College World Series Finals: LSU vs. Florida Start Time, Game Information
The LSU Tigers continued their incredible run in Omaha after defeating the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Thursday to advance to the College World Series Finals.
On a night LSU fans will remember forever, Tommy White lifted a two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to propel the Tigers to their first CWS Finals berth since 2017.
The next opponent: Florida. LSU will take on the Gators in a best-of-three series for a shot at bringing home a National Championship to Baton Rouge.
The Tigers are clicking on all cylinders. It’s been a meteoric rise from LSU’s bullpen as they continue to step up when the lights are brightest.
Here are the details for Saturday's showdown:
DATES/TIMES
- Saturday, June 24 at 6 p.m. CT (ESPN)
STADIUM
- Charles Schwab Field (24,000) - Omaha, Nebraska
RANKINGS
- LSU – No. 5 NCAA National Seed
- UF – No. 2 NCAA National Seed
RADIO
· LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates, including 98.1 FM in Baton Rouge
· Live audio at www.LSUsports.net/live
TV/ONLINE
- The games will be televised on ESPN and streamed on ESPN +
LSU SERIES RECORD VS. FLORIDA
• LSU leads the all-time series versus Florida, 66-52-1, as the series began in 1971 … this weekend’s CWS championship series marks the first meeting between the teams since March 25-27, 2022, when the Tigers won two of three games over the Gators in Gainesville, Fla. …. Florida holds a 9-7 lead in the 16 meetings between the teams since 2016 … LSU holds a 4-2 advantage over Florida in College World Series games – the Tigers won two CWS games over the Gators in both 1991 and in 1996 en route to national championships … LSU and Florida met in the 2017 College World Series Championship Series in which UF posted two straight wins over LSU to claim the national championship.
HOW LSU GOT TO THE CWS FINALS
• LSU opened its 2023 CWS appearance with a 6-3 win over Tennessee last Saturday… right-hander Paul Skenes limited the Volunteers to two runs on five hits in 7.2 innings with one walk and 12 strikeouts … Skenes fired the second-highest total of strikeouts by an LSU pitcher in an CWS game, second only to Brett Laxton’s 16 strikeouts versus Wichita State in the 1993 CWS National Championship Game.
• The Tigers dropped a 3-2 decision to Wake Forest on Monday night, but then posted three straight wins over Tennessee and Wake Forest (twice) to reach the CWS Finals vs. Florida … LSU has won three straight elimination games to advance to the Finals in its last two CWS appearances; the Tigers also accomplished the feat in 2017, when they also met Florida in the championship series.
• LSU third baseman Tommy White's two-run homer to defeat Wake Forest Thursday night marked the fifth walk-off hit in LSU's College World Series history … the others were Todd Walker's single in a 1993 semifinal win over Long Beach State; Warren Morris' homer in the 1996 national championship game vs. Miami; Brad Cresse's single in the 2000 national championship game vs. Stanford; and Blake Dean's double in a 2008 elimination game vs. Rice.
• LSU’s 2-0 shutout of Wake Forest Thursday night was the Tigers’ second shutout in their past three games in Omaha, and the third in LSU’s CWS history … LSU blanked Tennessee, 5-0, on Tuesday night, and the Tigers shut out Wichita State, 8-0, in the 1993 national championship game.