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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Cade Beloso hit a three-run home run, Riley Cooper and Gavin Guidry combined for 5 2/3 scoreless innings of three-hit relief and LSU beat Kentucky 5-3 Sunday night to sweep the best-of-3 Baton Rouge Super Regional.<br> LSU (48-15) clinched its 19th trip to the College World Series, all since 1986.  Second-year coach Jay Johnson has the Tigers headed to Omaha for the first time since 2017.<br> Beloso's homer gave LSU a 4-1 lead in the top of the third inning and the Wildcats trailed the rest of the way.<br> LSU starter Ty Floyd worked out of a couple jams, throwing 81 pitches in 3 1/3 innings but gave up just three runs - all on solo home runs.  Cooper (4-3) came on in the fourth and pitched 3 scoreless innings.<br> Guidry (3) pitched the final 2 2/3 innings and got out of a jam in the bottom of the seventh with a called third strike on a curveball with runners on first and third. Just a couple pitches before he was called out looking to end the inning, designated hitter Rueben Church pulled a liner down the line in left that fell foul by inches. With the runner on first going on contact, it could have tied the game if fair.<br> Dylan Crews hit a two-run double in the top of the ninth to cap the scoring and finished 1 for 2 with four walks and three RBIs.  The projected top overall choice in this summer´s MLB Draft, Crews is 11 for 19 with eight RBIs in five NCAA Tournament games.<br> Jackson Gray, Devin Burkes and Nolan McCarthy each hit a solo home run for Kentucky (40-21).<br> LSU has won five games in a row, including a 14-0 win over the Wildcats in Game 1.<br> ___<br> AP college sports: website and website    my web page  https://kapalslot.pages.dev/