The Florida Gators’ brilliant 2017 season on the diamond, one filled with close games and clutch play, came down to another close game of clutch play on Tuesday night.
It ended with a 6-1 victory and the program’s first national championship.
But it started with Florida doing uncharacteristically good work against LSU’s Jared Poché. It started with three straight hits in the first inning that got a run across, then some two-out magic in the second to get another run home and stake the Gators to a 2-0 lead.
It started with Tyler Dyson — freshman Tyler Dyson, making his third start as a Gator Tyler Dyson, hadn’t pitched three full innings until just over two weeks ago Tyler Dyson — making the most important start of his life so far, and making it the best start of his life by scattering two hits and allowing just one run.