HOOVER, Ala. -- Why in the world did Todd Peterson just throw a breaking ball? LSU coach Paul Mainieri's reaction to Mississippi State's Hunter Stovall driving a ball to potentially tie the game wasn't nerves as much as it was shock.
He had just moments earlier gone to the mound to talk to Peterson with runners on the corners, two outs and a 6-5 lead in the eighth inning.They talked a little about the situation. Mainieri told him Zack Hess struck Stovall out to win the Super Regional last season on a high fastball. That could work here.