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College World Series
OMAHA, Neb. >> Florida scored four runs in the eighth inning to pull away from LSU, and the Gators beat their Southeastern Conference rival 6-1 Tuesday night to complete a two-game sweep in the College World Series finals for their first national title in baseball. The Gators (52-19) posted the eighth sweep in the 15 years of the best-of-three finals format, and first since 2013. LSU (52-20) lost for the first time in seven appearances in a championship game. Freshman Tyler...
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College baseball
By midseason it was apparent that Pepperdine had to win the 1992 College World Series. Only then would the Waves be spared another showing of the 1991 College World Series. All year long, a VCR played that tape in their team room. Coach Andy Lopez, had watched his team play amateurishly in a ‘91 regional loss to Creighton. With all starting pitchers and most key players returning, Lopez gave the Waves no choice. “When we had a practice and didn’t...
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College baseball
OMAHA, Neb. >> Alex Lange limited top-seeded Oregon State to two hits over 7 1/3 innings, and LSU ended the Beavers’ 23-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory on Friday to set up a winner-take-all Bracket 1 final at the College World Series. The teams will meet again Saturday, with the winner going to the best-of-three finals beginning Monday. The Tigers (51-18), who avenged a 13-1 loss to the Beavers (56-5) on Monday, became the first team to knock off the Beavers...
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College baseball
OMAHA, Neb. >> Sean Wymer struck out national player of the year Brendan McKay in two key situations while pitching 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief, and TCU was on the right side of two close plays in a 4-3 win over Louisville in a College World Series elimination game Thursday night. The Horned Frogs (49-17) jumped out to a 4-0 lead, with one of their runs coming on a play at the plate that withstood a video review. Wymer (6-4) limited the Cardinals (53-12) to two hits after...
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College baseball
OMAHA, Neb. >> Roommates Brian Howard and Ryan Merrill are going to have plenty to talk about around their apartment whenever they and the rest of the TCU Horned Frogs return to Fort Worth. Howard matched his career high with 12 strikeouts in seven-plus innings. Merrill, playing before friends and family in his hometown, homered to start a three-run third inning and the roomies helped keep the Frogs’ season going with a 4-1 win over Texas A&M in a College World Series...
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College baseball
OMAHA, Neb. >> Silver linings don’t provide a lot of consolation when a season reaches the finish line, but Cal State Fullerton can take at least one feel-good element away from its two-game stay at the 2017 College World Series. Senior shortstop Timmy Richards turned in a huge two-game performance in Omaha to cap a nice sprint to the finish line of a career when he gradually got more productive. Richards slammed his second home run in two games in the sixth inning...
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College baseball
OMAHA, Neb. >> Cal State Fullerton got to the College World Series by following a path it has followed often between Southern California and the Heartland: with effective pitching and a stubborn refusal to give opponents much for free. The Titans are again headed home quickly because they strayed from that path at inopportune times. For the second game in a row, multiple walks in one pivotal inning gave a foe what it needed to rally as Florida State downed CSF, 6-4, in an...
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College baseball
OMAHA, Neb. >> The dominance Oregon State has shown all season was on full display Monday night. Bryce Fehmel limited LSU to two hits in eight innings, KJ Harrison hit the first College World Series grand slam at TD Ameritrade Park, and Oregon State beat the Tigers 13-1 for its 23rd straight win. The Beavers (56-4), who matched the school-record win streak they set earlier this season, took control of Bracket 1. They don’t play again until Friday, and need one more...
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College baseball
Omaha, Neb. >> Alex Faedo limited TCU to two singles and struck out 11 in seven innings, and Florida posted its first College World Series shutout since 1991 with a 3-0 win Sunday night. Faedo, the Detroit Tigers’ first-round draft pick this month, had at least one strikeout each inning and retired 10 in a row before turning the game over to closer Michael Byrne to start the eighth. Faedo, who mixed his slider with a mid-90s fastball during a dominant 106-pitch...
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College World Series
It was Tuesday, and Cal State Fullerton baseball coach Rick Vanderhook had no idea whether Luke Heimlich would be available to pitch for Oregon State when it takes on the Titans at noon today in Game 1 of the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. To him, it didn’t matter. “They had the best pitching staff in the country,” Vanderhook said of the top-ranked Beavers (54-4), who have a 1.80 ERA that’s easily the best in the nation, as...
