COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Texas must beat Rice twice to gain the best-of-3 finals

The Longhorns have lost both of their gams against the Owls this year.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Texas faces a tough challenge if it hopes to repeat as champion of the College World Series.
The Longhorns must beat Rice twice in two days in order to advance to the best-of-3 championship round of the CWS. Rice, which beat the Longhorns in the two games between the teams this season, needs one win to advance.
"We can't look at it like we've got to win two games," Texas relief pitcher Huston Street said. "We've got to go inning by inning and can't get ahead of ourselves. We'll go out and play our best ball and see what happens from there."
Rice beat the Longhorns 2-1 in the regular season and 12-2 on Monday at the CWS.
Stanford will also be facing an opponent it has had trouble with. The Cardinal must beat Cal State Fullerton twice in two days to advance. Fullerton, which has beaten Stanford four times this season, needs just one win.
Fullerton swept the Cardinal by scores of 7-3, 10-2 and 8-2 in the regular season and won 6-5 here on Sunday.
Familiarity
"We've played them eight times over the last two years, so we all know what we're getting in to," said Stanford pitcher John Hudgins, who will get the start Wednesday.
The Longhorns (50-19) eliminated Miami on Tuesday night with a 5-1 victory. The Cardinal (48-16) ousted South Carolina with a 13-6 win.
Texas freshman Sam LeCure held Miami to one run over 6 2/3 innings and Street retired all seven batters he faced as Texas advanced.
The defending national champions would have been eliminated with a loss.
"I want to be that guy who goes out there when the team needs a win," LeCure said. "I like that pressure on my shoulders."
Texas coach Augie Garrido said LeCure's competitiveness rubbed off on the team, which played error-free defense.
"You could see he was going to pitch with no fear," Garrido said.
Street's 14th save
Street picked up his 14th save of the season and became the first pitcher to record five saves in his career at the CWS.
The Longhorns managed only six hits, but four Miami pitchers issued eight walks.
Both Miami CWS losses came against Texas. The Longhorns won 13-2 on Saturday.
"Tonight was a better game," Hurricanes coach Jim Morris said, "but we gave them too many opportunities with walks and didn't get any hits with runners on base."
LeCure (5-0) allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out two. The only run he gave up came on Brian Barton's RBI double in the sixth.
Texas scored three times against Miami starter Brandon Camardese (9-2) in the third inning. Michael Hollimon hit his third homer of the season leading off the inning, and Dustin Majewski later doubled in two more runs.
Stanford 13, South Carolina 6
Stanford's Danny Putnam said he just wanted a couple of hits. He did a lot better than that.
Putnam went 4-for-5 with a homer, double and five RBIs as the Cardinal stayed alive.
"On those little questionnaires of what's your best baseball experience, this might go down as one of them," Putnam said.
Stanford had 17 hits, the most allowed by the Gamecocks (45-22) this season.
Putnam drove in a run with a first-inning single, another with a third-inning double, two more with a seventh-inning homer and yet another with a single in the eighth.
Reinforcement
Jonny Ash was 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs, and Carlos Quentin 3-for-3 with two RBIs, as Stanford faced four South Carolina pitchers.
Stanford starter Ryan McCally pitched six shutout innings and gave up one run before leaving after the seventh. McCally allowed six hits, walked four and struck out two in his first start since pitching a complete-game victory against Illinois-Chicago on May 30 in the NCAA regional.