HOOVER, Ala. — Ty Ross is back in the LSU lineup at catcher as the Tigers try to avoid elimination from the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament when they play Ole Miss at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
It has been just 12 days since Ross underwent an emergency appendectomy. He saw his first action since the surgery when he pinch hit and made the last out in top-seeded LSU’s 3-2 loss to seventh-seeded Mississippi State on Wednesday afternoon.
The loser of the game between the Tigers and the ninth-seeded Rebels will be eliminated and the winner will advnace to play the loser of Thursday’s second game between State and Kentucky at 3 p.m. Friday.
Here are the starting lineups for the LSU-Ole Miss game:
LSU (42-15)
Austin Nola — SS
Grant Dozar — DH
Mason Katz — RF
Raph Rhymes — LF
Tyler Moore — 1B
Ty Ross — C
JaCoby Jones — 2B
Tyler Hanover — 3B
Arby Fields — CF
Kevin Gausman — P
Ole Miss — (35-23)
Tanner Mathis — RF
Alex Yarbrough — 2B
Matt Snyder — 1B
Zach Kirksey — LF
Auston Bousfield — CF
Sikes Orvis — DH
Will Allen — C
Andrew Mistone — 3B
Jake Overbey — SS
Tanner Bailey — P
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