The North Carolina Tar Heels, needing a win or the Oklahoma Sooners would be College Baseball Champions, handled their job.
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Game 2:
Jason Walk opened the scoring when he stole third in the bottom of the first and scored on a throwing error by catcher Colin Hynek. The Sooners added to their lead when Jaxon Willits doubled home a run to make it 2-0. That woke the North Carolina bats up. In the third, Jake Schaffner tripled home two runs to tie the game. Schaffner then scored on a wild pitch, giving the Tar Heels a 3-2 lead. In the fifth, Owen Hull hit a solo home run to make it 4-2. In the seventh, Cooper Nicholson hit a two-run home run to put the game away as the Tar Heels won 6-2 and forced a winner-take-all game three.
Ryan Lynch got the start for North Carolina. He went four innings, allowing two runs on three hits. He walked one and struck out five. Lynch left the game with an oblique injury. He told the Tar Heels’ head coach he felt it in warm-ups, and he can’t go; he tried, but his day was done. Freshman phenom Caden Glauber pitched the rest of the way, going five scoreless innings, allowing a hit, two walks, and striking out eight. Xander Mercurius got the start for Oklahoma, going four innings, allowing four runs on five hits. He walked three and struck out eight. The Sooners used six other pitchers who combined to go five innings. They allowed two runs on three hits. They walked six and struck out seven.
Championship Schedule
Game 3: Monday 8:00 PM EST
