Last year, Steven Milam played the hero of LSU baseball’s promising, yet abbreviated run through the postseason.

Remember the two-run, 10th-inning home run that beat South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference Tournament? Or the right-field solo shot that defeated regional host North Carolina? The Tigers wouldn’t have reached the cusp of a super regional without Milam's timely hitting, which made him the first Tiger to walk off two games in one week in over 75 years.

Now postseason baseball is back, and so too is the sophomore shortstop’s swing.

Milam didn’t blast any homers in the Baton Rouge regional . But he did tally 5 hits and 6 walks — an important development for an LSU team that’s only two wins over West Virginia away from a return trip to Omaha. Its super-regional serie

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