Kade Anderson, Anthony Eyanson sum up CWS starts to win national title for LSU

LHP Kade Anderson and RHP Anthony Eyanson were the starting pitchers for LSU in the finals of the Men’s College World Series. Those would be all the games that the Tigers would need with them winning the national title on Sunday afternoon in Omaha.

Following the 5-3 win for No. 6 LSU over No. 13 Coastal Carolina, Anderson and Eyanson had an interview on-air with ESPN’s Kris Budden. Their reactions were different in the moment right after winning the title and Anderson didn’t even have the words while Eyanson was ecstatic.

“I mean, I can’t really talk right now,” said Anderson. “It’s been a pleasure.”

“I try not to cuss but win this damn game right now,” Eyanson said in how he felt going into his start.

LSU won Game 1 at 1-0 before the 5-3 win in Game 2 in sweeping the Chanticleers. The pitching was a big part of those title-winning performances over the weekend. Anderson went a full nine innings, having 10 strikeouts and an ERA of 3.18 to have the shutout on Saturday before Eyanson went for 6.1 innings, having nine strikeouts and an ERA of 3.0 in the victory on Sunday.

“He gave us a chance,” Anderson said of Eyanson’s outing today. “That’s all you can ask for. That’s all you can ask for.”

“Man, Kade Anderson? I said it already,” Eyanson later said of Anderson’s pitching the day before. “Just being himself, giving us a chance today.”

With their work on the mound, LSU clinched what is their eighth national title in program history and second in three years’ time. That’s as great of an ending as they could have hoped for, or expected, for the Tigers in the MCWS.

“Yeah, I mean, it’s a dream come true,” Anderson said.

“I just knew, when we showed up here, this was going to be the outcome,” said Eyanson.

Anderson makes bold guarantee following LSU’s eighth national title

LSU has the second-most national titles in the history of college baseball and only added to their total on Sunday with their second in three years, winning the Men’s College World Series with a 2-0 sweep of Coastal Carolina. Moments after doing so, though, one of them was already talking about going back-to-back for three championships in four years.

In the postgame interview with ESPN’s Kris Budden, LHP Kade Anderson knows this is the standard for them at LSU. That’s why he fully expects for them to win another national title a year from now at the MCWS in 2026.

“Yeah, I think LSU is used to this by now,” said Anderson. “It’s number eight. I’m sure next year will be number nine.”