Thanks to Anderson’s outing, LSU’s pitching staff is set up well for Monday’s game. The Tigers will hand the ball to Anthony Eyanson, a SoCal native who grew up just 45 minutes from the UCLA campus in Lakewood, Calif.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates star took in the action with two other Baton Rouge legends. Our LSU baseball coverage is brought to you in part by Our Lady of the Lake Health, Championship Health Partners of LSU.

Anderson gives credit to the Tigers' defense and shares his belief in Anthony Eyanson, saying "when the moment gets big, he gets bigger."

As many teams have relied more on the transfer portal, UCLA baseball is reliant on star sophomores like Roch Cholowsky.