From School Reports

BATON ROUGE — Houston scored seven runs in the bottom of the third inning to break a 2-2 tie and end the LSU baseball team’s season in the NCAA Regional final, 9-2, on Monday night at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

LSU (46-16-1) led 2-0 in the after the first frame, but Houston (48-16) scored 12 unanswered runs to advance to the NCAA Super Regional against Texas next weekend.

Cougars reliver Jared Robinson (5-1) entered to squelch a rally in the third and stymied the Tigers for the better part of the next six innings. He faced 15-straight Tigers without allowing hit until the eighth inning. Robinson threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings on Monday, allowing only four hits with a walk and eight strikeouts. He also threw 6 2/3 innings on Friday in an opening-round win over Southeastern Louisiana.

In the top of the first, LSU came out swinging against Houston starter Andrew Lantrip. With one out, both Alex Bregman and Jake Fraley singled through the left side and advanced on a double steal. McMullen’s single through the right side scored both runners and gave LSU a 2-0 lead.

Houston answered immediately against LSU freshman starter Alden Cartwright, who was unable to get an out. Cartwright gave up a hit batter and two walks before being taken out. Righthander Parker Bugg (2-2), another freshman, entered and allowed a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded that cut LSU’s advantage to 2-1. A sacrifice bunt by Caleb Barker tied the game at 2-2, and Pugg overcame an error with a strikeout to end the inning.

The Tigers put two runners on base in the top of the third to chase Lantrip, but Houston struck out Cade Scivicque to end the threat.

In the deciding home half of the third, 10 Cougars reached base consecutively with only a fielder’s choice to the Tigers’ credit. Seven-straight crossed the plate against two LSU pitchers, as Bugg allowed a walk, a single and a hit batter to load the bases. After stopping a grounder up the middle with his foot and throwing out Casey Grayson at home for the first out, Bugg hit Landon Appling on the next pitch to drive in Frankie Ratcliff from third and give Houston a 3-2 lead.