LSU and Florida, co-champions of the SEC met in Omaha for the final show down and the Gators swept the Tigers in two games to win their first ever national championship in baseball. The number 3 ranked Gators allowed the number 4 ranked Tigers only four runs in the two games and Florida's pitcher Singer struck out a record 12 Tigers in the first game. Florida was a team that was well coached with a talented pitching staff and deserving of the win.
LSU finished its season with improvement over the last few years and advanced in the CWS to the highest place since 2009 when they won the championship. But this writer believes the season ended on a sad note because of the coaches and some players failure to execute the basics of the game. And the fact that LSU did not even use one of their top pitchers, Lange in the championship series make no sense.
Three of the eight teams that reached the CWS were from the SEC, LSU, Florida and Texas A&M. And the SEC continues to be one of the top conference in the nation. And yes, this CWS displayed the fact that Baseball IS still a game of inches.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
