Aaron Nola pitched 7 and 2/3 innings to propel the LSU tigers to a 2-0 victory Friday night over the Missouri tigers and record LSU’s sixth striaight win.  LSU (24-2, 6-1 SEC) won its first game against Missouri (9-13, 2-5 SEC) since it joined the conference last July.

Nola (4-0) struck out 10 batters and issued no walks until the eight inning.  Chris Cotton was the closer for the tigers as he preserved the win for LSU.

Missouri starter Rob Zastrynzy (1-5) allowed only a single earned run when Mason Katz hit a two out fastball for a home run in the fourth inning.  The homer was Katz’s 11th home run.  LSU scored an unearned run with two outs in the eighth on a misplayed Raph Rhymes ground ball to second base which allowed Andrew Stevenson to score and give the tigers the 2-0 lead which turned out to be all they would need.

LSU baseball returns to action in game 2 of the series at 1:00 PM.  The game from Columbia will be televised by Fox Sports South.