2017 record vs. CWS teams: Last CWS appearance: All-time record in CWS:

C Cal Raleigh (.226, 8 HR, 37 RBIs), 1B Drew Mendoza (.263, 8, 31), 2B Matt Henderson (.265, 0, 21), 3B Dylan Busby (.315, 14, 62), SS Taylor Walls (.276, 8, 47), LF Jason Lueck (.327, 9, 54), CF JC Flowers (.239, 2, 32), RF Tyler Holton (.268, 2, 9) or Steven Wells (.233, 1, 6), DH Quincy Nieporte (.305, 10, 78). Starting pitchers: LHP Drew Parrish (6-3, 4.40 ERA), LHP Tyler Holton (10-2, 2.25), RHP Cole Sands (6-3, 5.05). Relievers: RHP Will Zirzow (3-1, 2.60), LHP Clayton Kwiatkowski (1-0, 2.45), RHP Chase Haney (2-2, 4.35), RHP Jim Voyles (4-0, 4.46), RHP Andrew Karp (2-3, 4.87), LHP Alec Byrd (4-2, 4.31), RHP Drew Carlton (5-4, 1.98, 6 saves). MLB Alumni: Buster Posey, J.D. Drew, Stephen Drew, Kevin Cash, Doug Mientkiewicz, Paul Sorrento, Deion Sanders, Richie Lewis, Luis Alicea, Terry Kennedy, Johnny Grubb, Dick Howser. Short hops: FSU has made the most CWS appearances of any team that has not won a national championship. This will be the Seminoles’ 22nd appearance. … Seminoles have hit nine home runs in seven tournament games. … Their pitchers averaged 12.1 strikeouts per nine innings in regionals and super regionals. … Nieporte’s 82 RBIs are fourth nationally and first among CWS players. … Busby has been hit by six pitches in his last 10 games. Quotable: “When our players come in, this is our goal. We are not going to be satisfied unless we get it done. It is a lofty goal, but that is Florida State baseball. To accomplish it — it’s been four years since we were last there — is exciting. These are memories they will cherish forever.” — Martin.

LSU (48-17) Coach: Paul Mainieri (508-199-3, 11 years at LSU; 1,372-691-7, 35 years overall). Road to Omaha: Won Baton Rouge regional: beat Texas Southern 15-7, beat Southeastern Louisiana 11-6, beat Rice 5-0. Won Baton Rouge super regional: beat Mississippi State 4-3, beat Mississippi State 14-4. 2017 record vs. CWS teams: 2-5. Last CWS appearance: 2015. All-time record in CWS: 36-24 in 17 appearances; national champion 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009. Meet the Tigers: C Michael Papierski (.260, 8 HR, 34 RBIs), 1B Jake Slaughter (.256, 2, 23), 2B Cole Freeman (.327, 2, 41), 3B Josh Smith (.289, 4, 43), SS Kramer Robertson (.319, 8, 43), LF Antoine Duplantis (.322, 1, 57), CF Zach Watson (.313, 8, 35), RF Greg Deichmann (.320, 19, 72), DH Beau Jordan (.277, 3, 25). Starting pitchers: RHP Alex Lange (9-5, 2.92 ERA), LHP Jared Poche’ (10-3, 3.42), RHP Eric Walker (8-1, 3.46). Relievers: RHP Zach Hess (7-1, 2.85), RHP Caleb Gilbert (6-1, 2.42), RHP Todd Peterson (3-1, 3.74), LHP Nick Bush (1-1, 3.54), RHP Matthew Beck (1-0, 3.04), RHP Austin Bain (1-0, 4.81), RHP Hunter Newman (1-1, 1.07, 10 saves). MLB Alumni: Alex Bregman, Kevin Gausman, DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Nola, Ryan Schimpf, Albert Belle, Paul Byrd, Russ Springer, Ryan Theriot, Todd Walker.

Lange was the No. 30 overall draft pick by the Chicago Cubs, and Deichmann went No. 43 overall to Oakland. … Tigers’ 9.8 runs per game rank first in the national tournament. … Smith, at .696, has the highest tournament on-base percentage of any CWS player. He’s 6 for 13, walked eight times and been hit by two pitches. … LSU’s .718 all-time NCAA Tournament winning percentage (148-58) ranks No. 1.

“We’ve had some pretty good teams go up there, but we didn’t get to come back with much. There’s seven other really good ball clubs up there along with us. We like to think we’re just as good as anybody up there, but when you’re playing that caliber of competition, you’ve got to play your best.” — Mainieri. 2011. 2-10 in 5 appearances. Meet the Aggies: C Cole Bedford (.302, 3 HR, 26 RBIs), 1B Hunter Coleman (.292, 5, 22), 2B Braden Shewmake (.335, 11, 68), 3B George Janca (.259, 6, 29), SS Austin Homan (.218, 0, 28), LF Walker Pennington (.217, 4, 33), CF Nick Choruby (.325, 3, 33), RF Blake Kopetsky (.298, 2, 19), DH Logan Foster (.283, 6, 24) or Jorge Gutierrez (.220, 4, 16). Starting pitchers: RHP Brigham Hill (8-3, 3.18 ERA), RHP Corbin Martin (7-3, 3.85), RHP Stephen Kolek (4-4, 3.59). Relievers: LHP Kaylor Chafin (7-2, 2.56), RHP Cason Sherrod (4-1, 2.89), RHP Turner Larkins (1-2, 3.380), RHP Mitchell Kilkenny (3-3, 3.56, 7 saves), LHP John Doxakis (4-3, 5.47). MLB Alumni: Michael Wacha, Cliff Pennington, Ross Stripling, Alex Wilson, Chuck Knoblauch, Doug Rau, Davey Johnson. Short hops: Aggies have won five straight after coming into the tournament off losses in eight of its previous 10. The Aggies were one of the last four at-large teams to get NCAA bids. … Martin was the No. 56 overall draft pick by Houston. … Choruby is 11 for 22 (.500) with four doubles in the tournament. … Aggies went into super regional against Davidson outscoring opponents 157-58 in the fifth through seventh innings. Davidson outscored them 9-2 over those innings. Quotable: “This is what I’ve been dreaming of my whole life, to go to Omaha. Now we have the chance to go and compete for a national championship, I’m so excited.” — Choruby.

Louisville (52-10) Coach: Dan McDonnell (508-201, 11 years at Louisville and overall). Road to Omaha: Won Louisville regional: beat Radford 11-6, beat Oklahoma 11-1, beat Xavier 8-7. Won Louisville super regional: beat Kentucky 5-2, beat Kentucky 6-2. 2017 record vs. CWS teams: 0-3. Last CWS appearance: 2014. All-time record in CWS: 1-6 in 3 appearances. Meet the Cardinals: C Colby Fitch (.256, 11 HR, 43 RBIs), 1B Brendan McKay (.343, 17, 56)