Florida State sent home from CWS

Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb.

Matt Curry hit a go-ahead grand slam in TCU’s eight-run eighth inning and the Horned Frogs eliminated Florida State from the College World Series with a 11-7 victory Wednesday night.

The dramatic win carries the Frogs to the Bracket 1 championship game in their first CWS appearance. They will play UCLA on Friday, needing to beat the Bruins twice to reach next week’s best-of-three finals.

The Seminoles, without a national title in 20 CWS appearances, went 1-2 this year after blowing a five-run lead in an error-filled performance against TCU.

The Frogs trailed 7-3 entering the eighth, and it was a two-run game when Curry came to bat against closer Mike McGee.

Erik Miller (1-1) got the win for TCU. McGee (4-1) took the loss.

Clemson 6, Oklahoma 4

Clemson took advantage of Oklahoma’s fourth-inning pitching meltdown and a costly error in the fifth to beat the Sooners.

Oklahoma scored each of the last three innings but couldn’t come all the way back from the 6-1 deficit it faced when the game was suspended after the fifth inning Tuesday because of weather.

The Tigers (45-23) move to the Bracket 2 championship game on Friday against either Oklahoma (50-17) or South Carolina. Those teams play tonight, and the winner would have to beat Clemson twice to make it to next week’s best-of-three finals.

Clemson held on when Oklahoma looked ready to break out when the game resumed Wednesday afternoon.

Will Lamb struck out the side after Oklahoma’s Cameron Seitzer homered leading off the seventh.

Tyler Ogle’s high fly in the eighth narrowly stayed inside the right-field foul pole to cut Clemson’s lead to 6-3. Danny Black’s two-out double put runners at second and third. Dominic Leone came on for Clemson and walked the dangerous Seitzer to load the bases before getting pinch hitter Casey Johnson to pop out.

Chris Ellison singled leading off the OU ninth and came home on Ogle’s double off Alex Frederick. But Cody Reine, the potential tying run, flew out to end the game. Frederick earned his second save of the CWS and fourth of the season.

Clemson starter Scott Weismann allowed a run.