COLLEGE WORLD SERIES roundup

Masters’ triple hands Tech win over Hogs

Omaha, Neb.

Cody Master’s first triple of the season drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, Taylor Floyd held off Arkansas in the ninth and Texas Tech stayed alive in the College World Series with a 5-4 win Monday.

The No. 8 national seed Red Raiders (45-19) bounced back from a 5-3 loss to Michigan and will to play the Wolverines again.

No. 5 Arkansas (46-20) was eliminated in two games a year after making it to the CWS finals.

Masters’ winning hit came after Cody Scroggins (3-2) struck out Tech star Josh Jung but walked Cameron Warren with two outs. Masters then launched Scroggins’ low fastball into right center. The ball bounced off the wall, allowing Warren to score and Masters to reach third.

Arkansas had two runners on base with no outs in the ninth after Jacob Nesbit was hit by a pitch from John McMillon (4-3) and Christian Franklin singled off Taylor Floyd. Floyd, who earned his fourth save, then retired the top three batters in the Razorbacks’ order, with Matt Goodheart flying out to end the game.

The teams combined for four home runs, tying the single game record at 8-year-old TD Ameritrade Park.

Heston Kjersted was the first to go deep, helping Arkansas get out to a 3-0 lead on Caleb Kilian. The Red Raiders got home runs from Warren in the fourth, Easton Murrell in the fifth and Jung in the sixth to go up 4-3.

Kilian, the San Francisco Giants’ eighth-round draft pick two weeks ago, allowed six hits and three runs and struck out a season-high nine.

Henry pitches Michigan past FSU

Dateline

OMAHA, Neb.

Tommy Henry limited Florida State to three hits, and Jesse Franklin’s first-inning home run stood up in Michigan’s 2-0 win at the College World Series on Monday night.

The Wolverines (48-20) took control of Bracket 1 in their first CWS appearance since 1984 and need one more win Friday to reach the best-of-three finals next week.

Henry (11-5) struck out 10 and walked none. He went to three-ball counts just twice, both times in the first inning.

The Wolverines are 2-0 in a CWS for the first time in six appearances since 1962.

The Seminoles (42-22) failed to win their first two games at a CWS for a 13th straight time since opening 2-0 in 1989.

Mike Salvatore had two of the three hits against Henry, the No. 74 overall draft pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks last month.

FSU starter CJ Van Eyk (10-4) lasted 42/3 innings, his shortest outing in six starts since May 4. He struck out nine, allowed six singles and walked two after Franklin’s home run.

Associated Press