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OMAHA, Neb. — As the records for winning were broken and the championships were claimed, it seemed inevitable that the LSU baseball team would stay a good while at the College World Series. They had won more games before arriving here than any of the Tigers’ six national championship teams had, more than any … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — Everyone knew home runs would be hard to come by in TD Ameritrade Park during the College World Series. But it was a lack of singles, doubles and triples with runners on base that really did in LSU as it finished 0-2 after a 4-2 loss to North Carolina on Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading →
OMAHA, N eb . — It took Cody Glenn nearly a month to get back on the mound for the LSU Tigers. His appearance in the College World Series didn’t last nearly that long. Called Tuesday to try to hold down a North Carolina lineup dominated by left-handers, the sophomore lefty … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — The LSU Tigers thought they would be leaving the College World Series in another week or so with a national championship trophy in their grasp. Instead, there the Tigers were after Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to North Carolina: trooping glumly toward their bus down a hallway beneath TD Ameritrade Park, the only sound … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nick Vander Tuig scattered four hits over seven-plus innings and UCLA produced just enough offense to defeat North Carolina State 2-1 in the College World Series on Tuesday night. UCLA (46-17) moved within one victory of next week’s best-of-three finals. The Wolfpack (50-15) will play an elimination game against North Carolina on Thursday. Continue reading →
1 BROKEN CLUTCH: LSU came into this year’s College World Series with the best batting average in the field (.308). But in Omaha, the Tigers couldn’t come up with the crucial hits when they needed them. LSU left seven men on base against UCLA and stranded 13 more against North Carolina. Continue reading →
Click here for a live chat with Advocate sportswriters Les East and Scott Rabalais and the rest of the sports staff during the LSU-North Carolina College World Series baseball game at 1:30 p.m. Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — As reporters and cameramen crawled all over the LSU baseball team’s practice field Monday, eager to be the first to tweet who the Tigers’ starting pitcher will be Tuesday, this intrepid reporter was pursuing more important information. The big question of the day was really this: Where is Mouton the Rally Monkey, … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — The LSU and North Carolina baseball teams have several things in common, but playing each other this early in an elimination game at the College World Series didn’t figure to be one of them. Nonetheless, here they are: The top-ranked Tigers (57-10) and the top-seeded Tar Heels (57-11) will play at … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — LSU left-hander Cody Glenn is about as rested as a pitcher can be in the College World Series. When the sophomore takes the mound to start the Tigers’ game against North Carolina on Tuesday afternoon in TD Ameritrade Park, it will have been 27 days since he last pitched in a … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — Trey Porter drove in the go-ahead runs in the eighth inning, and Mississippi State took control of its bracket in the College World Series with a 5-4 victory over Indiana on Monday night. The Bulldogs (50-18) need one win to reach next week’s best-of-three finals. They’re off until Friday, when they’ll … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — Max Gordon has given Oregon State all it could ask for in the field. At bat? Not so much. That changed in an 11-4 win over Louisville on Monday, when the 5-foot-8 senior reached base three times in five plate appearances. Gordon went 2 for 4 with two RBIs … Continue reading →
PLAQUEMINE — It’s all about the motor for Davon Godchaux. The Plaquemine High School senior-to-be is no aspiring mechanic. While he works to rev up his “motor” for every play, speculation about where it may take him only grows. On Saturday, Alabama became the 26th school to offer the 6-foot-4, 265-pound defensive lineman a … Continue reading →
For the better part of a month, LSU basketball coach Johnny Jones had an extra scholarship at his disposal after freshman guard Corban Collins transfered. Now, it appears another transfer is ready to lay claim to the vacancy. UNC-Asheville guard Keith Hornsby said late Monday night that he will join the Tigers after spending a little more … Continue reading →
In this video, LSU coach Paul Mainieri talks to the media about the Tigers' mindset going into their elimination game against North Carolina on Tuesday. Continue reading →
In this video, LSU fans come to the old Rosenblatt Stadium site, which is is part of the parking lot for the Omaha Zoo. Continue reading →
In this video, LSU left fielder Raph Rhymes talks about how the Tigers hope their lucky charms carry them to victory against North Carolina on Tuesday. Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — Coming into the College World Series, La. baseball looked like the hottest brand going. But Sunday night, it got trumped by L.A. baseball. Trumped is too strong a word. Trumped implies trumpeted, as in big, brassy, grand gestures that lead to a dramatic outcome. What UCLA did to LSU was … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — The LSU baseball team that won the most games in school history on its way to the College World Series suddenly finds itself in danger of heading home after the minimum stay. The Tigers committed two errors that led to UCLA’s only runs as the Bruins prevailed 2-1 in the College World … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb . — LSU freshman shortstop Alex Bregman dreamed since he was a batboy for the University of New Mexico Lobos of playing in the College World Series. His first game here may be one he wants to forget. The national freshman of the year and LSU’s leading hitter … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — North Carolina State and North Carolina were playing each other in baseball for the 285th time, but never on a stage like this. Carlos Rodon pitched like the star he is, throwing eight shutout innings and holding the Tar Heels to five hits in an 8-1 College World Series victory Sunday. Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — LSU coach Paul Mainieri would like to put a little more oomph back into college baseball. The record-setting offensive numbers of 15 years ago made the game a farce to old-school fans who preferred more pitching and defense. Bat standards adopted since then have brought the statistics back in line. Continue reading →
Our photo gallery from Sunday's UCLA-LSU College World Series game at T.D. Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — In their annual betting pool, the waitresses at Anthony’s Steakhouse waded in to wheel and deal for the right to pick LSU to win the College World Series. The Tigers always win popularity contests here at the home of the CWS. There are two good reasons for that: LSU fans come to … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — LSU and UCLA were the first two teams to qualify for the College World Series on June 8. They’ve been hanging around here for three days, waiting for their chance to face off in the final game of the first round. Mississippi State, Oregon State, Indiana and Louisville got back to … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb . — JaCoby Jones insists he could have played Saturday if necessary. Paul Mainieri isn’t entirely sure his second baseman can play Sunday. Even at what is likely to be the end of his college career on college baseball’s biggest stage, it just wouldn’t be … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — David Berg has pitched three of every four UCLA baseball games over two seasons, set a school record for saves and was the Pac-12 pitcher of the year. For all that, he’s still a walk-on. He said Saturday he’s been promised a scholarship for next year, when he’s a junior. Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — Mississippi State’s Wes Rea went to bat in the eighth inning expecting to see a changeup, and Oregon State pitcher Matt Boyd didn’t disappoint him. Rea drove the ball into right-center for a two-run double that gave the Bulldogs the lead, and closer Jonathan Holder worked out of trouble twice to … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — University of San Diego third baseman Kris Bryant has been honored with the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball’s player of the year. Bryant led the nation with 31 home runs, the most by any Division I player in a decade. He was the No. 2 overall pick in the major-league … Continue reading →
Check out this Advocate video chronicling LSU's 57 hard-fought wins as they continue to work their way to the championship. Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb . — In the night sky over this classically midwestern American city, the blanket of stars includes some of the ones left behind by the LSU Tigers in their comet trail appearances at the College World Series. Albert Belle. Ben McDonald. Todd Walker. Russ Johnson. Brandon Larson. Brad Cresse. … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — After an unusually long three-year absence, the LSU baseball team is returning to its summer home here. The restaurants, bars and citizens are rolling out the purple-and-gold carpet for their most familiar and favorite visitors as the Tigers seek their seventh national championship. And guess who’s the team to beat? Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — In the warm twilight of a summer evening at Alex Box Stadium, Paul Mainieri orchestrates another practice for his LSU baseball team. A few yards away in the stands, a diminutive older man watches quietly from behind a dark pair of sunglasses. He speaks when spoken to. When spoken to, he … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — At 3 p.m. Friday, the LSU baseball team set foot on the grass of TD Ameritrade Park for the first time. The Tigers spilled out of the third-base dugout clad in familiar gold jerseys for practice at the site of their College World Series opener against UCLA on Sunday night. In … Continue reading →
The tale tying the bond between JaCoby Jones and Ty Ross is relatively brief and neat. Almost four years ago to the day of LSU’s opening game of the College World Series, the high school juniors showed up at the cavernous and bland confines of Minneapolis’ Metrodome for a scouting combine. The pair already had pledged … Continue reading →
As the leadoff hitter for the LSU baseball team, Sean McMullen never waits long to step in the batter’s box. But the junior from Metairie has never minded a wait. After earning all-state honors at Brother Martin his senior year, McMullen was recruited by several colleges outside of the Southeastern Conference. “I didn’t want to … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — Pitchers haven’t had much luck slowing LSU second baseman JaCoby Jones in recent weeks, but minor health issues have. Jones missed the Tigers’ practice at TD Ameritrade Park on Friday afternoon because of flu-like symptoms. A similar problem kept him out of the opener of a Southeastern Conference series … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb . — In some respects, the 1993 Tigers are LSU’s lost national champions. They weren’t the first to win the College World Series. That happened in 1991. They didn’t win in the most dramatic fashion. That happened in 1996, when Warren Morris … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — For years out in Hollywood, two storylines ran this way: USC won the baseball titles. UCLA won the basketball titles. In baseball, the Bruins definitely ran second string behind the Trojans. In its entire baseball history UCLA made only two trips to the College World Series before 2010: back in 1969 … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — The calendar says it’s June, and here are Indiana and Louisville playing for a national championship. Yes, the sport is baseball this time, not the game played with the big orange ball for which both schools are traditionally known. The Hoosiers (48-18) are making their College World Series debut as the … Continue reading →
Omaha’s annual summer party, the College World Series, begins Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park. Familiar faces like LSU and North Carolina, along with newcomer Indiana and quasi-newcomer North Carolina State, are among the eight teams vying for the national championship of Division I baseball. Here are 10 things to talk about while you tailgate in the parking … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb . — With apologies to Manchester United’s Old Trafford, when it comes to sports venues on this side of “The Pond,” nothing can really compare to the city in the dateline above. Welcome back to Omaha and the College World Series. Welcome to our Theatre of Dreams. Most … Continue reading →
OMAHA, Neb. — If the LSU Tigers have a chance to capture their seventh College World Series this year and need a last at-bat hit to win it, chances are it will be a sharp RBI ground ball single like the one Brad Cresse hit in 2000. A repeat of Warren Morris’ epic home run … Continue reading →
LSU has been to the College World Series more often than any of the other seven schools in this year’s field. The Tigers are making their 16th trip to Omaha., Neb., as they seek their seventh national championship. But that won’t do LSU any good when it faces UCLA at 7 p.m. Sunday: No player on this … Continue reading →
STARKVILLE, Miss. — It’s taken just five years for John Cohen to revitalize Mississippi State’s baseball program and return the Bulldogs to championship contention. The journey hasn’t been easy. But a remade roster constructed with Cohen’s ideals of hustle, intensity and just enough talent have led the Bulldogs to the College World Series for the … Continue reading →