Here's what you need to know about LSU baseball's first game in the College World Series against Arkansas. Our LSU baseball coverage is brought to you in part by Our Lady of the Lake Health, Championship Health Partners of LSU.

LSU baseball meets Arkansas on Saturday in the College World Series. Here’s what happened when the two met in the regular season.

College baseball's national championship will be decided Saturday in a first round College World Series game between SEC rivals Arkansas and LSU. That's pure conjecture, of course, because the eight-team College World Series begins Friday and lasts at least 10 days,

This is Arkansas’ first trip to the College World Series since 2022. The Hogs didn’t win the SEC regular season nor did they win a game at the SEC Tournament, but this is a loaded team. Here’s three reasons this team is different and has a legitimate chance to win it all this season.

All-SEC left-handers Kade Anderson of LSU and Zach Root of Arkansas, who are both likely to start opposite each other again Saturday in Omaha, started that game. Anderson pitched 5 2/3 innings in the first meeting, and when Root exited after 6 innings the Razorbacks led 4-2.

Arkansas opened a 7-1 lead with a five-run fourth inning. Logan Maxwell hit a grand slam off AJ Russell, the Vols' third pitcher of the inning. The Razorbacks loaded the bases on singles by Cam Kozeal and Reese Robinett, followed by an intentional walk to Charles Davalan to set up a force play.