Tigers softball routed in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Missouri Tigers were out of it from the start.

LSU scored four runs in the first inning and routed Missouri 8-0 on Saturday in a battle of ranked softball squads.

No. 11 LSU (37-10, 15-5 Southeastern Conference) added three in the third and another run in the fifth to take the game in five innings.

Nicole Hudson got the loss. She allowed all eight runs in 4 1/3 innings.

No. 12 Missouri had just two hits as it dropped to 25-7 overall and 10-6 in the SEC.

The three-game series concludes at 1 p.m. today.