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National champion LSU Tigers pack punch offensively, but they hang hats on pitching under Johnson
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LSU's Chase Shores pitches against Coastal Carolina in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 22, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — During its rise as a national power in the 1990s, LSU built its identity on prodigious home run numbers, a style coined “Gorilla Ball.” The game changed over the decades, and so did the Tigers. They still have plenty of offense, but pitching is the name of the game in the bayou nowadays.