LSU Trounces Texas to Capture CWS

OMAHA, Neb. — It’s finally settled. LSU truly deserves to be No. 1.

The Tigers, ranked No. 1 in the country as voted by the national polls, squandered an early lead but recovered impressively to beat No. 1 tournament seed Texas 11-4 and win the College World Series Wednesday night. LSU used a five-run sixth inning to snap a 4-4 tie and roll to its sixth national title — and first since 2000 — in Game 3 of the best-of-three national championship series.

A Rosenblatt Stadium crowd of 19,986 was treated to an entertaining showdown between two of college baseball’s most storied programs. The Longhorns, the fourth team in the seven-year history of the CWS finals to force a deciding game after losing Game 1, was looking to become the first No. 1 seed to win the tournament since Miami in 1999.

No dice.

Ninth-inning heroics power Texas

From ESPN

OMAHA, Neb. — No matter what has happened in the historic run of Rosenblatt Stadium, and no matter what still lies ahead in this dying old ballpark, the ninth inning on Friday night will be talked about as long as the College World Series is played in this town.

Texas grabs No. 1 baseball seed

It appears the University of Texas’ strong pitching staff has helped the team get the #1 seed in college baseball tournament.

The Longhorns (41-13-1), who won the Big 12 tournament for the fourth time, will host one of 16 four-team, double-elimination regionals that begin Friday. It’s the second time Texas, coached by Division I career victories leader Augie Garrido, has been the No. 1 overall seed.

The other national seeds, in order, are: Cal State Fullerton (42-14), LSU (46-16), North Carolina (42-16), Arizona State (44-12), UC Irvine (43-13), Oklahoma (41-18) and Florida (39-20).

The 16 regional winners move on to the best-of-three super regionals, beginning June 5. The eight super regional winners advance to the College World Series, which begins June 13 in Omaha, Neb.

The Big 12 — Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Texas A&M — and Southeastern Conference — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt — each had eight tournament berths.

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Texas grabs No. 1 baseball seed (ESPN)