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BATON ROUGE -- Starting pitcher Ryan Eades (5-1) allowed only two hits in 7 1/3 innings while Raph Rhymes went 3-for-4 to give the LSU baseball team a 7-1 victory over Alabama on Saturday night at Alex Box Stadium.

LSU (29-7, 11-4 SEC) extended its SEC Western Division lead to 2.5 games over Arkansas and will go for the series sweep of Alabama (13-22, 4-10) on Sunday. First pitch is set for noon CT on ESPN2.

Eades dominated, allowing one run on two hits with five strikeouts and four walks. Lefthander Brent Bonvillain entered with one out in the eighth and allowed a bases-loaded sacrifice fly before getting out of the inning with another fly ball out.

The Tigers scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the first Rhymes hit an RBI double down the leftfield line to score Tyler Hanover. Mason Katz, who was hit by a pitch, came around to score on a groundout by Ross.

In the bottom of the sixth, a two-out single by Tyler Moore plated Rhymes to push LSU's lead to 3-0.

Kentucky11-432-5Florida8-627-8South Carolina7-726-10Tennessee7-721-14Georgia7-822-14Vanderbilt5-915-20LSU10-429-7Arkansas8-725-10Auburn7-719-15Ole Miss7-824-12Mississippi St.5-921-14Alabama4-1013-22All Times Central and Subject to Change<br/>Thursday<br/>Georgia def. Ole Miss, 8-4<br/>Friday<br/>Florida def. Tennessee, 3-1<br/>Georgia def. Ole Miss, 6-3<br/>Vanderbilt def. Auburn, 5-4<br/>South Carolina def. Mississippi St., 7-6<br/>Arkansas def. Kentucky, 8-7<br/>LSU def. Alabama, 10-2<br/>Saturday<br/>Ole Miss def. Georgia, 8-3<br/>Auburn def. Vanderbilt, 5-2<br/>Tennessee def. Florida, 5-4<br/>Kentucky def. Arkansas, 5-4 (Game 2)<br/>South Carolina def. Mississippi St., 5-3<br/>Kentucky def. Arkansas, 2-1<br/>LSU def. Alabama, 7-1<br/>Sunday<br/>Alabama at LSU, noon (ESPN2)<br/>Mississippi St. at South Carolina, 12:30 p.m.<br/>Florida at Tennessee, 1 p.m.<br/>Auburn at Vanderbilt, 1 p.m.The Tigers broke the game open with four run the eighth, as shortstop Austin Nola hit an RBI single to drive in Katz. Catcher Ty Ross highlighted the inning with a two-RBI triple -- the first triple of his career. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Arby Fields to give LSU the final margin.

Nick Goody pitched a perfect ninth inning for LSU.

Alabama starter Justin Kamolain (1-3) took the loss after allowing three runs on seven hits in seven innings of work. He had three strikeouts and two walks.

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