Oregon State’s late rally ousts North Carolina

OMAHA, Neb. — Brett Daniels walked in the goahead run after Adley Rutschman tied it with a three-run double in the eighth inning, and Oregon State knocked North Carolina out of the College World Series with an 11-6 win Wednesday.

It was a stunning turnabout after the Tar Heels had wiped out a 3-0 deficit to go up 6-3 in the sixth. North Carolina had been 37-0 when leading after seven innings and had won 50 straight when scoring six runs, the longest streak in Division I.

But Tyler Malone hit his second homer of the CWS and the Beavers’ third of the game as Oregon State (51-11-1) built a five-run cushion and avenged Saturday’s 8-6 loss to the Tar Heels (44-20).

North Carolina’s eighthinning meltdown in a steady mist saw three pitchers walk four batters, one intentionally, and allow three hits.

No. 9 batter Zak Taylor started things off with a leadoff single. With the bases loaded, Rutschman drove a pitch to the center-field wall for his bases-clearing double off Daniels. Daniels then walked two in a row, the first intentionally, to fill the bases again and ran the count full against Jack Anderson before walking him to force in Rutschman.

The Beavers’ Luke Heimlich, the two-time Pac-12 pitcher of the year, couldn’t make it out of the third inning for a second straight start in Omaha.

Oregon State will play Mississippi State in a bracket final. The Beavers would need to win Friday and again Saturday to reach the best-ofthree finals.

Arkansas 7, Texas Tech 4: Dominic Fletcher went 4-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs and Arkansas pitchers struck out 14 as the Razorbacks won their second game to take control of Bracket 1.

Razorbacks starter Kacey Murphy limited Texas Tech to two runs and two hits in 42⁄3 innings. The Detroit Tigers’ 11th-round draft pick struck out seven. Barrett Loseke struck out five in three innings of shutout relief.

The Red Raiders (45-19) had come into the game scoring 8.2 runs per game and batting .311. Their six hits were their fewest in 19 games.

Arkansas (46-19) needs one more win, Friday or Saturday, to move to the best-of-three finals next week.

MLB in Omaha: The Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals will play a regular-season game in Omaha the week the 2019 College World Series opens, the Associated Press has learned. A news conference with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred was scheduled for Thursday in Omaha.