Thursday was a packed day of sports news from around the college sports world, leaving plenty of things to go over in today’s college sports roundup.
Starting with the College World Series will be an all-SEC College World Series Championship Series.
On Thursday night, the No. 5 LSU Tigers thanks to a two-run home run by Tommy “Tanks” White defeated the No. 1 Wake Forest Demon Deacons in one of the best pitching duels you’ll ever see in college baseball. LSU’s Paul Skenes and Wake Forest’s Rhett Lowder went pitch-for-pitch through seven innings on Thursday night as the two showed why they’ll both likely be high first-round picks in next month’s MLB Draft.
Lowder was great, pitching seven innings and allowing just three hits and a pair of walks while striking out six. Skenes, however, was even better. Over in today’s age, an unheard of 120 pitches, Skenes allowed just two hits and one walk over eight innings pitched while striking out nine.
It would take 11 innings to ultimately find a winner. After Demon Deacons’ reliever, Michael Massey allowed a base runner in the bottom of the 11th inning, the Demon Deacons turned to closer Camden Minacci to face Tommy White.
On Minacci’s first pitch to White, White clobbered a hanging offspeed pitch in the middle of the zone to give LSU the 2-0 victory and advance the Tigers to the Championship Series to take on the Florida Gators. Surprisingly, this will be the first time that LSU has played Florida all season. The two did not meet in the regular season or SEC Tournament.
Beyond the thrilling LSU vs Wake Forest game, there was also plenty of other news including more coming out of Baton Rouge. The NBA draft took place in Brooklyn with some surprising picks, the LSU Football and Basketball programs were placed on probation, and more.