Purple-Gold World Series Opens Wednesday Night

BATON ROUGE, La. – Game 1 of the three-game LSU Baseball Purple-Gold World Series will be played at 6:30 p.m. CT Wednesday in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

Game 2 will start at 6:30 p.m. CT on Thursday, and first pitch for Game 3 is set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

Due to COVID-19 concerns, the general public will not be admitted into the stadium for the games.

"Naturally, we're disappointed that we can't allow the general public into the games," said 15th-year LSU coach Paul Mainieri, who has directed the Tigers to 30 different championships during his first 14 seasons. "The Purple-Gold World Series is an event our players look forward to each year, and it helps them become accustomed to…