BATON ROUGE, La. – Game 2 of the annual LSU Baseball Purple-Gold World Series will start at 7 p.m. CT Friday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The six-inning game will conclude the series, which opened on Wednesday night when the Gold posted a 1-0 victory over the Purple.
If the Gold wins Game 2 on Friday, it is the series champion; if the Purple wins Game 2 by more than one run, it will be the series champion.
The game is open to the public with free admission and free parking, and fans are advised that LSU’s clear bag policy will be in effect with entrances available at Gates 1, 2 and 3 of the stadium. Bathrooms will be open for fans’ convenience, and a concessions stand will open on the concourse level.
Following Friday night’s game, all of the LSU players will be available for an autograph session.
Sophomore right-hander Jaden Hill will be the Gold’s starting pitcher in Game 2, and sophomore right-hander Cole Henry will take the mound for the Purple squad.
The game features former LSU players serving as guest coaches. Buzzy Haydel (pitcher/infielder, 2006-09) will be the head coach of the Gold squad, and he will be assisted by Chris McGhee (infielder, 2006-09) and Mikie Mahtook (outfielder, 2009-11).
The Purple team’s head coach is Josh Smith (infielder, 2017-19), and the Purple assistant coaches are Parker Bugg (pitcher, 2014-16) and Hunter Kiel (pitcher, 2017).
Following are some of the special rules that will be in effect for the game:
• The game will be 6 innings in duration.
• In the event of a game being tied after 6 innings, one extra inning will be played with modified international rules being used for the extra inning (begin inning with runners on 2nd and 3rd, with one out on the scoreboard). There will be a 15-pitch limit on the extra inning. Only one extra inning will be allowed per game.
• A pitcher cannot throw more than 25 pitches in one inning. In administering the pitch count limits, the pitcher must be below the limit when starting a batter. However, if he hits the limit while facing the batter, he will finish that batter’s at-bat regardless of pitch count. If the 3rd out is not recorded, “end of inning” will be called and the offensive team will be granted as many runs as there are runners on base when the inning is called.