OMAHA, Neb. -- The team with the longer winning streak won again Monday night, thereby bumping LSU into the losers' bracket at the College World Series.
Following a 13-1 loss against top-ranked Oregon State at TD Ameritrade Park, LSU must win three games in four days starting 6 p.m. Wednesday against Florida State if it is to reach the best-of-three championship series.
Nothing went according to plan for an LSU team that entered with a 17-game winning streak, starting with Eric Walker's sudden departure in the third inning. That began a parade of pitchers who gave up 12 walks and an LSU crowd-silencing grand slam in a five-run sixth.