LSU baseball faces No. 1 Wake Forest for a rematch after its second win over Tennessee.
If LSU wins, the Tigers will continue in the series and play Wake Forest again on Thursday. Losing will end its season.
See the full lineup for the Tigers and the Demon Deacons below.
This story will be updated throughout the game.
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Live updates below:
Final Score: LSU wins 5-2
Top of 9th: First batter walks. Cooper strikes out the next two batters and a groundout secures the win for the Tigers. Pitcher’s duel tomorrow to make it to the championship.
Bottom of 8th: Beloso walks to start the Tiger half of the inning. Thompson flies out to center. Jobert walks. Milazzo flies out to center and the pinch runner on 2nd, Merrifield, tags and advances to third. Merrifield attempts to steal home after a pickoff attempt at 1st, but is tagged out at the plate.
Top of 8th: First two Wake Forest batters get outs in the air. The next two get base hits and Riley Cooper is brought in for relief of Guidry. The lead off batter for the Demon Deacons, Tommy Hawke, who has been consistently good all night, lines out to Tommy White. LSU still leads 5-2.
Bottom of 7th: Crews reaches 1st on an error by the shortstop. White hits a single to right field and LSU has two baserunners with no outs. Morgan gets out on a bunt attempt in the air. Dugas hits into a double play as the 2nd baseman tags White and throws to 1st.
Top of 7th: A single and a hit-by-pitch puts runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs for Wake Forest. A groundout produces an out at 2nd but nothing more. Runners on the corners with 1 out and Gavin Guidry comes in to pitch. Gavin Guidry strikes out the D-1 homerun leader with 3 pitches for the 2nd out and strikes out the second batter he faces to get the Tigers out of trouble.
Bottom of 6th: Thompson and Jobert with back-to-back strikeouts. Milazzo gets his 2nd hit of the game. Pearson grounds out.
Top of 6th: A single for Wake Forest but that’s all. 2 flyouts and Herring’s 6th strikeout of the night for the LSU defense.
Bottom of 5th: White strikes out the begin the inning. Morgan walks and gets to 2nd base on a passed ball. Dugas flies out to left-center for the 2nd out and Cade Beloso strikes out.
Middle of 5th: LSU still leads 5-2.
Top of 5th: A lead off single and a walk for Wake Forest, but that’s all as Crews gets 2 flyouts and Herring gets a strikeout to end the threat.
Bottom of 4th: 3 strikeouts make it a quick inning for the Tigers. LSU still leads 5-2.
Top of 4th: 2 strikeouts and a groundout ends the Wake Forest half of the inning.
Bottom of 3rd: Crews has a lead off walk. White flies out but Morgan singles and LSU has two baserunners with 1 out. Dugas also walks which has the bases loaded. Crews scores on a passed ball. Beloso hits a 3-run homerun and the Tigers now lead 5-2.
Top of 3rd: 2 flyouts and a strikeout make it a quick inning for the Tigers defensively. Wake Forest still leads 2-1.
Bottom of 2nd: Dugas flies out for the 1st out of the inning. Beloso walks and gives LSU their 1st baserunner. Beloso advances on a passed ball. Thompson flies out. Brayden Jobert gets a two-out double to score Beloso. An in-field single from Milazzo has runners on 1st and 3rd. Pearson grounds out to end the inning. Score is now 2-1.
Middle of 2nd: Wake Forest leads 2-0.
Top of 2nd: The first batter for Wake Forest singles. Coleman strikes out the next batter. Two walks have the bases loaded for Wake Forest. The Tigers call on Blake Money from the bullpen. A single from the lead off batter drives in 2 runs for the Deacon Demons. LSU goes back to the bullpen for Griffin Herring, who gets a huge strikeout to end the Wake Forest half.
Bottom of 1st: Dylan Crews grounds out for the first out for the Tigers. Tommy White strikes out on 3 pitches. Tre Morgan has a good at-bat but flies out in foul territory for the third out.
Top of 1st: Javen Coleman strikes out the first batter he faces, but walks back-to-back batters in the inning. Wake Forest is unable to capitalize on it as two flyouts end the threat.
6:00 p.m. – LSU and Wake Forest are set to play at 6 p.m. No weather delays have been announced.