{"id":10975,"date":"2015-06-25T08:45:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10975"},"modified":"2015-06-25T08:45:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:45:32","slug":"2015-cws-finals-virginia-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10975","title":{"rendered":"2015 CWS Finals: Virginia wins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10993\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WaddellBrandon-via-247sports.com_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10993\" class=\"wp-image-10993 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WaddellBrandon-via-247sports.com_-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"WaddellBrandon via 247sports.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WaddellBrandon-via-247sports.com_-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/WaddellBrandon-via-247sports.com_.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Waddell pitched the game of his life in the CWS final. Photo via 247sports.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a recap of our CWS coverage so far for 2015:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College Baseball 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10233\">Previews and pre-season Rankings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10642\">Regular Season Wrap up<\/a> for DC Local College teams<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10646\">Field of 64<\/a> announcement<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10671\">CWS Regional Results<\/a> and Super Regional Pairings<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10721\">CWS Super-Regionals recap<\/a> and CWS field<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10919\">CWS Group Winners<\/a> and CWS Final preview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the Finals played out.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">In Game One on 6\/22\/15<\/span>, UVA&#8217;s <strong>Connor Jones<\/strong> matched Vanderbilt&#8217;s ace <strong>Carson Fulmer<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiasports.com\/sports\/m-basebl\/stats\/2014-2015\/va0622.html\">zero for zero<\/a> for the first five innings.\u00a0 However, Vanderbilt got a well-timed opposite field double down the line to plate two and then scored three more, knocking Jones from the game in the 7th to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/2015\/06\/23\/college-world-series-game-1-vanderbilt-virginia-carson-fulmer\">win game one 5-1<\/a>.\u00a0 Fulmer was outstanding, holding UVA to just 2\u00a0 hits through 7 2\/3rds innings, leaving with a large lead in his final collegate appearance (he was <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/events\/draft\/y2015\/drafttracker.jsp\">drafted 8th overall<\/a> by the White Sox).\u00a0 Other players of note: #1 overall pick <strong>Dansby Swanson<\/strong> finally had a good game, going 2-4 with a run and an RBI.\u00a0 Nats 3rd rounder <strong>Rhett Wiseman<\/strong> struggled; going 0-4 with the hat-track of three punch-outs.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">In Game Two on 6\/23\/15<\/span>, UVA turned to their regular outfielder <strong>Adam Haseley<\/strong> in somewhat of a shock, and he threw 5 shut-out innings before handing the ball to the most dominant pitcher this post-season has seen in <strong>Josh Sborz<\/strong>, who threw another 4 shutout innings to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/sports\/college\/vanderbilt\/2015\/06\/23\/vanderbilt-virginia-college-world-series-game-2\/29196715\/\">shore up the win 3-0<\/a> and force a game 3.\u00a0 UVA&#8217;s offense was also unexpected; they were powered by their #8 and #9 hitters, the latter of which was walk-on senior <strong>Thomas<\/strong> <strong>Woodruff<\/strong>, who had a grand total of 67 ABs in his collegiate career.\u00a0 It was Woodruff&#8217;s 2-run bases loaded single that provided the game winning runs.\u00a0 Amazing.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">In Game three on 6\/24\/15<\/span>, UVA&#8217;s <strong>Brandon Waddell<\/strong> threw the game of his life, giving up 2 runs early but then shutting down Vanderbilt&#8217;s offense for the next six innings en route to a <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/college-sports\/baseball\/cws\/story\/_\/id\/13145596\/virginia-cavaliers-beat-vanderbilt-commodores-win-college-world-series\">4-2 win<\/a>.\u00a0 Vanderbilt&#8217;s <strong>Walker Buehler<\/strong> struggled with his control, giving up runs early and getting unceremoniously yanked in his last collegiate appearance.\u00a0 <strong>Nathan Kirby<\/strong> came on to relieve Waddell, who threw 105 pitches on 3 days rest, and blew away Vanderbilt&#8217;s hitters in the 8th and 9th for his first (and last) career save.\u00a0 3B <strong>Kenny Towns<\/strong>, a lowly 20th round pick by the Angels, was the game hero, with a very good diving stop to save a run early and a crucial go-ahead RBI late. \u00a0 But it was freshman 1B <strong>Pavin Smith<\/strong> who was the offensive star of the game, clubbing a 2-run homer early to tie the game and deflate Vanderbilt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>UVA wins the first Baseball title for the ACC since 1955, an amazing stat considering the baseball-playing pedigree of the conference.\u00a0 Super reliever Josh Sborz recieved the MVP award for his CWS work; final tally:\u00a0 3IP on 6\/13, 2IP on 6\/15, and 4ip on 6\/20, and 4IP on 6\/23.\u00a0 All Scoreless.<\/p>\n<p>UVA completes a pretty amazing season all things considered; they suffered injuries to a number of their key guys, struggled in conference all season and likely only even made the field by virtue of a sweep of UNC in their final ACC season series.\u00a0 But, for those who thought the final was a fluke based on the seedings of the two teams, consider this: Vanderbilt was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=10233\">consensus pre-season #1 team<\/a> by every poll out there, and UVA was either 2nd, 3rd or 4th in those same polls.\u00a0 So these teams were expected to return to the CWS at the very least &#8230; they just to circuitous paths there.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Your 2015 College World Series Champion<\/strong><\/span>: The University of Virginia<\/p>\n<p>This concludes the College Baseball season and our coverage of it for 2015.\u00a0 I have some draft posts about summer leagues and summer travel teams of note for high schoolers that I may dig out again, for those interested.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">College CWS tournament references<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>d1baseball.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.d1baseball.com\/2015\/daily\/0613.htm\">daily scoreboard<\/a> is my go-to link<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/college\/regionals-roundup\/\">Baseball America&#8217;s Regional Roundup<\/a><\/li>\n<li>d1baseball&#8217;s tournament <a href=\"http:\/\/www.d1baseball.com\/news\/2015-college-baseball-postseason-index\/\">Post season Index<\/a><\/li>\n<li>d1baseball.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.d1baseball.com\/2015\/regionals2015.htm\">Tournament Summary page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>d1baseball&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.d1baseball.com\/2015\/NCAAteams2015.htm\">Regional participant information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegebaseballdaily.com\/\">CollegeBaseballDaily.com<\/a> has coverage as well.<\/li>\n<li>Ncaa.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/interactive-bracket\/baseball\/d1\">interactive full 64-team bracket<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NCAA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/stats\/baseball\/d1\/current\/individual\/200\">Individual player stats<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Warren Nolan.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/warrennolan.com\/baseball\/2015\/rpi-beta\">College Baseball RPI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a recap of our CWS coverage so far for 2015: College Baseball 2015 Previews and pre-season Rankings Regular Season Wrap up for DC Local College teams Field of 64 announcement CWS Regional Results and Super Regional Pairings CWS Super-Regionals recap and CWS field CWS Group Winners and CWS Final preview &nbsp; 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