Jones, Stanford bring Tech’s season to end

LUBBOCK — Brock Jones hit three home runs, Alex Williams pitched a complete game shutout, and No. 9 seed Stanford advanced to the College World Series with a 9-0 win over No. 8 seed Texas Tech in Game 2 of the Lubbock Super Regional on Saturday.

Jones went 3-for-5 and scored four runs. His solo home run in the first, grand slam in the sixth and solo shot in the eighth accounted for all six of his RBIs.

Williams (4-2) allowed two hits, walked one, hit one batter and tied a career high with 10 strikeouts. It was his second complete game win in a postseason start. He went the distance in Stanford’s 12-3 win over Sacramento State to avoid elimination in the 2019 regional.

The Cardinal (38-15) outscored Texas Tech 24-3 in the two-game series and will make their 17th trip to Omaha. It’s their first since 2008 after losses in the super regional round in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2019.

Patrick Monteverde (7-4) went 3 2⁄3 innings and struck out seven for the Red Raiders (39-17).

NORTH CAROLINA ST. 6 ARKANSAS 5

Jose Torres hit the first of three home runs in the fourth inning and the Wolfpack defeated the top-seeded Razorbacks to avoid elimination.

North Carolina State (34-18), which allowed 17 hits and 21 runs in a Game 1 loss on Friday, gave up just four hits Saturday to force a Game 3.

The Wolfpack have won seven of the last eight games away from home and handed Arkansas (50-12) its seventh loss in 37 games at Baum-Walker Stadium this season.

Sam Highfill (8-2) pitched 6 1⁄3 innings, allowing three earned runs with five strikeouts.

VANDERBILT 4, EAST CAROLINA 1

Jack Leiter had 10 strikeouts in seven innings and the No. 4 seed Commodores advanced to the College World Series with a win over the No. 13 seed Pirates in Game 2 of the Nashville Super Regional.

Leiter (10-3) allowed two hits, one of them a solo home run to Josh Moylan in the seventh. It was the only run the Commodores (45-15) allowed during the series.

MISSISSIPPI ST. 9, NOTRE DAME 8

Logan Tanner hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh and the No. 7 seed Bulldogs rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the No. 10 seed Fighting Irish in Game 1 of the Starkville Super Regional.

Texas Tech Athletics Stanford players celebrate after their 9-0 win over Texas Tech in Lubbock on Saturday earned the Cardinal a trip to the College World Series.