Ott goes the 9th to get some work in. Everything is perfectly set up for LSU to take their 6th national title. Coleman, Ranaudo. Keep repeating it. Click your heels if you must, but it's not necessary really.
Arkansas 8th. Leon Landry in at LF. Schimpf moves to 3B. Ryan Byrd pitching. 1st batter - Ball low. 1-0 Called strike. 1-1 Deep fly to RCF. One out. 2nd batter - Called strike. 0-1 Ball low and outside 1-1 Coleman warming up in the bull pen. Interesting. Nope. Just stopped. Missed swing. 1-2 Slow roller back to Byrd. 2 outs. Showing Ott warming up. 3rd batter - Ball outside. 1-0 Ball low. 2-0 Ball outside. 3-0 Called strike. 3-1 Deep hit to RF. Caught. 3 outs. After 8 innings: LSU 11, Hogs 2
Ott is scary. As for all this national title talk being our deserved right, that's not a good pep talk. We have to earn this, and the team we play is going to come out trying to kill us. We need to maintain our killer attitude, and we aren't going to have that if we just think we already won the title before we even start the actual battle. But yeah, Coleman, Ranaudo... sick. But Ranaudo choked in game 1 vs Arky at Arky during the regular season and he choked in game 1 of the CWS (Coach was saying it was his worst game of the season, but I was like... Coach, remember how bad he choked against Arky during the regular season?). As for Coleman, he is money, it would be sad to find that he falls apart in the championship series, but it could easily happen.
Nick Pontiff at bat Called strike. 0-1 Ball inside. 1-1 Called strike. 1-2 Foul tip. 1-2 Ball low. 2-2 Foul. 2-2 Tap to first. Infield single.
Chris McGhee to bat. Ball low. 1-0 Ball outside. 2-0 Ball low. 3-0 Deep fly to CF caught over the shoulder on the warning track. 2 outs
Buzzy Haydel up. Ball outside. 1-0 Foul back. 1-1 Rope to LF for two. Runners at 2nd and 3rd. 2 outs.