Cade Doughty hitting a solo home run against the Tennessee Volunteers. Photo courtesy of LSU Athletics - Twitter The LSU Tigers have their backs up against the wall once again in the NCAA Tournament after a big sixth inning by Tennessee got the Volunteers one win away from the College World Seri .
The whole collegiate baseball season has led us to this moment. One more weekend series win will send eight teams to Omaha, Nebraska to compete in "The Greatest Show On Dirt."
And then there were 16.
The NCAA postseason field has been whittled down by the exciting Regional action that wrapped up earlier this week. Super Regionals begin on Friday, with 16 teams fighting for the chance to be one of eight teams to head to Omaha for the College World
LSU Eliminates Gonzaga 9-4
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Facing elimination for the second straight day, AJ Labas pitched a gutty eight-inning game and the offense erupted for nine runs in LSU’s 9-4 win over Gonzaga.
Sunday got off to a rocky start for LSU with Gonzaga jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first. But LSU would bounce back in a big way in the bottom half of the inning, with the first five Tiger batters reaching base safely.
Dylan Crews and Zack Arnold opened the game with back-to-back singles and Crews was eventually brought home by an RBI double courtesy of Tre’Morgan. With runners on second and third Gavin Dugas hit a two-run triple to put LSU ahead 3-2.