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BATON ROUGE, La. — Freshman Rudi Cantu went 3-for-4, but Tiffany Garcia scattered seven hits in a complete-game shutout to lead No. 9 LSU past UTSA, 3-0, on Tuesday evening at Tiger Park.
Cantu had three of seven hits for the Roadrunners, who fell to 13-14 on the season in dropping their first road game in six tries. Freshman Cassie Miller went 2-for-3, while senior Aimee Murray and freshman Krista Sitka had a hit apiece.
Garcia struck out three and walked one in running her record to 5-0 as the Tigers moved to 25-4 on the year. Dee Dee Henderson led the LSU offense with three hits, three runs scored and four stolen bases.
LSU jumped on the board with a run in the bottom of the first inning. Henderson singled through the right side of the infield, stole second, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Jazz Jackson and scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Leslie Klein.
Henderson helped the Tigers manufacture another run in the third as she singled through the left side, stole second, reached third on a groundout and scored on a Klein groundball to second base.
It was almost déjà vu in the fifth as Henderson again started the inning with a single, stole second and third and scored on a Jackson single up the middle.
The Roadrunners threatened in the top of the sixth as an infield single by Murray loaded the bases with one out. Garcia worked out of the jam with a strikeout and a fly ball.
Junior Janeille Nickels (5-5) allowed three runs on nine hits in the loss.
The Roadrunners host Texas Tech in a doubleheader at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 16.
