
Gavin Dugas led off with a walk, and Brayden Jobert singles to left to give the Tigers runners at the corners. Top 2nd - LSU has something cooking here in the 2nd. Slater retires White on a grounder to short, and that ends the threat.īottom 2nd - Hurd sits the Gators down in order, giving LSU the kind of shutdown inning head coach Jay Johnson was likely hoping for.Īnd, with what will be likely be a running theme tonight, ESPN captures Skenes starting to loosen up in the cages. O’Sullivan calls for right-hander Ryan Slater, who last pitched against TCU on Wednesday, going 1.2 innings and holding the Horned Frogs scoreless. Top 3rd - With two outs and Alex Milazzo on first, Crews laces a single to right which chases Fisher from the game.

Milazzo is helped off the field and immediately taken to the locker room for further evaluation.Ĭrews grounds out to end the inning, but LSU is in command.īottom 3rd - Hurd gets out of a two-out jam, striking Josh Rivera out looking to end the inning. But the LSU catcher is down after landing awkwardly at home plate. Beloso ropes a single to right, and Milazzo comes around to score. O’Sullivan goes to the bullpen again, calling on right-hander Tyler Nesbitt to try and stop the bleeding. Josh Pearson then homered to right, and LSU is now up seven. Thompson gets his second hit of the night, and his second RBI, to plate Jobert with a pair of outs in the inning. Skenes just made his way to the LSU bullpen, in uniform, and continues to loosen.īottom 4th - The Gators go down in order in the bottom of the fourth. Top 5th - The Tigers go quietly in the fifth, but the bigger story might be playing out in their bullpen. The right-hander notches a pair of strikeouts in the inning, including getting the third out on a nasty breaking ball that froze Kurland. Top 6th - LSU threatens in the sixth, getting two runners on, but White flies out harmlessly to center to end the inning.īottom 5th - Florida goes in order in the sixth, as Hurd seems to have completely settled in. The LSU starter has not allowed a hit since Langford’s home run in the first inning. Beloso lines out to short to end the inning, but the Gators are down nine, with just nine outs left.īottom 6th - Hurd works around a two-out walk, getting BT Riopelle to fly out to center to end the inning. Travinski works a walk, and that forces Morgan home with LSU’s 11th run of the night.
#College world series bracket updated full
Top 7th - With the bases full of Tigers, O’Sullivan goes to the pen again, bringing on Blake Purnell to face Hayden Travinski, who came on after the injury to Milazzo. That will be all for the Gators, and the Tigers fans are starting to feel it.

The Gators are back on the board, however, as Ty Evans goes the other way with a change-up for a home run to right, his fifth homer of the MCWS. But Hurd did his job, settling down after Langford’s home run to go six full innings, allowing a pair of hits, just the two runs, and striking out seven. They add two more in the inning, to take an 11-run lead into the bottom of the 8th.īottom 7th - Hurd’s night is over as Johnson calls on Riley Cooper to start the bottom of the 7th.
#College world series bracket updated driver
He ropes a line driver to right-center that reaches the wall, and he flashes his speed for his second triple of the year.Īfter he dusts himself off, he turns to the LSU bench and points to his ring finger.Ĭrews comes home on a single from White, and the Tigers are back up by nine. Top 8th - In what might be his final collegiate at-bat, Crews goes out in style. That home run is all the Gators can manage in the inning, and Florida is down to their final three outs. That brings Langford to the plate for his likely final appearance for Florida, but he can only pop-up to second for the first out of the inning.

He summons Fisher Jameson, but he promptly gives up a two-run homer to Jobert to make it 18-4 LSU.īottom 8th - There’s no quit in the Gators, as Kurland leads off the inning with an opposite-field home run off Gavin Guidry. O’Sullivan comes out again to get Purnell, but there are no easy answers to be found in the Gators’ bullpen tonight. Morgan follows with a double to bring White home, and LSU now leads 16-4. He comes around to score on a double from White. It is his 110th hit on the season, and someone on the LSU staff makes sure to grab the ball for him. Top 9th - Crews gets one more at-bat, and rips a single up the middle to start the 9th. For the seventh time, the Tigers are national champions. LSU stands atop the college baseball world. Bottom 9th - After a pair of groundouts to Thompson at shortstop, the Gators are down to their final out.Īnd it comes via a strikeout.
