Beavers’ offense keeps on humming

OMAHA, Neb. — It has been decades since an offense at the College World Series has been as prolific as Oregon State’s.

The good times — and the runs — kept rolling for the Beavers in a 12- 2 win over Mississippi State on Friday. Oregon State used a five- run second inning to build a big lead, batted around twice and never was threatened thanks to Brandon Eisert’s season- long 51⁄ innings of onehit shutout relief.

Oregon State joined 1995 Cal State Fullerton as the only teams in CWS history to score 11 or more runs in three consecutive games. The Beavers’ 43 runs is the highest total by a team through four games since 2001.

“When you’re swinging the bat well, you have a lot of confidence going up and down the lineup,” coach Pat Casey said. “We’ve got a team approach to swinging. I think they have a lot of trust in one another. I’ve been through spells during the year when we haven’t swung the bat well. They’re swinging it well at the right time. Certainly it’s something I’m excited about.”

The Beavers ( 51- 11- 1) have staved off elimination three times since losing their CWS opener to North Carolina last Saturday. They beatWashington, North Carolina and now Mississippi State. Another win over the Bulldogs ( 39- 18) on Saturday would send Oregon State to the best- of- three CWS finals for the first time since 2007.

OSU put the game out of reach when it batted around in a four- run seventh to go up 11- 2.

Arkansas 5, Florida 2: Isaiah Campbell limited the Gators to two hits over 51⁄ innings and the Razorbacks ( 47- 19) scored four times in five innings against first- round draft pick Brady Singer to earn a spot in the finals with a win over the defending champions.

No. 1 seed Florida ( 49- 21) lost for the first time in eight NCAA elimination games.