LSU knocks off CWS No. 1 Wake Forest, 3-2 – LSU

OMAHA, Neb. Wake Forest catcher Bennett Lee delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the No. 1 National Seed Demon Deacons to a 3-2 victory over No. 5 National Seed LSU on Monday night at Charles Schwab Field.

With the win, Wake Forest improved to 54-10 and the Tigers dropped to 49-16.

LSU returns to action Tuesday night to face Tennessee in a CWS rematch. The contest is scheduled for a 6:00 PM CT first pitch and will be televised on ESPN and broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network.

It was a great college baseball game, said LSU coach Jay Johnson. Hats off to both sides on the field. They got the clutch hit there at the end, but we didn’t. We are getting ready to leave tomorrow.

Wake Forest reliever Camden Minacci (1-1) earned the win after throwing 1.2 scoreless innings. LSU right-hander Thatcher Hurd (6-3) was charged with the loss, pitching 3.0 innings of relief and allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts.

LSU opened the scoring in the winner-takes-all game with two runs in the top of the third. The frame began with left fielder Josh Pearson walking and advancing to second on a wild pitch. Third baseman Tommy White delivered an RBI single to give the Tigers their first lead of the game.

First baseman Tre Morgan followed with an RBI triple to left field to score White and give LSU a 2-0 advantage.

LSU starting pitcher Ty Floyd fired five scoreless innings to start the game, but Wake Forest tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when third baseman Brock Wilken delivered an RBI single and scored the second run when second baseman Justin Johnson doubled. play with platforms loaded.

Wake Forest scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning when DH Danny Corona doubled and scored on Lees RBI single.

Floyd worked five innings and was allowed two runs on two hits with four walks and a career-high 10 strikeouts.

Wake Forest starting pitcher Josh Hartle worked 6.0 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with four walks and nine strikeouts.

“I think it would be very easy to crawl into a hole disappointed,” Johnson said. It’s a great college baseball game that we came up with on the short end of the stick. I have all the faith in the world in our team that we can bounce back from this. So let’s stick to what we’re doing. And if we do that well, we’re in a good place.