Rob Vaughn and the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team took down the LSU Tigers on Sunday 4-3 to win the rubber match of the three game series.

With the series win, the Crimson Tide is now 32-19 overall and 12-15 in Southeastern Conference play. This was the final home series of the regular season for Alabama who will travel to Auburn next weekend before the SEC Tournament takes place in Hoover beginning on May 21.

Alabama quickly took a 4-0 lead over the Tigers after just three innings. Thanks to some excellent work on the mound from Ben Hess and the Alabama bullpen, the Crimson Tide was able to hold off LSU to get the much-needed victory.

Following the win, Coach Vaughn was complimentary of the Tide pitching staff.

"This was just a great job by our pitching staff of finding a way to hold a pretty dangerous offense to limited runs, and they gave our offense a chance, even when we weren't at our best."

It was arguably Hess' best performance of the season and if Alabama can get him going late in the season, it could make the Crimson Tide a sleeper team heading into the SEC and NCAA tournaments.