After having their 23 game win streak snapped the LSU baseball team looked as though they were about to drop another one. This loss would have knocked LSU out of the super regionals and sent UC Irvine to face North Carolina in Omaha for the College World Series. But, that wasn't the case. Heading into the eight inning trailing 7-2, LSU tallied two runs to cut the deficit to 7-4. After LSU reliever Louis Coleman held the Anteaters scoreless in the seventh and ninth innings the tiger bats began to come alive. In the ninth LSU plated five more runs to take the lead for the first time since the fourth inning.
In the bottom of the ninth Coleman looked to give up a double until leftfielder Jared Mitchell made a web-gem diving catch for the first out. The second batter of the inning ripped Coleman's first pitch into the rightfield corner for a double. With the tying run at the plate Coleman forced two infield popups to end the sensational comeback victory.
This was LSU's 29th come from behind victory on the season. They force a game 7 on Monday, win and you're going to Omaha. LSU will start Blake Martin who is 5-3 on the season while UC Irvine will counter with Bryce Stowell who is 8-2 on the season with a 2.72 ERA. This is one game for the ages and will never be forgotten in this last series at the Box before it is torn down at the end of the season.
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