COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Oregon State evens series 11-7, forces deciding game with North Carolina

The Beavers scored seven times in the fourth inning against the Tar Heels.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Bill Rowe's three-run homer capped Oregon State's seven-run fourth inning, and the Beavers forced a deciding game in the championship round of the College World Series with an 11-7 victory over North Carolina on Sunday night.
Oregon State (49-16) and North Carolina (54-14) will play tonight, with the winner taking home its first national title in baseball.
The Beavers are trying to become the first Pac-10 team to win the College World Series since Southern California in 1998. The Tar Heels hope to become the first Atlantic Coast Conference team to win it since Wake Forest in 1955.
Leading the Beavers
Rowe went 2-for-5 with four RBIs, and closer Kevin Gunderson (3-2) pitched a season-high 51/3 relief innings as the Beavers erased an early five-run deficit and ended the Tar Heels' nine-game winning streak.
With Oregon State down 5-0 in the fourth, Tyler Graham drew a leadoff walk and stole third after John Wallace's single. Chris Kunda walked to load the bases, and Shea McFeely followed with a two-run double.
Matt Danford (7-2) came on in relief of starter Robert Woodard and struck out Scott Santschi for the first out, but things unraveled quickly for the Tar Heels.
Darwin Barney singled past a diving Reid Fronk at third and Josh Horton at short to make it 5-3.
Danford then threw a wild pitch that bounced in front of catcher Tim Federowicz, deflected off his right shin guard and into the Beavers' dugout to force in a run.
Mitch Canham drew a walk, and one out later, Rowe turned on a 2-0 pitch and sent it into the lower level of seats in right field to give Oregon State a 7-5 lead.
Bullpen finally falters
The scoring outburst ended a 122/3-inning shutout streak in Omaha by the Tar Heels' bullpen. Danford allowed six runs and four hits in 2 1-3 innings.
The Beavers took an 11-5 lead with four more runs in the sixth on an RBI single by Rowe, Graham's run-scoring bunt single, Kunda's sacrifice fly and Federowicz's passed ball that allowed Graham to score.
Federowicz, 4-for-4 with four RBIs, hit a two-run homer off Gunderson -- after Jay Cox was hit by a pitch -- in the seventh to get the Tar Heels within four.
North Carolina, which has scored 10 of its 11 runs in the championship series with two outs, did it again in the second when Federowicz singled, moved to second on Seth Williams' base hit and scored on Matt Spencer's single to take a 1-0 lead.
North Carolina scored three runs with two outs in the third on Chad Flack's RBI single and Federowicz's two-run double off starter Mike Stutes to take a 4-0 lead.
Fronk's RBI single -- also with two outs -- in the fourth made it 5-0. Oregon State turned to Gunderson with two outs in the inning, and the closer shut down the Tar Heels.
Late Saturday
Flack hit a leadoff triple and rumbled home to score the go-ahead run on a passed ball in the eighth inning, leading North Carolina to a 4-3 victory in the opening game.
With the game tied at 3 in the eighth, Flack hit a hard liner into the right-field corner and slid into third with a triple. With Jay Cox at the plate, reliever Joe Paterson threw an inside pitch that tipped off catcher Mitch Canham's mitt and rolled to the backstop.
Flack, 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, took off for home as Canham recovered the ball and tossed it to Paterson at the plate -- but Flack slid headfirst ahead of the tag.
In the ninth, reliever Jonathan Hovis (8-2) issued a leadoff walk to Kunda, but Andrew Carignan came on after Canham's sacrifice and struck out Darwin Barney and Wallace for his 15th save.
Paterson (1-1), who came on in relief of starter Dallas Buck, took the loss for Oregon State.