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5 takeaways from LSU’s national title win in Omaha over Florida

Here are five takeaways as Jay Johnson leads LSU to a national title in Year 2.

For the seventh time in program history, LSU baseball won a national title.

[autotag]Jay Johnson[/autotag] became the first second-year coach to ever win a title behind a star-studded team led by [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] and [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag].

LSU fought off elimination in the bracket earlier in the week and again in the final.

For veteran stars like [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag], it was a Cinderella ending. Skenes was named tournament MVP, and program staples like [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] and [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] got one last chance to shine.

Here are five takeaways from LSU’s title-clinching win in Omaha.

YEAR OF THE TIGER: Reactions as LSU baseball wins the 7th national championship in program history

It was a celebration among Tiger nation on Monday night as LSU left no doubt in Game 3 against Florida.

For the seventh time in program history, the LSU Tigers baseball team is the College World Series champion.

Coach Jay Johnson’s team responded as well as he could have hoped after allowing a CWS-record 24 runs in a Game 2 loss to Florida, shelling the Gators in Game 3 en route to a dominating 18-4 win to seal the national championship.

[autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] pitched a gem on the mound as the Tigers didn’t even ultimately need [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag], and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag], [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag], [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] and [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] all came in clutch on offense, recording three-plus hits each.

Here’s how LSU fans, athletes, alumni and media responded to the national title-clinching win.

Tommy White walks it off in extras against Wake Forest to send LSU to the national championship

Tommy White hit a two-run shot to win the game and send the Tigers to the national championship series against Florida.

Many games are advertised as “Games of the Century.” It is very rare that those games ever live up to that hype.

This one did.

[autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] against Wake Forest’s [autotag]Rhett Lowder[/autotag], two of the best pitchers in the country, with each team’s season on the line.

This game was all about defense until the 11th inning when [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] broke the shutout with a two-run walk-off homer to lift the Tigers past the Demon Deacons and into the national championship series against Florida.

The most exciting thing to happen during the first part of this game was Skenes breaking former Tiger, [autotag]Ben McDonald[/autotag]’s, single-season strikeout record in the SEC. It only took Skenes two innings to break it.

Lowder’s night was finished after he pitched seven innings and allowed zero runs on three hits, six strikeouts, and two walks. In the top of the eighth inning, Wake Forest had runners on the corner with only one out. They tried a safety squeeze where the hitter would try to bunt the runner in. [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] said “not today.”

Skenes’ day was done after pitching eight innings and allowing zero runs on two hits, nine strikeouts, and a walk. [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] came out of the bullpen to replace him. Neither team was able to score in the ninth inning so we headed to extras.

In the bottom of the eleventh inning, Crews singled to chase [autotag]Michael Massey[/autotag] from the mound. The Demon Deacons brought in [autotag]Camden Minacci[/autotag] to face White with the winning run on first base. On the first pitch to White, Minacci hung a breaking ball up in the zone…and the rest was history.

White hit a two-run shot to win the game for LSU and send the Tigers to the national championship series. LSU will get a rematch of the 2017 national championship with a shot at a different outcome.

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LSU shuts out Tennessee to stay alive in College World Series, will rematch Wake Forest in semifinal

LSU will play the Demon Deacons on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. CT.

After a heartbreaking loss to Wake Forest on Monday night, LSU was tasked with facing Tennessee for the fifth time this season as [autotag]Nate Ackenhausen[/autotag] took the mound for the Tigers.

An incredible outing from Ackenhausen lifted LSU to a 5-0 shutout win as it keeps its season alive and advances to face Wake Forest in a rematch in the semifinals on Wednesday.

[autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] drew first blood in the top of the first with an RBI single to give LSU a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the first inning, Ackenhausen became the first LSU pitcher to get his first start as a Tiger in the College World Series. As you can see from the graphic below, it went very well for him.

In the top of the sixth inning, LSU scored again when Zane Denton had an error trying to throw the ball to first base to get [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] out on a bunt attempt. [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] scored to increase the lead to 2-0.

Ackenhausen’s day was done after six full innings. He gave up zero runs on four hits, seven strikeouts, and zero walks. [autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] came in to pitch after him. In the top of the eighth inning, LSU scored again on a wild pitch with the bases loaded to extend the lead to 3-0 LSU. In the top of the ninth inning, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit a two-run homer to give LSU a 5-0 lead as Tennessee faced their final three outs of their season.

Cooper retired the Vols 1-2-3 and the Tigers live to fight another day. LSU will play Wake Forest on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT. The Tigers must beat the Demon Deacons twice to make it to the national title series.

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Wake Forest rallies to hand LSU its first loss in NCAA tournament

LSU will now play Tennessee in an elimination game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT.

LSU has played a lot of high-profile contests this season, but none have been as highly anticipated as the winners’ bracket matchup against No. 1 Wake Forest in the College World Series.

[autotag]Ty Floyd[/autotag] was on the mound as he looked to lead the Tigers to a 2-0 record in Omaha. Though LSU battled and led 2-0 for much of the game, a Wake Forest rally ultimately sealed a 3-2 win as LSU suffered its first loss of the entire NCAA tournament and now faces potential elimination on Tuesday.

LSU drew first blood in the top of the third inning when [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit an RBI single to score [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] followed that with an RBI triple to score White and extend the lead to 2-0.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Floyd was chased from the mound after Wake Forest loaded the bases. [autotag]Thatcher Hurd[/autotag] entered the game and was greeted with an RBI single to cut the lead to 2-1. [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] then executed a 6-3 double play for the first two outs of the inning, but a run scored to tie the game.

Hurd walked the next batter to load the bases again. He struck out the next hitter to stop the bleeding and keep the game tied. Floyd’s night was finished after pitching five innings and giving up two runs on two hits, 10 strikeouts, and four walks.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Wake Forest scored on an RBI single to give them a 3-2 lead. That’s all they would need as they retired LSU 1-2-3 in the ninth to win the game.

LSU will now play Tennessee in an elimination game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. CT.

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LSU withstands Tennessee rally in CWS opener, will face No. 1 Wake Forest on Monday in winners’ bracket

LSU advances in the winners’ bracket to play Wake Forest on Monday! 

LSU’s first game of the College World Series was an SEC matchup with the Tennessee Volunteers as the Tigers looked to advance to the winners’ bracket to face Wake Forest.

A late rally from the Vols made things interesting, but LSU managed to hold on for a 6-3 win to set up a matchup against the Demon Deacons on Monday.

[autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] put the Tigers on the board in the bottom of the second inning with a solo homer to give LSU a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third inning, LSU extended their lead to 2-0 after [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] hit an RBI groundout to the pitcher. In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU tacked on two more runs thanks to a [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] RBI triple and an RBI single by [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead.

 

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to score [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] to extend the lead to 5-0 Tigers. In the top of the eighth, the Vols struck back.

Tennessee scored three runs as an RBI single chased [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] from the game and [autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] was greeted with a 2-run homer to cut the lead to 5-3 heading into the ninth inning.

Skenes’ day was finished after he pitched 7.2 innings and allowed two runs on five hits, 12 strikeouts, and a walk. [autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] replaced Guidry to get the final out of the inning.

In the top of the ninth inning, Jobert got his third hit of the day as he tacked on another run via a solo homer to right field to make it 6-3.

Cooper stayed in to pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning. He sat down three of the four hitters he faced and the Tigers won 6-3.

LSU advances in the winners’ bracket to play Wake Forest on Monday night at 6 p.m. CT.

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5 takeaways from LSU’s dominating win over Kentucky in Game 1 of super regionals

After a long delay, it was all LSU in Game 1 of the Baton Rouge Super Regional.

After a long day of waiting, LSU and Kentucky played a baseball game at Alex Box Stadium. It felt like Deja Vu of last week’s regional and at points, it looked like this game might get pushed to Sunday.

First pitch was eventually thrown at 9:06 p.m. CT.

Once the game did get going, it was all LSU. The Tigers took out any frustration the delay may have caused by crushing homer after homer. LSU starter [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] brought his best, doing what he needed to do to save LSU’s best bullpen arms for Sunday.

Here are five takeaways from LSU’s 14-0 win in Game 1 of the Baton Rouge Super Regional.

PHOTOS: Paul Skenes, explosive offense leads LSU past Kentucky in Game 1 of Baton Rouge Super Regionals

The Tigers can clinch a spot in Omaha on Sunday.

Though the prospect of baseball being played at Alex Box Stadium didn’t look great at times on Saturday, LSU ultimately took the field for Game 1 of the Baton Rouge Super Regional against Kentucky, and it couldn’t have gone better for coach Jay Johnson’s team.

Behind a gem of a performance from [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] in his final start at The Box, LSU won 14-0 against the Wildcats and will have a chance to clinch a spot in the College World Series in Omaha on Sunday.

Skenes pitched 7.2 shutout innings with nine strikeouts, while an electric outing from the offense did the rest. [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] each hit two home runs, while [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] both had one.

The Tigers will face Kentucky in Game 2 at 5 p.m. CT on Sunday with a spot in the CWS on the line. Here were the best photos from the late-night win on Saturday.

Bombs Away in Baton Rouge: LSU dominates Kentucky to take Game 1 of super regional

After a seven-hour wait due to the weather, LSU’s bats provided all of the electricity needed for a Game 1 win.

After a seven-hour wait due to the weather, LSU’s bats provided all of the electricity needed for a blowout, 14-0 Game 1 win on Saturday night over Kentucky in the first game of the Baton Rouge Super Regional.

[autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] got the Tigers started off on the right foot in the bottom of the first when he hit a solo shot to give LSU a 1-0 lead.

In the bottom of the third inning, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a two-run shot and Morgan hit another solo shot to increase the lead to 4-0.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] joined the party with a solo shot of his own to increase the lead to 5-0.

In the bottom of the fifth, LSU blew the game wide open as they scored six more runs! [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag] hit a solo shot, Morgan got an RBI single, [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, Morgan scored on a wild pitch, and [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] hit a two-RBI single to extend the lead to 11-0. In the bottom of the sixth, White hit his second tank of the night to give LSU a 12-0 lead.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, LSU tacked on two more runs thanks to a Thompson RBI single and a sacrifice fly by [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] to extend the lead to 14-0. [autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] night ended after 7.2 innings. He finished with zero runs allowed on four hits, nine strikeouts, and a walk.

With the win, LSU is now one win away from Omaha. Game 2 against Kentucky will be on Sunday at 5 p.m. CT.

SUPER SHOWING: LSU beats Oregon State to win Baton Rouge Regional, advance to super regional

LSU will host a super regional at Alex Box Stadium against either Kentucky or Indiana this weekend.

For the 16th time in program history, LSU is advancing to the super regionals after a 13-7 win over Oregon State in the Baton Rouge Regional final.

[autotag]Riley Cooper[/autotag] got the nod on the mound on Monday afternoon as LSU looked to punch its ticket to the Baton Rouge Super Regional. LSU would have to beat Oregon State just once in two games to make that happen.

The Tigers drew first blood in the top of the fourth inning when they scored four runs on a bases-loaded hit by pitch, a sacrifice fly by [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag], and a two-RBI triple by [autotag]Josh Pearson[/autotag].

In the bottom of the fourth, the Beavers cut the lead in half with a two-run homer to cut the lead to 4-2. In the top of the fifth inning, LSU got those runs back as [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] and [autotag]Cade Beloso[/autotag] hit back-to-back homers for the second day in a row to increase the lead to 6-2.

In the top of the sixth inning, [autotag]Dylan Crews[/autotag] hit a Crews Missile off of the Tony Chachere sign in left-center field to increase the lead to 7-2. The Beavers struck again in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run shot to cut the lead to 7-4 after six innings.

In the top of the seventh, LSU put the game out of reach as the Tigers scored five more runs to make it 12-4 LSU after seven innings. [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] hit a homer, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] hit a two-RBI single, Crews scored on a wild pitch, and White scored on an RBI single by Travinski.

In the top of the ninth, LSU scored again on an RBI double by [autotag]Tre Morgan[/autotag] to make it 13-4. Oregon State was down to its final three outs of the season, and the Beavers scored a run to cut the lead to 13-7 but that is all they could manage as the Tigers secured a spot in the supers next weekend.

LSU will play the winner of the Lexington Regional between No. 12 Kentucky and Indiana in its super regional.

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