{"id":15241,"date":"2018-06-29T10:34:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15241"},"modified":"2018-06-29T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T14:39:52","slug":"cws-finals-oregon-state-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15241","title":{"rendered":"CWS Finals: Oregon State Wins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15256\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OSUCWSchamps-2018-OSU-BestDogPile.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15256\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15256\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OSUCWSchamps-2018-OSU-BestDogPile-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"OSU wins. Photo via d1baseball.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OSUCWSchamps-2018-OSU-BestDogPile-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OSUCWSchamps-2018-OSU-BestDogPile-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/OSUCWSchamps-2018-OSU-BestDogPile.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OSU wins. Photo via d1baseball.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s a recap of our CWS coverage so far for 2018:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14873\">Field of 64 announcement<\/a>\u00a0with Regional predictions and highlights of top-end draft prospects.<\/li>\n<li>2018 Draft Preview\u00a0with coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=11117\">Local College-age eligible players of note<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018 CWS tournament:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=14985\">Regional Results, Super-Regional Pairings<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2018 CWS\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15059\">Super-Regionals recap<\/a>, CWS field and predictions<\/li>\n<li>2018 CWS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=15165\">Group Winners and CWS Final preview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the finals played out.<\/p>\n<p>For Reference: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkansasrazorbacks.com\/stats\/baseball\/2018\/OVERALL.pdf\">Arkansas Stats<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/osubeavers.com\/documents\/2018\/6\/23\/\/0623_Overall.pdf?id=12539\">Oregon State<\/a> Stats.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Game 1 6\/26\/18: Arkansas got to Oregon State #1\u00a0<strong>Luke Heimlich<\/strong> in the 5th, got him for 4 runs and made them stick.<\/li>\n<li>Game 2 6\/27\/18: Oregon State <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/oregon-state-steals-victory-arkansas-jaw-dropping-gaffe-extends-college-world-series-034141949.html\">scored 3 in the ninth<\/a> to steal the title away and force the decider.<\/li>\n<li>Game 3 6\/28\/18: OSU got a stellar game (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/story\/_\/id\/23939907\/college-world-series-pitching-masterpiece-earns-oregon-state-beavers-ncaa-title\">a 2-hit shutout<\/a>) from freshman starter\u00a0<strong>Kevin Abel<\/strong> and ran away with the game 5-0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Your 2018 College World Series Champion<\/strong><\/span>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Oregon State<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Commentary:\u00a0Rains moved the entire slate forward one day, which drastically helped Oregon State&#8217;s fatigued rotation\/bullpen.\u00a0 Arkansas had Oregon State down to their last strike in game 2 and let a foul pop drop between three defenders before giving away the game.\u00a0 This seemed to deflate Arkansas and energize OSU, who turned the decider into a no-contest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This concludes the College Baseball season and our coverage of it for 2018. \u00a0I&#8217;ll post one more post that covers draftees and signing status for all local-connected players (prep and college). \u00a0I don&#8217;t really cover the summer collegiate wood bat leagues: for that I&#8217;d suggest NovaBaseball.com, which is really coming into its own in terms of local coverage for all players with local ties.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>College CWS tournament references<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>d1baseball.com&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.d1baseball.com\/daily\/today.htm\">daily scoreboard<\/a>\u00a0is my go-to link<\/li>\n<li>d1baseball&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/d1baseball.com\/regional-tournament-central\/\">Tourney Central<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Baseball America&#8217;s\u00a0College coverage home page<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegebaseballdaily.com\/\">CollegeBaseballDaily.com<\/a>\u00a0has coverage as well.<\/li>\n<li>CollegeBaseballCentral.com has coverage as well.<\/li>\n<li>Ncaa.com&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/interactive-bracket\/baseball\/d1\/2018\">interactive full 64-team bracket<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NCAA\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/stats\/baseball\/d1\/current\/individual\/200\">Individual player stats<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Warren Nolan.com&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrennolan.com\/baseball\/2018\/index\">College Baseball RPI<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Warren Nolan&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/warrennolan.com\/baseball\/2018\/conferencerpi\">Conference RPI rankings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a recap of our CWS coverage so far for 2018: Field of 64 announcement\u00a0with Regional predictions and highlights of top-end draft prospects. 2018 Draft Preview\u00a0with coverage of\u00a0Local College-age eligible players of note 2018 CWS tournament:\u00a0Regional Results, Super-Regional Pairings 2018 CWS\u00a0Super-Regionals recap, CWS field and predictions 2018 CWS Group Winners and CWS Final preview Here&#8217;s 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