LSU baseball downs Arkansas in College World Series opener
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OMAHA, NE. — Murray State baseball will play Arkansas today at Charles Schwab Field for the opportunity to continue in the 2025 Men's College World Series. The Racers fell 6-4 to the UCLA Bruins in their debut Saturday afternoon. The Razorbacks fell 4-1 to the LSU Tigers later that night.
So, once again, great expectations led to deep disappointment for anyone connected with the Razorback baseball program. For the Hogs, that's the story of their entire College World Series history. The Razorbacks have fought their way to Omaha,
Only the 2006 Oregon State team did what Arkansas is attempting to do by winning 4 games in 4 days. The 2010 South Carolina team won 4 in 5 days and the 2018 Oregon State team won 4 in 6 while navigating through the losers bracket.
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LSU left-hander Kade Anderson's masterclass performance on Saturday night at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha (Neb.) lifted the Tigers to a 4-1 College World Series win over Arkansas. Anderson fired 7.0 innings of work with seven strikeouts while limiting the Razorbacks to one run during his time on the bump.
The redshirt sophomore left his outing against Tennessee on Sunday with muscle spasms in his shoulder. Arkansas pitching coach Matt Hobbs and trainer Corey Wood came to the mound to check on Jimenez after he faced the first batter of the eighth inning, and he left the field with Wood.
He goes by 'Big Country,' and Reese Robinett is now a big part of the Arkansas baseball lineup that's ready to roll at the College World Series.
In a cruel stroke of irony, it was LSU that battled the Arkansas pitchers into submission, not the other way around. The Tigers had 11 two-strike foul balls to extend at-bats and run Arkansas' pitch count up.