College World Series 2025: LSU defeats Coastal Carolina 5-3 in Game 2 for second national title in 3 seasons
LSU won its second NCAA baseball championship in the past three seasons with a 5-3 win over Coastal Carolina on Sunday in Game 2 of the 2025 Men's College World Series. The national title is the eighth in program history and provided the SEC with its fifth consecutive MCWS championship.
The Tigers broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning on a bases-loaded single by Chris Stanfield that drove in two runs. Coastal Carolina starter Jacob Morrison then retired the next two batters. But Derek Curiel followed with a single to score another two runs, and Morrison was pulled from the game.
The Chanticleers appeared to have an excellent chance to force a Game 3 with Morrison on the mound. The 6-foot-8 right-hander came into Sunday's matchup with a 12-0 record and 2.08 ERA, but the Tigers battered him for five runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. That was the most runs Morrison allowed this season, in addition to his shortest outing of the year.
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Three Coastal Carolina relievers followed with 5 1/3 scoreless innings, with Hayden Johnson and Darin Horn each getting three strikeouts, but the damage was already done.
Following Kade Anderson's dominant performance in Game 1, Anthony Eyanson pitched nearly as well on Sunday. The junior right-hander (11-2, 2.92 ERA) allowed three runs and six hits over 6 1/3 innings while striking out nine Chanticleers batters. He was chased from the game after allowing a two-run homer to Wells Sykes in the seventh inning and 99 pitches thrown.
Sophomore Chase Shores relieved Eyanson in the seventh and pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing only one hit with four strikeouts to close out the win for LSU and give the Tigers their second national championship under head coach Jay Johnson.
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Curiel and Stanfield each notched two RBI for the Tigers, while Ethan Frey batted 3-for-5, and Daniel Dickinson went 2-for-3. Dean Mihos hit 3-for-4 with a home run for the Chanticleers, and Sykes batted 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Coastal Carolina coach ejected in first inning
Before a run was scored by either team, the game featured some drama in the bottom of the first inning.
With two outs in the inning, Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall was ejected for arguing strike calls with home plate umpire Angel Campos. On the ESPN broadcast, Schnall could be seen telling Campos that he missed three pitches.
Following a stolen base by Sebastian Alexander, Campos stepped out from behind home plate to address Schnall, telling him to get back into the dugout. Schnall then walked onto the field to argue, and that's when he was ejected.
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First-base coach Matt Schilling was also thrown out of the game for arguing with umpires. One of the officials even fell to the dirt during a heated conversation.
"There's 25,000 people there, and I vaguely hear a warning issued," Schnall said. "As the head coach — I was an assistant for 24 years. As an assistant, you're almost treated like a second-grade — second-level citizen. And you can't say a word.
"As a head coach, I think it is your right to get an explanation of why we got warned. I'm 48 years old, and I shouldn't be shooed by another grown man. When I come out to ask what the warning is, a grown man shooed me."
Since Schnall came out to argue after he was ejected from the game, he was issued an automatic two-game suspension, per NCAA rules. Schilling received a three-game penalty for his ejection and "prolonged arguing." Had there been a Game 3 on Monday, Schnall would not have been available to coach the Chanticleers.
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Instead, he and Schilling will serve their penalties to begin next season following Coastal Carolina's defeat.
Here is how Sunday's action, including that coach ejection drama, played out in Game 2 of the Men's College World Series final:
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