BATON ROUGE — LSU didn’t need a late rally to defeat Arkansas a second consecutive game.

The Tigers were in control from the start Sunday, beating the Razorbacks 5-1 before 4,147 fans at Alex Box Stadium. Mike Mahtook and Trey Watkins hit home runs for LSU, while Brett Eibner connected for Arkansas.

LSU (16-3, 2-1 SEC) came back to win the series after losing 6-3 on Friday and trailing 5-1 to the Razorbacks (13-5, 1-2) on Saturday.

Everything changed when LSU scored seven runs in the seventh inning Saturday and came back to win 8-7 to tie up the series. T...