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06/21 17:18 CDT North Carolina forces winner-take-all CWS final after Lynch,
Glauber cool off Oklahoma's hot offense
North Carolina forces winner-take-all CWS final after Lynch, Glauber cool off
Oklahoma's hot offense
By ERIC OLSON
AP Sports Writer
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) --- Ryan Lynch and Caden Glauber cooled off Oklahoma's bats,
Owen Hull and Cooper Nicholson homered, and North Carolina beat Oklahoma 6-2 in
Game 2 of the College World Series finals Sunday.
The Tar Heels (54-13-1), who haven't lost consecutive games since early March,
bounced back from a 9-3 loss in Game 1 to force a winner-take-all game Monday
night.
The Sooners (42-23) scored twice in the first inning and then had two hits and
a total of five baserunners the rest of the way. Lynch injured his lower left
side throwing a pitch in the fifth and gave way to Glauber (12-0), who struck
out the side and fanned a total of eight over five innings. The Tar Heels
improved to 29-0 when he pitches.
OU, which had been averaging 9.4 runs per game in the postseason and 8.25 in
the CWS, was held to its fewest runs since a May 19 loss to LSU. The Sooners
hadn't been held scoreless over eight straight innings since a 3-0 loss to
Southeastern Louisiana on March 17. Its four hits were its fewest since a March
19 loss to LSU.
OU freshman starter Xander Mercurius (1-3) struck out six of the first seven
batters he faced but encountered trouble when Carolina's first two batters
reached base in the third inning. Jake Schaffner pulled a ball into the
right-field corner for a two-run triple and scored on a wild pitch to put the
Tar Heels up 3-2. Mercurius left after Hull's second homer of the CWS and ninth
of the season leading off the fifth.
Nicholson's team-leading 16th homer, off Nate Smithburg in the seventh, made it
6-2.
Glauber walked consecutive batters with one out in the ninth. The game ended
when Dasan Harris grounded to second and Gavin Gallaher turned an unassisted
double play that was confirmed after Oklahoma challenged the call.
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