Christian Little and Tommy White celebrate an eighth-inning escape act in LSU's win at Mississippi State (Aaron Fitt)

LSU weathers the storm in Starkville

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Three innings into Saturday afternoon’s game at Dudy Noble Field, it looked like LSU would cruise to an easy victory. The Tigers were in complete control, with a 9-1 lead — and then Mississippi State began to chip away. A three-run homer by MSU’s Bryce Chance in the fourth inning ignited the crowd of 13,974, and the energy in the stadium intensified as State got two more runs in the fifth. The crowd maintained its fever pitch until the end of the game, and the Bulldogs fed off that crowd, which in turn fed[…]