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He looks like 'Wild Thing,' but LSU's Zack Hess is in complete control

BELLEVUE, Neb. -- There are times when he's unapproachable. Like when he's on the pitching mound, or as he stalks around the grass after a strikeout as the ball gets thrown around the infield.

That's the fiery Zack Hess everybody sees -- the one who now has the dyed Rick Vaughn-inspired hairdo from the movie Major League.

He's LSU's "Wild Thing."

"Borderline psychotic," Kramer Robertson said.

But in reality, he's anything but that.

For LSU to keep moving toward a national championship -- he pitched a shutdown ninth in relief of Jared Poche against Florida State on Wednesday at the College World Series and could well be called upon a again Friday if Alex Lange takes a lead into the late innings against No.