LSU outlasts Wake Forest to make MCWS finals vs. Florida - ESPN

OMAHA, Neb. — Tommy White hit Camden Minacci's first pitch into the left-field seats for a two-run homer in the 11th inning, giving LSU a 2-0 walk-off victory over No. 1 national seed Wake Forest on Thursday night and clinching a spot in the Men's College World Series finals.

The win sends the Tigers (52-16) to the best-of-three MCWS championship series against Florida beginning Saturday night in a rematch of the 2017 all-SEC final that the Gators won for their first national title.

LSU became the first team to hand Wake Forest (54-12) consecutive losses this season. The Tigers had won 5-2 on Wednesday to set up a second bracket final.

Dylan Crews singled to left leading off the bottom of the 11th against Michael Massey (3-1), prompting Demon Deacons coach Tom Walter to call on his star closer. Minacci's first pitch to LSU's home run leader was a 90 mph slider, and White sent it out for his 23rd homer of the year.

It was a fitting end to one of the most anticipated non-championship MCWS games. LSU was the consensus No. 1 team in the major polls from the start of the season until May 8. Wake Forest was the consensus No. 1 the rest of the way. The teams split their first two games here this week.

The pitching matchup between LSU's Paul Skenes and Wake Forest's Rhett Lowder set this one apart from the first two. The two are projected top-10 overall picks in next month's amateur draft — ESPN's Kiley McDaniel has Skenes going fifth and Lowder going ninth in his latest mock draft — and they matched zeroes deep into the game. Wake Forest came in 18-0 in games Lowder had started.

It was the fourth game in MCWS history that was scoreless through 10 innings (and first since Arkansas' 1-0 win over South Carolina in 14 innings in