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Starting Five: It’s Winner Take All In Omaha

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3.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Plus: Atlanta pumps the breaks on baseball’s hottest young upstarts. And the Liberty get a gutty comeback win ahead of a pivotal Eastern Conference clash.  

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape and found me Rob Briden on my podcast.

0:21.0

In this series of Briden and I talk to among others, Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

0:31.0

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer. It's terrific conversation, reminiscent, sweat appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

0:42.0

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1:12.0

That show has its own feed with new episodes publishing there every Monday through Friday. And we'll keep airing episodes here on the leads feed on Mondays just to introduce more people to that show.

1:23.0

So go check it out and subscribe if you like it. All right, here's today's episode.

1:28.0

Florida smokes LSU to force a winner take all rubber match in the men's college world series.

1:41.0

A clash between two of the hottest teams in baseball comes to a dramatic end in Cincinnati.

1:46.0

And Victor Webin Yama has a wild weekend in his new home San Antonio. From Wondry, I'm Sarah Cazell.

1:54.0

And I'm John Gonzalez. It's Monday June 26th. And this is starting five five sports stories to start your day.

2:06.0

All right, we begin today's episode with baseball and the men's college world series on Sunday, Florida, evened up the series at a game of peace after absolutely demolishing LSU.

2:17.0

This is a real final score, John 24 to 4. Got to love college baseball.

2:22.0

Yeah, the Tigers probably wish it wasn't a real score. So right Florida scored the most runs and men's college world series history to force a fateful game three.

2:31.0

LSU has to be wondering what happened, especially because in game one on Saturday, Thai fluid struck out 17 in the Tigers 11 inning win.

2:40.0

But on Sunday, the Gators offense got going in a big way tying a college world series record with 23 hits. Florida star first baseman and pitcher Jack Caglione was one of many

2:51.0

Gators to have himself a day. He drove in five runs and launched two homers, including this one in the eighth inning to give Florida what you might call a very comfortable lead of 16 runs.

3:01.0

Now Jack Caglione, not in a one and Caglione pulls this one to right into the track and Joe bear looks up and it's got Caglione second.

3:15.0

And it is a Gator on slot in game two.

3:20.0

On slot is absolutely right. Everything went right for Florida on Sunday, Sarah. And as you said, the Gators won the game by 20, which ended up being one run shy of the biggest margin of victory in men's college world series history.

3:33.0

And here's the wild part. LSU was actually leading three one in second inning before Florida went on to score 23 unanswered runs.

3:43.0

That has to sting, but chin up LSU fans. The Tigers tacked on a consolation run in the night thinning. So you know, more victories, I guess. But what a weird fun tournament. This has been.

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