By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor
LSU catcher Cade Arrambide hit a two-run home run to pace a 12-hit attack as the No. 1 Tigers defeated Notre Dame, 9-4, Saturday afternoon at the JAX College Baseball Classic in Jacksonville, Florida.
Arrambide’s second home run of the season put the Tigers (7-0) up 7-0 in the fourth inning. Brayden Simpson and Trent Caraway each stroked RBI doubles in the second inning for a 2-0 lead. LSU took a 5-0 lead in the third on RBI singles by Seth Dardar and Omar Serna and a bases-loaded walk to Simpson.
“I just worked my way into a count where I know I’m very likely to get a fastball,” Arrambide said. “He laid a fastball in there, and I just put a good swing on it.”
Jake Brown went 4-for-5 for the Tigers with three runs scored. Seven players had at least one hit.
“The offensive approach for two days has been great here,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson, whose team put up 18 hits in a 14-7 win over Indiana on Friday to open the tournament. “We’ve left some things on the table. But that’s how good it’s been.”
Seven LSU players have hit home runs in just seven games so far this season, 15 have at least one hit and 13 have RBIs.
“When you have as many good hitters as we do, I don’t think anybody ever feels like it’s really on them to have to do it,” Johnson said.
“It’s one you could put on videotape and say, ‘This is how you do it.’”
— Glenn Guilbeau (@SportBeatTweet) February 21, 2026
– LSU coach Jay Johnson on Tigers’ 9-run 8th inning to beat Indiana.https://t.co/74qXGPBaUS
Cooper Moore, a junior transfer from Kansas, started and got the win to go to 2-0 on the season with six strikeouts in five and two-thirds innings. He allowed eight hits and three runs with one walk.
“I thought Cooper was obviously excellent again, filling up the strike zone,” Johnson said. “He set a great tempo for us, allowed the offense to settle in.”
LSU added two runs in the sixth for a 9-3 lead on a wild pitch and another bases-loaded walk.
The Tigers play Central Florida (4-1) at 2 p.m. Sunday to close the tournament. Central Florida beat Notre Dame, 4-2, Friday in 10 innings and was scheduled to play Indiana (1-4) at 3 p.m. Saturday
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