BATON ROUGE, La. -- Greg Deichmann hit a two-run, go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, Jared Poche retired 16 straight batters in relief, and LSU rallied past Rice 5-2 on Tuesday night to win the Baton Rouge Regional.
Rice starter Willy Amador (2-2) worked six scoreless innings before LSU chased him with three runs in the seventh. Bryce Jordan started the inning with a sacrifice fly to pull the Tigers to 2-1 and Deichmann pushed his RBI total to 23 in his past 19 games.
LSU catcher Michael Papierski hit a solo homer in the eighth and Kramer Robertson added a two-out RBI double.
The Tigers (45-19) advanced to their 12th super-regional appearance and will face Coastal Carolina on Saturday.
Rice (38-24) jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two innings. Connor Teykl sliced a one-run double in the first and Hunter Kopycinski found a hole on the left side for an RBI single in the second.
Coastal Carolina 7
North Carolina St. 5
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Seth Lancaster singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning, and Coastal Carolina rallied past North Carolina State Tuesday and advanced to the super regionals of the NCAA tournament.
The second-seeded Chanticleers (47-16) erased a two-run deficit with a four-run ninth.
Top-seeded N.C. State (38-22) led 5-3 in the ninth when play was suspended late Monday night because of heavy rain. Coastal Carolina was batting with one out and the bases loaded.
G.K. Young started the rally with a run-scoring groundout off Evan Braband, who then plunked pinch-hitter Tyler Chadwick with an 0-2 pitch to load the bases again. Lancaster hit a liner that eluded diving right fielder Brock Deatherage, scoring two runs, and Billy Cooke followed with an RBI single.
Mike Morrison pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save.
* Vanderbilt is paying for the funeral of freshman pitcher Donny Everett, who drowned Thursday while on a fishing trip at a Tennessee lake.
School officials confirmed Tuesday that they covered Everett's funeral expenses by using money from the NCAA opportunity fund and student assistance fund. School officials noted that the student assistance fund allows a school to pay for funeral arrangements.
The Tennessean first reported that Vanderbilt had paid for the funeral.
Everett's funeral was held Tuesday in his hometown of Clarksville, Tenn.
Everett, 19, died the day before Vanderbilt was scheduled to begin NCAA-tournament play, though poor weather delayed the Commodores' NCAA regional opener until Saturday. Vanderbilt was eliminated from the regional after losing to Xavier and Washington on Saturday.
Sports on 06/08/2016