The 2021 college baseball season came to an end for the LSU Tigers on Sunday afternoon, and with it came an end to Paul Mainieri's 15-year stint as head coach
The LSU Tigers will have to come from behind in their best-of-three game NCAA Super Regional if they want to qualify for the 2021 College World Series.
The LSU Tigers beat the Central Connecticut Blue Devils 6-5 in walk-off fashion in the 10th inning to survive to play another game in the Oregon regional.
The LSU Tigers were in a dogfight with in-state foe Northwestern State at the Corvallis Regional in Oregon. The Demons were leading the Tigers headed into the 9th inning, 5-4, but the Tigers put together 5 runs in the 9th and held on to win the game, 9-5.
Walker, an Airline High School grad, will become the 11th LSU athlete or coach to have his number retired, and just the fourth from the baseball program.
As LSU gets set for the Super Regional against Coastal Carolina, the Tigers and their fans have a new reason to believe that this just might be a miracle year.