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College  | Story  | 4/30/2016

Lange goes distance in Tigers win

Jheremy Brown     
Photo: LSU Athletics




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No. 15 LSU 6, No. 11 Ole Miss 3

When you look at the body of work that LSU righthander Alex Lange put together yesterday there are several positive implications that you can take away. First, it’s his second start in a row in which he went a complete nine innings, something that was far out of the picture earlier this spring. Conversely, Lange appears to be back to his old self just as he was in 2015 when he was pretty much untouchable and able to throw his curveball for strikes at will. And of course, all of this is coming at the right time as the Tigers look to ascend the national polls and look to host as the postseason is drawing closer each and every day.




Entering the year as one of the top arms in the country regardless of class as he was coming off of a ridiculous freshman campaign in which he went 12-0, Lange proved he was human as he struggled early with his command and which led to mixed results. But like any big time player does, Lange’s began to figured things out and make an adjustment which is fantastic news for Coach Paul Mainieri’s club and not so great news for the rest of the SEC. Last weekend against Mississippi State, even though he took the loss, was Lange’s best start of the year and perhaps his announcement of saying he was back as he threw nine innings of two run ball (only one earned) with seven strikeouts, setting the tone for last night.

After dropping Thursday night's game, winning Friday was a must and Lange brought his "A" game and got better as the night went on. The Tigers opened up with a two spot in the top of the first, but, unsurprisingly as they did last night every time, the Rebels countered with two runs of their own and it looked eerily similar to the situation the night prior. Instead, Lange locked in and proved to be nearly unhittable from the fourth inning onward, allowing just two base hits in innings five through nine.

And it’s not as though Lange’s overall stuff was getting better as he sat in the 91-94 mph range in the first inning which is the exact same range he showed in the ninth inning, popping a 94 on the 102nd pitch of the outing. Instead, his sequencing was better and he was able to stay off the barrel, something he wasn’t able to avoid early as the Rebel hitters went to the plate looking for a first pitch fastball and jumped on it if that’s what they saw.


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