Nobach blast rallies Oregon St. at CWS
Kyle Nobach hit a three-run homer to put Oregon State in control in the seventh inning, Kevin Abel pitched four strong innings of relief and Oregon State sent Pac-12 rival Washington home from the College World Series with a 14-5 win last night in Omaha, Neb.
The Beavers erased early deficits, starting their comeback just before a 4-hour, 31-minute weather delay and picking up where they left off when play resumed.
Oregon State (50-11-1), the No. 3 national seed, was coming off a loss to North Carolina in its CWS opener and still must win three more games to reach the best-ofthree finals. Washington (35-26) went two games and out in its first CWS.
Washington had leads of 3-0 and 5-4 before the teams were pulled off the field with lightning near TD Ameritrade Park in the top of the sixth inning.
Also, the NCAA has postponed the North Carolina-Mississippi State game at the CWS until this morning . . . .
Longtime Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin will return to coach the Seminoles for his 40th and final season in 2019, the school announced. Next season will serve as a farewell tour of sorts for Martin, who became the NCAA all-time leader in career wins in 2018. Martin is 13 wins shy of 2,000 for his career.
Knicks star’s dad indicted
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment charging the father of NBA player Enes Kanter with “membership in a terror group,” the country’s official news agency reported. The indictment followed an investigation of Mehmet Kanter, and prosecutors planned to seek his conviction and a prison term of five to 10 years at trial . ...
The PGA Tour will soon be making a regular stop in Minnesota. Long host to the 3M Championship, a thriving tournament on the senior circuit, the TPC Twin Cities course in suburban Minneapolis has landed a spot on the main PGA Tour with a seven-year contract starting in 2019. The event will be called the 3M Open . . . .
The Panthers have signed wide receiver D.J. Moore, their firstround pick who was selected 24th overall . . . .
Walter Bahr, the last living member of the U.S. soccer team that upset England at the 1950 World Cup, has died at age 91 . . . .
Marin Cilic made a winning start at Queen’s Club in London by beating Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4 . . . .
Seeded players Dominic Thiem, Roberto Bautista Agut and Kei Nishikori all came through their first-round matches at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany.