L.S.U. Crushes Florida, 18-4, to Win Baseball National Title
After Florida forced a winner-take-all Game 3 in the baseball College World Series championship series by scoring the most runs in tournament history on Sunday, the Gators took a 2-0 lead over Louisiana State in the first inning on Monday and seemed poised to capture the title.
That was until L.S.U.’s bats exploded.
The Tigers scored six runs in the second inning and four in the fourth on the way to an 18-4 win over Florida on Monday in Omaha. It was L.S.U.’s seventh national championship but its first since 2009, capping what had been a high-scoring, unpredictable College World Series.
L.S.U. won the first game of the final series against Florida in extra innings, 4-3, but couldn’t match the Gators’ historic hitting in Game 2, losing by 24-4. The Tigers turned the tables on Monday, led by a 4-for-6 performance from their star outfielder, Dylan Crews.
“This is what I’ve dreamed of ever since I was a freshman, holding this trophy,” Crews said in a televised interview after the game. “It’s the best feeling in the world.”
Source: The New York Times
