LSU stayed alive by beating Tennessee 5-0 on Tuesday night at the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Tony Vitello and the Volunteers are gone. Up next for LSU: Wake Forest — twice, if the Tigers are fortunate. Here’s the lay of the land:
What’s next
The Tigers must defeat the Demon Deacons at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Charles Schwab Field. (ESPN will televise the game.) If LSU wins, it must defeat Wake Forest again in an “if necessary” game at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Wake Forest needs just one win to reach the best-of-three championship series.
Elsewhere at the CWS
On the other side of the bracket, TCU eliminated Oral Roberts with a 6-1 win Tuesday afternoon. The Horned Frogs will face Florida at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
TCU needs to defeat Florida twice to reach the championship round. If the Frogs win Wednesday, the teams will meet again Thursday.
Florida needs one win to reach the championship round.
Here in Omaha
• The pace slowed a little Tuesday … but yes, the Jell-O shot challenge is still a runaway victory for LSU fans, who had already broken the record at Rocco’s. (Yes, the locals up there are making a good-faith effort; give them an “A” for trying … but … don’t spell it “Teauxsday.”)
Teauxsday 5pm update, might as well get down here and get a tray for yourself. #cws2023 #RoccosOmaha pic.twitter.com/RD2OwLCtHW
— CWS Jello Shot Challenge (@CWSShotBoard) June 20, 2023
• For much of Tuesday night’s LSU-Tennessee game, the wind played a big factor. Blowing from the southeast at up to 17 mph — straight in from center field — the wind knocked down a handful of potential home runs early on (Dylan Crews later knocked one out to right field).
According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for Wednesday night calls for partly cloudy skies, a low of 70 degrees and more wind blowing in — but not as strong (6-9 mph east-southeast).
In case you missed some of our great coverage, here’s the latest from our crew in Omaha:
• LSU’s Jay Johnson trusted Nate Ackenhausen in the College World Series. The pitcher delivered.
Game 1: Oral Roberts 6, TCU 5
Game 2: No. 2 Florida 6, No. 7 Virginia 5
Saturday, June 17
Game 3: No. 1 Wake Forest 3, No. 8 Stanford 2
Game 4: No. 5 LSU 6, Tennessee 3
Sunday, June 18
Game 5: TCU 4, No. 7 Virginia 3 (Virginia eliminated)
Game 6: No. 2 Florida 5, Oral Roberts 4
Monday, June 19
Game 7: Tennessee 6, No. 8 Stanford 4 (Stanford eliminated)
Game 8: No. 1 Wake Forest 3, No. 5 LSU 2
Tuesday, June 20
Game 9: TCU 6, Oral Roberts 1 (Oral Roberts eliminated)
Game 10: No. 5 LSU 5, Tennessee 0 (Tennessee eliminated)
Wednesday, June 21
Game 11: No. 2 Florida vs. TCU, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 12: No. 1 Wake Forest vs. No. 5 LSU, 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, June 22
Game 13 (if necessary): No. 2 Florida vs. TCU, 1 p.m. or 6 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 14 (if necessary): No. 1 Wake Forest vs. No. 5 LSU, 6 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Championship series (best-of three)
Game 1: Saturday, June 24, 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 2: Sunday, June 25, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 3 (if necessary): Monday, June 26, 6 p.m. (ESPN)
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