Beavers rally to win CWS opener

omaha» Unbeaten national wins leader Jake Thompson was scuffling, his teammates were struggling against Connor Seabold, and powerhouse Oregon State was facing a four-run deficit — its biggest in almost two months.

This Beavers team can never be counted out, though. They have, after all, lost only four times.

After reliever Jake Mulholland settled things down for the Beavers and Cal State Fullerton coach Rick Vanderhook made a pitching change he ended up regretting, Oregon State came back to beat the Titans 6-5 on Saturday in the College World Series opener.

“I think just with how this whole season’s gone for us, we know that we’re in just about any game,” the Beavers’ Jack Anderson said. “Doesn’t matter. We’re down one, down four, we’re just believing in ourselves regardless of the score.”

Adley Rutschman hit the tiebreaking single in the eighth inning after having flied out four times and stranded eight runners in his previous at-bats, Mulholland pitched 4L innings of no-hit relief and No. 1 seed Oregon State (55-4) extended its winning streak to 22 games. Greg Deichmann drove in the go-ahead run during a wild eighth inning and LSU won its 17th straight game with a victory over Florida State.

Jared Poche’ (11-3) worked 2M shutout innings in a rare relief appearance, and the Tigers advanced to a Bracket 1 winners’ game against Oregon State on Monday night.