No. 6 LSU sweeps No. 13 Coastal Carolina for eighth MCWS title

Chris Stanfield and Derek Curiel had two-run singles and reliever Chase Shores shut the door as LSU completed a two-game sweep of the Men's College World Series championship series, defeating Coastal Carolina, 5-3, on Sunday afternoon in Omaha, Nebraska.

The No. 6 Tigers (53-15) won their eighth MCWS title less than 24 hours after defeating the No. 13 Chanticleers (56-13) — who had won 26 consecutive games entering the championship series — 1-0 in the opener.

Starter Anthony Eyanson (12-2) allowed seven hits and three runs, striking out nine and walking one, in 6 1/3 innings and Shores pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings of one-hit relief, striking out four.

Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling were ejected in the bottom of the first inning, with associate head coach Chad Oxendine taking over as acting head coach. Per the NCAA, Schnall was ejected for arguing balls and strikes and Schilling was tossed for comments made while arguing with the umpires.

Dean Mihos homered to left field with two outs in the bottom of the second inning to give the Chanticleers their first run of the series.

LSU tied the score in the third when Daniel Dickinson led off with a single and scored two outs later on an Ethan Frey double.

The Tigers took a 5-1 lead in the fourth on the two-run hits by Stanfield and Curiel, and Coastal Carolina starter Jacob Morrison (12-1) was relieved by Hayden Johnson. In 3 2/3 innings, Morrison gave up five runs on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

The Chanticleers got within two runs in the seventh when Ty Dooley was hit by a pitch and Wells Sykes hit a two-run homer. One out later, Shores relieved Eyanson down Coastal Carolina the rest of the way, notching his second save of the season.