LSU eliminates Florida State from CWS, will face Oregon State next

Watson later added an RBI double. He had two hits the first game and Jake hit the three-run homer today.

LSU scored 5 times in the second to seize control of the game.

Florida State sixth inning - With one out, Dylan Busby reached safely on a throwing error by second baseman Cole Freeman. Jackson Lueck drilled a double just inside the left-field line, and Nieporte lifted a fly ball to left for a sacrifice fly.

FSU (46-23) got single runs in the second and sixth innings. Robertson went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Freeman.

Poche' pitched into the ninth inning, keeping Florida State off balance the entire night. Florida State: Won 1. The Tigers had four extra-base hits - three doubles and a home run.

The LSU managed only six baserunners against reliever Andrew Karp following Slaughter's three-run bomb in the second.

LSU responded with two much-needed insurance runs in the top of the ninth inning. It hampered balls hit to right -like Tyler Holton's fly out in the fifth that on another would have been a two-run homer - but seemed not to affect ones to left.

"Poche was just the man tonight", Mainieri said. He pitched into the ninth inning when he was replaced after allowing back-to-back homers by Nieporte and Raleigh. The second bad slider was on Slaughter's home run. Florida State only had two runners get past first base against Poche.

None of the left-hander's 39 victories could compare to the one he had in front of 22,872 fans at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. Though he flirted with a fastball at 89-91 at times throughout his career, for much of this season, and tonight, he was mid-to-upper 80s with his fastball, while also showing excellent feel for the curveball, and at times, the changeup.

Poche had two goals in mind when he walked out to the mound for his school-record setting 69 start.

"If you would've told me four years ago before I even started my career at LSU that I would be in Omaha and break the all-time winds record, no way I'd believe that", Poche said. "This record, it's definitely not an individual award. I couldn't have done it without those guys". "Having all those guys behind me over the course of my career making play after play, picking me up on defense and scoring runs in the games I throw, I couldn't have done it without those guys".

Slaughter returned to the starting lineup at first base.

FSU starter Cole Sands (6-4) was charged with the loss as he surrendered five runs on four hits in 1.1 innings with no walks and no strikeouts.

Kramer Robertson ended his 0-for-Omaha nightmare by lacing a leadoff single to center field and promptly swiped second.

LSU's Greg Deichmann (7) celebrates a double, next to Florida State shortstop Taylor Walls (10) during the second inning of an NCAA College World Series baseball game in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. While he allowed base runners in every inning but the first and seventh, he was nearly unscathed until ninth inning, thanks to a pair of double plays and six inning-ending outs he induced via four pop-ups and two grounders. He had a chance to tie the career wins mark in that game, and he didn't get it done.

Florida State coach Mike Martin wasn't sure which of two sophomore right-handers would get the start against LSU on Wednesday in an elimination game at the College World Series.

However, Zack Hess entered to earn his third save of the season and his second of the CWS by striking out the side.

LSU (50-18) advanced to face No. 1-seed Oregon State. No program has as many CWS appearances without winning the championship.

"He put the team on his shoulders and carried us to the promised land", LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. We love to play here.

"Jared was the key to the game, obviously". Then, we had the big inning. "I hope people will let that go. Zach Watson had a big game for us".