Live Updates: LSU Baseball vs. Wake Forest in College World Series

The Tigers face off against the Demon Deacons once again in a win or go home showdown.

The LSU Tigers take the field in the College World Series as this program prepares to face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Omaha. 

Javen Coleman earns the start for Jay Johnson's group with this program looking to keep their season alive against a gifted Demon Deacons offense.

Wake Forest claimed the first contest against LSU with a 3-2 victory on Monday after coming from behind to punch their ticket to the semifinals. 

Here are a few pregame notes, what Jay Johnson said of the matchup and live updates from Wednesday's primetime 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.

- The Tigers, the SEC’s No. 4 seed last season, have finished in the Top 4 in the overall SEC standings in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2014 and 2015 ... LSU’s second-place finish in the SEC Western Division this season is its best since the Tigers won the Western Division in 2017.

- Wake Forest is the NCAA No. 1 National Seed and completed the regular season as the No. 1 team in all of the college baseball polls … the Deacons are hitting .308 as a team with 130 home runs and 43 steals in 45 attempts.

- The Wake Forest pitching staff has a 2.82 cumulative ERA with 748 strikeouts in 554.2 innings … the staff is allowing a .204 cumulative opponent batting average.

What Jay Johnson Said

“Wake Forest is a great team; their talent is exceptional and their style of play is really good. They have a lot of options on the mound and a really good identity at the plate. We’re really looking forward to this game.

“They have dominated from the pitcher’s mound, and they’ve hit with a lot of power. They know what they’re doing; they can execute the small game if they need to. They play extremely hard, and they definitely mirror our team in that regard.”

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 Javen Coleman 

Wake Forest's Starting Lineup 

CF Tommy Hawke

LF Lucas Costello

1B Nick Kurtz

3B Brock Wilken

2B Justin Johnson

RJ Pierece Bennett

DH Danny Corona

C Bennett Lee

SS Marek Houston

RHP Seth Keener

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Live Updates

Top First 

Javen Coleman (LSU) pitching 

Hawke: Strikeout 

Costello: Popped up to shortstop 

Kurtz: Walk 

Wilken: Walk, Kurtz advances to second base

Johnson: Fly out to center field 

Bottom First

Seth Keener (WF) pitching 

Crews: Groundout to shortstop 

White: Strikeout 

Morgan: Fouled out to third base

Score Update: LSU 0, WF 0

Top Second 

Javen Coleman (LSU) pitching 

Bennett: Single to left field 

Corona: Strikeout 

Lee: Walk, Bennett advances to second base

Houston: Walk (loads bases)

*Pitching Change: Blake Money enters the game for LSU*

Hawke: RBI single scores Bennett and Corona (WF 2, LSU 0), Houston advances to second base

Costello: Reaches first base on fielders choice, Hawke out at second base. Houston advances to third base

*Pitching Change: Griffin Herring enters the game for LSU*

Kurtz: Strikeout 

Bottom Second 

Seth Keener (WF) pitching 

Dugas: Fly out to right field 

Beloso: Walk, advances to second base on wild pitch 

Thompson: Fouled out to first base

Jobert: Double down the right field line, Beloso scores (WF 2, LSU 1)

Milazzo: Single up the middle, Jobert advances to third base

Pearson: Groundout to first base

Score Update: WF 2, LSU 1

Top Third 

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching 

Wilken: Fouled out to first base

Johnson: Strikeout 

Bennett: Fly out to right field 

Bottom Third 

Seth Keener (WF) pitching

Crews: Walk

White: Fly out to center field 

Morgan: Single to second base, Crews advances to second base

Dugas: Walk (loads bases)

*Wild Pitch: Crews scores from third base, Dugas advances to second base, Morgan advances to third base (LSU 2, WF 2)

Beloso: Three-run homer to right field (LSU 5, WF 2)

Thompson: Groundout to third base

Jobert: Popped up to second base

Score Update: LSU 5, WF 2

Top Fourth 

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching 

Corona: Strikeout 

Lee: Groundout to second base 

Houston: Strikeout 

Bottom Fourth 

Seth Keener (WF) pitching 

Milazzo: Strikeout 

Pearson: Strikeout 

Crews: Strikeout 

Score Update: LSU 5, WF 2

Top Fifth

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching 

Hawke: Single to pitcher 

Costello: Fly out to center field 

Kurtz: Fly out to left center 

Wilken: Walk, Hawke advances to second base

Johnson: Strikeout 

Bottom Fifth

Seth Keener (WF) pitching 

White: Groundout to shortstop 

Morgan: Walk, advances to second base on wild pitch 

*Pitching Change: Sean Sullivan enters the game for Wake Forest* 

Dugas: Fly out to center field 

Beloso: Strikeout 

Score Update: LSU 5, WF 2

Top Sixth

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching 

Bennett: Single up the middle 

Corona: Strikeout 

Lee: Fly out to right center

Houston: Fly out to center field 

Bottom Sixth

Sean Sullivan (WF) pitching 

Thompson: Strikeout 

Jobert: Strikeout 

Milazzo: Single to left field 

Pearson: Groundout to first base

Score Update: LSU 5, WF 2

Top Seventh 

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching 

Hawke: Single to center field 

Costello: Hit by pitch, Hawke advances to second base 

Kurtz: Reaches first base on fielders choice, Costello out at second base. Hawke advances to third base

*Pitching Change: Gavin Guidry enters the game for LSU*

Wilken: Strikeout 

Johnson: Strikeout 

Bottom Seventh 

Sean Sullivan (WF) pitching 

Crews: Reaches first base on throwing error 

White: Single to right field, Crews advances to second base

Morgan: Fouled out to third base

Dugas: Grounds into double play, White tagged out 

Score Update: LSU 5, WF 2

Top Eighth 

Gavin Guidry (LSU) pitching 

Bennett: Lined out to first base

Corona: Fly out to left field 

Lee: Single to pitcher 

Houston: Single to center field, Lee advances to second base

*Pitching Change: Riley Cooper enters the game for LSU*

Hawke: Lined out to third base

Bottom Eighth 

Sean Sullivan (WF) pitching 

Beloso: Walk 

Thompson: Fly out to center field 

Jobert: Walk, Beloso advances to second base

*Pinch Runners: Kling in to run for Jobert. Merrifield in to run for Beloso*

Milazzo: Fly out to center field, Merrifield advances to third base

*Merrifield thrown out while trying to steal home*

Top Ninth

Riley Cooper (LSU) pitching 

Costello: Walk 

Kurtz: Strikeout 

Wilken: Strikeout 

Johnson: Groundout to third base

FINAL: LSU 5, WF 2