LSU edges UNCW 2-0 in NCAA Baseball Tournament
BATON ROUGE, LA (WWAY) — It was an outstanding college baseball game even though it didn’t start until 11:15pm EST. It just didn’t go UNCW’s way. The Seahawks failed to get a hit with a runner on base. That proved to be one of the biggest obstacles on Saturday night/Sunday morning for Mark Scalf’s squad. LSU beat UNCW 2–0 with a run in the 7th and 9th innings in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. Alex Lange threw a complete game shutout for the Tigers.
UNCW will face Tulane on Sunday afternoon in an elimination game. The winner will face LSU on Sunday night in the Baton Rouge Regional (double elimination).
Note: The game started at 11:15pm EST. It ended at 2:10am EST.
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BATON ROUGE, LA (UNCW) — Despite another strong from junior Evan Phillips for UNCW, it was LSU’s Alex Lange who was able to pick up the win as LSU advanced to Sunday’s championship round of the Baton Rouge Regional with a 2-0 win over the Seahawks at Alex Box Stadium.The Seahawks (40-17) will face Tulane for a second time in the regional at 4 p.m. EST on Sunday in an elimination game. The Tigers (50-10), meanwhile, will play the winner of that game at 8 p.m. EST.Lange shutout the Seahawks, who had their seven-game winning streak halted, on six hits to raise his record to 11-0. He struck out 12 and walked two.
Phillips (2-2) took the loss for UNCW. Phillips allowed one run on eight hits and finished with three strikeouts.
Gavin Stupienski paced the Seahawks with two hits.
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For LSU, Andrew Stevenson collected three hits while Jake Fraley added two.
How it happened: LSU collected three consecutive hits off Phillips to open the seventh. Kade Scivicque doubled and Stevenson and Chinea followed with singles. Chinea’s drove in the first run of the game.
Inside the box score: LSU landed its leadoff hitter on base five times while the Seahawks did so four times … LSU was heled to three hits with runners on base and 2-for-11 with RISP … Zach Shields and Luke Dunlap had UNCW’s lone two-out hits … UNCW was hitless with runners on base.
Notes: Corey Dick extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a ninth inning single … Terence Connelly saw his 27-game on base streak snapped, going 0-for-4 … The Seahawks were shutout for the first time since May 8, 2014, when The Citadel won 1-0 in Charleston … Corey Dick committed just his second error of the season … In his last three starts, Phillips has posted a 1-1 record while compiling a 0.93 ERA and has held opponents to a .214 batting average … LSU entered the game ranked third in the nation in batting average and 10th in scoring.
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