1140 Sportscast 6/14

The LSU baseball season is over and so is the hall of fame coaching career of Paul Mainieri. Tennessee hit six home runs in a 15-6 rout of the Tigers to complete a sweep of the Super Regional Series.  LSU’s season ends with a 38-25 record and the Tigers fall short of reaching the College World Series. Mainieri says his team battled all year long…

Cut 5 (12) “my last team”

Mainieri ends his career with five world series appearances and a national championship in 15 seasons in Baton Rouge.

NC State beat Arkansas 3-2 to win the best of three series in the Super Regional.  The Wolfpack previously took down Louisiana Tech in regional play.

The LSU men’s track and field team scored 84 points and won the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field title, their first since 2002 and the fifth in program history.  LSU won five individual events and the 4 x 100 meter relay at the meet.  The Tigers’ six event titles at the NCAA outdoor meet are the second most ever in meet history.

Former LSU Tiger Aaron Nola struck out nine as the Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the Yankees by blanking New York seven to nothing. Nola is 5-and-4 on the season.

Former New Orleans Hornet Chris Paul has led the Phoenix Suns to the Western conference finals after sweeping the Denver Nuggets.  Paul scored 37 points in the game four victory as his team took down MVP Nikola Jokic.  Suns head coach Monty Williams coached Paul in New Orleans.