Below I will be providing updates on all the games in the College World Series whether LSU is playing or not, or until LSU is eliminated.
Even though LSU wouldn’t see some of these teams until the national championship series, it’s important to know who is still playing if that time were to come.
LSU is in bracket two of the College World Series along with Tennessee, Wake Forest and Stanford. TCU, Oral Roberts, Florida and Virginia are the teams in bracket one. The winners of bracket one and bracket two will meet in a best-of-three national championship series starting June 24.
Game 11: Florida 3, TCU 2
Another College World Series game that came down to the wire. For Florida, a win would send them to the national championship series. For TCU, a win would allow them to have another shot at Florida. If they won again, they’d be in the national championship series.
Josh Rivera got Florida started early with a two-run home run to left field. But TCU bounced right back. After Karson Bowen walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch, Brayden Taylor allowed him to score on a single to right-center field.
But pitchers on both sides began to settle in, as the game was scoreless for both teams from the second inning all the way to midway through the eighth inning.
TCU was able to tie the game up in the eighth. Tre Richardson singled to left field to start the inning, Kurtis Byrne grounded out to allow Richardson to advance to second, and Anthony Silva doubled to left-center to allow Richardson to score.
But Florida punched right back to reclaim the lead. Tyler Shelnut doubled to right center to start the inning. Michael Robertson pinch ran for Shelnut, and Colby Halter allowed Robertson to tag up to third by flying out to right center field. Robertson then scored on an infield base hit to shortstop.
TCU was down to its final three outs to salvage their season. But Florida’s defense deemed too much for the Horned Frogs. Michael Robertson came up with a spectacular catch at the center field warning track, the Gators were able to secure the win and punch their ticket to the College World Series finals.
Game 10: LSU 5, Tennessee 0
Game 9: TCU 6, Oral Roberts 1
Oral Roberts has been the underdog the whole NCAA Tournament. But their Cinderella run came to an end by the hands of the TCU Horned Frogs.
The Golden Eagles held their own in the first three innings, but the wheels slowly started to fall off. The Horned Frogs scored first in the second. Cole Fontenelle got on with a walk, Kurtis Byrne doubled down the left field line to get him over, and two walks got him in.
TCU extended their lead in the fourth inning. Byrne singled, Logan Maxwell doubled down the left field line to get Byrne to third, and a balk allowed Byrne to score.
Just when it looked bad for Oral Roberts, it got worse. The Horned Frogs put up four more runs in the fourth inning. Four singles and good baserunning allowed TCU to extend their lead to 6-0.
But just as they have all season, Oral Roberts didn’t quite go away. The Golden Eagles got on the scoreboard from a single from Jonah Cox, allowing Jacob Godman, who singled to start the inning, to score.
Oral Roberts then held TCU scoreless, but the Horned Frogs eld the Golden Eagles in control as well. Oral Roberts loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but it deemed too little, too late.
The Cinderella team of the NCAA Tournament was officially knocked out.
Game 8: Wake Forest 3, LSU 2
Game 7: Tennessee 6, Stanford 4
Stanford got off to a hot start, but Tennessee made one pitching change, and was able to find their rhythm again.
Stanford came away with the lead in the first inning after the Cardinal did some stealing on the bases. Alberto Rios then doubled down the left field line to give Stanford a 2-0 lead.
The Cardinal added two more in the third. Eddie Park got on base with a hit-by-pitch, and Braden Montgomery knocked him in with a single to center field. Rios flew out to center field on the next at-bat, but Tommy Troy was able to score.
During the fourth inning, Tennessee brought Chase Burns in to pitch for Chase Dollander. Burns held the fort down from then, allowing Tennessee’s offense to get themselves back into the game.
The Vols made it a new ball game in the fifth inning. A pair of singles brough Zane Denton in to score after he singled to start the inning. Tennessee continued to make solid contact for base hits, bringing three more runs in. Christian Moore brought in two runs off a single to center field.
But Tennessee found their edge in the seventh inning. Blake Burke hit a double to left field, bringing Griffin Merritt over to third. Zane Denton brought Merritt in to score after a ground out, and Burke scored on a wild pitch.
Chase Burns continued to dominate on the mound, as two straight one, two, three innings secured the 6-4 win for Tennessee.
Game 6: Florida 5, Oral Roberts 4
The Florida Gators came into the College World Series as the favorite to win Bracket One. But the one team standing in their way from getting in the driver’s seat of Bracket One is arguably the hottest team in America, Oral Roberts.
Oral Roberts kept Florida honest through the first inning, but Ty Evans broke the ice for Florida with a two-run home run in the second inning.
The Golden Eagles answered in the bottom of the second with some small ball, and they got on the board with a sacrifice groundout.
Florida’s big inning came in the fourth, as the Gators extended their lead to 5-1. Josh Rivera started the inning with a home run to left field. After B.T. Riopelle got on off a hit-by-pitch, Luke Heyman homered to left center.
The Gators’ pitching controlled Oral Roberts, but the Golden Eagles did the same after Florida hit their two home runs in the fourth.
Oral Roberts found a break in Florida in the seventh inning, and put two runs of their own on the board. After Justin Quinn walked, Matt Hogan hit an inside the park home run for Oral Roberts to make the score 5-3.
Florida faced some more adversity in the eighth inning when the coaching staff ran into a mound visit rule conflict and were forced to take out their pitcher, Brandon Neely. True-freshman pitcher, Cade Fisher, then came into the game without having warmed up.
Fisher got the Gators out of the eighth inning. But Oral Roberts made things interesting in the ninth with a double by Matt Hogan and a single by Mac McCroskey to get a run in. But Fisher and the Gators got themselves out of a jam to secure the 5-4 win.
Game 5: TCU 4, Virginia 3
The first elimination game of the series certainly came down to the wire. TCU got the game started with a double from Elijah Nunez and a single Karson Bowen, and a sacrifice fly allowed from Cole Fontenelle allowed Nunez to score.
But Virginia punched right back with a double by Griff O’Ferrall, and a single by Ethan O’Donnell. O’Ferrall scored on a fielder’s choice.
TCU got the lead back in the third inning off another single from Karson Bowen double from Brayden Taylor. Fontenelle brought Bowen in to score by grounding out to first base.
The Horned Frogs extended their lead in the sixth off a single from Nunez, which allowed Anthony Silva to score. Silva singled earlier that inning to get on base.
Ethan Anderson then put one over the wall in left-center field to make the score 3-2. But yet again, TCU was quick to answer. Silva hit an infield single to start the bottom of the seventh, and Austin Davis allowed him to score with a double.
Harrison Didawick singled to start the bottom of the eighth, and he was quick to steal second. A ground out and a fly out got Didawick around third and to home to cut TCU’s lead to one once again.
After Virginia knocked on the door with two outs from a double by Casey Saucke, Ben Abeldt got the job done on the mound. TCU got the last three outs to secure the win.
Game 4: LSU 6, Tennessee 3
Game 3: Wake Forest 3, Stanford 2
LSU isn’t the only one experiencing rain delays, as Wake Forest and Stanford were in a rain delay for about an hour and a half just before the seventh inning began.
But before the delay, Stanford held much of the control throughout the game. The Cardinal opened the game by loading the bases on two hits, and got a run in from a hit-by-pitch.
However, Wake Forest responded in the bottom of the second with a home run by Brock Wilken to tie the game at one.
But Stanford claimed the lead right back in the top of the third from an RBI single from Carter Graham. From there, the game became somewhat of a pitchers’ duel until the Weather Delay came into effect.
When the game resumed, although with different pitchers, the game remained a mound-focused battle. But Stanford made a pitching change in the bottom of the eighth that Wake Forest seemed to take advantage of. Two walks and a ground out put runners at second and third with one out for the Demon Deacons.
Danny Corona then gave Wake Forest the lead with a two RBI single to center field. The Demon Deacons were able to secure the win in the top of the ninth.
Game 2: Florida 6, Virginia 5
It didn’t have the slow start that game one did, but it still took an inning for anyone to break the ice. In the bottom of the second, the Gators struck first with a 1-0 lead off of an RBI single by Colby Halter.
But the game took a four inning drought with both teams unable to cross home plate. Virginia broke that silence with a four run seventh inning, which included a two RBI double down the left field line from Griff O’Ferrall. Ethan O’Donnell then hit an RBI single to center field to make the score 4-1.
Florida then answered with a run in the top of the seventh, but Virginia was able to get out of the inning with the bases loaded.
B.T. Riopelle started the next inning for the Gators with a solo homer to left center field to make the score 4-3. But Virginia came back with an RBI, standup triple from Harrison Didawick.
The Gators responded once again, and this time it was enough to give them a shot. Ty Evans started the inning with a solo shot to left field that sailed over the left field bullpen.
Just when the crowd thought that home run was a no doubter, Wyatt Langford tied the game with a 456-foot home run that went past the stands in left field.
Florida then loaded the bases with only one out, and Luke Heyman got the winning run in in a walk-off fashion with a sacrifice fly to center field.
Game 1: Oral Roberts 6, TCU 5
Both teams are looking for their school’s first national championship. The fact that one decreased the chances of the other winning one is somewhat ironic. TCU struck first with a home run by Cole Fontenelle in the bottom of the fourth inning after a drought through the first three-and-a-half innings.
Oral Roberts picked up some momentum with a double by Justin Quinn in the top of the sixth, and they took the lead with a two-run home run by Mac McCroskey.
Fontenelle then hit an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth to re-tie the game at two. The game remained tied until the bottom of the eighth inning when TCU put up three runs on just one hit in the inning.
Oral Roberts wouldn’t go away. The Golden Eagles put up four runs, which included a three-run home run by Blaze Brothers to give Oral Roberts a 6-5 lead. After TCU threatened to score with runners on first and second, the Golden Eagles were able to close it out.
