![]() Eisenhower was in the White House, LSU has been here so many times - 19 in all - that entire generations of Omaha kids have grown up wearing purple and gold. While this is Wake's first MCWS since Dwight D. The first two visits were with the Arizona Wildcats, including a championship series loss to another Cinderella story out of the Carolinas, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, in 2016. Jay Johnson is in only his second season with LSU and his tenth as a Division I head coach, but he's at his third Men's College World Series. Walter is in his 27th season as a head coach and his 14th with the Demon Deacons however, this is his first trip to Omaha. Especially if it is toed by the expected pitching matchup of Rhett Lowder, two-time ACC Pitcher of the Year, versus Paul Skenes, the consensus national pitcher of the year. And the rubber might as well be made of flint. LSU returned serve Wednesday night, despite pregame chatter about depleted pitching. Wake Forest defeated LSU in Monday night's Game 8 by a scant 3-2 advantage earned in the top of the ninth inning. Now there is a much larger score to be settled. That 5-2 score somehow survived the next, super-tense 5½ frames - seven hits and 12 runners left stranded via a series of situational snatches, grabs and stabs - to somehow finish as the final score. I think it would have been a totally different game had I had I'd done that." is a good hitter, and I should have walked him in that situation. " threw a changeup that he just elevated. "I had a chance to walk Beloso there and I didn't go with my first instinct," Wake Forest head coach Tom Walter said after the loss, admitting he toyed with an intentional walk to load the bases and perhaps give Sean Sullivan, the lefty warming up, a little more time to get ready. It was only the ninth time this season that Wake surrendered four-plus runs in one inning. Beloso proceeded to mash the third pitch - and first strike - he saw into the right-field bullpen. Even with a reliever up in the bullpen, Wake Forest's much and rightfully hyped pitching analytics kept Keener on the mound. 613 slugging percentage to the plate with two runners still on base. That brought designated hitter Cade Beloso and his. Nursing a 2-1 lead, the junior righty surrendered two four-pitch walks, the first one semi-intentional to LSU All-American Dylan Crews, as well as a single and a wild pitch that surrendered the tying run. That out-of-character pitching faux pas happened in the bottom of the third, when starter Seth Keener, who entered the game 8-1, was scuffling. 1 seed since 1999, made an uncharacteristic pitching miscalculation early and never got their notoriously late-starting bats cranked up, losing 5-2 to set up the rematch. But the Demon Deacons, seeking to win their first MCWS title since 1955 and the first for the national No. Had Wake Forest defeated LSU on Wednesday evening in Omaha, that matchup would already be set. A Thursday night prime-time, winner-takes-all, toughest-side-of-the-bracket title match to determine who will face the Florida Gators this weekend with a national championship on the line. 1 spot in the national rankings all season long.Īnd so it shall be. Especially when it would mean one more faceoff between the only two teams to hold down the No. Because in this most competitive of Men's College World Series, where one-run games and late-innings rallies have become commonplace, there was no way the baseball gods would let a Thursday night "if necessary" contest be anything other than necessary. In the end, deep down, we should have known there was going to be another game between LSU and Wake Forest. ![]() MCWS 2023: Previewing Wake Forest-LSU, winner advances to championship You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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