'LSU baseball ... it's unbelievable'

'LSU baseball ... it's unbelievable'

Good morning from Omaha.

Did you get any sleep Wednesday night?

Blame Jared Jones and the LSU baseball team if you didn't.

They won't mind a bit.

In one of the most thrilling, improbable, borderline impossible victories the Tigers have ever had in the College World Series, LSU rallied on three separate occasions to finally beat Arkansas 6-5, eliminating the Razorbacks and putting LSU into the CWS final against Coastal Carolina. The Tigers go for their second national championship in three years and eighth overall.

The most central figure in the surreal drama: Jared Jones. The hard-hitting LSU first baseman hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth to tie it 3-3 after his error on a dropped ball negated a double play that allowed Arkansas to take a 3-2 lead in the top of the frame. He then drove in the game-winning run in the person of catcher Luis Hernandez with a single off the glove of second baseman and Omaha native Cam Kozeal.

If Jones was the central figure in this wild scene, Hernandez at least gets a best supporting actor nod. He committed two errors but also drove in two runs with a line-drive double that clanged off the shoulder of left fielder Charles Davalan to tie the game 5-5 right before Jones' game-winner.

The Tigers and Chanticleers both have two days off before their championship series Saturday. Here's the full schedule:

Nothing LSU sports-wise is going to compare to the surreal and enormous win over Arkansas, but we do have a couple of more tidbits to share with you before we depart.

First, a couple of updates on where LSU stands in the Jell-O shot challenge, as Tiger fans cleared an impressive threshold Wednesday.

And finally, LSU men's basketball now knows its home and away opponents for the 2025-26 season.

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Now, get some rest.

Scott Rabalais