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College World Series
Eight teams remain in hunt for college baseball national championship
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press
Oregon
State’s KJ
Harrison
takes off
his batting
helmet to
celebrate his
three-run
home run
with team-
mate Trevor
Larnach (11)
during an
NCAA col-
lege baseball
tournament
super re-
gional game
against
Vanderbilt
on Friday,
June 9, 2017,
in Corvallis,
Ore.
OMAHA, Neb. — A capsule
look at the eight teams competing
in the College World Series, which
starts Saturday at TD Ameritrade
Park. (Capsules in order of CWS
opening games. Coaches’ records
through super regionals):
———
OREGON STATE (54-4)
Coach: Pat Casey (843-444-5, 23
years at Oregon State; 1,014-553-6,
30 years overall).
Road to Omaha: Won Corvallis
regional: beat Holy Cross 8-2, beat
Yale 11-0, beat Yale 8-1. Won Corvallis
super regional: beat Vanderbilt 8-4,
beat Vanderbilt 9-2.
2017 record vs. CWS teams: 0-0.
Last CWS appearance: 2013.
All-time record in CWS: 13-8 in
5 appearances; national champion
2006, 2007.
Meet the Beavers: C Adley
Rutschman (.247, 2 HR, 32 RBIs),
1B KJ Harrison (.330, 8, 39), 2B Nick
Madrigal (.383, 4, 36), 3B Michael
Gretler (.300, 4, 32), SS Cadyn Greni-
er (.280, 5, 34), LF Christian Donahue
(.258, 0, 18), CF Steven Kwan (.345,
1, 17), RF Jack Anderson (.288, 1, 29),
DH Trevor Larnach (.304, 3, 42). Start-
ing pitchers: RHP Jake Thompson
(14-0, 1.52 ERA), RHP Bryce Fehmel
(5-2, 3.80), LHP Luke Heimlich (11-1,
0.76), RHP Drew Rasmussen (3-0,
0.83). Relievers: RHP Sam Tweedt
(3-0, 2.57), LHP Jake Mulholland (6-1,
1.31, 6 saves), LHP Brandon Eisert
(5-0, 2.18, 4 saves), LHP Max Engel-
brekt (3-0, 0.48, 5 saves), RHP Grant
Gambrell (1-0, 2.93).
MLB Alumni: Michael Conforto,
Jacoby Ellsbury, Darwin Barney,
Daniel Robertson, Josh Osich, Sam
Gaviglio, Matt Boyd.
Short Hops: The status of Heimlich,
the national ERA leader, is uncer-
tain. He asked to be excused from
pitching in the super regional after a
newspaper detailed the molestation
case against him when he was 15.
... Beavers are on a 21-game win
streak. Their last loss was April 29,
to Southern California. ... If Oregon
State wins the national title, it will be
the first champion with fewer than
nine losses since Texas (49-5) in 1975.
... Rasmussen was the No. 31 overall
draft pick by Tampa Bay.
Quotable: “It’s about the players.
Obviously, you don’t have to have all
the best players, but you’ve got to
have the right players. We have the
right players.” — Casey.
———
CAL STATE FULLERTON (39-22)
Coach: Rick Vanderhook (237-125, 5
years at Fullerton and overall).
Road to Omaha: Won Stanford re-
gional: beat BYU 13-2, beat Stanford
4-1, beat Stanford 4-2. Won Long
Beach super regional: lost 3-0 to Long
Beach State, beat Long Beach State
12-0, beat Long Beach State 2-1.
2017 record vs. CWS teams: 0-0.
Last CWS appearance: 2015.
All-time record in CWS: 34-29 in
17 appearances; national champion
1979, 1984, 1995, 2004.
Meet the Titans: C Chris Hudgins
(.242, 5 HR, 31 RBIs), 1B Dillon Pers-
inger (.296, 3, 30), 2B Sahid Valenzue-
la (.324, 1, 24), 3B Taylor Bryant (.266,
3, 35), SS Timmy Richards (.301, 4,
26), LF Chris Prescott (.230, 0, 7), CF
Scott Hurst (.332, 12, 39), RF Hunter
Cullen (.271, 6, 30), DH Hank LoForte
(.253, 0, 19). Starting pitchers: RHP
Connor Seabold (11-5, 3.01), LHP
John Gavin (8-2, 2.67), RHP Colton
Eastman (2-0, 1.09). Relievers: RHP
Jack Pabich (1-2, 5.52), RHP Blake
Workman (6-2, 2.70), RHP Gavin
Velasquez (4-3, 4.50), RHP Joe Wills
(4-2, 9.19), LHP Erik Cha (1-1, 4.85),
RHP Brett Conine (0-1, 1.49, 15
saves).
MLB Alumni: Tim Wallach, Mike
Harkey, Phil Nevin, Mark Kotsay,
Jeremy Giambi, Kurt Suzuki.
Short Hops: Eastman has allowed
no earned runs in 13 2/3 postsea-
son innings. ... Titans have gone 26
straight innings without allowing an
earned run, and their 1.19 postseason
ERA is lowest in the nation. ... Pers-
inger has stolen four of his 18 bases
in the tournament. ... Titans have
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never had a losing season in 43 years
at the Division I level. ... Hurst hit four
homers against Cal State-Northridge
on May 20.
Quotable: “You can have the Big
West, but I’ll take Omaha.” — pitcher
Colton Eastman, on Titans beating
Long Beach State in super regional
after losing five of six to Dirtbags in
regular season.
———
FLORIDA STATE (45-21)
Coach: Mike Martin (1943-692-4, 38
years at Florida State and overall).
Road to Omaha: Won Tallahassee
regional: lost 3-1 to Tennessee Tech,
beat UCF 6-1, beat Tennessee Tech
5-3, beat Auburn 8-7 in 10 innings,
beat Auburn 6-0. Won Tallahassee su-
per regional: beat Sam Houston State
7-6, beat Sam Houston state 19-0.
2017 record vs. CWS teams: 3-3.
Last CWS appearance: 2012.
All-time record in CWS: 28-42 in
21 appearances.
Meet the Seminoles: C Cal Raleigh
(.226, 8 HR, 37 RBIs), 1B Drew
Mendoza (.263, 8, 31), 2B Matt Hen-
derson (.265, 0, 21), 3B Dylan Busby
(.315, 14, 62), SS Taylor Walls (.276,
8, 47), LF Jason Lueck (.327, 9, 54),
CF JC Flowers (.239, 2, 32), RF Tyler
Holton (.268, 2, 9) or Steven Wells
(.233, 1, 6), DH Quincy Nieporte
(.305, 10, 78). Starting pitchers: LHP
Drew Parrish (6-3, 4.40 ERA), LHP
Tyler Holton (10-2, 2.25), RHP Cole
Sands (6-3, 5.05). Relievers: RHP
Will Zirzow (3-1, 2.60), LHP Clayton
Kwiatkowski (1-0, 2.45), RHP Chase
Haney (2-2, 4.35), RHP Jim Voyles
(4-0, 4.46), RHP Andrew Karp (2-3,
4.87), LHP Alec Byrd (4-2, 4.31), RHP
Drew Carlton (5-4, 1.98, 6 saves).
MLB Alumni: Buster Posey, J.D.
Drew, Stephen Drew, Kevin Cash,
Doug Mientkiewicz, Paul Sorrento,
Deion Sanders, Richie Lewis, Luis
Alicea, Terry Kennedy, Johnny Grubb,
Dick Howser.
Short hops: FSU has made the
most CWS appearances of any team
that has not won a national champi-
onship. This will be the Seminoles’
22nd appearance. ... Seminoles have
hit nine home runs in seven tourna-
ment games. ... Their pitchers aver-
aged 12.1 strikeouts per nine innings
in regionals and super regionals. ...
Nieporte’s 82 RBIs are fourth nation-
ally and first among CWS players. ...
Busby has been hit by six pitches in
his last 10 games.
Quotable: “When our players come
in, this is our goal. We are not going
to be satisfied unless we get it done.
It is a lofty goal, but that is Florida
State baseball. To accomplish it —
it’s been four years since we were
last there — is exciting. These are
memories they will cherish forever.”
— Martin.
———
LSU (48-17)
Coach: Paul Mainieri (508-199-3, 11
years at LSU; 1,372-691-7, 35 years
overall).
Road to Omaha: Won Baton Rouge
regional: beat Texas Southern 15-7,
beat Southeastern Louisiana 11-6,
beat Rice 5-0. Won Baton Rouge
super regional: beat Mississippi State
4-3, beat Mississippi State 14-4.
2017 record vs. CWS teams: 2-5.
Last CWS appearance: 2015.
All-time record in CWS: 36-24 in
17 appearances; national champion
1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009.
Meet the Tigers: C Michael
Papierski (.260, 8 HR, 34 RBIs), 1B
Jake Slaughter (.256, 2, 23), 2B Cole
Freeman (.327, 2, 41), 3B Josh Smith
(.289, 4, 43), SS Kramer Robertson
(.319, 8, 43), LF Antoine Duplantis
(.322, 1, 57), CF Zach Watson (.313,
8, 35), RF Greg Deichmann (.320,
19, 72), DH Beau Jordan (.277, 3, 25).
Starting pitchers: RHP Alex Lange
(9-5, 2.92 ERA), LHP Jared Poche’
(10-3, 3.42), RHP Eric Walker (8-1,
3.46). Relievers: RHP Zach Hess (7-1,
2.85), RHP Caleb Gilbert (6-1, 2.42),
RHP Todd Peterson (3-1, 3.74), LHP
Nick Bush (1-1, 3.54), RHP Matthew
Beck (1-0, 3.04), RHP Austin Bain (1-0,
4.81), RHP Hunter Newman (1-1, 1.07,
10 saves).
MLB Alumni: Alex Bregman, Kevin
Gausman, DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Nola,
Ryan Schimpf, Albert Belle, Paul Byrd,
Russ Springer, Ryan Theriot, Todd
Walker.
Short hops: Lange was the No.
30 overall draft pick by the Chicago
Cubs, and Deichmann went No. 43
overall to Oakland. ... Tigers’ 9.8 runs
per game rank first in the national
tournament. ... Smith, at .696, has
the highest tournament on-base per-
centage of any CWS player. He’s 6 for
13, walked eight times and been hit
by two pitches. ... LSU’s .718 all-time
NCAA Tournament winning percent-
age (148-58) ranks No. 1.
Quotable: “We’ve had some pretty
good teams go up there, but we
didn’t get to come back with much.
There’s seven other really good ball
clubs up there along with us. We like
to think we’re just as good as any-
body up there, but when you’re play-
ing that caliber of competition, you’ve
got to play your best.” — Mainieri.
———
TEXAS A&M (41-21)
Coach: Rob Childress (499-259-2, 12
years at Texas A&M and overall).
Road to Omaha: Won Houston
regional: beat Baylor 8-5, beat Iowa
3-2, beat Houston 4-3. Won College
Station super regional: beat Davidson
7-6 in 15 innings, beat Davidson 12-6.
2017 record vs. CWS teams: 2-2.
Last CWS appearance: 2011.
All-time record in CWS: 2-10 in 5
appearances.
Meet the Aggies: C Cole Bedford
(.302, 3 HR, 26 RBIs), 1B Hunter
Coleman (.292, 5, 22), 2B Braden
Shewmake (.335, 11, 68), 3B George
Janca (.259, 6, 29), SS Austin Homan
(.218, 0, 28), LF Walker Pennington
(.217, 4, 33), CF Nick Choruby (.325,
3, 33), RF Blake Kopetsky (.298, 2,
19), DH Logan Foster (.283, 6, 24) or
Jorge Gutierrez (.220, 4, 16). Starting
pitchers: RHP Brigham Hill (8-3,
3.18 ERA), RHP Corbin Martin (7-3,
3.85), RHP Stephen Kolek (4-4, 3.59).
Relievers: LHP Kaylor Chafin (7-2,
2.56), RHP Cason Sherrod (4-1, 2.89),
RHP Turner Larkins (1-2, 3.380), RHP
Mitchell Kilkenny (3-3, 3.56, 7 saves),
LHP John Doxakis (4-3, 5.47).
MLB Alumni: Michael Wacha, Cliff
Pennington, Ross Stripling, Alex
Wilson, Chuck Knoblauch, Doug Rau,
Davey Johnson.
Short hops: Aggies have won
five straight after coming into the
tournament off losses in eight of its
previous 10. The Aggies were one
of the last four at-large teams to get
NCAA bids. ... Martin was the No.
56 overall draft pick by Houston. ...
Choruby is 11 for 22 (.500) with four
doubles in the tournament. ... Aggies
went into super regional against Da-
vidson outscoring opponents 157-58
in the fifth through seventh innings.
Davidson outscored them 9-2 over
those innings.
Quotable: “This is what I’ve been
dreaming of my whole life, to go to
Omaha. Now we have the chance to
go and compete for a national cham-
pionship, I’m so excited.” — Choruby.
———
LOUISVILLE (52-10)
Coach: Dan McDonnell (508-201, 11
years at Louisville and overall).
Road to Omaha: Won Louisville
regional: beat Radford 11-6, beat
Oklahoma 11-1, beat Xavier 8-7. Won
Louisville super regional: beat Ken-
tucky 5-2, beat Kentucky 6-2.
2017 record vs. CWS teams: 0-3.
Last CWS appearance: 2014.
All-time record in CWS: 1-6 in 3
appearances.
Meet the Cardinals: C Colby Fitch
(.256, 11 HR, 43 RBIs), 1B Brendan
McKay (.343, 17, 56) or Drew Ellis
(.367, 20, 61), 2B Devin Mann (.270,
8, 43), 3B Drew Ellis (.367, 20, 61)
or Tyler Fitzgerald (.211, 0, 11), SS
Devin Hairston (.306, 3, 51), LF Josh
Stowers (.311, 6, 33), CF Logan Taylor
(.279, 0, 40), RF Colin Lyman (.287, 1,
30), DH Brendan McKay (.343, 17, 56)
or Jake Snider (.278, 1, 11). Starting
pitchers: RHP Kade McClure (8-3,
3.43 ERA), LHP Brendan McKay (10-
3, 2.34), LHP Nick Bennett (5-0, 2.70).
Relievers: RHP Sam Bordner (2-0,
0.47), LHP Adam Wolf (6-0, 2.37),
RHP Jake Sparger (5-1, 3.86), LHP
Adam Elliott (2-0, 1.93), RHP Lincoln
Henzman (3-0, 1.77, 16 saves).
MLB Alumni: Chad Green, Sean
Green, Adam Duvall, Dean Kiekhefer,
Tony Zych, Cody Ege, Matt Koch.
Short hops: McKay, a three-time
John Olerud Two-Way Player of the
Year, was the highest-drafted college
player. He went No. 4 overall to
Tampa Bay as a first baseman. ...
Ellis, batting a team-leading .367 with
20 homers, went No. 44 overall to
Arizona. ... Stowers is in a three-
way tie for first with four doubles in
the tournament. ... Cardinals have
stolen 97 bases after swiping 101 last
season.
Quotable: “It means everything.
Every team meeting, you look around
and you’ve got three different pic-
tures of fields in Omaha. You want to
put your own picture up there. Going
on three years I looked at that picture
a lot, that picture a lot. Seeing it, you
want to get there. You push your
body to its limits every year pushing
toward that goal.” — McKay.
———
TCU (47-16)
Coach: Jim Schlossnagle (612-270,
14 years at TCU; 689-317, 16 years
overall).
Road to Omaha: Won Fort Worth
regional: beat Central Connecticut
9-6, beat Virginia 5-1, beat Dallas
Baptist 15-3. Won Fort Worth super
regional: beat Missouri State 3-2,
beat Missouri State 8-1.
2017 record vs. CWS teams: 2-0.
Last CWS appearance: 2016.
All-time record in CWS: 8-8 in 4
appearances.
Meet the Horned Frogs: C Evan
Skoug (.277, 20 HR, 67 RBIs), 1B
Connor Wanhanen (.273, 0, 14), 2B
Cam Warner (.292, 5, 49), 3B Elliott
Barzilli (.243, 6, 30), SS Ryan Merrill
(.243, 5, 40), LF Josh Watson (.239, 1,
36), CF Nolan Brown (.293, 3, 35), RF
Austen Wade (.342, 5, 37), DH Zach
Humphreys (.282, 2, 17). Starting
pitchers: RHP Jared Janczak (9-0,
1.97 ERA), RHP Brian Howard (11-3,
3.95), RHP Mitchell Traver (4-1, 3.79),
LHP Nick Lodolo (5-1, 4.28). Reliev-
ers: RHP Sean Wymer (5-4, 2.37),
RHP Cal Coughlin (1-0, 1.80), RHP
Jake Eissler (4-0, 5.02), RHP Charles
King (0-3, 5.86), RHP Durbin Feltman
(2-2, 3.90, 17 saves).
MLB Alumni: Jake Arrieta, Matt Car-
penter, Bryan Holaday, Sam Demel,
Brandon Finnegan, Andrew Cashner,
Lance Broadway.
Short hops: Howard has won five
straight postseason starts, including
one at the 2016 CWS. ... Howard is
the first TCU pitcher to win 10 games
in back-to-back seasons. ... Skoug has
hit four homers in five tournament
games and has 20 for the season,
and his 12 postseason RBIs are most
among CWS players. ... Frogs, with
102, are the only CWS team with
more than 100 stolen bases.
Quotable: “He’ll go down as one
of the greatest big-game pitchers
in the history of this program.” —
Schlossnagle, on Howard.
———
FLORIDA (47-18)
Coach: Kevin O’Sullivan (443-207, 10
seasons at Florida and overall).
Road to Omaha: Won Gainesville
regional: beat Marist 10-6, beat USF
5-1, lost 6-2 to Bethune-Cookman,
beat Bethune-Cookman 6-1. Won
Gainesville super regional: beat Wake
Forest 2-1, lost 8-6 to Wake Forest,
beat Wake Forest 3-0.
2017 record vs. CWS teams: 5-1.
Last CWS appearance: 2016.
All-time record in CWS: 14-21 in 10
appearances.
Meet the Gators: C Mike Rivera
(.241, 2 HR, 24 RBIs) or JJ Schwarz
(.271, 12, 53), 1B JJ Schwarz (.271,
12, 53) or Christian Hicks (.286, 4,
25), 2B Deacon Liput (.225, 2, 30),
3B Jonathan India (.280, 6, 32),
SS Dalton Guthrie (.272, 4, 22), LF
Austin Langworthy (.234, 3, 24), CF
Ryan Larson (.304, 5, 24), RF Nelson
Maldonado (.304, 6, 31), DH Christian
Hicks (.286, 4, 25) or Mike Rivera
(.241, 2, 24). Starting pitchers: RHP
Alex Faedo (7-2, 2.55 ERA), RHP
Jackson Kowar (12-0, 4.00), RHP
Brady Singer (7-5, 3.29). Relievers:
LHP Austin Langworthy (1-1, 3.71),
RHP Kirby McMullen (3-0, 5.32),
RHP Frank Rubio (1-1, 4.05), RHP
Tyler Dyson (3-0, 3.69), RHP Garrett
Milchin (4-2, 2.33), LHP Nick Horvath
(3-0, 3.77), RHP Michael Byrne (4-5,
1.83, 16 saves).
MLB Alumni: Mike Zunino, David
Eckstein, Mark Ellis, Darren O’Day,
David Ross, Anthony DeSclafani,
Matt LaPorta, Mike Stanley, Brad
Wilkerson.
Short hops: Faedo was the No.
18 overall draft pick by Detroit. ...
Faedo picked up his first career save
in the super regional-clinching win
over Wake Forest. ... Gators pitchers
have struck out 89 in 69 tournament
innings. ... Byrne has 23 strikeouts
in 15 postseason innings. ... Singer
has walked one in 13 1/3 tournament
innings.
Quotable: “I told these guys early in
the year that I believe in them. I told
them we have as good a chance to
win a national championship as any
team as we’ve had.” — O’Sullivan.
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