The LSU Tigers staved off elimination Sunday and are now one victory away from an NCAA Tournament Super Regional berth.
The Tigers (43-22) will face North Carolina (44-14) at 5 p.m. Monday for the Chapel Hill Regional championship in Chapel Hill, N.C.
LSU defeated North Carolina 8-4 Sunday night in its second elimination game of the day. The Tigers rallied from a 5-0 first-inning deficit against Wofford and won 13-6 in their first.
North Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the regional and No. 4 overall seed. LSU is the regional’s No. 2 seed.
Former Airline star Hayden Travinski went 2-for-4 with a home run against North Carolina.
The Tigers led 3-0 after three. After the Tar Heels tallied one in the top of the fourth, LSU answered with four in the bottom of the inning.
Travinski led off with a single and eventually scored on Tommy White’s bases-loaded single. Steven Milam then hit a two-RBI single. The final run scored when Josh Pearson hit into a double play, giving the Tigers a 7-1 lead.
Travinski’s homer in the bottom of the fifth made it 8-1.
North Carolina cut the lead to 8-4 going into the ninth.
The Tar Heels loaded the bases with one out. But LSU reliever Gavin Guidry struck out Luke Stevenson then induced a flyout to end the game.
LSU starter Thatcher Hurd turned in a strong performance. He allowed six hits and two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and no walks.
LSU had eight hits. Milam went 3-for-5 with two RBI. Pearson hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first.
Wofford scored five runs in the bottom of the first but LSU dominated after that.
The Tigers pounded out 21 hits. Pearson went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and four RBI.
Michael Braswell III went 4-for-5. Jared Jones went 3-for-6. White, Milam, Ashton Larson, Brady Neal and Jake Brown all had two hits.
Griffin Herring went 6 1/3 innings in relief of Nate Ackenhausen. He allowed one run with seven strikeouts and no walks. Kade Anderson struck out the side in the eighth.