Morris' CWS-Winning Home Run: 15 Years LaterMorris' CWS-Winning Home Run: 15 Years Later

Morris' CWS-Winning Home Run: 15 Years Later

Morris’ CWS-Winning Home Run: 15 Years Later

by Doug Williams, ESPN Page 2

It’s been called by some the greatest game in college baseball history, a back-and-forth brawl between two elite programs that ended with one shocking, knockout punch.

Fifteen years later, video clips show Warren Morris rounding the bases, his fist raised after hitting a home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give LSU a national championship victory over Miami.

A 9-8 win and jubilation for the Tigers. Agony for the Hurricanes. Morris, who fought back from an injury and hadn’t hit a home run all year, hit the only walk-off, title-winning homer in the history of the College World Series. In Louisiana, it’s known as “The Shot Heard ‘Round the Bayou.”

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