KNOXVILLE- LSU baseball struggled with the bats again as they were limited to 1-run, losing to Tennessee 3-1 on Friday.

The Tigers drop to 16-6 on the season and will play the Volunteers in game 2 at 5 P.M. on Saturday.

Gavin Dugas was the lone bright spot for the Tigers as he hit a 2nd inning solo home run to give the Tigers an early 1-0 lead.

Dugas delivers and we’re on the board@gavin_dugas04
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— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) March 26, 2021

Tennessee would retake the lead in the bottom half of the third with 2 runs in the inning. They added one more in the 7th inning and win it.

LSU right hand pitcher Landon Marceaux was issued the loss. He went 5 innings, giving up 3 hits and 2 runs. Only 1 was earned.

Right hand pitcher Jaden Hill will get the start for the Tigers on Saturday.