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 South Carolina beat Florida 5-2 Tuesday night in Game 2 of the best-of-three College World Series Finals in Omaha to clinch its second straight national championship.
After winning Game 1 in 11 innings Monday night, the Gamecocks needed only 9 Tuesday. South Carolina (55-14) got to work in the third inning, taking a 3-0 lead that they would not relinquish. Trey Wingo's sacrifice fly gave South Carolina a 1-0 lead before more costly Florida fielding errors allowed Evan Marzilli and Jackie Bradley, Jr. to cross the plate for the defending national champions later in the inning to give the Gamecocks a 3-0 lead. Florida (53-19) looked as if it might make a comeback in the next inning after Mike Zunino's single home run to left field, but the Gators would be unable to erase the deficit. Peter Mooney's insurance home run in the sixth gave South Carolina a 4-1 lead and all but erased any hope for a Florida comeback. Josh Adams' RBI single in the eighth made it 4-2, but the Gamecocks would increase their lead to three again later in the inning off Wingo's RBI single. South Carolina pitcher Michael Roth, called the team's anchor by several teammates, struck out 6 Gators in 7.2 innings in the title-clinching win.
"We battled, that's all I can say," said Roth. "We’re just a bunch of Average Joes. We love each other and love the game." For much more from Tucker Sargent, visit his blog at http://tuckersargent.blogspot.com or follow him on Twitter below.
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