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The Florida Gators beat LSU to win first National Championship

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OMAHA, Neb — For the first time in more than a century of playing baseball the Florida Gators won the final game of the college baseball season.

The Gators beat LSU 6-1 on Tuesday to sweep the College World Series Final. Florida had previously been 0-4 in two CWS Finals games (2005,2011). The championship is the first

The Gators received a Herculean effort from freshman Tyler Dyson, making just his second start of the season. Dyson threw a career-high 6.1 innings of scoreless baseball. Dyson’s previous high was five innings against Wake Forest but just two innings before that Super Regional appearance.