LSU Battles to Stay Alive in College World Series

Marcelo Unda • June 20, 2023

Gut Check: Tigers lose first game in post season play & look to turn around for title run.

The LSU Tigers had entered the College World Series without a loss this post season. On Saturday Night, the Tigers went on to win 6-3 versus Tennessee. LSU Paul Skenes had his CWS moment with 7.2 IP, 12 K, 1.81 ERA and was a force for Tennessee to reckon with. It wasn't until Sunday evening when the Tigers went on to face Wake Forest for a potential CWS Finals preview. The Tigers had an early 2-0 lead, but watch the Demon Deacons come back and win 3-2. Now the LSU Tigers have their back against the wall and look to manage a mini-run to get them to a National Title. The remaining teams (Florida, Wake Forest, Oral Roberts, TCU, & Tennessee) are not the only opponents the Tigers have to deal with.

1.The Sun

You mean to tell me during 6 PM prime time games where ESPN loves to put LSU baseball as the main event they also have a battle with the SUN! Everyone knows the Sun is undefeated. LSU may make some plays and feel like it's not a big deal, but the Sun always wins.

The Sun will make you look like a damn fool out in left field. Do you wear sunglasses to protect the Sun's UV rays laser beams into your retinas? Do you wear the shades and prevent yourself from seeing the fly ball? It's a war the Tigers are facing and will have to battle through the adversity if they want a shot at the title. ï»¿

2. Shot Count

Every day from the start of the Tournament I would see this chart come across my timeline. LSU fans in Omaha sending Venmo request to contribute to the cause to break last years Ole Miss record of 17,000 shots.  It was non stop! I'm not knocking the fact fans managed to purchase 20,000+ shots. A lot of credit goes out to the them who traveled to Omaha (& Todd Graves purchasing 6,000 to reach the goal). I think LSU fans lost focus of what the real reason why they were in Omaha. I hope LSU fans understand that if the Natty doesn't come home to Baton Rouge this shit doesn't mean anything. Ole Miss fans can hang that combo banner over LSU fans until it happens. [Side Bar: I do like how SEC teams just want a reason to compete. "It just means more" I feel like SEC teams who compete in CWS not only have to win the championship but also break the last SEC school's shot record. Also, if they don't win the shot record they get demoted from the SEC. CHAOS!!!!]

3. The Umpires

Boy, if you saw the timeline you would never expect the LSU  to having to deal with a grueling game schedule amongst great competitive teams but now overcome the umpires! Fans express their frustration of the miss strike calls as if the strike zone was not existed. Tre' Morgan getting tagged at home plate and having to go under review only for the call to stand. After Sunday Night's defeat, fans were expressing themselves after the loss.


If you made it this far, I appreciate you for reading, please watch this fan's video. lol. so much conviction that he was safe until the very end when he's clearly out. The fan doesn't say a word. lol

There you have it. There's so much more to battle in Omaha than the tournament itself. I still believe this is a good baseball team, and all they need is 3 more wins to get into the Final. It wont get any easier for the Tigers as they are expected to face Drew Beam and the Tennessee Volunteers tomorrow(likely 6 pm start), and have to beat Wake twice. All I am saying is don't let the Tigers get 1.

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