Live Updates: LSU Baseball vs. Tennessee in College World Series
Nate Ackenhausen gets the start for the LSU Tigers as they take the field for their elimination game against Tennessee.
With the Volunteers in their way of the College World Series semifinals, it'll be a battle in Omaha with the winner taking on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Wednesday.
Here are a few pregame notes, what Jay Johnson said of the matchup and live updates from Tuesday's showdown:
Notes
- The Tigers completed the 2023 regular season 42-13 overall and 19-10 in conference play ... LSU recorded its most SEC regular-season wins since the 2017 club won 21 SEC games, and the Tigers posted their most overall regular-season wins since the 2015 squad ended the regular season with 46 victories.
- LSU has reached the 40-win mark in back-to-back years for the first time since the 2016 and 2017 seasons … LSU finished 40-22 in last season and participated in the NCAA Hattiesburg Regional ... the Tigers this season are seeking their 14th 50-win season and their first since the 2017 club finished 52-20.
- Tennessee is hitting .284 as a team with 125 home runs and 59 stolen bases in 71 attempts … the Vols are No. 8 in the SEC in batting average and No. 3 in the league in home runs.
- The Volunteers’ pitching staff has a 3.57 cumulative ERA, which ranks No. 1 in the SEC; UT has recorded 708 strikeouts in 542.0 innings.
What Jay Johnson Said
“Our players have done everything that we've asked them to do for the past two seasons. When we took the field last weekend (for the Super Regional), there was a really solid peace of mind that these guys were going to advance to the College World Series. To see the fans get behind them, they're going to get behind LSU no matter what, but this is a really easy group to get behind, how hard they play, how much they care, how invested they are in the program.
“So we have an amazing collection of talent, but in the first meeting I said that doesn't make us a team. Developing them as people, developing them as teammates, not just accepting their role, but embracing it, and communicating it might look different in Game 1 than in Game 10; it might look different in Game 20, Game 50, and then in Omaha.”
Pregame
LSU's Starting Lineup
CF Dylan Crews
3B Tommy White
1B Tre Morgan
2B Gavin Dugas
DH Cade Beloso
SS Jordan Thompson
RF Brayden Jobert
C Alex Milazzo
LF Josh Pearson
LHP Nate Ackenhausen
Tennessee Starting Lineup
SS Maui Ahuna
CF Hunter Esley
LF Jared Dickey
DH Griffin Merritt
2B Christian Moore
1B Blake Burke
3B Zane Denton
RF Christian Scott
C Cal Stark
RHP Drew Beam
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Live Updates
Top First
Drew Beam (Tennessee) pitching
Crews: Walk, advances to second base on wild pitch
White: Strikeout
Morgan: Single to left field, Crews advances to third base
Dugas: Lined out to shortstop
Beloso: RBI single scores Crews, Morgan advances to third base (LSU 1, Tennessee 0)
Thompson: Strikeout
Bottom First
Nate Ackenhausen (LSU) pitching
Ahuna: Lined out to shortstop
Ensley: Groundout to third base
Dickey: Groundout to first base
Score Update: LSU 1, Tennessee 0
Top Second
Drew Beam (Tennessee) pitching
Jobert: Strikeout
Milazzo: Hit by pitch
Pearson: Strikeout
Crews: Fly out to right center
Bottom Second
Nate Ackenhausen (LSU) pitching
Merritt: Single to center field
Moore: Grounds into double play, Merritt out at second base
Burke: Single to left field
Denton: Strikeout
Score Update: LSU 1, Tennessee 0
Top Third
Drew Beam (Tennessee) pitching
White: Fly out to right field
Morgan: Strikeout
Dugas: Strikeout
Bottom Third
Nate Ackenhausen (LSU) pitching
Scott: Strikeout
Stark: Strikeout
Ahuna: Single to right field
Ensley: Hit by pitch, Ahuna advances to second base
Dickey: Popped up to center field
Score Update: LSU 1, Tennessee 0
Top Fourth
Drew Beam (Tennessee) pitching
Beloso: Single to right center field
Thompson: Popped up to third base, bunt
Jobert: Grounds into double play, Beloso out at second base
Bottom Fourth
Nate Ackenhausen (LSU) pitching
Merritt: Groundout to shortstop
Moore: Strikeout
Burke: Groundout to shortstop
Score Update: LSU 1, Tennessee 0
Top Fifth
Drew Beam (Tennessee) pitching
Milazzo: Strikeout
Pearson: Strikeout
Crews: Single up the middle
White: Strikeout
Bottom Fifth
Nate Ackenhausen (LSU) pitching
Denton: Strikeout
Scott: Fly out to center field
Stark: Hit by pitch
Ahuna: Double to left center, Stark advances to third base
Ensley: Fly out to right field
Score Update: LSU 1, Tennessee 0
Top Sixth
Drew Beam (Tennessee) pitching
Morgan: Double to left field
Dugas: Singles to third base on a bunt, advances to second base on throwing error. Morgan scores (LSU 2, Tennessee 0)
Beloso: Walk
Thompson: Popped up to pitcher, bunt
Jobert: Groundout to first base, Dugas advances to third base, Beloso advances to second base
*Pitching Change: AJ Russell enters the game for Tennessee*
Milazzo: Popped up to first base
Bottom Sixth
Nate Ackenhausen (LSU) pitching
Dickey: Strikeout
Merritt: Groundout to shortstop
Moore: Strikeout
Score Update: LSU 2, Tennessee 0
Top Seventh
AJ Russell (Tennessee) pitching
Pearson: Fouled out to first base
Crews: Strikeout
White: Groundout to shortstop
Bottom Seventh
Nate Ackenhausen (LSU) pitching
Burke: Hit by pitch
*Pitching Change: Riley Cooper enters the game for LSU*
Denton: Reaches first base on fielders choice, Burke out at second base
Scott: Strikeout
Dreiling (pinch hitting for Stark): Walk, Denton advances to second base
Ahuna: Reaches on fielding error at shortstop (loads bases)
Ensley: Groundout to first base
Score Update: LSU 2, Tennessee 0
Top Eighth
Aaron Combs (Tennessee) pitching
Morgan: Hit by pitch
Dugas: Hit by pitch, Morgan advances to second base
*Pitching Change: Seth Halvorsen enters the game for Tennessee*
Beloso: Fly out to left field
*Pitching Change: Camden Sewell enters the game for Tennessee*
Thompson: Reaches first base on fielders choice, Dugas out at second base. Morgan advances to third base
Jobert: Hit by pitch (loads bases)
*Wild Pitch: Morgan scores from third base (LSU 3, Tennessee 0)*
Milazzo: Groundout to pitcher
Bottom Eighth
Riley Cooper (LSU) pitching
Dickey: Single to left field
Merritt: Grounded into double play, Dickey out at first base
Moore: Double to left center
Burke: Groundout to second base
Score Update: LSU 3, Tennessee 0
Top Ninth
Camden Sewell (Tennessee) pitching
Pearson: Walk
Crews: Two-run homer to right field (LSU 5, Tennessee 0)
White: Strikeout
*Pitching Change: Kirby Connell enters the game for Tennessee*
Morgan: Groundout to second base
Dugas: Walk
Beloso: Double to left field, Dugas advances to third base
Thompson: Groundout to third base
Bottom Ninth
Riley Cooper (LSU) pitching
Denton: Fly out to center field
Scott: Strikeout
Tears (pinch hitting for Taylor): Fly out to left field
FINAL: LSU 5, Tennessee 0