The Oregon State Beavers advanced to the College World Series with an 8-2 victory over Michigan. Mike Stutes started for Oregon State and gave them eight strong innings while only giving up three hits and two runs. He also struck out nine batters in the game. Darwin Barney led the offense by going 3-5 with three RBI. The Wolverines end the season with a 42-19 record while Oregon State will play in the College World Series on Saturday.

Oregon State Recap
Michigan Recap

The Cal-State Fullerton Titans knocked off UCLA 2-1 in a great pitchers duel to send the Titans to the CWS in Omaha. UCLA starting pitcher Gavin Brooks pitched a complete game and gave up both runs while scattering seven hits while striking out 12 batters but got the loss to end his freshman season with a 6-7 record. Fullerton starter Jeff Kaplan went 6.1 innings while giving up one unearned run on five hits. Bryan Harris got his third save by going the final 1.2 innings. Clark Hardman led the Titan offense by getting three hits in his four at-bats including a home run. UCLA ends the season with a 33-28 record while Fullerton will be in Omaha this weekend.

Fullerton Recap
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The Arizona State Sun Devils advanced to the College World Series with a 7-1 victory over Ole Miss. The Sun Devils got an excellent start from Josh Satow as he went 7.2 shutout innings while Brett Wallace went 4-5 with three RBI as the Sun Devils advance to Omaha for the second time in the last three years and 20th time in the history of the program. Ole Miss ends the season with a 40-25 record.

Arizona State Recap
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North Carolina knocked off South Carolina in Game 3 of their Super Regional on Sunday by a score of 9-4. North Carolina was trailing 4-1 heading into the sixth inning. The Tar Heels were able to get three runs across in the top of the sixth on three hits and took advantage of an error by South Carolina to tie the game at 4. The Tar Heels were able to hold the Gamecocks scoreless in the bottom of the sixth to keep the game tied. Tim Federowicz led off the top of the seventh with a single to left field and was brought home immediately with a Chad Flack homer to take the lead for good. North Carolina added a single run in the eighth and two runs in the ninth to set up the final scoreline. Andrew Carignan pitched the final four innings while giving up only 1 hit and three walks to up his record to 2-1. Will Atwood got the loss for the Gamecocks which ends Atwood’s season with a 2-2 mark. North Carolina heads to Omaha for the College World Series while South Carolina ends the season with a 46-20 record.

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2007 NCAA Super Regional

Cal State Fullerton (36-23) vs. UCLA (33-26)
At Goodwin Field, Fullerton, Calif. / June, 9-11, 2007

Cal State Fullerton is set to face UCLA in the 2007 NCAA Super Regionals this weekend at Goodwin Field. The Southern California best-of-three game series for a trip to Omaha, Nebraska.

Sunday, (CSF home team), 10:06 p.m. (GT, WEB, ESPN2)

CSF: Jeff Kaplan, RHP (11-3, 3.35 ERA)
UCLA: Gavin Brooks, LHP (6-6, 4.65 ERA)

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The Oregon State Beavers were limited to one hit but were able to pull out an 1-0 victory over the Michigan Wolverines. Scott Santschi received a lead-off walk in the top of the ninth. He was pinch ran for by Braden Wells. He was bunted to second by Lonnie Lechelt. Zach Putnam then continued his no-hit bid by striking out Chris Hopkins to give the Wolverines two outs in the ninth. Joey Wong then hit a single through the left side of the infield which was the Beavers only hit of the game and drove home Wells with the go-ahead run. Michigan then lifted starter Zach Putnam for Michael Powers who got the final out in the ninth. Eddie Kunz took over on the mound for the Beavers and got the final two outs of the game to give the Beavers an 1-0 series lead. The teams will be back in action on Monday at 7 pm on the East Coast.

Oregon State Recap
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Louisville knocked off Oklahoma State 20-2 in the decisive game of their Super Regional showdown. This will be Louisville’s first trip to the College World Series. Isiah Howes led the Cardinals with a 3-6 day with a homer and six RBI. Pete Rodriguez went 4-4 with three RBI and three runs scored in the win. Oklahoma State starter Joe Kent only lasted one full inning while giving up three runs. Oklahoma State ends to the season with a 42-21 record.

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Game 2 of the North Carolina and South Carolina Super Regional match-up was suspended in the middle of the seventh inning on Saturday evening as severe weather entered the Chapel Hill area. The Gamecocks led the game 8-5 before the suspension of the game. The teams returned to the field at 2:30 on Sunday and the Gamecocks were able to hold on to a 8-6 victory. South Carolina reliever Jeff Jeffords was able to get out of a situation with the tying run on second base with two outs by getting Garrett Gore to ground out in the eighth inning.

Justin Smoak led the Gamecocks in the game by going 2-3 with a homer, two RBI, and three runs scored. Tim Federowicz led the Tar Heels with a 3-5 game with two RBI.

The teams will meet in a decisive game at 7:00 pm on Sunday with the winner going to the College World Series.

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South Carolina Recap
UNC Recap

The College Baseball Blog encourages everyone to watch the Super Regionals on Sunday on ESPN/ESPN 2/ESPN U because you are missing some of the most exciting baseball of the year if you are not watching. If you can’t get to a TV then watch the games on Gametracker which is available by clicking on the respective games. All times are Eastern.

North Carolina 5 vs South Carolina 8 suspended in 7th inning will continue at 2:30 pm (UNC leads series 1-0)
North Carolina vs South Carolina at 7 pm (IF NECESSARY)

Oklahoma State vs Louisville at 4 pm (Series tied 1-1)

Oregon State vs Michigan at 4 pm (Game 1)

UCLA vs Cal-State Fullerton at 10 pm (CSF leads 1-0)

Wichita State vs UC-Irvine at 12 pm (UCI leads 1-0)

Ole Miss vs Arizona State at 7 pm (ASU leads 1-0)

The Arizona State Sun Devils were held scoreless for the first seven innings from Ole Miss starter Will Kline which put them in a 3-0 hole but were able to score one run in the bottom of the eighth and three in the bottom of the ninth to give the Sun Devils an improbable 4-3 victory. Mike Leake started for ASU and gave them a solid start by giving them seven innings while giving up three runs. Brian Flores (11-1) pitched two scoreless innings as he got the final six outs to get the victory. Will Kline (7-3) pitched 8.2 innings while giving up eleven hits and all four runs. The offensive leaders in the game were Rebel hitter Zack Cozart who went 3-4 with two RBI and ASU hitter Eric Sogard who went 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

The teams will be back in action on Sunday at 7 pm EDT.

ASU Recap
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The Cal-State Fullerton Titans jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead then went on to cruise to a 12-2 victory over the UCLA Bruins to pick up a win in Game 1 of their Super Regional match-up. Wes Roemer (11-6) pitched a complete game giving up two runs on nine hits while striking out seven UCLA hitters. The Titans offense was led by Evan McArthur who went 3-3 with three runs scored and three driven in. UCLA starter Tyson Brummett was lit up for nine runs in 4.1 innings to drop his record to 10-6. Brendan Crawford led the Bruins by going 2-4 with 2 RBI while Alden Carrithers also picked up two hits in the losing effort.

The teams will be back in action at 10 pm EDT on Sunday.

Fullerton Recap
UCLA Recap

The Oklahoma State Cowboys picked up a solo home run from Ty Wright to tie the game at 2. The teams stayed tied until the twelfth inning when Oklahoma State got back to back base hits with two outs to drive in Tyler Mach with the eventual winning run. The Cowboys behind Jordy Mercer (3-1) was able to hold the Cardinals scoreless over the final four innings to get the victory. Travis Magnusson (3-2) got the loss for the Cardinals after giving up two runs on three hits in his five innings of work. The teams will play at 4 pm tomorrow with the winner going to the CWS.

Oklahoma State Recap
Louisville Recap

The Mississippi State Bulldogs advanced to the College World Series with an 8-5 victory over Clemson which clinched the sweep for MSU. The Bulldogs used a four run second inning in which they got four hits and took advantage of a Tiger error to take control of the game with a 5-2 lead. St. Louis Cardinal second round draft pick David Kopp started for the Tigers but was lit up for five runs (two earned) in 1.2 innings. He ended up getting credited with the loss to end his season with a 6-3 record. Bulldog starter Justin Pigott got the start and went six innings while giving up five runs (four earned) to up his record to 7-6. Mitch Moreland was able to get the final two outs of the game with the tying run up to bat to get his second save of the season. Clemson ends the season with a 41-23 and the Bulldogs will head to Omaha to take part in the College World Series.

Mississippi State Recap
Clemson Recap

For four straight innings, starting in the fifth, Wichita State had at least one runner in scoring position and a record crowd buzzing with anticipation.

Every time, UC Irvine found a way to escape.

The Anteaters scored one run, on a bases-loaded grounder in the eighth that Noah Krol nearly fielded, and that was enough to take a ton of momentum in this best-of-3 super regional. UC Irvine won 1-0 today at Eck Stadium, and the Shockers are left shaking their heads.

The Anteaters (44-15-1) can win the super regional and advance to the College World Series with a victory over WSU (53-21) at noon Sunday.

There was not much offense through five scoreless innings. The Shockers had one hit in that span _ Conor Gillaspie’s second-inning single up the middle _ but Irvine starter Scott Gorgen had faced the minimum through four.

In the fifth, WSU’s Josh Workman drew a two-out walk and stole second base, but Tyler Hill grounded out to the first baseman.

The Anteaters’ best threat came in the first inning when Taylor Holiday led off with a single, moved to second on a bunt and stole third base. But Shockers starter Aaron Shafer struck out Cody Cipriano and induced a lazy fly ball from Matt Morris.

Shafer allowed hits in the third and fourth inning _ including a double by Holiday _ but started getting stronger in the middle innings. After Morris’ fourth-inning single, Shafer retired the next nine batters.

Defense played a part on Shafer’s success, specifically Gillaspie’s second inning at third base. The leadoff batter, Aaron Lowenstein, hit a short chopper that Gillaspie had to charge on a full sprint and then make a strong throw. The next batter, Tyler Vaughn, hit a one-hop rocket to Gillaspie’s left. He made an all-out dive and the ball smacked into his glove as he bounced off the artificial turf. Gillaspie popped up and threw out Vaughn.

WSU’s bats came to life in the sixth inning. Dusty Coleman hit a one-out single and tried to take second base on a hit-and-run with Andy Dirks at the plate. But the Anteaters pitched out and threw out Coleman.

That hurt because Dirks followed with a single to left field. He moved to third on Derek Schermerhorn’s single through the left side. When Damon Sublett drew a five-pitch walk, the bases were loaded for Matt Brown. After two leave-his-shoes swings to make the count 0-2, Brown took two balls before striking out much to the big crowd’s dismay.

The Anteaters had their chance in the top of the seventh. Bryan Peterson drew a one-out walk and moved to third base on Sean Madigan’s hit-and-run single just over Sublett at second base.

Irvine then tried its small-ball tactics, having Ollie Linton lay down a one-strike bunt. Shafer fielded the ball and faked a hard throw to first, which drew Peterson down the line. The Shockers caught him in a run-down for the second out.

Facing Lowenstein, Shafer threw a full-count breaking ball that he thought was strike three. When he didn’t get the call, Shafer stared at the umpire from off the mound. Home plate umpire Danny Mascorro told WSU coach Gene Stephenson to hold down his complaining. As those two talked from a distance, third base umpire Kevin Daugherty ejected pitching coach Brent Kemnitz, who didn’t go quietly.

After Kemnitz had his say and the other umpires were satisfied he had left the dugout, Vaughn flew out to center field to end the inning. A fired-up Shafer bulled his way through teammates and he yelled then fired his glove into the dugout.

The Shockers got a hit-and-run call to work in the seventh, and it appeared it could finally lead to a run. Josh Workman hit a one-out single up the middle and was stealing second when Tyler Hill grounded a single through the big hole on the right side of the infield. That gave the Shockers runners on first and third with one out.

But Tyler Weber hit a line drive right at Orloff, Irvine’s shortstop. Orloff then threw to third base to double off Workman.

Wichita State turned to reliever Andy Womack in the eighth. After getting two quick outs, Womack ran into trouble. Two walks sandwiched around a Matt Morris single loaded the bases before Stephenson Womack for Krol.

His first pitch was hit by Madigan right back at Krol. The ball popped out of his glove and flew to nearly the third-base line. By the time Krol caught up with it, he had no play and Irvine led 1-0.

WSU again had a chance to score in the eighth. Coleman led off with a single through the infield’s left side, his third sharply hit ball of the game. Dirks tried to sacrifice Coleman to second but popped the bunt foul.

That worked out for the Shockers as Gorgan then threw three straight balls to walk Dirks. Schermerhorn then tried to bunt, but Gorgan fielded it and threw out Coleman at third base.

Sublett then grounded to second base, starting an inning-ending double play.

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The Oregon State-Michigan Super Regional was scheduled to start at 3 pm on Saturday but rain has entered into the Corvallis area postponing Game 1 until Sunday. They have pushed the schedule back a full day with Game 1 on Sunday at 4 pm on ESPN, Game 2 on Monday at 1 pm or 4 pm on ESPN or ESPN 2, and Game 3 will be played on Tuesday at a TBA time.