OMAHA, Neb. - Touch 'em all. Rosenblatt Stadium has gone retro, reverting back to Rosenblast Stadium from earlier this decade. No. 1 national seed Texas and LSU combined to smack seven home runs in the opening game of the best-of-three championship series in the College World Series Monday night. But, in the end, it was a clutch two-out single in the top of the 11th from freshman Mikie Mahtook that lifted LSU past Texas 7-6.
The surging Tigers, who have won 14 consecutive games, can clinch their sixth national title and first since 2000 with a victory Tuesday.
"It's hard to describe the emotions I feel about this game, but I am going to try," LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. "This was the most courageous, never-say-die resolve that I've ever seen from one of my teams in 27 years of coaching."
