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Steve Detwiler had himself quite a night. The Fresno State slugger had two home runs and all six Bulldog RBI’s to lead FSU to its first-ever NCAA Division I Baseball National Championship. Fresno State took the title with a 6-1 victory over eighth-seeded Georgia.Detwiler hit a two-run shot in the second inning to give Fresno State an early lead, and followed that up in the fourth with an RBI double. He capped his night with a two-out, three run homer in the sixth that gave the Bulldogs a 6-0 lead.

Bulldog pitcher Justin Wilson did his part for FSU on the mound. In eight innings, he allowed one run on just five hits, and struck out nine. Reliever Brandon Burke took over in the ninth and got the final three outs. His game clinching performance included getting a double play with Georgia runners on first and second and no one out in the ninth.

Fresno State had quite a run to the title. It marks the first time a regional four-seed has won a national championship, and during the course of the tournament, FSU hade to beat the #2 national seed North Carolina twice, the #3 national seed Arizona State twice, the #6 national seed Rice once, and the #8 national seed Georgia twice.

All in a days work for a team that wouldn’t be denied and who gave us one of the most improbable runs in NCAA baseball tournament history.

Wilson and Detwiler were both on the MCWS all-tournament team while teammate Tommy Mendonca was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

Fresno State ends it’s season with a mark of 47-31, while Georgia ends up 45-25-1.