-- Coming out of last season, LSU coach Jay Johnson couldn't have foreseen the national championship this group of tenacious Tigers is taking back to Baton Rouge. Then, quoting his mentor and LSU baseball patriarch Skip Bertman, Johnson said: "We ended up with some really good fortune." Johnson became the first Division I coach to win two titles in his first four years at a school. With Tigers fans on their feet and chanting "L-S-U, L-S-U," Shores struck out Ty Dooley and got Sykes to ground into a game-ending double play. The front-row seat should be the 2025 Coastal Carolina baseball team, not what happened in the first inning."