The LSU softball team’s 4-3 win against Baylor on Wednesday night was a wild affair – literally.Freshman catcher Morgan Russell slid home for the winning run on a wild pitch that struck out junior outfielder Jazz Jackson, defeating the Bears (18-10) and ending a three-plus hour softball marathon caused by two different rain delays.”I was running fast – at least I thought I was running fast in my mind,” Russell said. “It was a mental thing, and I was going to score no matter what.”Russell reached home in wild fashion not once but twice for the No. 20 Tigers (15-5, 2-1). The Edmond, Okla., native charged to the plate on an earlier wild pitch to put LSU up, 3-2, in the second inning just before an hour-long rain delay sent the teams to the dugouts.The run was made possible by a timely piece of hitting from sophomore third baseman Jessica Mouse. Mouse singled up the middle with two outs and the bases loaded to knot the score at 2-2. The hit came in the first at bat after an eight-minute rain delay.”Mouse is just a tremendous person, and it’s so nice to see her succeed,” said LSU coach Yvette Girouard. “She didn’t have the greatest year last year offensively, and she’s already showing some dividends [this season].”The two separate delays – both in the second inning – extended the second inning for an hour and 45 minutes.”We’ve had some wild games all year long,” Girouard said. “It was nice to see them stay focused, because you can lose a team quick in a delay like that.”LSU freshman pitcher Brittany Mack (5-1) may have benefitted from the down time. Mack allowed three hits and two runs in the two innings prior to the delays but recovered to allow just one hit and one run after the rain had subsided.Mack made a costly error in the fifth inning when she kicked a ground ball allowing a Baylor run.”[The ball] was coming in slow, and I was kind of waiting on it, and then something weird spun it and I was just like, ‘Great,'” Mack said.The Tigers’ seventh-inning rally, led by Russell, put the matter at ease. Russell led off the inning with a base hit to right field and ended it with her home base heroics.——Contact David Helman at [email protected]