4:45 LRN Sportscast June 4

Tonight at 9 PM, it will be LSU and Gonzaga facing off in the Eugene Regional. The Bulldogs will send seven-game winner Alek Jacob to the hill. He has 103 strikeouts on the season. Jacob doesn’t throw hard, but he has a lot of swing and miss. First baseman Tre Morgan on their approach…
Cut 18 (08)”..to this guy.”
Landon Marceaux will start on the mound for LSU.

Louisiana Tech junior left-hander Jonathan Fincher will start on the mound tonight for the Bulldogs who will host Rider at 6 PM in the first-ever regional game in the city of Ruston. Tech Coach Lane Burroughs on why he went with the seven-game winner…
cut 17 (17) “…overthinking things”
The former Byrd High standout is 7-and-3 with a 3.12 ERA.

McNeese will send Texas native Jonathan Ellison to the mound when they face TCU tonight at 6 PM. The Horned Frogs will counter with Austin Krob, who is seven and one with a 3.74 ERA. The Cowboys have a line-up that has a lot of left-handed hitters. Coach Justin Hill says they’ve struggled with southpaws this year…
cut 30 (25) “…of ours”
In the other match-up in the Fort Worth Regional, Dallas Baptist beat Oregon State.

In Austin, Texas had little trouble defeating today Southern today. The Jaguars will play an elimination game tomorrow against the loser of tonight’s game between Fairfield and Arizona State.