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Everything Steve Sabins Had to Say After West Virginia's Loss to LSU
Everything Steve Sabins Had to Say After West Virginia's Loss to LSU originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
A trip to the College Baseball World Series is on the line for LSU or West Virginia. The Tigers won the first game 16-9 and have a chance to punch their ticket to Omaha with a win later today.
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The West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Steve Sabins was asked about his team's efforts after the game. 'Proud of the guys. Kept fighting throughout the entire game. Put up a two spot in the ninth when we were trailing by a significant margin. Had 11 hits, really competed well against a high-end pitcher in Kade Anderson, one of the best in the country. I think he's one of the top strikeout guys in the nation, and I thought our offense did a really nice job. Played competitive baseball. Game slipped away from us a little bit out of the bullpen. Asked a lot of guys to compete at a high level. Quite a few kids that hadn't been in a scenario like that before…And we had some great things happen. We had some struggles throughout the game. I certainly know that we kept fighting. So, proud of the guys,' said Sabins.
Coach Sabins was also asked about the pitching performance of Griffin Kirn. He said,' I felt like Griffin was out of gas. His velocity was lower than it had been in weeks. His crispness was lower than it had been in weeks. His command was less than it had been in weeks. So we have a really good team. It takes our depth and it takes everybody, if we're going to win at the highest levels. So we didn't think that he was the best option there.'
Finally Sabins talked about what his message to the team will be going into this next game. He said, 'Just this is what we've done all season. This is a series. I told them that if you lose Game 1 of a Regional, you've got to win four games and you're in a loser bracket. It's a very different scenario.
This is more traditional baseball. This is what we've been doing all year. You've got to go win a series. If you can get to a Game 3, everything changes. It's all about winning [Sunday], playing for the season, playing for your teammates, and then you get to Game 3 and that's when things can get really fun.'
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Watch the full press conference here:
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 8, 2025, where it first appeared.
