The LSU Tigers were two outs from hosting West Virginia in the Super Regionals. Instead, the Tigers’ season ended Monday night at North Carolina, 4-3 in 10 innings.
Carolina’s Colby Wilkerson tied the game with one out in the top of the 9th with an RBI single. One inning later, LSU’s Jake Brown dropped a line drive in deep right. It was ruled an error. Alex Madera then drove in the game winner with a single through the middle of the infield, scoring pinch runner Jackson Van De Brake.
LSU was retired in order in the bottom of the 10th.
The Tigers trailed 2-0 after one half inning. But LSU took the lead in the third on a solo homer by first baseman Jared Jones.
Jesuit high school’s Will Hellmers starred in relief for the Tigers. The senior tossed 5.2 innings of four strikeout, two hit baseball.
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