The Starting Lineups: LSU Baseball vs. UCLA Bruins in College World Series Clash

Jay Johnson makes a slight adjustment to Monday's lineup, Tigers looking to continue pursuit in Omaha.

Courtesy of LSU Tigers Baseball.

The LSU Tigers continue their quest in the College World Series with a matchup against the UCLA Bruins set for Monday night at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha.

Jay Johnson and Co. enter the matchup after a critical victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks behind an impressive performance from ace, Kade Anderson.

Now, heading into Monday night, LSU will ride the arm of right-hander Anthony Eyanson on the mound where he looks to make a statement.

The California native will face the home state UCLA Bruins where he's looking forward to the challenge the program presents.

“Obviously, I grew up going to those games a lot,” Eyanson said. “When I was a teenager, around 13 or 14 years old, I tried to go pretty frequently during their season, just watching those guys play.

"Honestly, I’m just excited to pitch whenever my name is called here in the College World Series. It’s a really cool accomplishment for our team just to be here, so I’m just trying to enjoy every minute of it.”

Now, all eyes will be on Eyanson and Co. heading into Monday night with LSU looking to continue its quest in the College World Series.

A look into the LSU versus UCLA preview, starting lineups and a scouting report on the Bruins heading into Monday.

The Preview: UCLA Bruins (48-16) vs. LSU Tigers (49-15)

DATE/TIME
• Monday, June 16 at 6 p.m. CT (ESPN)
STADIUM
• Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb. (24,500)
RANKINGS
• LSU – No. 6 NCAA Tournament National Seed
• UCLA – No. 15 NCAA Tournament National Seed
RADIO
• LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates
• Live audio at www.LSUsports.net/live; Live stats at www.LSUstats.com
TELEVISION
• Monday's game will be televised on ESPN.

LSU Tigers	UCLA Bruins
LF Derek Curiel	LF Dean West
DH Ethan Frey	SS Roch Cholowsky
SS Steven Milam	1B Mulivai Levu
RF Jake Brown	3B Roman Martin
1B Jared Jones	RF AJ Salgado
C Luis Hernandez	CF Payton Brennan
3B Tanner Reaves	DH Blak Balsz
2B Daniel Dickinson	C Cashel Dugger
CF Chris Stanfield	2B Phoenix Call
RHP Anthony Eyanson	RHP Landon Stump

The Scouting Report UCLA Bruins Edition

UCLA defeated Murray State, 6-4, in its CWS first-round game on Saturday … the Bruins finished in a tie for first place with Oregon in the Big 10 regular-season standings with a 22-8 league mark.

As the NCAA Tournament No. 15 National Seed, the Bruins captured regional and super regional titles in their home stadium … the Bruins won the 2013 College World Series title and are appearing in the CWS for the first time since the ’13 championship season.

UCLA is hitting .298 as a team with 112 doubles, 12 triples, 78 homers and 62 steals in 80 attempts … the Bruins are led at the plate by Big 10 Player of the Year Roch Cholowsky, a shortstop batting .362 with 19 doubles, one triple, 23 homers and 74 RBI.

Infielder Roman Martin is batting .320 with 14 doubles, one triple, nine homers and 60 RBI, and first baseman Mulivai Levu is hitting .319 with 15 doubles, one triple, 12 homers and 85 RBI.

The Bruins’ pitching staff has a 4.40 cumulative ERA with 502 strikeouts in 562 innings, and UCLA is allowing a .244 opponent batting average … 15 different UCLA pitchers have logged at least 17.0 innings on the season.

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