Everything LSU’s Kade Anderson Said after Beating Arkansas

The LSU Tigers’ starting pitcher, Kade Anderson, had a remarkable game against Arkansas. He pitched for seven innings and held the Razorbacks to just one run. After the game, Anderson talked about if he will pitch again in this tournament. He said, “Yeah, I completely expect to pitch. Obviously that's not really up to me; it's up to Coach. But I want to pitch again. And this is a really cool moment for our team and we'll be ready to go.”

Kade also spoke about not letting the moment get too big for him. He said, “I think just taking it all in. That's why you come here. Really just proud of our team. And at the end of the day that's all you need to do is win.

And it doesn't matter the stat line kind of how this paper lines up. But we won the game and that's really all I care about.”

Anderson talked about how the team has approached this College World Series. He said, “I think Coach Johnson does a really good job in preparing our team. And when you treat every game like a playoff, you get used to it. LSU is used to being in Omaha and that's something that we do often. We're proud to say that. But we're meant for these kind of games, and we're excited to keep going.”

And finally, Kade spoke about what it would be like to play Arkansas again in this tournament. He said, “Like I said, we treated every game like a playoff. We'll be ready to go. We've faced them four times. I like the results of what we had.

Just continuing to go out there and battle. And we're not, like Coach Johnson says all the time, we're not playing Arkansas, we're playing the game. When you take that kind of note at it, it's just another game. And I think that playoff mindset has really helped us a lot.”