LSU overcomes an eight-point deficit to take down South Carolina, Tigers win a thriller in Hoover.
HOOVER, Ala. — LSU second baseman Steven Milam blasted a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Tigers defeat South Carolina, 12-11, on a wild Saturday afternoon inside the Hoover Met Complex.
Some really good hitters in that lineup, obviously. I tip my hat to South Carolina. Tremendous team, tremendous program. They earned their way into the NCAA Tournament this week. You kind of learn tendencies of guys if you really watch the game. It's something that I've really taken to because you never know when your number is going to get called. You have to be ready. You've got to stay ready, not get ready.STEVEN MILAM: Yeah, so a good walk on a pitch clock violation, and Coach Yeskie, he was just telling me, slow down.
You find ways to win, whether it's a homer or whether it's a pitch clock violation, whatever it is. If it's an error, you just find ways to win no matter what.For both of the players, Jay gets ejected. What is going on in the dugout? When a coach gets ejected it can go one of two ways. It's crucial to be just cool, calm, and collected in that kind of situation. That's kind of how I took it.I think back to February about how special it was to have all of those LSU fans in Omaha. Kind of the same question that was for the players. Talk about how special it was to make that ?
But they're all better people than they are players. That's the only way you're sitting where we are right now, which is a great team in a great position to take advantage of the opportunities in front of it.JAY JOHNSON: I don't want to get too much into all of that. It's a good crew. They basically called it a catcher balk and basically said Brady came out in front of the plate before the pitch.
JAY JOHNSON: It was awesome. My heart was sunk, like broken, not because of the score or any of that. It's like, wait a minute -- we were down 8-0. Does anybody remember that? We were losing the game 8-0. Then we tie it, get a beautiful bunt by Alex, get a guy to second with no outs and we don't score, and you want to find a way to push my buttons, let's find a way to get a guy to second with no outs and not score.
I always really believed we had a good team. We did win the national championship last year. We have 20 players from that roster that were here. We added Luke Holman and Gage Jump. We had a really tough schedule. We opened up at Mississippi State. There's great college baseball everywhere. There's 14 teams out of 14 that could play in the NCAA Tournament and find their way to Omaha.JAY JOHNSON: I think because they got cut, they got bloodied, they got punched in the gut, and they found a way to get back up. So they know they can overcome anything. That's another great deal right there. It's 8-0.
JAY JOHNSON: Yeah, I can't run as fast anymore as when I was a player. But I love these guys. Love our team, love this program. I know where we were. I remember vividly we were playing New Orleans on a Tuesday, we just got back from Tennessee, I walked in the room, and I said, hey, look, it's not going to get any worse than this, but we have to stay with it. I am going to remain positive. Nobody is getting blown up. Nobody is cussing anybody out, calling anybody soft.
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