NCAA BASEBALL Carolina wins 7-5 in 13th

Clemson beat Georgia Tech 8-4 in another contest.
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OMAHA, Neb. -- Josh Horton broke a tie with an RBI single in the 13th inning and North Carolina beat Cal State Fullerton 7-5 on Friday night in the second-longest game in College World Series history at 4 hours, 53 minutes.
The only longer game in the CWS' 60-year history was Oklahoma State's 5-hour, 13-inning win over Arizona State in 1981.
The Tar Heels won after surviving a quirky 11th inning that saw Cory Vanderhook's baserunning blunder take Fullerton out of a good scoring opportunity.
North Carolina had four straight singles to open the 13th against Lauren Gagnier (14-5), Fullerton's No. 2 starter who was making a rare relief appearance.
Andrew Carignan pitched an inning of two-hit relief to earn his 14th save. Matt Danford (7-1) was the winner.
The Tar Heels (51-13) advanced to a Sunday game against Clemson. Fullerton (48-14), which saw its 12-game winning streak end, will meet Georgia Tech in an elimination game.
North Carolina's Mike Cavasinni singled leading off the 13th and Reid Fronk followed with hard grounder that bounced off second baseman Justin Turner for a single. Horton singled into right for the tiebreaking run, and the Tar Heels got an insurance run on Tim Federowicz's bases-loaded hit.
Clemson 8, Georgia Tech 4
OMAHA, Neb. -- Andy D'Alessio hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to highlight the biggest late-game CWS comeback in 20 years.
The Tigers capitalized on Georgia Tech's bullpen meltdown to score all their runs in the eighth inning. D'Alessio's homer off Ryan Turner allowed the Tigers to rally from a 4-0 deficit after Lee Hyde had held them to two hits over seven innings.
No team had come back from four or more runs down in the eighth inning to win in the CWS since Arizona rallied from a six-run deficit to beat Maine 8-7 in 1986.
The Tigers (53-14) beat fellow Atlantic Coast Conference member Georgia Tech (50-17) for the fourth time in seven meetings this season. It was the second time in a row the Tigers had used a big inning to beat the Yellow Jackets. Clemson scored 10 runs in the ninth inning of a 16-11 victory at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
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