Auburn Super Regional
No. 13 Coastal Carolina 4, No. 4 Auburn 1 (CCU wins series 2-0) (box score)
No. 13 Coastal Carolina advances to the College World Series
Jacob Morrison and Hayden Johnson combined to hold Auburn to one run as CCU advanced to the College World Series with its 23rd consecutive victory. Morrison allowed six hits and one run over the first six innings with three walks and six strikeouts. Johnson (5-0) pitched the final three scoreless frames with two hits, one walk and five punchouts. The Tigers (41-20) got on the scoreboard first with an RBI single by Chase Fralick in the top of the second. The Chanticleers (53-11) tied it in the seventh on a run-scoring base hit by Walker Mitchell and took the lead when Mitchell scored on an error. Wells Sykes was plunked with the bases loaded to extend the lead to 3-1. Mitchell (3 for 5, 1 R, 2 RBI) added insurance with an RBI single in the eighth. Sebastian Alexander went 3 for 4 and scored twice for CCU. Bristol Carter had two hits for Auburn. The Chanticleers are returning to the College World Series for the first time since 2016, when they won the national championship.
Fayetteville Super Regional
No. 3 Arkansas 4, No. 14 Tennessee 3 (UA leads series 1-0) (box score)
Zach Root and Gabe Gaeckle combined on a two-hitter as UA edged UT. Root (8-5) allowed one hit and one earned run with two walks and six strikeouts. Gaeckle gave up one run over the final two frames with no walks and two punchouts to record his second save. Cam Kozeal scored on a wild pitch in the second as the Razorbacks (47-13) took the early lead. Dalton Bargo reached on an error and Dean Curley followed with a homer in the top of the fifth to give the Vols (46-18) a 2-1 edge. In the bottom of the frame, Ryder Helfrick hammered a two-run dinger to put the Hogs on top for good at 3-2. Charles Davalan added an RBI single in the sixth to give the home team a 4-2 advantage. Andrew Fischer went deep in the top of the ninth for the Vols to make it a one-run contest.
Los Angeles Super Regional
No. 15 UCLA 5, UTSA 2 (UCLA leads series 1-0) (box score)
Roman Martin had two hits and knocked in three as UCLA edged UTSA. Mason Lytle homered in the first and Caden Miller stole home in the second as the Roadrunners (47-14) grabbed the early lead. Mulivai Levu had a run-scoring double and Martin drove in a run with a groundout in the third as the Bruins (46-16) leveled the score at 2-2. Dean West delivered a sacrifice fly in the fourth as UCLA took the lead for good. Martin added a two-run triple in the eighth to complete the scoring. Michael Barnett (12-1, 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, K) earned the win. Jack O’Connor pitched a perfect seventh, August Souza fanned two in a 1-2-3 eighth, and Easton Hawk struck out two of the three hitters he faced in the ninth to record the save.
Louisville Super Regional
Miami (Fla.) 9, Louisville 6 (series tied 1-1) (box score)
Jake Ogden smacked a three-run homer in the fourth and Daniel Cuvet launched a three-run dinger in the eighth as UM evened its series with UL. Eddie King Jr. had a two-run homer in the third and Jake Munroe went deep in the fourth as the Cards (39-22) took a 4-1 advantage. Ogden’s three-run shot capped a four-run fourth as the Canes (35-26) went up 5-4. King Jr. went deep again in the seventh to tie the game at 5-5 before an RBI single by Renzo Gonzalez gave UM a 6-5 edge. Cuvet’s three-run homer put the Canes up 9-5 before UL added a run in the ninth.
Chapel Hill Super Regional
Arizona 10, No. 5 North Carolina 8 (series tied 1-1) (box score)
Maddox Mihalakis had a two-run single to snap an 8-8 tie and cap a four-run seventh as UA leveled its series at UNC. The Tar Heels (46-14) plated two in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead before the Wildcats (43-19) plated two in the fourth and single runs in the fifth and sixth to give UA a 6-4 edge. Tyson Bass belted a three-run homer in the seventh and Jackson Van De Brake drew a bases-loaded walk later in the frame as UNC went up 8-6 before the four-run outburst in the bottom of the seventh for the Wildcats. Mihalakis had two hits and three RBI for UA. Carter French went 4 for 5, while Van De Brake walked four times for the Tar Heels.
Durham Super Regional
Duke 7, Murray State 4 (Duke leads series 1-0) (box score)
Kyle Johnson went 4 for 4 with five RBI as Duke downed MSU in the first game of their series. The Racers (42-15) tallied single runs in the second and third before a two-run homer by Johnson in the bottom of the third tied the game at 2-2. Johnson snapped the deadlock with a two-run double in the fourth and Jake Berger came home on a wild pitch as the Blue Devils (42-19) went up 5-2. Johnson added an RBI double in a two-run sixth as the lead grew to 7-2. MSU plated two in the seventh, but fell 7-4. Dom Decker went 4 for 5 with two RBI for the Racers.
Baton Rouge Super Regional
No. 6 LSU 16, West Virginia 9 (LSU leads series 1-0) (box score)
Derek Curiel had a three-run homer to put LSU on top for good, while Steven Milam and Josh Pearson added grand slams in a romp over WVU. The Mountaineers (44-15) tallied a run in the second before Curiel (3 for 3, 3 R, 5 RBI) smacked a three-run homer in the fifth to put the Tigers (47-15) up 3-1. Milam had a grand slam to spark a seven-run fifth as the lead grew to 10-1. Skylar King had a two-run single in a four-run sixth as WVU pulled within five at 10-5. Pearson had a grand slam to cap a six-run sixth for LSU. Gavin Kelly had a two-run dinger in the seventh and Kyle West went deep with a runner on in the ninth for the Mountaineers.