COLLEGE BASEBALL | Sunday’s World Series games

Coastal Carolina 2, Florida 1

OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Andrew Beckwith matched his career high with seven strikeouts, Zach Remillard doubled and tripled in runs, and Coastal Carolina upset No. 1 national seed Florida in the program’s first College World Series game. The Chanticleers of the Big South Conference pulled the stunner against the vaunted Florida pitching staff that sent to the mound two first-round picks, a second-rounder, third-rounder and 10th-rounder. Beckwith (13-1), never drafted, put on a dazzling and efficient performance mixing sidearm and overhand deliveries. The Gators’ only run came on Jeremy Vasquez’s pinch single in the fifth. Beckwith allowed two singles the rest of the way and retired the last 10 batters in the first complete game of his career. He set down the Gators’ 3-4-5 batters in the bottom of the ninth. Peter Alonso popped out and JJ Schwarz grounded out. That prompted the Chanticleers’ fans to start chanting “C-C-U! C-C-U!” and “Let’s go Coastal!” before Mike Rivera grounded out, with shortstop Michael Paez double-pumping on his throw to first. The biggest victory in Coastal Carolina’s history comes in the third stage of its incredible postseason run. The Chanticleers beat host North Carolina State in the regional final and swept No. 8 national seed LSU on the road in super regionals to advance to Omaha.

TCU 5, Texas Tech 3

OMAHA, NEBRASKA

Luken Baker hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the ninth and TCU beat No. 5 national seed Texas Tech in a College World Series meeting of Big 12 rivals. The Horned Frogs (48-16) trailed by a run after Hunter Hargrove’s tiebreaking double in the bottom of the eighth. But after reliever Robert Dugger issued a walk to start the ninth and gave up a single to Evan Skoug, Baker sent a towering shot just inside the left-field foul pole into the seats above the bullpen. Freshman closer Durbin Feltman came on and pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save. TCU, in the CWS for the third straight year, will play Coastal Carolina on Tuesday. The Red Raiders (46-19), who went 0-2 in 2014 in their only other CWS appearance, will try to stay alive against Florida on Tuesday afternoon. Cam Warner homered for the third time in the NCAA Tournament and sixth time this season to put TCU up 2-1 in the fifth, but Tanner Gardner doubled in a run in the bottom half to tie it. TCU reliever Brian Trieglaff retired eight straight batters before Corey Raley singled with one out in the eighth. After Tyler Neslone struck out and Raley stole second, Trieglaff intentionally walked Big 12 player of the year Eric Gutierrez. Hargrove followed with a hard shot down the left-field line to bring home the go-ahead run, ending Trieglaff’s streak of 12 1/3 shutout innings over eight appearances. Dugger (6-1), who had pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings in the NCAA Tournament, came on for the ninth and struggled. A walk to Austen Wade and Skoug’s single set the stage for the 6-foot-4, 265-pound Baker to go deep for the 10th time this season. Ryan Burnett (3-1) pitched a third of an inning and earned the win.

Associated Press