COLLEGE WORLD SERIES CAPSULES
North Carolina (43-18)
Coach: Mike Fox (889-377-1, 20 years at North Carolina; 1,425-518-5, 35 years overall).
Short hops: No. 6 national seed Tar Heels are batting .343 and averaging 9.6 runs per game in the NCAA Tournament. … Seventh CWS appearance in 13 seasons. … Fox was a second baseman on the UNC team that went to the CWS in 1978. … RHP Gianluca Dalatri (2-2, 3.08) was out 12 weeks with an elbow injury.
Oregon State (49-10-1)
Coach: Pat Casey (894-456-6, 24 years at Oregon State; 1,067-565-7, 31 years overall).
Short hops: Beavers are No. 3 national seed. … LHP Luke Heimlich, at 16-1, leads the nation in wins and is third in strikeouts (151). … Beavers’ .320 batting average is highest in CWS field. … Nick Madrigal (.397) leads seven regular starters batting higher than .300. … Beavers had six players taken in first 10 rounds of the draft, led by Madrigal (fourth overall by White Sox), Trevor Larnach (20th by Twins) and Cadyn Grenier (37th by Orioles).
Washington (35-24)
Coach: Lindsay Meggs (265-237-1, 9 seasons at Washington; 880-544-5, 25 seasons overall).
Short hops: Huskies were 18-18 after a loss to UT Rio Grande Valley and are 17-6 since. … DH Joe Wainhouse has five home runs in last six games. … 2B A.J. Graffanino is the team’s highest draft pick, going in the eighth round to Atlanta. … Graffanino and Wainhouse are sons of former major leaguers Tony Graffanino and Dave Wainhouse. … Huskies were picked seventh in preseason Pac-12 coaches poll.
Mississippi State (37-27)
Coach: Gary Henderson (37-23, 1 season at Mississippi State; 297-222, 9 seasons overall).
Short hops: Henderson took over as interim head coach after Andy Cannizaro resigned for off-field conduct on Feb. 20. … Swept CWS teams Arkansas and Florida in the regular season. … Bulldogs have staved off elimination five times. … RF Elijah MacNamee hit walk-off homers against Florida State in regional and Vanderbilt in super regional. … MacNamee has eight home runs for the season, five in the last eight games. … LHP Konnor Pilkington (81st overall to White Sox) is the highest of seven draft picks. … RHP Cole Gordon has struck out 20 in his last 13 innings.
Texas (42-21)
Coach: David Pierce (81-46, 2 seasons at Texas; 278-154, 7 seasons overall).
Short hops: The No. 13 seed Longhorns will be making their 36th appearance, 11 more than the next closest team (Miami). … Their 85 CWS wins are 11 more than Southern California’s 74. … 2B Kody Clemens, the Big 12 player of the year and son of seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, has hit five home runs and driven in 11 runs in the NCAA Tournament. … Every recruiting class signed by the late Augie Garrido has made at least one trip to the CWS. Garrido, who stepped down in 2016 after coaching Texas for 20 seasons, was the all-time NCAA wins leader until Florida State’s Mike Martin passed him in May. Garrido died in March.
Arkansas (44-19)
Coach: Dave Van Horn (639-362, 16
seasons at Arkansas; 1,224-602, 30 seasons overall).
Short hops: No. 5 seed Hogs’ 94 home runs are fourth nationally and second among CWS teams behind Florida’s 96. … Four players have 13 or more homers. … LHP Matt Cronin needs two saves to break school season record of 13 held by volunteer assistant Colby Suggs.
Texas Tech (44-18)
Coach: Tim Tadlock (238-130, 6 seasons at Texas Tech; 673-256, 20 seasons overall).
Short hops: Third CWS appearance in five seasons for No. 13 seed Red Raiders. … 3B Josh Jung (.390) comes in with top batting average among CWS players. .. Highest-scoring (8.3 rpg) and top slugging team (.512) in field. … Allowing 3.74 walks per nine innings in NCAA Tournament, down from 5.57 through May 27. … LF Grant Little (74th overall by Padres) is program’s highest draft pick since 2012. … Red Raiders’ 14-0 start was best in program history, and they set school record with 37-inning shutout streak in February.
Florida (47-19)
Coach: Kevin O’Sullivan (495-227, 11 seasons at Florida and overall).
Short hops: This is No. 1 seed Gators’ seventh CWS appearance since 2010, all under O’Sullivan. … Team has three of the top 33 draft picks in 3B Jonathan India (No. 5 to Reds), RHP Brady Singer (No. 18 to Royals) and RHP Jackson Kowar (No. 33 to Royals). … Florida has hit 15 homers in seven games and have 96 for the season, most of the remaining teams.