BATON ROUGE - LSU struggled to get a hit off of West Virginia for the early portion of their NCAA Super Regional game, but once they broke through the Tigers continued to pour it on against the Mountaineers to take a 16-7 lead with the help of a seven-run fifth inning.

Tiger freshman Derek Curiel smashed a three-run home run to the opposite field in the fourth inning to get the scoring started for LSU. The deep shot was the first hit of the game for LSU and gave the Tigers a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning at Alex Box Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Curiel took a high and away pitch to left field for the Tigers first hit of the game after Luis Hernandez and Daniel Dickinson both were hit by pitcher Griffin Kirn in the third.

LSU struck again in the fifth inning when Steven Milam slapped an

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