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CWS: How The MLB Draft Prospects Performed In Omaha

5 days ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 7 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – Twenty players ranked by MLB Pipeline for the upcoming draft representing seven of eight participating teams played in the 2025 Men’s College World Series. Who raised their draft stock? Who had great performances?
CWS: LSU Tigers Cruise Past Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 5-3 For Second National Title In Three Years

5 days ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 4 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – Kevin Schnall said that his Coastal Carolina Chanticleers have three goals each game: scoring first, scoring seven runs, and having more “big innings” than their opponent. Facing elimination at the 2025 Men’s College World Series finals, the Chanticleers scored first, but didn’t score seven, and allowed LSU to score four runs in the fourth as the Tigers won the game 5-3 and the national championship two games to none.
CWS: LSU Snaps Coastal Carolina’s 26-Game Win Streak Behind Anderson’s Stellar Start

6 days ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 3 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – For six innings, Coastal Carolina’s Cameron Flukey and LSU’s Kade Anderson dueled on college baseball’s biggest stage.
CWS: Extreme Heat, High Wind Expected For Saturday and Sunday in Omaha

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 2 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – Winds of 20 mph and temperatures pushing 100 degrees fahrenheit are forecasted for Saturday and Sunday in Omaha, Neb., when games one and two of the 2025 Men’s College World Series Final are scheduled. The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat Warning for an area including eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, and parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin through 7 p.m. CDT Sunday evening.
CWS: LSU Tigers Are ‘Battle-Tested’, Ready For Coastal Carolina

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 6 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – When the LSU Tigers take the field against Coastal Carolina in game one of the 2025 Men’s College World Series final on Saturday night, they’ll have a target on their backs. Outside of the state of Louisiana, college baseball fans might be with Coastal Carolina, a mid-major program that punches above its weight, and against LSU, one of college baseball’s true heavyweights.
CWS: Coastal Carolina Is Focused On Three Things To Beat LSU

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 6 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – Asked what they thought of the LSU Tigers, what they liked about them, what they respected about them, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers were somewhat dismissive of the question. “Not a whole lot,” said starting pitcher Jacob Morrison, who dazzled over 7 2/3 innings, allowing a run on five hits in a 6-2 win against Coastal Carolina on June 15.
CWS: Van Horn, Razorbacks Don’t Blame Charles Dalavan For Error In Ninth

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 5 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – The ball flew off the bat of LSU’s Luis Hernandez to left field; it wasn’t particularly hard hit. It was another fly ball to the outfield, and the 25,740 in attendance at Charles Schwab Field thought it would be caught, the game would be over, and the Arkansas Razorbacks would beat the LSU Tigers 5-3, forcing another game Thursday night that would decide which of the two teams would go to the 2025 Men’s College World Series Finals.
CWS: LSU Tigers Top Arkansas 6-5 In Bottom of the Ninth To Advance To Finals Series

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 4 minutes reading time. This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information becomes available. OMAHA, Neb. – It was the most clutch hit of Jared Jones’ career as an LSU Tiger. With the game tied 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth, Jones lined a ball off the glove of Arkansas second baseman Cam Kozeal and into center field, sending Luis Hernandez home with the winning run and sending the Tigers to the College World Series final for the second time in three years.
CWS: Coastal Carolina Earns Berth In Finals With 11-3 Win Over Louisville

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 6 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – If the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers have been anything over their marathon winning streak over the past two months, they’ve been consistent. They get free bases, from walks, from getting hit by pitches, and they consistently make their opponents pay for giving bases away for free by converting those free bases into runs.
CWS: Louisville Eliminates Oregon State With Sac Fly In Bottom of the Ninth

1 week ago | worldbaseball.com | Leif Skodnick

About 6 minutes reading time. OMAHA, Neb. – Call them the Cardiac Cardinals. Louisville was three outs away from a victory, leading the Oregon State Beavers 6-3 as the top of the ninth began, only to cough up the three-run lead and let the Beavers tie the game.