Kade Anderson.
If there were only two words you needed to sum up LSU’s 4-1 win over Arkansas in its College World Series opening game, those two words would do the job. Anderson pitched seven dominant innings, limiting Arkansas to just three hits and one run and LSU is on to Monday night’s winner’s bracket game against UCLA.
LSU-Arkansas was billed as a heavyweight fight thanks in large part to Anderson going up against Zach Root. Instead, it ended up looking like Mike Tyson knocking out Marvis Frazier in 30 seconds as Root was pulled after just 38 pitches.