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USA Today
19 hours ago
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- USA Today
When is LSU baseball's next College World Series game?
When is LSU baseball's next College World Series game? LSU baseball began its College World Series with a 4-1 victory over Arkansas on Saturday. The Tigers are well-positioned in the winners' bracket, while Arkansas will be forced to climb out of the losers' bracket. With the victory, the Tigers advance to play UCLA on Monday at 6 p.m. CT at Charles Schwab Field. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN. The Bruins bested Murray State 6-4 on Saturday afternoon. Their last appearance in the College World Series was in 2013. In its first season in the Big Ten, UCLA went 22-8 against conference opponents and made it to the tournament championship game. The sixth-seeded Tigers come in as the favorites to win the national championship following their win over the Razorbacks. They upset the No. 3 Razorbacks and forced their starting pitcher to the dugout with two outs in the second inning after a three-run outburst. Left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson earned the win with seven strikeouts over seven innings. Chase Shores and Casan Evans slammed the door shut over the final two frames. Here's what our friends at UCLA Wire had to say about the Bruins' victory vs. Murray State: "The Bruins' pitching staff did enough to win this game against Murray State, but this was a bumpy ride. Two walks in the first inning could have been very problematic. A leadoff walk in the eighth fueled a two-run rally for Murray State. UCLA pitchers were not consistently able to get ahead of Murray State hitters. In the second through fifth innings, yes, but not throughout the game. UCLA pitchers need to get ahead of hitters and get them off balance. This pitching performance probably won't be good enough versus LSU or Arkansas."
USA Today
19 hours ago
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- USA Today
What LSU pitching coach Nate Yeskie said following College World Series win over Arkansas
What LSU pitching coach Nate Yeskie said following College World Series win over Arkansas "There's times as a coach where you go through things and you want things more for those players than you do for anything else" At this time last year, Chase Shores was on the tail end of his Tommy John recovery. One year later he throws a key relief inning in Omaha. #LSU — John Eads WAFB-TV (@JohnEadsWAFB) June 15, 2025 LSU baseball got off to a strong start during the 2025 College World Series with a win over Arkansas on Saturday, thanks in part to their pitching staff. Kade Anderson, Chase Shores and Casan Evans combined to limit the Razorbacks to four hits while striking out 10. Following Anderson's seven-inning quality start, pitching coach Nate Yeskie spoke about the left-hander's ability to constantly improve. "You can push on him and he'll push back the right way and he'll apply it to whatever he needs to do," Yeskie said. Anderson gave up a solo home run to open the sixth inning but recovered and didn't allow another base runner. In a pivotal moment, the sophomore remained composed. "It's how you respond to those things and he's responded to everything in tremendous fashion throughout his time with us," Yeskie said. Chase Shores and Casan Evans each hurled scoreless frames to close out the contest. The outing for Shores continues a strong run of postseason appearances in which he consistently hits 100 with his fastball. Shores pounded the strike zone. He needed 10 pitches to get through the eighth and struck out two of his three batters faced. "This has been a long time coming," Yeskie said. "I couldn't be more proud of him because it hasn't been easy and I think that his best days are still out ahead of him." Shores flashed as a true freshman in 2023, but his season was cut short due to Tommy John surgery. Shores missed all of 2024 before earning a spot in the rotation entering 2025. As Shores struggled, LSU moved the big righty to the bullpen. That move could pay off as LSU chases a national title.
Yahoo
a day ago
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- Yahoo
Instant Recap: LSU baseball gets massive win vs. Arkansas in College World Series
The two highest remaining seeds in the NCAA Tournament met in the College World Series on Saturday night when LSU baseball met Arkansas. LSU ace Kade Anderson shut down the Razorbacks and led the Tigers to a 4-1 victory. As the lower seed, LSU was the visiting team. Both teams worked through a scoreless first inning before LSU got on the board in the top of the second inning. The Tigers plated three runs in the top of the second as Chris Stanfield hit an RBI single, a pitch with the bases loaded hit Michael Braswell III, and Josh Pearson reached on a fielder's choice to make it 3-0. After that, Kade Anderson and the LSU defense would go to work. The Tigers rolled a couple of nice double plays to get LSU out of a few innings. The score remained 3-0 until the bottom of the sixth inning, when a solo shot from Arkansas would cut the lead to 3-1. In the top of the eighth inning, LSU got an insurance run as Derek Curiel hit an RBI single to increase the lead to 4-1 Tigers as we headed to the bottom of the eighth inning. In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Razorbacks started the inning with a single, and Anderson was pulled from the game. His day was finished after seven full innings of work. He gave up one run on three hits, seven strikeouts, and two walks. Chase Shores would enter to pitch for him. Shores then retired all three hitters he faced, and we headed to the ninth inning with LSU leading 4-1. Advertisement Casan Evans entered to pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Tigers looked to close it out. Evans got out of the inning unscathed, and the Tigers won 4-1. LSU advances in the winner's bracket to play UCLA on Monday night at 6 p.m. CT. This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: Quick Recap: LSU baseball beats Arkansas for key game one win in Omaha
