Live Updates: LSU shuts out Tennessee, 5-0, to stay alive and eliminate Volunteers from CWS -LSU vs. Tennessee in CWS Elimination Game

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LSU DEFEATS TENNESSEE, 5-0, eliminating the Volunteers. Will now face Wake Forest tomorrow night.

LSU leads Tennessee 5-0 heading into the bottom of the ninth.

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Crews two-run home run in the top of the ninth with no outs puts LSU up, 5-0.

Nate Ackenhausen has thrown six shutout innings in his first-ever start and LSU leads 2-0 going into the top of the seventh inning.

LSU 1, Tennessee 0 after five complete innings. Ackenhausen started and has gone the distance for the Tigers to this point.

LSU leads Tennessee after four complete innings, 1-0. Nate Ackenhausen has pitched four shutout innings for the Tigers in his first-ever LSU start.

LSU leads 1-0 after three complete innings. Ackenhausen has thrown 48 pitches and Blake Money is warming up in the bullpen.

LSU leads 1-0 heading to the bottom of the third inning.

Bottom of 2nd Inning –

Burke singled through the left side (2-2 BFFB).

Moore grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (3-2 KFFBBBF); Merritt out on the play.

Merritt singled to center field (0-0).

Top of 2nd Inning –

BRACKET REGION

LSU

On Mound:Ackenhausen

1

Bot 2nd

0-0

0

OUTS

Tennessee

At Bat:Merritt

0

	TEAM	1	2		R	H	E	L
	LSU	1	0		1	2	0	3
	UT	0	0		0	0	0	0

 LOn Mound: #30 Ackenhausen3.47ERA1.26WHIP

TODAY	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	PC
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9

 At Bat: DH #10 Merritt[RH].312AVG.656 SLG

TODAY	AB	H	R	RBI	BB	K	2B	3B	HR
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2nd Inning Play-by-play

	Play	Scoring Dec.	Batter	Pitcher	Outs
	Top of the 2nd – LSU Batting
K	Jobert struck out swinging (2-2 BKBSS).	K	Jobert	Beam	0
HBP	Milazzo hit by pitch (0-1 K).	HBP	Milazzo	Beam	1
K	Pearson struck out swinging (1-2 FBSS).	K	Pearson	Beam	1
	Crews flied out to cf to right center (0-0).	F9	Crews	Beam	2
	LSU Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB

Bottom of 1st Inning –

Ahuna lined out to ss (1-0 B).	L6	Ahuna	Ackenhausen	0
Ensley grounded out to 3b (2-2 KFBB).	G5	Ensley	Ackenhausen	1
Dickey grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-0 B).	G3U	Dickey	Ackenhausen	2
UT Inning Summary: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB

LSU 1, Tennessee 0 after 1/2 inning.

BB	Crews walked (3-2 BKBSBFB).	BB	Crews	Beam	0
K	White struck out looking (1-2 KSBK).	KL	White	Beam	0
	Crews advanced to second on a passed ball.	PB	Morgan	Beam	1
1B	Morgan singled to left field (1-1 BK); Crews advanced to third.	1B 7	Morgan	Beam	1
	Dugas lined out to ss (1-0 B).	L6	Dugas	Beam	1
1B	Beloso singled to right center, RBI (1-1 BS); Morgan advanced to third; Crews scored.	1B 9 1RBI	Beloso	Beam	2
SB	Beloso stole second.	SB	Thompson	Beam	2
K	Thompson struck out swinging (3-2 FBFFBBS).	K	Thompson	Beam	2
	LSU Inning Summary: 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB

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 Call it a marble game. Call it what you want.

Bottom line for Tennessee and LSU, one team is going home on Tuesday night, the other is moving on.

To win a national championship, LSU must put together five wins over a six-day span.

It all starts for Jay Johnson’s No. 5 seeded LSU team by winning today against Tennessee, then the Tigers get a rematch against No. 1 seeded Wake Forest on Wednesday. Beat Tennessee, beat Wake Forest, then what? Then, beat Wake Forest again to move into the CWS Finals.

In other words, LSU has its work clearly laid out before it.

Tonight, Tennessee is expected to start sophomore right-hander Drew Beam (9-4, 3.78 ERA). A Sunday starter for most of the season, Bream faced LSU on April 1 but did not get a decision in the 14-7 win to avoid the sweep. The sophomore right-hander gave up six runs on eight hits in 4.0 innings of work, but only one run was earned. He struck out four and did not walk any. Oh, and Tennessee jumped out to a 10-0 lead in that game. Kind of changes the way you pitch when you’re working from an 10-run lead.

Who LSU starts remained a mystery on Monday night. Nine of LSU’s 11 pitchers are available, according to Johnson with Paul Skenes and Ty Floyd being the only two Tigers’ hurlers not available. But who Johnson and (Wes) Johnson call on is merely speculation right now.

Whoever starts for LSU, probably Riley Cooper, expect the Tigers to use several pitchers throughout the game playing matchups on literally a batter per batter, situational, basis.

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