with two strikeouts.It only took 10 pitches for junior pitcher Mitch Mormann (2-0) to pick up the win.The Manchester, Iowa, native pitched 1 2/3 innings, giving up one hit and striking out one batter.”If I can go out there and throw like that, I’ll take that anytime,” Mormann said.Sophomore pitcher Matty Ott earned his eighth save of the season, as he closed the game in the ninth inning.The graduate of Holy Cross in New Orleans has earned 24 saves in his young career at LSU and is second all-time in saves at LSU behind Rick Greene (29).Junior catcher Micah Gibbs and sophomore second baseman Tyler Hanover were the driving forces behind LSU’s offense, combining for four hits and three RBIs.Gibbs’ two RBIs bring his RBI season total to 20, and Hanover’s two doubles pushed his season total to six.The rest of the line up added four more hits, but LSU coach Paul Mainieri said his team had many good hits that just didn’t drop.”Had a few of those balls fallen, we would have a little breathing room at the end,” Mainieri said.LSU got on the board early, picking up a couple runs in the bottom of the first inning.Sophomore left fielder Trey Watkins started the LSU offense with a lead-off single.Watkins advanced to second after junior center fielder Leon Landry walked, and found himself at third when he and Landry stole bases on ULL junior pitcher Michael Cook.Watkins scored from third on a sacrifice fly by senior first baseman Blake Dean.Landry scored after an infield single by Gibbs.But the Ragin’ Cajuns answered with two runs of their own in the third inning.ULL junior second baseman Jordan Poirrier lifted a two-run home run the opposite way to the left field to tie the game at two.Both teams remained scoreless for the next two innings until LSU took a one-run lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.Hanover hit a fielder’s choice with bases loaded to score Gibbs from third base.Gibbs added his second RBI of the game during the seventh inning when he blasted a double off the right field wall to send Dean home safely, giving the Tigers a 4-2 lead.”I just kept it simple and tried to hit the ball right up the middle,” Gibbs said. “He threw a slider, it broke in and I was able to pull it.”ULL answered again in the ninth inning, adding a run to close the gap to 4-3.But Ott sat down ULL junior right fielder Matt Goulas and stubbed the Ragin’ Cajun comeback with runners stranded on the corners.”There are no style points for closers,” Mainieri said. “The only thing that matters is that you get the last out before they tie the game or go ahead.”—–Contact Jarred LeBlanc at [email protected]