Florida beats LSU 6-1 at CWS for 1st national championship

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LSU head coach Paul Mainieri, left, shakes hands with Florida head coach Kevin O'Sullivan before the start of Game 1 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 26, 2017. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Nati Harnik

ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Florida scored four runs in the eighth inning to pull away from LSU, and the Gators beat their Southeastern Conference rival 6-1 Tuesday night to complete a two-game sweep in the College World Series finals for their first national title in baseball.
The Gators (52-19) posted the eighth sweep in the 15 years of the best-of-three finals format, and first since 2013. LSU (52-20) lost for the first time in seven appearances in a championship game.
Freshman Tyler Dyson (4-0) limited the Tigers to three hits in six innings in only his second start, and the Gators capitalized on LSU errors in the first and second innings to go up 2-0 against Jared Poche’ (12-4).
Down 2-1 in the seventh, LSU had what would have been the tying run sent back to third base because of a runner interference call at second on a double-play ball. In the eighth, the Tigers failed to push across a run after having runners on the corners with no outs.

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