The Tigers take Game 1 in the MCWS finals 1-0 behind a gem from LSU lefty Kade Anderson. He went a full nine innings, throwing 130 pitches with 10 strikeouts. This was only the third complete game in MCWS finals history.
Steven Milam delivered the only run of the game in the first inning, but it was enough to snap Coastal Carolina’s 26-game winning streak with Anderson on the mound.
Coastal starter Cameron Flukey also delivered on the bump, going six with nine Ks and allowing four hits with one earned. The 6-foot-6 righty took his second loss of the season, falling to 8-2. His only other loss of the year was a 1-0 shutout to Texas State.
The nine hits tonight tie the mark for the lowest combined hits in an MCWS finals game in history. Coastal Carolina was 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position tonight.
In 2016, Arizona’s JC Cloney tossed a complete game against Coastal, taking Game 1 of the MCWS finals. The Chanticleers went on to take the next two games to capture the 2016 title.
This was the first MCWS game since 1972 that neither team recorded a run after the first inning.
Coastal Carolina and LSU will face off in Game 2 tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. ET on ABC where the Chanticleers will attempt to force a decisive Game 3 on Monday night.
