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AP Photo/Nati Harnik
Vanderbilt pitcher Kumar Rocker walks off the mound
in the second inning against Michigan in Game 2 of the
NCAA College World Series baseball finals on Tuesday in
Omaha, Neb.
Vandy rides Rocker
to 4-1 win, forces a
Game 3 vs. Michigan
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. —
Kumar Rocker struck out
11 while pitching 6 1/3
innings of three-hit ball,
and Vanderbilt got to
Michigan’s shaky bullpen
in a 4-1 win in Game 2 of
the College World Series
finals Tuesday night.
The Commodores (58-
12) forced a winner-take-
all Game 3 on Wednesday
night at TD Ameritrade
Park. Michigan is playing
for its first national title
since 1962, and Vanderbilt
is trying for its first since
2014.
Rocker (12-5) set the
tone in another in a line of
strong performances. Ten
of the 6-foot-4, 255-pound
freshman’s first 11 pitches
were strikes.
Michigan (50-21) failed
to score in the opening
inning for the first time in
its five CWS games and
five of the first six batters
struck out.
Redshirt freshman Isa-
iah Paige (4-1), pitching
for the first time since
June 8 in regionals, drew
the start for Michigan and
worked four-plus innings.
The problems for the
Wolverines started after
Paige departed. The Com-
modores picked up an
unearned run in the fifth
and then Jack Weisen-
berger, who relieved Ben-
jamin Keizer with two
runners on in the sixth, let
in two runs on wild pitches
to back-to-back batters.
Philip Clarke’s ninth
homer, against Angelo
Smith, made it 4-0.
Rocker worked around
two singles, two walks
and two errors through
six shutout innings. Jack
Blomgren singled against
him leading off the sev-
enth and a balk put him
on second. Rocker struck
out Joe Donovan and then
left to an ovation from the
fans behind the Vanderbilt
dugout.
Ako Thomas greeted
Tyler Brown with an RBI
single for the Wolverines’
only run.
Rocker is 10-1 in his
last 11 starts, and he’s
4-0 in the NCAA Tourna-
ment with a 0.96 ERA, 44
strikeouts, five walks in 28
innings.
Other
than
Jeff
Criswell, a starter until the
postseason,
Michigan’s
bullpen hadn’t been tested
until Tuesday. The Wol-
verines used only three
pitchers in winning their
first four CWS games,
striking out 33, walking
seven and posting a 2.25
ERA through 36 innings.
Michigan lost leadoff
man and designated hitter
Jordan Nwogu to a pulled
left quad in the third
inning. He was hurt run-
ning to first on a grounder
and had to be helped off
the field.
Dominic
Clemente,
a .200 hitter who hasn’t
had a hit since May 4,
took Nwogu’s place and
struck out looking in his
two at-bats.
Sheley loaded the bases with
a single, allowing him to
knot the score at 3-3 off Kyle
Field’s shallow ground ball to
shortstop.
Lance Wolf struck out to
close the inning before Pend-
leton could pull ahead.
Buckaroo fans in atten-
dance for Tuesday’s twin
bill saw a familiar face on
Pendleton’s mound in the
first four innings of game
one — the recently gradu-
ated Chris Large. Large may
have coughed up seven runs
off nine hits, but tallied four
strikeouts, including two
back-to-back to keep Mt. Spo-
kane runless in the top of the
second.
The Wild were also held
to just one run in the follow-
ing inning, where Swanson
tagged a runner out at home to
keep Jon Busch’s single from
driving in two runs. Large got
another strikeout to finalize
the inning.
Beers’ homer came on a
3-1 pitch in the bottom of the
fourth, rocketing over the cen-
ter field fence, allowing Pend-
leton to catch up to Mt. Spo-
kane, 7-5.
“It just kept us close,”
Beers said. “We needed to get
back up top. (Mt. Spokane’s)
pitching was spot-on today.
You had to fight for those
hits.”
With Hodgen Distribut-
ing trailing 8-7 in the bottom
of the seventh and two outs
AP Photo/Nick Wass
MLB: Orioles introduce
No. 1 pick Rutschman
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to the home crowd on
Tuesday night. After that,
the plan is for him to take a
break to accept some of the
many awards he garnered
this season, then play in
the Gulf Coast League
before joining short season
Class A Aberdeen.
“I always believe, when
in doubt, start players at the
lower-level league because
it’s very easy to transfer
them if they’re performing
well,” Elias said. “We took
a lot of college players and
almost all of them will be
starting there.”
Rutschman has already
played plenty of baseball
this season, but he can’t
wait to get started with the
next phase of his career.
“It’s always been a goal
of mine to be in this posi-
tion,” Rutschman said.
“For me, it’s always been
about the process of get-
ting there. So, now it’s
about setting new goals.
Now that I’m here, I am
just excited about the
opportunity and I’m truly
humbled to be a part of
the building process that is
going on right now.”
Rutschman is a piv-
otal piece of the rebuild-
ing puzzle that Elias is try-
ing to put together, but the
Golden Spikes Award win-
ner can’t turn the franchise
around alone.
“We’re trying to bring
in talent from every direc-
tion possible,” Elias said.
“Obviously having the
No. 1 pick in the draft is a
special opportunity to do
that. The important thing
for us is, this doesn’t start
and end here. But to have
a player of his caliber, that
I think is not necessarily
available every year in the
draft, is big for us.”
on the board, Cooper Rob-
erts sent a 2-0 pitch flying into
right field that scored Beers
and Nat Hunsaker to clinch a
narrow walk-off win.
“They’re tough to hit
against, to be perfectly hon-
est,” Beers said of the Wild.
“It’s battling. It’s staying
focused and relaxed.”
Beers went 3-for-5 with
two runs and three RBIs in
game one. Curtis Simons
followed, scoring two runs
and an RBI off a 1-for-2
performance.
But Mt. Spokane wouldn’t
allow a repeat, jumping out to
an 8-4 advantage by the end of
the third inning in game two.
Swanson and Beers each
tackled two innings on Pend-
leton’s hill, but neither could
tame the Wild — Swanson
gave up five runs and two
walks, and Beers three runs
and three walks.
Field put in 2⅓ innings of
relief, but gave up seven more
runs before Tucker Zander
took over.
“It was our pitching,”
Armstrong said of Mt. Spo-
kane’s early lead. “If you can’t
throw strikes, it’s going to be a
tough game.”
Beers was able to tie things
up at 2-2 in the bottom of the
first with his second homer
that soared over right field, but
the Wild was quick to bury
Pendleton in response.
By the game’s end, the
Wild collected 14 hits while
Pendleton was close behind
with 13, but their seven errors
Staff photo by Benjamin Lonergan
Hodgen Distributing’s first baseman Ty Beers makes contact
with the ball during a doubleheader against Mt. Spokane
Tuesday afternoon.
made it difficult to come back.
Beers was perfect at the
plate, going 4-for-4 with three
runs and two RBIs to lead
Pendleton once again, but the
Wild brought a selection of
solid hitters to stay ahead.
Jaxon Davis went 2-for-3
with two runs and two RBIs,
Jose Renteria scored a run
and drove in three more, and
Zane Baker put up two runs
and an RBI.
“They’re just a great
team,” Armstrong said of Mt.
Spokane. “They have plenty
of great hitters in their lineup.”
Up next, Hodgen Distrib-
uting will hit the road to Walla
Walla for a four-day tourney.
Their first game is at Borleske
Stadium against the Wash-
ington Rush on Thursday
at 8 p.m.
Mariners: Vogelbach’s homer lifts Mariners to win
UP NEXT
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got to the point where we
have to do something a little
more to give him a chance
to get past the pain,” man-
ager Craig Counsell said.
“It has been affecting him,
there’s no question about
it.” Cain, who sat out Sun-
day’s game against Cincin-
nati before Milwaukee’s
off-day on Monday, likely
will miss Wednesday’s
game against Seattle. Ben
Gamel took Cain’s spot in
the lineup.
Mariners: Seattle will
use a yet-to-be announced
opening pitcher before
turning to Wade LeBlanc
(4-2, 5.44 ERA). LeBlanc is
4-1 with a 3.82 ERA in 13
career appearances against
Milwaukee.
Brewers: Adrian Houser
(2-1, 2.27) will make his
third start of the sea-
son, replacing struggling
Jimmy Nelson in the rota-
tion. Houser has made
14
relief
appearances
this season.
AP Photo/Morry Gash
Seattle Mariners’ Daniel Vogelbach is congratulated by man-
ager Scott Servais after hitting a home run during the third
inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers
Tuesday in Milwaukee.
SCOREBOARD
BASEBALL
NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
GLANCE
At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Neb.
All Times PDT
Championship Series
(Best-of-3)
Michigan 7, Vanderbilt 4
Vanderbilt 4, Michigan 1, series tied 1-1
Wednesday, June 26: Michigan (49-21)
vs. Vanderbilt (58-12), 4 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore Orioles first-round draft pick Adley Rutschman,
right, signs for fans during batting practice before a base-
ball game against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday in Bal-
timore.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
All Times PDT
East
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
51
28
.646
—
Tampa Bay
45
34
.570
6
Boston
44
37
.543
8
Toronto
29
51
.363
22½
Baltimore
22
57
.278
29
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Minnesota
51
27
.654
—
Cleveland
43
36
.544
8½
Chicago
36
41
.468
14½
Detroit
26
48
.351
23
Kansas City
28
52
.350
24
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Houston
50
30
.625
—
Texas
43
36
.544
6½
Oakland
42
38
.525
8
Los Angeles
39
40
.494
10½
Seattle
36
47
.434
15½
———
Tuesday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 3
San Diego 8, Baltimore 3
Boston 6, Chicago White Sox 3
Kansas City 8, Cleveland 6
Texas 5, Detroit 3
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 1
Minnesota 9, Tampa Bay 4
Seattle 8, Milwaukee 3
Oakland 7, St. Louis 3
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago White Sox (Lopez 4-7) at Boston
(Sale 3-7), 10:05 a.m.
Toronto (Thornton 2-5) at N.Y. Yankees
(Paxton 5-3), 10:05 a.m.
Kansas City (Junis 4-6) at Cleveland
(Bauer 5-6), 10:10 a.m.
San Diego (Strahm 2-6) at Baltimore
(Bundy 3-9), 12:05 p.m.
Texas (Minor 7-4) at Detroit (Boyd 5-5),
4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Anderson 0-2) at St. Louis
(Wainwright 5-6), 4:15 p.m.
Cincinnati (Roark 5-6) at L.A. Angels
(TBD), 5:07 p.m.
Pittsburgh (TBD) at Houston (Valdez
3-3), 5:10 p.m.
Seattle (TBD) at Milwaukee (Houser 2-1),
5:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Morton 8-1) at Minnesota
(Odorizzi 10-3), 5:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m.
Texas at Detroit, 10:10 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 11:10 a.m.
Seattle at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m.
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 7:07 p.m.
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
54 26 .675
—
Colorado
41 37 .526
12
Arizona
40 40 .500
14
San Diego
39 40 .494 14½
San Francisco 33 44 .429 19½
———
Tuesday’s Games
Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Mets 5
San Diego 8, Baltimore 3
Washington 6, Miami 1
Atlanta 3, Chicago Cubs 2
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 1
Seattle 8, Milwaukee 3
Oakland 7, St. Louis 3
Wednesday’s Games
San Diego (Strahm 2-6) at Baltimore
(Bundy 3-9), 12:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Gonsolin 0-0) at Arizona
(Clarke 1-3), 12:40 p.m.
Colorado (Marquez 7-3) at San Francisco
(Samardzija 4-6), 12:45 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Vargas 3-3) at Philadelphia
(Pivetta 4-2), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Corbin 6-5) at Miami (Gal-
len 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Anderson 0-2) at St. Louis
(Wainwright 5-6), 4:15 p.m.
Atlanta (Keuchel 0-1) at Chicago Cubs
(Darvish 2-3), 5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Roark 5-6) at L.A. Angels
(TBD), 5:07 p.m.
Pittsburgh (TBD) at Houston (Valdez
3-3), 5:10 p.m.
Seattle (TBD) at Milwaukee (Houser 2-1),
5:10 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 11:10 a.m.
Seattle at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m.
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.
Washington at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 6:45 p.m.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
All Times PDT
North
W L Pct.
Spokane (Rangers)
9 2 .818
Tri-City (Padres)
4 7 .364
Everett (Mariners)
4 7 .364
Vancouver (Blue Jays)
3 8 .273
South
W L Pct.
Salem-Keizer (Giants)
7 4 .636
Hillsboro (Diamondbacks) 7 4 .636
Eugene (Cubs)
7 5 .583
Boise (Rockies)
4 8 .333
———
Tuesday’s Games
Boise 4, Eugene 0
Tri-City 3, Spokane 1
Hillsboro 7, Salem-Keizer 0
Wednesday’s Games
Eugene at Boise, 6:15 p.m.
Tri-City at Spokane, 6:30 p.m.
Hillsboro at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m.
Vancouver at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Eugene at Boise, 6:15 p.m.
Tri-City at Spokane, 6:30 p.m.
Hillsboro at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m.
Vancouver at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
GB
—
5
5
6
GB
—
—
½
3½
SOCCER
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All Times PDT
East
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Washington
New York
Miami
Central
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
W
47
41
38
37
30
W
43
42
40
36
36
L
33
38
40
43
47
L
36
37
38
40
41
Pct
.588
.519
.487
.463
.390
Pct
.544
.532
.513
.474
.468
GB
—
5½
8
10
15½
GB
—
1
2½
5½
6
2019 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
GLANCE
All Times PDT
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A
W L T GF GA Pts
x-France
3 0 0
7
1
9
x-Norway
2 1 0
6
3
6
x-Nigeria
1 2 0
2
4
3
South Korea 0 3 0
1
8
0
x-advanced to second round
Friday, June 7
At Paris
France 4, South Korea 0
Saturday, June 8
At Reims, France
Norway 3, Nigeria 0
Wednesday, June 12
At Grenoble, France
Nigeria 2, South Korea 0
At Nice, France
France 2, Norway 1
Monday, June 17
At Rennes, France
France 1, Nigeria 0
At Reims, France
Norway 2, South Korea 1
GROUP B
W L T GF
x-Germany
3 0 0
6
x-Spain
1 1 1
3
x-China
1 1 1
1
South Africa 0 3 0
1
x-advanced to second round
Saturday, June 8
At Rennes, France
Germany 1, China 0
At Le Havre, France
Spain 3, South Africa 1
Wednesday, June 12
At Valenciennes, France
Germany 1, Spain 0
Thursday, June 13
At Paris
China 1, South Africa 0
Monday, June 17
At Montpellier, France
Germany 4, South Africa 0
At Le Havre, France
China 0, Spain 0
GROUP C
W L T GF
x-Italy
2 1 0
7
x-Australia 2 1 0
8
x-Brazil
2 1 0
6
Jamaica
0 3 0
1
x-advanced to second round
Sunday, June 9
At Valenciennes, France
Italy 2, Australia 1
At Grenoble, France
Brazil 3, Jamaica 0
Thursday, June 13
At Montpellier, France
Australia 3, Brazil 2
Friday, June 14
At Reims, France
Italy 5, Jamaica 0
Tuesday, June 18
At Grenoble, France
Australia 4, Jamaica 1
At Valenciennes, France
Brazil 1, Italy 0
GROUP D
W L T GF
x-England 3 0 0
5
x-Japan
1 1 1
2
Argentina
0 1 2
3
Scotland
0 2 1
5
x-advanced to second round
Sunday, June 9
At Nice, France
England 2, Scotland 1
Monday, June 10
At Paris
Argentina 0, Japan 0
Friday, June 14
At Rennes, France
Japan 2, Scotland 1
At Le Havre, France
England 1, Argentina 0
Wednesday, June 19
At Nice, France
England 2, Japan 0
At Paris
Scotland 3, Argentina 3
GROUP E
W L T GF
x-Netherlands 3 0 0
6
x-Canada
2 1 0
4
x-Cameroon
1 2 0
3
New Zealand
0 3 0
1
x-advanced to second round
GA Pts
0
9
2
4
1
4
8
0
GA
2
5
3
12
Pts
6
6
6
0
GA
1
3
4
7
Pts
9
4
2
1
GA Pts
2
9
2
6
5
3
5
0
Monday, June 10
At Montpellier, France
Canada 1, Cameroon 0
Tuesday, June 11
At Le Havre, France
Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0
Saturday, June 15
At Valenciennes, France
Netherlands 3, Cameroon 1
At Grenoble, France
Canada 2, New Zealand 0
Thursday, June 20
At Reims, France
Netherlands 2, Canada 1
At Montpellier, France
Cameroon 2, New Zealand 1
GROUP F
W L T GF GA Pts
x-United States 3 0 0 18
0
9
x-Sweden
2 1 0 7
3
6
Chile
1 2 0 2
5
3
Thailand
0 3 0 1 20
0
x-advanced to second round
Tuesday, June 11
At Rennes, France
Sweden 2, Chile 0
At Reims, France
United States 13, Thailand 0
Sunday, June 16
At Nice, France
Sweden 5, Thailand 1
At Paris
United States 3, Chile 0
Thursday, June 20
At Le Havre, France
United States 2, Sweden 0
At Rennes, France
Chile 2, Thailand 0
SECOND ROUND
Saturday, June 22
At Grenoble, France
Germany 3, Nigeria 0
At Nice, France
Norway 1, Australia 1, Norway won 4-1
on penalty kicks
Sunday, June 23
At Valenciennes, France
England 3, Cameroon 0
At Le Havre, France
France 2, Brazil 1, ET
Monday, June 24
At Reims, France
United States 2, Spain 1
At Paris
Sweden 1, Canada 0
Tuesday, June 25
At Montpellier, France
Italy 2, China 0
At Rennes, France
Netherlands 2, Japan 1
QUARTERFINALS
Thursday, June 27
At Le Havre, France
Norway vs. England, 12 p.m.
Friday, June 28
At Paris
France vs. United States, 12 p.m.
Saturday, June 29
At Valenciennes, France
Italy vs. Netherlands, 6 a.m.
At Rennes, France
Germany vs. Sweden, 9:30 a.m.
SEMIFINALS
Tuesday, July 2
At Lyon, France
Norway-England winner vs. France-
United States winner, 12 p.m.
Wednesday, July 3
At Lyon, France
Italy-Netherlands winner vs. Germa-
ny-Sweden winner, 12 p.m.
THIRD PLACE
Saturday, July 6
At Nice, France
Semifinal losers, 8 a.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, July 7
At Lyon, France
Semifinal winners, 8 a.m.