IT'S A WINNER-TAKE-ALL GAME TODAY AT 430 IN CORVALLIS WHEN OREGON STATE FACES AUBURN IN THE THIRD, AND DECIDING GAME OF THE NCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL SUPER-REGIONAL PLAYOFFS.
AT STAKE IS A TRIP TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA WHICH BEGINS FRIDAY.
LAST NIGHT, THE BEAVERS HELD OFF AUBURN IN A 'MUST-WIN' GAME FOR OSU BEATING THE TIGERS, 4-3 TO EVEN THE SUPER-REGIONAL SERIES AT ONE GAME A PIECE.
AUBURN TOOK DOWN THE BEAVERS, 7-5 IN THE OPENING GAME SATURDAY.
WITH A WIN TODAY, OREGON STATE WILL ADVANCE TO OMAHA FOR THE 8TH TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
ELSEWHERE, STANFORD, THE PAC-12 REGULAR SEASON, AND LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS LOST THEIR SUPER-REGIONAL OPENING GAME AT HOME TO CONNECTICUT, 13-TO-12, BUT THE CARDINAL CAME BACK TO WIN LAST NIGHT, 8-2 TO FORCE A DECIDING THIRD-GAME TONIGHT AT 7.
6 OF THE 8 SPOTS IN OMAHA ARE FILLED INCLUDING NOTRE DAME WHO ELIMINATED TOP-RATED TENNESSEE.
THE IRISH OPEN THE WORLD SERIES FACING TEXAS WHO IS MAKING THEIR 38TH APPEARANCE IN OMAHA.
TEXAS A&M PLAYS OKLAHOMA, ARKANSAS AWAITS THE STANFORD-UCONN WINNER, AND OLE MISS IS WAITING FOR EITHER OREGON STATE, OR AUBURN.
THE WORLD SERIES WHICH BEGINS FRIDAY IS AN 8-TEAM, DOUBLE-ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT WITH TWO 4-TEAM BRACKETS, AND THE WINNERS MEET FOR A BEST-OF-3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.
