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Angel Reese’s influence seemed to extend beyond basketball when an LSU baseball star took a page out of the national champion’s book Monday night during the College World Series.
With the Tigers already leading 11-3, Dylan Crews led off the eighth inning with a triple. As he sped around and slid head-first to third, Crews got up and brushed himself off. He stood up, smiled, and, peering at his own dugout, pointed to his ring finger. He was done.
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Reese watched the game closely and acknowledged Crews.
“HEAR YOUUUU. I LOVE IT HEREEE,” she wrote on Twitter.
LSU finished off Florida and won the game 18-4 in the third and final game of the College World Series. It was the Tigers’ first national championship since 2009. The team avoided elimination in bracket play three times and bounced back from a dismal 24–4 loss to the Gators in Game 2.
Angel Reese, left, and Dylan Crews. (Getty Images)
“We got slapped in the mouth yesterday,” Crew said. “That’s the beauty of baseball. You wake up in the morning and do it all over again. We woke up today and you could tell on everyone’s face that we were ready to go. No one in the country would beat us today.”
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Dylan Crews, #3 of the LSU Tigers, gestures to his team in the dugout during game three of the Division I Men’s Baseball Championship against the Florida Gators held at Charles Schwab Field on June 26, 2023 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
The 24 runs were the most in a title game since USC won 21-14 against Arizona State in 1998. The 14-run victory was the most ever in a Finals, as were their 24 hits. LSU clinched its ninth national championship in program history and is now only second to USC, which has 12.
LSU pitcher Paul Skenes was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player. He threw 243 pitches in 15 2/3 innings between Games 1 and 2. He didn’t have to pitch in Game 3.
LSU’s Dylan Crews slides to third base on a triple in the eighth inning of Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series baseball final against Florida in Omaha, Nebraska, Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
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“Oh my god, this is what I’ve been dreaming about since I was a freshman, with this trophy,” added Crews. “We’re champions, honey, we’re bringing it back to LSU. It’s been a long journey for us. We’ve tackled a lot of things. To finally say we’re national champions… I can’t wait to fly another flag place the field. It’s going to be great.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.
