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College  | Story  | 6/13/2016

Six more punch tickets to Omaha

Patrick Ebert     
Photo: UCSB Athletics




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Omaha bound:
• Arizona (from Saturday)
• UC Santa Barbara
• Miami
• Oklahoma State
• Texas Tech
• Texas Christian
• Coastal Carolina

To be determined (Monday):
• Florida State at Florida – 7:00 p.m. ET in Gainesville

College World Series:

Left side of the bracket

Texas Tech vs. Texas Christian
Coastal Carolina vs. the winner of Florida/Florida State

Right side of bracket

UC Santa Barbara vs. Oklahoma State
Arizona vs. Miami


Louisville Super Regional

There aren’t enough adjectives to properly describe UC Santa Barbara’s 4-3 walkoff win over Louisville – in Louisville – to advance to the College World Series. Down 3-0 with one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, coach Andrew Checketts called for Sam Cohen to pinch hit and he embraced the opportunity by sending a ball from firebaling closer Zack Burdi over the fence in right field for a walkoff grand slam for UC Santa Barbara’s first-ever trip to Omaha.

Austin Bush opened the bottom of the ninth with a strikeout but was followed by a J.J. Muno single, a walk by Dempsey Grover and another walk by Billy Fredrick, who was also called upon to pinch hit.

Noah Davis worked the first 5 1/3 innings for UCSB, giving up three runs on seven hits and a pair of walks. James Carter, Trevor Bettencourt and Kevin Chandler provided 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to help bridge the gap to Cohen’s dramatic moment at the plate.

Louisville scored all three of their runs in the fourth inning, and did so with two outs. Brendan McKay hit a booming home run to right-center and was followed by a triple by Devin Hariston, an RBI double by Blake Tiberi and an RBI single by Danny Rosenbaum. Louisville starter Drew Harrington did his part, striking out 12 in seven scoreless innings before turning the ball over to Burdi.

This marks the second year in a row that Louisville was denied at home in the Super Regionals by a Big West team, losing in 2015 to Cal State Fullerton.


Coral Gables Super Regional

Miami had a pair of four-run innings in a 9-4 win to advance to the College World Series for the second year in a row. Edgar Michelangeli was in the middle of both of those big innings, hitting a three-run home run in the second and a grand slam in the seventh as part of a 3-for-3 day at the plate.

The Hurricanes emptied out the bullpen to get through this game, turning to Thomas Woodrey (1 2/3 innings), Frankie Bartow (3 1/3) and closer Bryan Garcia (1 1/3) after Andrew Cabezas – who finished Saturday’s game for Miami – worked the first 2 2/3. The Hurricanes pounded out 14 hits, as Willie Abreu also enjoyed a three-hit day while Carl Chester, Johnny Ruiz, Jacob Heyward and Christopher Barr all recorded two-hit games. Zack Collins just missed his third home run in as many games in the second inning but reached base three times via walks.

Boston College did pull within two runs twice in the game to keep it close before the Hurricanes four-run seventh. Donovan Casey continued to swing a hot bat, hitting a two-run single in the top of the third and added an RBI groundout in the fifth giving him a 2-for-5, 3 RBI day at the plate.


Columbia Super Regional

Oklahoma State joined Arizona needing just two games to advance to the College World Series, once again shutting down South Carolina in a 3-1 win. The Cowboys’ pitching staff continues to deal, and Sunday starter Tyler Buffett picked up where he left off a week ago by twirling seven innings, allowing just the one run on eight hits and a walk to move to 8-3 on the year. Michael Mertz and Trey Cobb each chipped in with a scoreless inning of their own to preserve the win.

The Cowboys scored all three of their runs in the fifth inning off of Gamecocks ace Clarke Schmidt, who dropped to 9-5 to close out South Carolina’s remarkable 2016 season. The first run scored on a squeeze play on a bunt by Corey Hassel, who reached on a fielder’s choice, which was followed by an RBI single by Donnie Walton. A throwing error by John Jones on Walton’s steal of second base allowed Hassel to score OSU’s third and final run.

Oklahoma State returns to the College World Series for the 20th time, although it is their first since 1999.


Lubbock Super Regional

Texas Tech also punched their ticket to Omaha, which will be their second appearance in three years, with a dominant 11-0 win over East Carolina on Sunday. The offense exploded for 14 base hits, as five Red Raiders enjoyed multi-hit games. Tyler Neslony’s day stood out, going 2-for-3 with a pair of walks an a pair of doubles, and Eric Gutierrez (2-for-2, 2 runs, 3 RBI) and Hunter Hargrove (3-for-5, 1 run, 4 RBI) also played a big part in the run-scoring barrage.

TTU chased ECU starter Jacob Wolfe from the game in the first inning after Wolfe had retired just one batter. They scored three runs in the first, third and seventh innings and scored single tallies in the sixth and eighth. Gutierrez’ two-run single in the first and Hargrove’s two-run double in the third were the biggest hits of the contest and effectively put the game out of reach.

Erikson Lanning – who worked the first seven innings – and Hayden Howard combined on the two-hit shutout, limiting the Pirates offense to a pair of singles and a pair of walks.


College Station Super Regional

For the second year in a row, this time in College Station, TCU beat Texas A&M in the Super Regionals to advance to the College World Series. They won by a score of 4-1, marking the third straight year the Horned Frogs have played in the College World Series and the fourth overall in program history (their first was in 2010).

Brian Howard shut down the potent Aggies offense over seven innings, allowing just one unearned run (in the first inning) on two base hits and two walks while fanning eight A&M batters. Freshman Durbin Feltman was called upon to go the rest of the way, and he didn’t disappoint hurling low- to mid-90s heat while facing the minimum over the final two frames.

TCU scored their first run in the fifth inning, which tied the game 1-1, as Josh Watson scored on a passed ball.

It was in the seventh that the Frogs broke the game open (relatively speaking). Watson opened the inning with a single and Drew Steinghagen reached on an error by SEC Player of the Year and former Horned Frog Boomer White. Connor Wanhanen and Austen Wade both walked, loading the bases and scoring a run, which was followed by a Cam Warner sac fly and a wild pitch, which scored Steinhagen and Wanhanen.

None of the four runs allowed by Texas A&M were earned, as Turner Larkins, Andrew Vinson and Mark Ecker all pitched well enough to win. Vinson was saddled with the tough-luck loss as the Aggies 2016 season came to an end.


Baton Rouge Super Regional

Coastal Carolina continued their impressive postseason run by advancing to Omaha on a walkoff base hit off the bat of shortstop Michael Paez that scored Anthony Marks and allowed the Chanticleers to win by a score of 4-3. Marks, who reached on a walk, stole second on the pitch before Paez’ game-winning hit.

Bobby Holmes, who allowed the game-tying run in the top of the ninth yet worked his magic to get out of a bases-loaded, one-out situation, moved to 6-2 on the year with the win, working the final 1 2/3 innings in relief of starter Alex Cunningham. Cunningham also managed to work out of some jams, allowing just two runs on 10 hits and a walk over the first 7 1/3 innings of this game.

Coastal got off to an early lead, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first as Marks, who led off the game with an infield single, advanced to third and scored on wild pitches and G.K. Young later followed with an RBI single.

LSU threatened for more than just one run in the top of the ninth, as Cole Freeman reached on an error to open the frame, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on another error. Two batters later LSU had the bases loaded with just one walk but Holmes struck out pinch hitter Brody Wofford and got Beau Jordan to fly out to end the threat.

Jared Poche started the game for LSU but didn’t factor into the decision, giving up three runs (all earned) in 5 1/3 innings.

With the win Coastal Carolina advances to the College World Series for the first time in program history.

Gainesville Super Regional

Logan Shore was removed after walking Taylor Walls to open the bottom of the ninth but otherwise was dominant in Florida’s 5-0 win over the Seminoles to even the Super Regional at 1-1. Shore nearly matched Drew Carlton’s impressive two-hit shutout from Saturday, allowing just two hits and two walks over eight scoreless innings. Shaun Anderson was called upon to close out the game, ending the contest with a 4-6-3 double play.

Aside from an 0-for-3 performance on Saturday, Pete Alonso got back to swinging an extremely hot bat on Sunday, going 3-for-4 with three doubles, a walk, two runs scored and two driven in. J.J. Schwarz also hit a run-scoring double, which followed Alonso’s third two-bagger in the ninth inning.

Despite taking the loss, Tyler Holton was solid for Florida State, allowing just two runs (one was earned) on six hits and a walk over six innings while striking out six Gators batters.

With the win the Gators have forced a College World Series win-or-go-home game three on Monday at McKethan Stadium. A.J. Puk, the sixth overall pick on Thursday in the 2016 MLB Draft, is expected to take the mound for the Gators.

It should be noted that Florida is the last SEC team standing in this tournament, which is especially mind boggling considering that seven SEC teams (Florida, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Louisiana State, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and South Carolina) opened the postseason as Regional hosts.

And the ACC, which had six Regional hosts (Louisville, Miami, Clemson, Florida State, Virginia, NC State) can have no more than two teams in Omaha.
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