LSU vs Coastal Carolina CWS Game 2 Odds, Predictions & Picks (June 22)

• The LSU Tigers are one win away from clinching the College World Series
• Coastal Carolina will need to win back-to-back games, beginning with Game 2 Sunday, to claim the national championship
• See my LSU vs Coastal Carolina Game 2 picks and prediction, plus the odds for their June 22 game at the CWS

The College World Series champion could be decided as early as today if the LSU Tigers (52-15) beat the Coast Carolina Chanticleers (56-12) in Game 2 of the best-of-three series.

The Tigers took down Coastal Carolina with a nail-biting 1-0 win on Saturday, and are in position to claim their eighth CWS title on Sunday. Coastal Carolina is far from out of it: a win sets up a winner-take-all Game 3 on Monday.

Game 2 starts at 2:30pm ET from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, with ABS/ESPN+ carrying the broadcast.

LSU vs Coastal Carolina Odds

The Game 2 LSU/CCU odds are ridiculously close, with LSU just a slight -125 favorite to the Chanticleers’ -105. On the runline, Coastal Carolina is -160 to keep this within a run or better, while LSU is +130 to win by two or more runs. The total is set at 8.5 runs, with the under the prevailing favorite at -130 odds.

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The College World Series odds have LSU as the betting favorite to take it all at -190, with Coastal Carolina at +155 to win its second national championship in school history.

LSU vs Coastal Carolina Picks & Prediction

• Under 8.5 runs (-130) at bet365

No matter who wins, I expect similar, low-scoring drama on Sunday. LSU hasn’t finalized its starter yet, but it’s believed to be second ace Anthony Eyanson, who will only have to follow one of the great pitching performances in CWS history: Kade Anderson went the distance for LSU in Game 1, surrendering just three hits and striking out 10 on a career-high 130 pitches.

Eyanson wasn’t great his last time out, when he lasted just three innings against UCLA, giving up four hits, three earned runs and striking out one.

Still, the Tigers hit there way to a 9-5 win that day, and they’ve now reeled off seven straight victories. In the process, they managed to stop Coastal Carolina’s 26-game win streak. It’s the first loss for the Chanticleers since April 22 to the College of Charleston.

The Chanticleers will have their ace Jacob Morrison on the bump in the hopes of extending this series. His last appearance was a memorable one, as the 6-foot-8 Morrison led Coastal Carolina to a 6-2 victory. The Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year threw 7.2 innings of five-hit ball, striking out seven, and retiring 16 straight batters in a row at one point. Morrison was third in wins in all of DI baseball with 12, while racking up 102 strikeouts in 104 innings pitched.

With this expected pitching matchup, the real question will be who can find enough offense to get ahead ahead in Game 2.

The Tigers have scored a total of 20 runs across four games at the College World Series. This was an offense that crushed West Virginia, outscoring them 28-14 over two games to clinch a spot in Omaha.

The Chanticleers have had a little more offensive pop at the CWS, even after getting shut out in Game 1. They had put up 23 runs across the first three games en route to the final series.

This is no surprise though, as they square with an SEC team. They only mustered 11 total runs to get by Auburn in the Super Regional.

I think whoever does take Game 2, it will be close, well-pitched and way under the total.