Sunday was not a fun day at the ballpark for the LSU Tigers.
The Tigers entered Game 2 of the College World Series final one win away from a national title, but after a blowout 24-4 loss to Florida, they’ll have to play a decisive Game 3 on Monday night.
Despite the lopsided result, the game started off well for LSU as the Tigers scored first in the bottom of the first inning on a [autotag]Gavin Dugas[/autotag] RBI double.
Florida tied it up with a solo homer in the top of the second before LSU scored two runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-1 lead into the third inning. That is when everything went wrong. The Gators scored a couple of runs to tie the game and load the bases before [autotag]Gavin Guidry[/autotag] entered the game.
A [autotag]Jordan Thompson[/autotag] error gave Florida another chance and they capitalized with a grand slam to make it 7-3 Gators heading to the bottom of the third.
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At that point, the route was on. LSU used a bevy of pitchers for the rest of the game as the Gators racked up 24 total runs and beat LSU 24-4. [autotag]Brayden Jobert[/autotag] hit a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth to give the Tigers their last run of the game.
The loss sets up a winner-take-all Game 3 on Monday night in Omaha.
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