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College baseball: LSU comes back for 11-10 win over UC Irvine in 11 innings

By Gary Klein
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Trey Watkins hit a bases-loaded double in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Louisiana State an 11-10 victory over UC Irvine in the opening game of an NCAA baseball regional at UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Watkins, who entered the game earlier as a pinch-runner, got the game-winning hit after Irvine reliever Eric Pettis gave up a two-out walk to Austin Nola, an infield single to Alex Edward and a walk to Leon Landry.

Irvine, which trailed, 7-3, in the fifth inning, came back to take a 10-9 lead on Francis Larson’s 11th-inning squeeze bunt. Larson also hit two home runs.

LSU will play the winner of tonight’s game between UCLA and Kent State.

-- Gary Klein

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Gary Klein covers the Los Angeles Rams for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered USC’s football program and athletic department. He began working for The Times in the San Fernando Valley edition and has reported on high school, college and pro sports. He grew up in Southern California and graduated from Cal State Northridge.

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