Here’s the good news for LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri’s squad: The last time his team had a three-game losing streak was late 2008. The Tigers lost a midweek game to UNO before losing the first two games of a weekend Southeastern Conference series to Georgia.LSU tied their next game, and then came the wins — 23, to be exact.The No. 15 Tigers (32-9) can hang their hats in hopes of a turnaround after a weekend sweep at the hands of No. 14 Ole Miss. The Tigers move on to an in-state matchup against UNO (10-29) tonight at home.The bad news: LSU dropped to second in the SEC Western Division with three conference losses.The Tigers lost for the first time all season when leading after seven innings (previously 27-0.) They lost two games in which they scored at least eight runs after starting the season 20-1 in that statistic.A day after the Tigers lost on a walk-off single, Mainieri was upbeat about the performance of his team. The Tigers lost by a total of four runs during the weekend.”Our team played their hearts out this weekend,” Mainieri said. “There were a lot of positive individual efforts, but we just came up short. It was a tough environment … We played just as good as Ole Miss, but when you go on the road, you have to outplay the other team.”Some individual efforts came from LSU relief pitching.The LSU starters combined for 12 1/3 innings, 21 hits and 17 earned runs. Relief pitching fared better, giving up seven runs.Junior Ben Alsup, coming off a strong midweek performance against Northwestern State, relieved junior Anthony Ranaudo in Saturday’s 11-9 loss. After Ranaudo had surrendered nine runs, Alsup threw five innings of one-run ball.”We were down, 9-2, and he came in and stemmed the tide,” Mainieri said. “We had a chance to take the lead, but it wouldn’t have even been possible to get back in the game if it wasn’t for his performance.”The Tigers will try to regain form tonight against a UNO team that Troy swept over the weekend.The Privateers, with a 2-19 record, have struggled mightily throughout the season, especially in conference play. They are batting at .270 while their opponents are hitting .334, and their team ERA stands at 8.00.LSU will throw right-hander Daniel Bradshaw (5-0, 4.71 ERA) on the hill against UNO righty Joe Zimmermann (0-5, 9.42 ERA.) Mainieri isn’t worried about providing motivation for tonight’s game.      “We are on a three-game losing streak, we get to play at home and we don’t have that many games left,” Mainieri said. “Their pitcher, Zimmermann, has a real good arm.”Freshman Alex Edward will get the start in left field as LSU continues to search for a replacement for injured outfielder Trey Watkins.—-Contact Andy Schwehm at [email protected].