Anderson (12-1) fired his second complete-game shutout of the season, as he also accomplished the feat at Oklahoma on April 4. He limited Coastal Carolina to just three hits while recording five walks and 10 strikeouts over 130 pitches.
Live from Omaha, watch the LSU Sports Radio Network crew live "In the Booth" during game 1 of the College World Series championship final series between LSU Baseball and Coastal Carolina.
Gervase pitched at LSU in 2022 – coach Jay Johnson’s first season with the Tigers – and he was selected in the 12th round of the MLB Draft by the New York Mets. He worked primarily as LSU’s closer, making 29 appearances and recording a 4-1 mark and a 1.85 ERA in 39 innings with 15 walks, 52 strikeouts and six saves.
LSU’s all-time CWS record is 49-29 (.628), and the Tigers this weekend are making their ninth appearance in the CWS championship round … LSU is 7-1 in its previous trips to the CWS Finals, winning the single championship game in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 2000, and capturing the Finals series in 2009 and 2023.
On Friday, June 20, LSU Baseball takes part in a press conference prior to Saturday's opening game of the 2025 CWS Championship Series. Coastal Carolina begins at 11 a.m. CT, with LSU Head Coach Jay Johnson, pitcher Anthony Eyanson and outfielder Jake Brown to follow at 11:30 a.m.
LSU will meet Coastal Carolina in the best-of-three CWS Finals series to determine the 2025 National Champion. First pitch of Game 1 of the series is set for 6 p.m. CT Saturday, and it will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and televised by ESPN.
LSU pitcher Casan Evans (5-1) took the mound Tuesday morning when the game resumed in the fourth inning. The freshman earned the victory by pitching 4.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with five strikeouts.
The game will resume at the beginning of the top of the fourth inning with LSU leading 5-3, and UCLA coming to bat. The game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and televised on ESPN2.
The teams last met in the opening round of the 2013 College World Series, when the Bruins posted a 2-1 win over the Tigers. UCLA also defeated LSU, 6-3, in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Los Angeles Regional. LSU swept two games from the Bruins to win the 2000 NCAA Super Regional in the original Alex Box Stadium.
Sophomore left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson and junior first baseman Jared Jones are First-Team All-Americans; and junior right-handed pitcher Anthony Eyanson and freshman right-handed pitcher Casan Evans are Second-Team All-Americans.
Kade Anderson (11-1) worked 7.0 innings Saturday night and limited Arkansas to one run on three hits with two walks and seven strikeouts, firing 100 pitches.
