BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU stroked two grand slams and a three-run homer, exploding for 16 runs over three consecutive innings to knock off West Virginia 16-9 and take a 1-0 lead in the Baton Rouge Super Regional at Alex Box Stadium on Saturday.

Mountaineers starter Griffin Kirn struggled with his command, hitting two batters in the bottom of the third before LSU left fielder Derek Curiel roped a three-run bomb to the stands in left field to give LSU a 3-1 lead it did not relinquish in front of 12,093 fans.

Adding grand slams in the fifth and sixth innings, the Tigers moved ahead 16-5, making West Virginia's rally attempts moot.

WVU had success against LSU starter Kade Anderson from the beginning. Armani Guzman set the tone with a 10-pitch at bat to start the game. WVU scored first as Sam

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