LEWISTON, Idaho (KTAL/KMSS) — Winning the NAIA championship is a feat in and of itself. But when LSU Shreveport did just that on Friday with a 13-7 win over Southeastern (Florida), they were also making history, becoming the first college baseball team on record to go unbeaten in a season.
It didn't come easily, however.
The LSU Shreveport Pilots, now 59-0, fell behind 4-0 in the 2nd inning but never flinched.
Jose Sallorin drove in two runs in the bottom of the inning with a bases-loaded single up the middle. Shreveport would score three runs in the inning to pull within one.
With the Pilots trailing 7-6 in the bottom of the 6th inning, Jackson Syring belted a solo home run over the centerfield fence. You could feel the confidence building with one swing of the bat. The very next hitt