LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri said he wanted sophomore second baseman Grant Dozar “to play a full game” Wednesday night against Binghamton.Dozar’s first hit of the night didn’t come until the eighth inning, but it was a momentum-shifting single that drove in two runs and propelled No. 4 LSU (21-3) to a 13-7 victory against the Bearcats (6-11).Dozar, who went 1-for-4 and recorded his fifth RBI of the season, said it benefited him greatly to be on the field the whole game rather than come off the bench again.”Being a reserve you don’t get that opportunity much to be out there and get the big hit,” Dozar said. “It really helped out seeing a lot of pitches throughout the night, knowing what to expect when you get up there.”Dozar’s fourth and fifth RBI of the season sparked a rally with no outs that included RBI singles by sophomore left fielder Trey Watkins, senior first baseman Blake Dean and junior catcher Micah Gibbs.Dozar said “it was a battle” trying to give the Tigers the lead in such a crucial situation.”I … just fouled a few balls off and then got down 0-2 early,” Dozar said. “Fortunately I got a fastball over the middle outer half and got a good swing on it.”Mainieri said his plan Wednesday was to give Dozar between three and five at-bats and “get out between the white lines.””Sometimes when you’re sitting on the bench you don’t feel like you contribute,” Mainieri said. “But that’s not true. When he finally gets an opportunity, he can be the big hero. He’s probably the most liked player by his teammates.”But Mainieri was not quite ready to crown Dozar as the next Gold Glove infielder.”There were a couple of plays he should have made at second base,” Mainieri said. “There was a base hit to his left that wasn’t that far from him, and there was a quality throw by Gibbs that he got his glove on and it went to center field. Before we anoint him as the next Roberto Alomar at second base, we need to be realistic and say he can play better too.”The Tigers erupted for seven runs in that eighth inning against Binghamton pitchers Robert Rogers and Adam Adami. Rogers took the loss, allowing two runs — one earned — in two innings, and Adami allowed five earned runs without retiring a batter.Binghamton did not make it easy for LSU, as the Bearcats led for most of the game.They answered a home run by Gibbs in the second inning with a two-run blast by junior left fielder Corey Taylor to give the Bearcats a 2-1 lead in the third inning.It would not be the last time Taylor’s name was called, as Binghamton had a monster fourth inning against LSU freshman pitcher Zach LaSuzzo.Taylor hit a grand slam to right field just out of reach of LSU sophomore outfielder Mikie Mahtook with two outs to increase the lead to 7-5, part of a five-run inning. Taylor had six RBIs on the night.Mainieri said he was sure Binghamton would be a hard-nosed team that would swing the bats aggressively. The first three Bearcats hitters swung at the first pitch from LSU freshman starter Michael Reed.”I know people start thinking I’m the little boy who cried wolf with some of these teams,” Mainieri said. “I knew this team was going to be good even though I didn’t know that much about them. They’re building a brand new facility at their school, so they’re making an investment in their baseball program … Fortunately they didn’t pitch their No. 1 starter against us.”Binghamton sophomore first baseman David Ciocchi fought back from a 0-2 count to draw a walk that loaded the bases right before the home run.LaSuzzo allowed all seven of those runs on five hits with one walk and one strikeout in 1 2/3 innings of work.Mainieri said LaSuzzo’s biggest fault is he is primarily “a one-pitch pitcher.””I actually didn’t think he pitched all that poorly,” Mainieri said. “He really commanded his fastball. He was down in the zone with it. He just doesn’t have quality secondary pitches … He doesn’t have anything to fool anybody with.”Dean drove in three runs on two hits Wednesday night on his way to moving into sole possession of sixth place on LSU’s all-time hits list with 280.—-Contact Rachel Whittaker at [email protected].