Posted June 23rd, 2009 by Joshua Joffrion
After a dramatic 7-6 win over Texas last night, the LSU Tigers look to hoist the college baseball championship trophy tonight.
All that it will take, is a “W”, and after winning every game since a 4-1 loss to Vanderbilt in the opening round of the SEC tournament, the Tigers are not strangers to winning.
Last night’s game saw the Tigers tie the game at 6-6 in the top of the ninth inning after being down 6-4 to the Texas Longhorns. The Longhorns failed to score in the bottom of the ninth and the game went into extra innings, after having runners in scoring position in the tenth inning, the Tigers finally went ahead 7-6 in the top of the eleventh.
Texas failed to score once more and the Tigers got the win
Now, after winning the first game out of the best of three series, LSU just needs a win tonight to win it all after starting the season ranked at #1 by most college baseball publications.
They never dropped below #5 all season and spent most of their time at the #2 spot.
First pitch of tonight’s game is at 6:00 PM CST.
Austin Ross will pitch for the Tigers.
Posted June 11th, 2009 by Joshua Joffrion
First Round: Jared Mitchell OF, Chicago White Sox
Second Round: DJ LeMahieu 2nd Base, Chicago Cubs
Fifth Round: Louis Coleman P, Kansas City Royals
Fifth Round: Ryan Schimph OF, IF, Toronto Blue Jays
Tenth Round: Blake Dean OF, Minnesota Twins
Eleventh Round: Sean Ochinko 1st Base, C, Toronta Blue Jays
The draft will continue on Thursday with Rounds 31-50.
Posted June 9th, 2009 by Joshua Joffrion
The LSU Fighting Tigers baseball team is headed for Omaha and the College World Series for the second consecutive season.
Last year, the Tigers were joined by Georgia but this year Ole Miss and Arkansas will also play in Omaha.
In the first round of last year’s competition, LSU lost to North Carolina and then beat Rice in a bottom of the ninth comeback in which Blake Dean hit a ball off of the wall to score three runs and secure the loser’s bracket win for the Tigers.
The Tigers then lost once again to North Carolina.
This season, the Tigers haven’t lost a game since suffering a 4-1 loss inflicted by Vanderbilt in the first round of the SEC tournament, the Tigers then beat Vandy after advancing through the loser’s bracket to the SEC tournament championship game.
To advance to the CWS, the Tigers beat Rice for the first time ever in the Super Regionals in Baton Rouge taking the first two games of the best of three series.
The Tigers will play against Virginia on Saturday at 6 PM at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha.
