LSU Takes Down Wake Forest to Force a Winner Take All Game Tomorr

The Tigers faced their second straight elimination game in as many nights as LSU and Wake Forest went head-to-head for the second time in this CWS. Wake was able to take down the Tigers in a 3-2 ball game on Monday night. After an impressive win against Tennessee last night the Tigers needed to win tonight to face a winner take all on Thursday. With the stage set, let's take a look at how the game went down.

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With the Tigers low on arms, they needed more bullpen magic. That wasn’t the case in the second inning as Wake Forest loaded the bases with zero outs. A single would up the middle would bring two runs home and LSU found themselves down 2-0. Tiger Freshman Herring would enter the game and keep Wake off the board heading into the 7^th.

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It wouldn’t take long for the Tigers to heat up offensively as they responded in their half of the second with a two-out RBI double from Brayden Jobert to make it a 2-1 game. The Tigers kept the bats hot in the third as they loaded bases, allowing Crews to score on a wild pitch. The game was tied, but it wouldn’t last for long as Beloso comes through with a three-run blast to put the Tigers up 5-2. The Tigers maintained the three-run lead going into the 9th.

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That was all the Tigers needed as they force a winner take all game tomorrow night. The winner will advance to the CWS championship series. The Tigers will get some much-needed backup as Paul Skenes will return to the mound.