Stetson, Gophers and Huskies going to first super regionals

Vanderbilt rout Clemson 19-6

WASHINGTON, June 4, (AP): The Stetson Hatters use the hashtag “OmaHats” on their baseball Twitter account, a nod to the city that’s home to the College World Series.

The Hatters from DeLand, Florida, are a step closer to Omaha, Nebraska, after sweeping through their regional in the NCAA Tournament and extending their win streak to a school-record 18 games. Jack Perkins threw a three-hitter as they beat Oklahoma State 11-1 on Sunday night to win a regional title for the first time in 18 tournament appearances. Next stop for the No. 11 national seed is a best-of-three super regional at No. 6 North Carolina.

Also making first appearances in super regionals will be Minnesota and games. His three homers against Clemson came in a span of four at-bats.

Kaiser’s homers were for three runs, a grand slam and two runs, and he singled for his 10th RBI. He was voted regional MVP.

The Huskies were 18-18 after losing to UT Rio Grande Valley on April 23. They’re 15-5 since. They had to travel farther than any team for a regional — 2,987 miles from Seattle to Conway — and beat UConn twice and Coastal Carolina, with Joe Wainhouse homering three times.

No. 4 national seed Georgia has 29 runs and eight homers in its first two regional games. Nos. 3 and 4 batters Keegan McGovern and Michael Curry each went deep twice in an 11-7 win over Troy, going back-to-back in the sixth inning. Marvelous on mound

Stetson’s Perkins tied his career high with 13 strikeouts against Oklahoma State.

Mississippi’s Houston Roth came on with runners on first and third with two outs after high-scoring Tennessee Tech pulled to 9-8 in the bottom of the ninth. Roth struck out Alex Junior to end the game and send Ole Miss to its regional final.

Ryan Garcia carried a no-hitter through 6-1/3 innings as UCLA eliminated Gonzaga with a 10-4 win.

Stanford’s Brendan Beck pitched a career-high 6-2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs and four hits, to keep the No. 2 national seed Cardinal alive with a 4-2 win over Baylor.

Johnny Piedmonte, Kent Klyman and Nolan Clenney combined on a three-hitter as North Carolina State eliminated Army 11-1. Big Bats

Chris Crabtree homered twice and drove in five runs to lead Duke to a 15-6 win over Troy and the regional final against Georgia.

Elijah MacNamee, whose walkoff three-run homer in the ninth inning eliminated No. 7 national seed Florida State on Saturday, went deep for the third time in three games to give Mississippi State the early lead in a 9-8 elimination-game win over Samford.

Joe Davis’s tiebreaking homer to lead off a four-run eighth inning helped lift No. 3 regional seed Houston over Purdue 8-4.

Louisville’s Ethan Stringer (17) slides into third base under Kent State’s Pavin Parks (top right), during an NCAA college baseball tournament regional game on June 3, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP)

Boston Red Sox’s Andrew Benintendi hits a home run against the Houston Astros during the fifth inning of a baseball game on June 3, in Houston. (AP) season.

Brock Holt knocked a two-run triple to center in the sixth, and Blake Swihart followed with an RBI single to chase Houston starter Charlie Morton (7-1).

In Atlanta, pinch-hitter Charlie Culberson hit a game-ending, two-run homer to lift Atlanta over Washington.

It was the second time this week that Culberson homered to win a game — of his eight career home runs, four have ended a game.

Tanner Roark (2-6) pitched the ninth in his first relief appearance this season, giving up Dansby Swanson’s double and Culberson’s second long ball.

Braves closer Arodys Vizcaino (2-2) allowed his first two batters to reach in the ninth, but Mark Reynolds lined out and Vizcaino struck out Brian Goodwin and Michael Taylor.

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In Minneapolis, Eddie Rosario hit his third homer of the game, launching a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Minnesota.

Rosario became the first Twins player to have a pair of three-homer games. He also hit three home runs last June 13 at home against the Mariners. Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva are among the Twins who did it once.

Minnesota beat AL Central-leading Cleveland for the third straight day.

Cleveland closer Cody Allen (22) walked Brian Dozier to lead off the ninth and Rosario homered.

Edwin Encarnacion hit two long home runs for Cleveland, and Michael Brantley’s solo shot off Addison Reed in the eighth tied it at 5. Fernando Rodney (2-2) pitched a scoreless ninth.

In New York, Jon Lester dominated for seven innings and Javier Baez stole home to break a scoreless tie as the Chicago Cubs blanked the Mets, completing a four-game sweep and winning for the seventh time in eight games.

New York has lost four in a row and nine of 11, scoring six runs in this series.

Baez and Willson Contreras led off the seventh with back-to-back singles, putting runners at the corners. Steven Matz (2-4) was unaware that Baez was breaking for the plate, stepping off and throwing to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez in an attempt to pick off Contreras. Gonzalez threw home but it was too late to get Baez.

Lester (6-2) allowed two hits. Brian Duensing got his first save.

In Denver, Max Muncy homered twice, Yasmani Grandal also went deep in a three-run ninth inning, and Los Angeles beat Colorado.

The Dodgers rallied from five down to sweep the three-game series at Coors Field.

Tony Cingrani (1-2) got the win with an inning of relief and Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 14th save. Wade Davis (0-1) took the loss.

In Phoenix, Matt Koch allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings and Arizona completed a three-game sweep, sending Miami to its season-worst sixth straight loss.

David Peralta homered for the third consecutive game. The Diamondbacks outscored the Marlins 21-4 in the series.

After losing 15 of its 17 previous games, Arizona completed a 5-1 homestand to move back into first place in the NL West.

Koch (4-3), brought up from Triple-A Reno early in the season when Taijuan Walker underwent Tommy John surgery, struck out six with no walks.

Dan Straily (2-2) allowed a run on just two hits, but walked five in 4-1-3 innings.

In Anaheim, California, Tyler Skaggs pitched six scoreless innings of four-hit ball and Justin Upton homered for Los Angeles.

Luis Valbuena had an early two-run double as the Angels managed only four hits, but took two of three from their AL West rivals in the weekend series with three consecutive strong starts from their rotation.

Skaggs (4-4) ended his six-start winless skid despite laboring for long stretches of his six innings. Justin Anderson got his second save.

Nomar Mazara homered in the eighth inning and Shin-Soo Choo had two doubles for Texas. Doug Fister (1-6) gave up three runs in six innings.

Michael Wacha #52 of the St Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the ninth inning at Busch Stadium on June 3,

in St Louis, Missouri. (AFP)

In Seattle, Felix Hernandez was in vintage form, allowing one run in eight innings, and RBI singles from Denard Span and Dee Gordon lifted Seattle.

The Mariners completed a threegame sweep despite a great start from Tampa Bay lefty Blake Snell, who struck out 12 — including the first seven batters he faced to tie an American League record — in six scoreless innings.

Hernandez (6-4) pitched into the eighth for the first time this season.

He gave up five hits. Edwin Diaz pitched the ninth for his major league-leading 21st save.

Jose Alvarado (0-2) took the loss.

In Kansas City, Mo, Matt Olson hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning for Oakland.

Olson went 5 for 11 with three home runs, eight RBIs and scored five times in the three-game series.

The A’s are 9-2 in their past 11 road games. The Royals have lost 21 of 31 home games.

Rookie Lou Trivino (3-0) pitched two hitless innings. He has a 0.82 ERA, allowing two runs and 15 hits over 22 innings, while striking out 23.

Jakob Junis (5-5) struck out a career-high nine in 7-1/3 innings.

In Detroit, Justin Smoak’s sixthinning homer broke a scoreless tie and Toronto ended its five-game losing streak.

Aaron Sanchez (3-5) pitched six innings and ended a five-start winless streak, giving up one run and two hits.

Michael Fulmer (2-5) allowed four runs on five hits and three walks in six-plus innings.

In Chicago, Daniel Palka and Adam Engel hit back-to-back homers in a three-run sixth inning, and Chicago beat Milwaukee.

The NL Central-leading Brewers dropped two of three against the team with the second-worst record in the majors.

They are also 4-14 in their past 18 games against Chicago.

Chris Volstad (1-3) got the win. Brent Suter (5-4) took the loss.

In San Diego, Hunter Renfroe’s pinch-hit, go-ahead grand slam in the in the fifth inning lifted Tyson Ross and the Padres to a victory against the Reds.

The Padres took two of three in the matchup of last-place teams. This series victory came after the Padres took three of four from the NL’s other last-place team, the Miami Marlins.

Batting for Ross, Renfroe drove a 1-2 pitch from Luis Castillo (4-6) off the second deck of the Western Metal Supply Co brick warehouse in the left-field corner to give the Padres a 4-2 lead

Ross (5-3) gave up two runs and seven hits in five innings, struck out three and walked two.