OMAHA, Nebraska – LSU has never lost a championship game at the College World Series.
The Tigers (52-15) can win their eighth national title at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on ABC against Coastal Carolina (56-12), after they won the opener of the best-of-three championship series on Saturday night, 1-0, in front of 25,761 at Charles Schwab Field. But if not, LSU will get a mulligan on Monday (6:30 p.m., ABC).
LSU won do-or-die championship games in 1991, ’93, ’96, ’97, 2000, 2009 and 2023. The Tigers have lost this second game of the series twice since the best-of-three format began in 2003, but won the third game in ’09 and ’23…