COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Cal State Fullerton stops Stanford, 6-5

The Cardinal had won four straight over the Titans in the tournament.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Cal State Fullerton had an uncharacteristically positive outlook heading into its College World Series matchup with Stanford.
The Cardinal had won four straight over the Titans in the NCAA tournament, and five of seven meetings in Omaha before this year. But the Titans opened this season with a three-game sweep of the Cardinal at home.
"In recent years, we haven't had great success against them here," Titans coach George Horton said. "I think the karma here was better for us, knowing we've had success against them."
Richie Burgos hit a tie-breaking triple in the seventh inning, and relievers Wes Littleton and Chad Cordero held Stanford hitless over the last four innings in a 6-5 victory Sunday night.
"We've had a lot of great battles," Horton said. "We were just lucky to get one more point than them tonight."
Looking ahead
The Titans (50-14) play again Wednesday, and could meet the Cardinal again -- if Stanford (47-16) beats South Carolina in an elimination game Tuesday. The Gamecocks (45-21) stayed alive Sunday with an 11-10 victory over Louisiana State.
Today's games pit Southwest Missouri State (40-25) against Miami (44-16-1), and Texas (49-18) against Rice (54-11). P.J. Pilittere scored the winning run for Fullerton on Burgos' triple, which knocked out Stanford freshman starter Mark Romanczuk (12-1), the first Cardinal pitcher to win his first 12 decisions.
Burgos' deep fly bounced off the glove of Stanford right fielder Carlos Quentin, and as Pilittere headed to third, Titans third-base coach Rick Vanderhook signaled him to come around and score.
South Carolina 11, LSU 10
South Carolina stayed alive despite squandering a six-run first-inning lead against the Tigers. The Gamecocks trailed by three before Landon Powell's tie-breaking double in the eighth inning put them on top to stay.
LSU (45-22-1) was knocked out of the CWS in two games for only the second time in 12 appearances in Omaha.