College World Series scoreboard, Sunday, June 22

Dean Mihos was 9-for-20 in five College World
Series games. (Coastal Carolina photo)

Player of the day: Dean Mihos, Coastal Carolina 4-4, HR

* LSU 5, Coastal Carolina 3 - The Tigers (53-15) scored four runs in the fourth inning and held on to beat the Chanticleers (56-13) and win LSU's eighth national championship.

Coastal head coach Kevin Schnall and assistant coach Matt Schilling were ejected in the bottom of the first inning.

A statement by the NCAA during the game said Schnall and Schilling were ejected "for continued arguing about balls and strikes after being warned initially by the umpire crew. NCAA Playing Rule 3-6-f-Note 1 states that balls, strikes, half swings or decisions about hit-by-pitch situations are not to be argued. After a warning, any player or coach who continues to argue balls, strikes, half swings or a hit-by-pitch situation shall be ejected from the game."

The statement also indicated Schnall is suspended for an additional two games and Schilling suspended for an additional three games for prolonging the argument after being ejected. Such penalties in the final game of a season usually carry over to the next season.

"There's 25,000 people there, and I vaguely hear a warning issued," Schnall said after the game in media reports. "... I was an assistant for 24 years, and as an assistant, you're almost treated like a second-grade second-level citizen and you can't say a word. Now, as a head coach I think it is your right to get an explanation of why we got warned.

"I'm 48 years old. I shouldn't get shooed by another grown man. When I walk out to find out what the warning is, a grown man shooed me," Schnall added. "At that point I can now hear him say, 'It was a warning issued for arguing balls and strikes.' At that point I said, 'Because you missed three.' At that point, ejected.

"If that warrants an ejection, I'm the first one to stand here like a man and apologize," Schnall said. "Two words that define our program are "own it." And what does that mean? It means you have to own everything that you do without blame, without defending yourself, without excuses." 

Assistant Chad Oxendine served as head coach the remainder of the game.

Dean Mihos gave the Chanticleers a 1-0 lead with a homer in the second inning. LSU tied the score in the third on Ethan Frey's RBI double.

Chris Stanfield and Derek Curiel had two-run singles in the Tigers' fourth inning.

Wells Sykes had a two-run homer in the Coastal seventh.

LSU closed out the game by turning a double play.

"Congratulations to LSU, Jay Johnson, his coaching staff, their players for winning their eighth national championship," Schnall said. "They deserved it. They earned it. They played just a little bit better than we did."

Charles Schwab Field, Omaha

LSU 5, Coastal Carolina 3 - LSU wins national title

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All-CWS team

C - Adonys Guzman, Arizona; 1B - Jared Jones, LSU; 2B - Kamau Neighbors, Louisville; 3B - Jake Munroe, Louisville; SS - Steven Milam, LSU; OF - Derek Curiel, LSU; Eddie King Jr., Louisville; Justin Thomas Jr., Arkansas; DH - Dean Mihos, Coastal Carolina; P - Gage Wood, Arkansas; Kade Anderson, LSU (Most Outstanding Player)