Lsu’s Yarnell Bags Gators For Trip To Final

Louisiana State advanced to its third national title game in five years Thursday, outlasting Florida 2-1 as left-hander Eddie Yarnell prevailed in a rare pitching duel in the College World Series.

The Tigers (51-15) will play Miami (50-13) in Saturday’s title game. Both are 3-0 in the series and didn’t meet in the regular season.

LSU, which won titles in 1991 and 1993, beat the second-seeded Gators (50-18) twice to advance to this year’s championship. More than 14 runs had been averaged during CWS games. Yarnell (11-1), however, checked Florida one run on seven hits. Yarnell struck out seven on 134 pitches.

The winning run came on Justin Bowles’ single in the sixth as the Tigers chased Florida starter John Kaufman (11-5).