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By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer Thursday, June 25, 2009 OMAHA, Neb. -- LSU, which two years ago wasn't good enough to qualify for its conference tournament, is the best team in college baseball again. The Tigers won their sixth national title Wednesday night, breaking open Game 3 of the College World Series finals with a five-run sixth inning that carried them to an 11-4 victory over Texas. Jared Mitchell hit a three-run homer in the first inning as LSU (56-17) built a 4-0 lead. Texas (50-16-1) pulled even, but Mikie Mahtook's tie-breaking double ignited the Tigers' big sixth against the mistake-prone Longhorns. "It's everybody pulling together, a sense of urgency we had, and we began to play our best ball at the end of the year," said Mitchell, voted the CWS Most Outstanding Player. Mitchell added to the title he earned as a... [read full story]
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