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Florida sets CWS record, routs LSU to force third game in finals

AP photo by John Peterson / Florida's Ty Evans (2) is greeted at the plate by teammate Ben Nippolt after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of Game 2 of the College World Series finals on Sunday in Omaha, Neb. Florida beat LSU 24-4, scoring the most runs in a single game in CWS history and coming within a run of the record for margin of victory.
AP photo by John Peterson / Florida's Ty Evans (2) is greeted at the plate by teammate Ben Nippolt after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of Game 2 of the College World Series finals on Sunday in Omaha, Neb. Florida beat LSU 24-4, scoring the most runs in a single game in CWS history and coming within a run of the record for margin of victory. AP photo by John Peterson / Florida's Ty Evans (2) is greeted at the plate by teammate Ben Nippolt after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of Game 2 of the College World Series finals on Sunday in Omaha, Neb. Florida beat LSU 24-4, scoring the most runs in a single game in CWS history and coming within a run of the record for margin of victory.

By ERIC OLSON / The Associated Press 5 min read

OMAHA, Neb. — The Florida Gators had been involved in more close games than any other team at the College World Series this year.

That changed in a big way Sunday, when they unleashed an offensive barrage of historic proportions.

Florida scored the most runs in a CWS game and came up one short of the record for largest margin of victory in a 24-4 rout of LSU that forced a third game in the best-of-three finals.

The Gators (54-16) hit six home runs on a windy afternoon at Charles Schwab Field and pounded the pitching of LSU (53-17) for a CWS record-tying 23 hits — a day after Ty Floyd struck out 17 batters in the Tigers’ 4-3 win in 11 innings in the title series opener.

“We did exactly what we said we were going to do: flush last night and come in today ready to play,” Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford said. “The balls were falling for us today. And that’s just kind of how it went.”