The Historic Win Streak Snaps, Pilots Salvage Day 1 of Cajun Collision [1]
All good things must come to an end. Going into Friday, February 6, 2026, LSU-Shreveport baseball had a 65-game win streak, the longest in the history of America’s Pastime. The feeling that the end was near loomed, seeing the cracks were starting to show for this new team. On Friday afternoon at the Cajun Collision in Monroe, Louisiana, LSUS lost 4-3 to the Eagles of Central Methodist, their first loss since May 16, 2024. However, they were able to salvadge the day by pulling victory out of the jaws of defeat in the nightcap againt Mid-America Christian, 6-5.
The matchup saw Brock Lucas toe the rubber for the Pilots against Westin Walls. Lucas once again struggled but did just enough to keep his team in the game once he was pulled in the third inning. The bullpen did its job to keep LSUS in the game. The scoreboard read 3-1 Central Methodist in the sixth. Keep in mind, all games at the Cajun Collision are seven innings.
A word that has been repeatedly used to describe this team since last season is magical. Magic struck again with two outs in the sixth inning when Makana Olaso got just enough of one for a left field wall-scraping, game-tying two-run homer.
In the seventh inning, a walk, hit batter, and a ground-out put the go-ahead run on third base with two outs. That run scored on a wild pitch. Bottom seventh, two outs, Pilots down a run. Spencer Sullivan to the plate with the tying run ninety feet from home. The winning run in scoring position on second base. Walls, who is still in the game, strikes him out to end it. A complete game, eight strikeout performance puts the win streak to bed. What stung the most is that 66 in a row was achievable. The loss was avoidable, but the magic is gone. For now.
Game two of the day saw LSUS match up with a familiar foe in Mid-America Christian. The Evangels were up 5-2 in the seventh. Fabian Hernandez, the starter, was also still out there looking for his own complete game. He entered the seventh inning with two runs given up on four hits along with seven strikeouts. With two outs, still down three, the Pilots found the magic. Four runs scored, capped off by a walk-off two run double by Sullivan, the same guy who struck out to end the previous game. A script not even Spielberg could think of.

