The Louisiana State Tigers parlayed a five-run sixth inning into an 11-4 win over the Texas Longhorns last Wednesday night to clinch the 2009 NCAA college baseball national championship in Omaha, Nebraska. It was LSU’s sixth national title after the Tigers won the best-of-3 final series, 2 games to 1. Two years ago, LSU didn’t even qualify for the Southeastern Conference tournament.
Jared Mitchell’s three-run homer gave the Tigers a first-inning lead, but Texas tied the game. Mikie Mahtook’s tie-breaking double opened the floodgates in the sixth for LSU, and from that point it was just a matter of time. For Mitchell, it was his second national crown at LSU. He was a wide receiver on the Tigers’ BCS football championship team in 2007.
LSU finished the season with a 56-17 record, while Texas was 50-16-1.
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