Hogs upset #2 Cal State Fullerton in College World Series!
The NCAA College World Series is officially underway, and in the first game we got a huge upset.
Unseeded Arkansas topped #2 national seed Cal State Fullerton by a final score of 10-6. Entering the ninth inning, UA held a 10-5 lead, the biggest deficit for CS-Fullerton this season. The Titans managed one run in the ninth, but were unable to catch up to the Hogs and will now have to attempt to work their way out of the loser’s bracket.
The Hogs opened the game with two runs in the first off Titans pitcher Noe Ramirez. In the top of the third, UA’s Zach Cox hit a 2-run homer to add to the score, but the Titans answered back with two runs in the bottom of the inning, ending the third at 4-2 Hogs.
But most of the damage was done in the fifth inning, when Arkansas extended it’s lead to 9-2, led by Andy Wilkins’ 3-run homer. Arkansas finished it’s scoring off in the top of the eighth on a Wilkins single.
There was a bit of controversy in the bottom of the eighth when CSF’s Gary Brown was obviously hit by a pitch on the elbow pad, but as he started to take his base the home plate umpire called him back and called ball three.
LSU takes the field at 7 p.m. to take on Virginia. Catch the game on ESPN.
CWS NOTES:
This marks the 17th consecutive year that the SEC has been represented in the CWS, but the conference hasn’t won a title since LSU’s in 2000.
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